My dishwasher has gone to the great scrapheap in the sky and I am in search for a new one but have no idea what key features I should be looking for. Hints, tips and things to avoid please?
I love my Fisher and Paykel double door dishwasher - had it around 4 years now and it is brilliant, it really cleans the grime and baked on stuff with minimal rinsing and I love the fact that it does half loads. Would recommend it to anyone.
I have a T echnica and it's the biggest piece of rubbish known to man. Even the service technician from T echnica said that their dishwashers aren't worth the metal they're made with. We can do a load and everything comes out dirtier than when it went in. Drinking glasses come out dirty, cutlery doesn't clean. It's currently sitting in my garage, the water pump died. It's only four years old and used maybe once a week.
So after that sorry story....I want to see what's good too. We liked the look of the F&P double drawer.
Any dishwasher I have must have fold down racks on the bottom. Even one where only half fold down is great. Big items fit in much better with them folded away, plus I have some bowls that just clean better if placed there, they just don't sit well with the racks ups.
Have had westinghouse and fp. Both have been fine. Just wish we had the child lock!
Any dishwasher I have must have fold down racks on the bottom. Even one where only half fold down is great. Big items fit in much better with them folded away, plus I have some bowls that just clean better if placed there, they just don't sit well with the racks ups.
Have had westinghouse and fp. Both have been fine. Just wish we had the child lock!
The double drawer one doesn't really appeal to me TBH. Some days my dishwasher is on twice a day so I doubt I would ever have so few dishes that a half load would be required. A child lock appeals, mine are always knocking it off half way through a cycle which is so very annoying. Will have a look at some F&P ones if they are a good brand.
F & P does have a child lock. I do around 3 half loads per day (so 1.5 normal ones). Advantage I find is that the dishes aren't sitting around for a few hours waiting for more dishes - as soon as brekky is finished I can do a load straight away if there is enough dishes.
Quietness and time delay to use at night in off-peak electricity! We finally got rid of our piece of rubbish F&P Dishdrawer and got a Bosch - it is heaven! So quiet, great features and time delay option.
i had an asko at our old house and it was good, but took a while on a heavy duty wash- like 2 hours!
we are just about to install a Miele in so will let you know how that is
FWIW- our asko blew up 2 weeks out of warranty- as asko are a 'quality' product that the company stand behind, they sent their tech out and he fixed in for free!! it would have cost us well over $300 otherwise!!!
Our washing machine also blew up 2 weeks out of warranty and that was a middle of the range brand- and they didnt want to know us!!
I would definately stick to a Miele, Asko, or Bosh one
there isnt much difference in price if you shop around- and you really do get quality for your money!!!
we got our new dishwasher from the clearance centre in ringwood and it was heaps cheaper buying there - we saved over $500!
HTH
We have a Westinghouse, the top shelf is height adjustable for taller glasses etc, the back bottom racks fold down flat for large items, we have a delayed start function. The other main thing I wanted was a quick wash (30 mins) which we use all the tine. Glassware and cutlery all come out perfectly sparkling and spot free.
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