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Dishwashers with hidden control panels? Seems pretty low on the list considering the number of people I know who can't get theirs to keep water inside. I have

Dishwashers with hidden control panels? Seems pretty low on the list considering the number of people I know who can't get theirs to keep water inside. I have to load mine just right or it'll throw a ton of water on the floor. Once I figured out where stuff has to go I can make it work, but I don't feel like I should need to. I know a guy with a pan under the door as a drip tray just in case. This isn't wear or an old seal, they have been like this since new. They aren't fancy by any means.

nerdponx 2y ago
The hidden control panels aren't that special: the controls are just on the top of the door instead of the front of the door. Also they are only on higher-end dishwashers made by higher-end brands, which also tend to get the basics right (metal tub, proper seals, good buttons).
- Brian_K_White 2y ago
  My brand new Kitchenaid (rebadged Maytag or Whirlpool identical to 3 or 4 other brands same exact model), has that, looks great, very quiet, doesn't leak (maybe because I installed myself), but just doesn't wash worth a damn, even on the "tough" and "high temp wash" settings. If you never had another dishwasher in your life, you'd probably think it was fine, because it does wash. But this replaced a 20 year old low end GE, that had a plastic interior that the only reason I replaced it was the tracks would no loger hold the upper rack and there was no practical way to fix that the way the wheels were attached to the inside walls. And the door latch would fail to register the door as closed and stop running in the middle of a wash. It ran for so long that I had repaired the drain hose twice from simply getting hard and fragile and cracking open, 10 years ago. It was starting to fall apart from pure age... but one problem I never had with that thing was weak ineffective washing. It washed twice as good as the new one the very day I removed it. And I did 3 days of research trying to figure out what to get before getting it. All reviews just said it was great. It IS quiet which I think is half the problem. They compromised washing in favor of noise and water & electricity usage. And the reviewers are all infant 20 year olds who apparently never experienced anything else and don't realize this thing, and I guess all current machines, is good looking junk.
- m463 2y ago
  lol, brand new whirlpool with controls on top of door. Leaked first day. foam on the floor. I think the controls on top are annoying. It's like putting the dashboard of your car under your seat.
  - XajniN 2y ago
    You probably used wrong detergent. The one for dishwashers doesn’t foam.

nerdponx 2y ago

The hidden control panels aren't that special: the controls are just on the top of the door instead of the front of the door. Also they are only on higher-end dishwashers made by higher-end brands, which also tend to get the basics right (metal tub, proper seals, good buttons).

Brian_K_White 2y ago
My brand new Kitchenaid (rebadged Maytag or Whirlpool identical to 3 or 4 other brands same exact model), has that, looks great, very quiet, doesn't leak (maybe because I installed myself), but just doesn't wash worth a damn, even on the "tough" and "high temp wash" settings. If you never had another dishwasher in your life, you'd probably think it was fine, because it does wash. But this replaced a 20 year old low end GE, that had a plastic interior that the only reason I replaced it was the tracks would no loger hold the upper rack and there was no practical way to fix that the way the wheels were attached to the inside walls. And the door latch would fail to register the door as closed and stop running in the middle of a wash. It ran for so long that I had repaired the drain hose twice from simply getting hard and fragile and cracking open, 10 years ago. It was starting to fall apart from pure age... but one problem I never had with that thing was weak ineffective washing. It washed twice as good as the new one the very day I removed it. And I did 3 days of research trying to figure out what to get before getting it. All reviews just said it was great. It IS quiet which I think is half the problem. They compromised washing in favor of noise and water & electricity usage. And the reviewers are all infant 20 year olds who apparently never experienced anything else and don't realize this thing, and I guess all current machines, is good looking junk.
m463 2y ago
lol, brand new whirlpool with controls on top of door. Leaked first day. foam on the floor. I think the controls on top are annoying. It's like putting the dashboard of your car under your seat.
- XajniN 2y ago
  You probably used wrong detergent. The one for dishwashers doesn’t foam.