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Post by raindancer on Jun 14, 2016 10:56:48 GMT
We have one n in our rental right now. Hands down the worst dishwasher I have ever had.
It takes forever to run a cycle, it is an awkward arrangement for how things fit, it's really loud, and dishes often have to go through twice, especially if there was even the slightest amount if grease on something. It will come out slick and so will things around it. Gross.
I would never buy one and wish I could get rid of this one. *4 more months*
We had an LG in out last house that had a 3rd rack. That thing was a dream and I wanted to move it.
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Post by littlemama on Jun 14, 2016 11:02:13 GMT
Yes,we just got one earlier this year. The tines on the racks seem very close together, but we have it figured out now. We have the small top (third) rack for silverware and small stuff and that is great. One caveat - super quiet dishwashers like the Bosch have a burning rubber smell for about the first month- it is because of the material used for soundproofing. Until that smell dissipated, as soon as the dishwasher was done running, we would open the door and pull out the racks. Finally, the Bosch does not have a heating element for drying which is a surprise to some people. It dries just fine and you can put "top rack" stuff on the bottom rack.
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Post by AN on Jun 14, 2016 11:31:07 GMT
I'll be the dissenter of the group. Ours came with the house and based on my experience with it I'd never buy another. The pros are that it is quiet and it gets the dishes clean. The cons are that the racks in mine are totally stupid, no big bowls or pans fit in the thing on either rack and this is a huge problem for me. The silverware in the rack catches on the gasket at the edge when the bottom rack is pushed in or out. It takes 1:20 to wash a load of dishes. 80 minutes? Really? My next dishwasher will be a KitchenAid. Mine takes 2 hours on the regular setting (30 mins on express wash). My understanding is they are almost all this way now due to environmental regulations (most clothes washers also take way longer than they used to). Something to be aware of when shopping. I'm surprised anyone's Bosch is loud. Maybe older ones? Ours is silent for all practical purposes. That was our primary motivation for replacing it. |
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Post by whipea on Jun 14, 2016 11:33:47 GMT
Went through 2 in quick succession. First one shorted out within 10 minutes, roasting rubber, smoke and all. Returned it then the second one leaked like crazy, water poured out. So returned that one and bought a top of the line Kitchenaid. Excellent.
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Post by peasapie on Jun 14, 2016 11:39:55 GMT
I had one in my former home and loved it. Super quiet and very reliable.
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Post by lisae on Jun 14, 2016 11:43:31 GMT
I've had my Bosch for 9 years. Most of the time I do my dishes for the 2 of us by hand but I run it at least once a week to keep the seals moist. I do like that it is very quiet. I always use the Quick Wash setting which takes about 45 minutes and does as good a job as the regular setting. I don't think it cleans any better than my GE did but it is very quiet. I would get another Bosch if the price were comparable but I wouldn't pay more for the quietness because we just don't use it enough.
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Post by bluemomj on Jun 14, 2016 12:11:18 GMT
We have one and the only good thing I can say about it is that it's quiet. If we leave even the slightest bit of food on a plate or milk in a glass it does not come clean. Everything has to be completely handwashed before putting it in. I would not get another one.
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Post by librarylady on Jun 14, 2016 12:29:34 GMT
We purchased the one with the 3rd rack when we redid the kitchen in April.
Love it. Dishes are sparkling clean with no prewashing.
So quiet I have to look for the light to know it is running.
If I use the sanitize cycle it takes 2.5 hours to complete the cycle which shocked me. But, it is doing what I asked it to do, and that is create clean dishes with no noise.
The racks are configured kinda crazy. We had a Kitchenaid previously (which lasted 20 years).
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Post by lbp on Jun 14, 2016 12:39:02 GMT
I have mine for about 10 years and LOVE it! We have never had a single issue with it. Very quiet and does a great job!
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Post by woodysbetty on Jun 14, 2016 12:53:04 GMT
My SIL has one and loves it...she and her family are crazy hard on appliances and this one has held up beautifully.
