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Hand wash. Dishwashers are noisy and tend to break down the most inconvenient moment. It doesn't really take all that much time to do them by hand. I'm sure I

Hand wash. Dishwashers are noisy and tend to break down the most inconvenient moment. It doesn't really take all that much time to do them by hand. I'm sure I would feel differently if I had a large family living with me.

simonblack 5y ago
Dishwashers are noisy and tend to break down the most inconvenient moment. Our Miele dishwasher is 13 years old and still going strong. Sometimes I have to check whether it's going or not because it's very quiet. The noisiest time is the loud gurgling from the sink drain-hole when it's emptying. Our previous Dishlex dishwashers were so loud that our main criterion when buying this one was 'It has to be quiet'. The salesman said "If it's quiet you want, there's only one choice, the Miele". Though apparently the Bosch machines are also very quiet but I can't personally verify that. Back in the mid 70s when we got our first dishwasher, I had been extremely resistant to buying one. That was because I went to a boarding school in the late 50s, and when we had eggs for breakfast we could see yellow spots on the plates for a couple of days afterwards.
- bradknowles 5y ago
  We have Bosch. We will never, ever again buy another Bosch. For Bosch, quiet means effectively eliminating the heated drying cycle, so that they can get rid of the fans. This means that nothing inside gets dry after being washed. I’m happy to take recommendations for other brands, including from Consumer Reports. But whatever it is, it has to have a functional heated drying cycle, with fans to exhaust the wet air.
  - someguydave 5y ago
    For my Bosch I have to hit the “extra dry” button to make things dry
  - simonblack 5y ago
    For a long time I didn't realise that the Miele had fans. I usually run machines in 'set and forget' mode: I turn it on and then do other stuff. I was walking past the Miele and felt some warm air. I stopped to investigate and found it was coming (extremely quietly) from a vent on the top left of the door. I had thought, prior to that, that it was just a passive vent. (Just in case you reckon that I think that the Miele machines are perfect, my indicator lights for 'empty' rinse-aid and salt don't turn off. I'll get them fixed when I next need a serviceman. And the automatic anti-flood cut-out switch has had me thinking that the machine had died when it just needed some extra cleaning.)

simonblack 5y ago

Dishwashers are noisy and tend to break down the most inconvenient moment. Our Miele dishwasher is 13 years old and still going strong. Sometimes I have to check whether it's going or not because it's very quiet. The noisiest time is the loud gurgling from the sink drain-hole when it's emptying. Our previous Dishlex dishwashers were so loud that our main criterion when buying this one was 'It has to be quiet'. The salesman said "If it's quiet you want, there's only one choice, the Miele". Though apparently the Bosch machines are also very quiet but I can't personally verify that. Back in the mid 70s when we got our first dishwasher, I had been extremely resistant to buying one. That was because I went to a boarding school in the late 50s, and when we had eggs for breakfast we could see yellow spots on the plates for a couple of days afterwards.

bradknowles 5y ago
We have Bosch. We will never, ever again buy another Bosch. For Bosch, quiet means effectively eliminating the heated drying cycle, so that they can get rid of the fans. This means that nothing inside gets dry after being washed. I’m happy to take recommendations for other brands, including from Consumer Reports. But whatever it is, it has to have a functional heated drying cycle, with fans to exhaust the wet air.
- someguydave 5y ago
  For my Bosch I have to hit the “extra dry” button to make things dry
- simonblack 5y ago
  For a long time I didn't realise that the Miele had fans. I usually run machines in 'set and forget' mode: I turn it on and then do other stuff. I was walking past the Miele and felt some warm air. I stopped to investigate and found it was coming (extremely quietly) from a vent on the top left of the door. I had thought, prior to that, that it was just a passive vent. (Just in case you reckon that I think that the Miele machines are perfect, my indicator lights for 'empty' rinse-aid and salt don't turn off. I'll get them fixed when I next need a serviceman. And the automatic anti-flood cut-out switch has had me thinking that the machine had died when it just needed some extra cleaning.)