Dishwashers

We have a Bosch and love it!

I love that it has cutlery drawer and no annoying basket.

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.

We have an LG (well, 2 actually) dishwasher - very happy with them. A few little bits have broken (like the plastic lid of the cutlery holder and a bit of one of the wheels for the top rack) and their after sales service (even thought it was like 3 year later) - was great - sent it out for free without any problems.

Has a child lock (which actually stop them turning off any of the settings etc, but doesn't stop them opening the actually dishwasher drawer), and honestly we put them in caked on with stuff, even pots etc and they come out so clean. Has a great 'intensive' cycle.

The newer models have a cutlery shelf at the top, rather than a basket, that is the only thing I would change about ours, I think spreading them out over a shallow shelf at the top would clean the cutlery better.

We have an LG washing machine as well, and I am really impressed. It had the same features at the Mieles we were looking at, but at least $500 cheaper, and TBH, I don't know that you get you $ back in value for buying the Miele.

ETA: Some of them also have the adjustable top rack height, that would also be handy. The quick wash is good but doesn't have the dry part, so I never use it. Ours also has the fold down bottom racks, which is essential - we use it all the time.

I had never thought of a cutlery drawer but I am definitely loving the idea, thanks for all the ideas!

I know you don't like the dish drawer but we have one too and it's fabbo so I would definitely recommend a F&P even if it's not the dish drawer. It has a door lock as well and very water wise. We run it through 1-2 times a day and that is generally 2 full meals of 3-4 people, so if I have emptied it after brekky it would be run again after dinner. TBH we never use the bottom drawer unless it is Christmas or a dinner party but I don't' have enough plates for the kids so for us we like being able to run it regularly and have it only use something like 7lts per wash. OK enough now because I know you don't want one but just thought I would pop in and be a pest anyway ;)

I've had an LG, a Westinghouse and now have a Dishlex (? will have to double check when I get home). Loved both the LG & Westinghouse and this one is a PITA. The most used wash function takes 93 mins! (far too long IMO) - so, I put it on at night after everyone has had showers/baths etc.... it is quiet though whereas my LG & Westinghouse were alot noisier. The other wash functions I don't really use except if I have less dirty dishes, I use the 30 min wash function, otherwise it doesn't wash well enough.

We have a horrid H aier that sounds like a dinosaur and does a terrible job of washing the dishes. So I HIGHLY DON'T recommend them!

However, when we bought a dishwasher for our old house we got a F & P and it rocked!!! Couldn't fault it at all.

OMG we had a Heller !!!! Yuck yuck yuck, only lasted us 18 months - complete waste of space!

I forgot to say with our LG - you can do a half load, you can select the bottom or top half, and it takes around 1/2 the time and uses 1/2 the water... We normally use it on bottom half with big pots if need be, and you can apply the half to any cycle type (i think?). Also, get one with a time display, so you know how much longer you have left, and also get one that you can take the filter out easy and wash it - we empty ours out (it has 2 parts to ctahc a lot of extra stuff) after every few loads, it also helps to make sure the dishes wash well otherwise you just have that stuff going back around.

I have an LG. It's about 6 years old and I've never had a problem with it. It had a really good water rating, has the foldy down racks, can do half loads, it's quiet and fairly quick to wash. My fave bit - all the buttons are on the top of the door when you open it. The front is just a stainless panel with a towel rail. It was the only one like that when we got it. I heart my dishwasher!