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Post by kamper on Jun 14, 2016 12:57:01 GMT
We had one in our old house. I so loved that machine. It was incredibly quiet and I didn't have to prerinse anything. It did take a long time but, that is part of the water saving feature. I'm seriously considering getting rid of the new Whirlpool Gold unit the builder put in our new house. It just doesn't clean as well nor is it as quiet.
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Post by lisacharlotte on Jun 14, 2016 13:02:33 GMT
We considered a Bosch when we replaced ours because of how quiet they are. We ended up deciding the cost wasn't really worth it and bought a GE. Totally happy with our choice. The only way I know it's running is to check the lights.
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Post by gsquaredmom on Jun 14, 2016 13:10:48 GMT
Loooove it.
Bought it when our two year old kitchenaid leaked all over our new kitchen floor.
This one has four anti leak measures.
So quiet we have to see the light to know it's running.
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Post by kitkath on Jun 14, 2016 13:18:42 GMT
I have a Bosch at home and a KitchenAid at our cottage. They are both really quiet but I like the KitchenAid a lot better than the Bosch. The Bosch takes forever to finish. It also doesn't hold as many dishes as the KitchenAid.
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Post by raindancer on Jun 14, 2016 14:00:27 GMT
In terms of sound most are comparable now. Just check the decibals and go for the lower number.
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Post by delila on Jun 14, 2016 14:05:31 GMT
I've had one for 16 years. Never had any trouble with it except the soap dispenser has had to be replaced 1time bc it would not open. It's pretty quiet for the most part. Like someone else said my wire baskets are worn but are totally functional.
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Post by freebird on Jun 14, 2016 14:16:31 GMT
I have one. I probably wouldn't buy another one. Sometimes it just goes through a fit where it doesn't want to clean anything at all. When it was fairly new it went through a stint of making weird noises but that stopped (!!??).
On the laziness factor, it's nice not having to hand wash dishes but I don't 100% trust the thing, that's for sure.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Jun 14, 2016 14:32:23 GMT
When we have shopped for dishwashers we have taken our largest items and cutting boards to the store and tested the loading. That ruled the Bosch out for us as nothing fit. This is exactly what I would do too, to make sure the biggest things we regularly use will fit. The pegs on the racks are so close together it's nearly impossible to get even a medium sized Tupperware bowl in there and that's no good. It would be fine if all we washed was a ton of flat plates, but that's not our reality. I would gladly tolerate a noisier dishwasher if it meant I didn't have to wash half of my dishes by hand because they all actually *fit* in the dishwasher. |
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Post by paigepea on Jun 14, 2016 14:53:05 GMT
I'll be the dissenter of the group. Ours came with the house and based on my experience with it I'd never buy another. The pros are that it is quiet and it gets the dishes clean. The cons are that the racks in mine are totally stupid, no big bowls or pans fit in the thing on either rack and this is a huge problem for me. The silverware in the rack catches on the gasket at the edge when the bottom rack is pushed in or out. It takes 1:20 to wash a load of dishes. 80 minutes? Really? My next dishwasher will be a KitchenAid. We have a kitchenaid. Started with a lemon - it took the terrible customer service at KA 7 months to replace ours that didn't work (I washed by hand for 7 months!). Our new one works and cleans well, but after 3 years we needed to replace a $400 part that also cost $400 labour. Our next dishwasher will be a Mielle. My mom has one that works great and is easy to load. We had a Bosch on our last vacation and it worked great but was difficult to load. Our wash cycle on our KA is 1 hr 30 min. Plus 30 min drying time. That is the econo cycle. I can wash with more water and have the dishes done in an hour. Just an FYI. |
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Post by GamGam on Jun 14, 2016 14:53:57 GMT
When we have shopped for dishwashers we have taken our largest items and cutting boards to the store and tested the loading. That ruled the Bosch out for us as nothing fit. This is my obersavation from using my DIL. She loves it, but I find it very difficult to load as the plates will only fit in a very confined space on the bottom. When I need to replace mine, I'll definitely take dishes with me to see how they load. Other DIL has a new Kitchen Aid that seems to load better to me. |
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Post by Peamac on Jun 14, 2016 15:10:52 GMT
DH repairs appliances and the Bosch parts can be expensive and hard to get. I'll have to ask him how well they do from a repair standpoint.
