Dishwashers--Need a new one. What do you have? Happy or no.

Piggybacking on to OP's post - we're looking for a dishwasher that is quiet and has a bottle washer feature. Can anyone suggest something meeting those 2 criteria they've been happy with?

We have a 3-tier Bosch that I love. Except when the water drains you would never know it is running. The very first time we were watching TV in the family room and heard the water and panicked. I scrape the food off but don't rinse and they come out sparkling. Glasses that used to look etched from hard water are crystal clear again.

If you enjoy perfecting your control panel replacement skills every year or so get a Maytag....if not you may want to get a different brand (the upside is it's not that difficult, I've done it myself 2 or 3 times but still....)

DO NOT GET A MAYTAG1!!  Everything that can break has.  Right now there are no wheels on the lower rack.  Has to be dragged out and in again.  The latest is the brackets broke off the silverware caddy.  The control panel has broken numerous times.  It goes on and on.

We just sold our house that had a 14 year old Frigidaire Gallery dishwasher that worked like a charm.
The house we just bought had a 2-3 year old LG dishwasher. It SUCKED! Would run it on power scrub with an extra rinse and it still wouldn't clean rinsed dishes. Went and ordered a new one quickly! Just got a new Kitchen Aid yesterday, haven't ran it yet.

I bought a 3-tier Bosch too. Ours was top of the line at the time (about 2 1/2 years ago). It has the speed perfect cycle which cuts the washing time from over 2 hours to 1.5 hours (but uses more energy), it has a salt water softener, the top rack is more adjustable than the standard top rack, the middle rack is height adjustable and can be removed, and it has more racks/tines that fold up and down which makes it more flexible for loading odd sized dishes/pans. I love and use all these features, but would pay that price just for the Speed Perfect option! When we entertain or have company visiting and need to run the dishwasher several times it is much faster. If you wash a lot of plastic items in 1 load, it doesn't always dry everything because it doesn't have an element in it, but I just put the few plastic items on the counter to dry for a bit. The good thing about no element is you can put plastic items in the bottom and they don't melt. Take a plate, a glass or other items with you when you shop. Our plates didn't fit well in some of the ones we saw.

We just moved and put in all new appliances.  We also have a Bosch dishwasher.  It's only been a week but so far I love it.  It's easily far above any other dishwasher I've ever had.  Dh insisted we use it the other day without doing anything but scraping the food off the plates.  We did and they came out spotless and shiny.  Now it's hard for me to do that so since I've given them a cursory rinse but not nearly as much as I have done with other dishwashers.  

I agree with the posts warning you against getting a Maytag. We had one for about 6 years and had the control panel break three times in that time period. The third time, I just decided to purchase a new dishwasher because I knew in 1 1/2 years, I would just be replacing the control panel again! There was clearly some type of flaw with the control panel but Maytag refused to acknowledge it. I will NEVER buy another Maytag appliance. We replaced it with a Samsung dishwasher and I am happy with it! It runs well, but is slightly smaller than the Maytag I had (only part I didn't like). But at least it is dependable!

I suggest buying an extended warranty with anything you do buy. I used to think they were a waste of money, but after the Maytag experience, I changed my mind. I don't think appliances are built the same way they once were. A repairman told my friend you are lucky to get five years out of an appliance anymore without it experiencing major problems, much less dying on you. We just got a washing machine at Home Depot with a 5 yr extended warranty. I guess if you don't use the warranty during the 5 years, Home Depot will refund you 30% of the cost of the warranty which I thought was pretty cool.

I researched the shit out of this for our current kitchen remodel. We ended up splurging for Miele, because they seem to have the best reputation, by far.