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Post by miominmio on Jun 14, 2016 15:33:34 GMT
My previous one was a Bosch, loved it. Only reason I have a Siemens now, is because I got a good deal.
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Post by anonrefugee on Jun 14, 2016 15:36:45 GMT
I went in to order a Bosch, bought an LG instead the layout and features were better. But ours is 5-6 years old now and have been pleased.
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Post by disneyer on Jun 14, 2016 15:41:08 GMT
Best appliance purchase we ever made! Love the third rack, super quiet and my dishes the first cycle came out cleaner than I have ever seen them. Could not be happier.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Jun 14, 2016 17:41:17 GMT
I'll be the dissenter of the group. Ours came with the house and based on my experience with it I'd never buy another. The pros are that it is quiet and it gets the dishes clean. The cons are that the racks in mine are totally stupid, no big bowls or pans fit in the thing on either rack and this is a huge problem for me. The silverware in the rack catches on the gasket at the edge when the bottom rack is pushed in or out. It takes 1:20 to wash a load of dishes. 80 minutes? Really? My next dishwasher will be a KitchenAid. We have a kitchenaid. Started with a lemon - it took the terrible customer service at KA 7 months to replace ours that didn't work (I washed by hand for 7 months!). Our new one works and cleans well, but after 3 years we needed to replace a $400 part that also cost $400 labour. Our next dishwasher will be a Mielle. My mom has one that works great and is easy to load. We had a Bosch on our last vacation and it worked great but was difficult to load. Our wash cycle on our KA is 1 hr 30 min. Plus 30 min drying time. That is the econo cycle. I can wash with more water and have the dishes done in an hour. Just an FYI. My DH works closely with a distributor that sells appliances, so if they sold us a lemon I'm pretty sure we would get better service than most. He's in there just about every day and they'd never hear the end of it.  |
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Post by compwalla on Jun 14, 2016 20:59:06 GMT
Thanks for the input you guys. I looked at Consumer Reports and the Kitchen Aids were rated highest but...they were far below Bosch in reliability. (Bosch was #1) Plus the Kitchen Aid ones were about $600 more. Heated dry is not something we ever use anyhow so their condensation drying system seems perfect for us. I think we may be leaning Bosch but only if it has the third rack which seems to be a big hit. And thank you for the tip about bringing our big/oddly shaped items to the store to see if they fit. I never thought of doing that but one of the major annoyances with our current dishwasher is that the deep bowls we use don't fit anywhere nicely. So we'll keep all this feedback in mind when we go shopping.  |
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Post by reedina on Jun 14, 2016 21:03:12 GMT
I had a nice one in our previous house. I miss it. Desperately. So much that I would love to get rid of our 18-month old Whirlpool that came with this house. We even went and looked, but I really can't justify the expense of replacing a perfectly "ok" dishwasher right now. I say "ok" instead of "good" b/c the Whirlpool is a piece of doodoo.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2016 23:24:00 GMT
I looked at the ratings on Consumer Reports and they were #1 in reliability. And the noise rating was pretty good. Honestly the one we have now, besides not cleaning anything, is as loud as a jet engine. It's bananas how loud the thing is. Anything would be quieter I think. We had a GE Profile and I thought that the thing was going to take off it was so loud. The Bosch is so quiet sometimes I don't know it's running unless I see the red light on the floor. We have stainless, so the controls are inside the door. Our two year old GE Profile is whisper quiet. We love it...especially the configuration of the trays and racks. |
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Post by shaniam on Jun 15, 2016 0:47:14 GMT
We have had one for 4 years and really like it.
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Post by StacyinUT on Jun 15, 2016 3:52:36 GMT
I have a Thermador which is made by the same company and looks identical. They are super quiet. They do take a long time to run a normal load. I feel it's smaller than my kithenaid that I had before.
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