Dishwasher recommendations please!!!!!

[Janie]

Our dishwasher has broken down (and no, that's not me ). I'm off to start looking for a replacement this afternoon (thanks Krudd ).

Any tips, hints, recommendations? I haven't bought a dishwasher before, so this is new to me. I've only done fridges, washing machines etc, I can tell you all about those LOL. I do tend to lean towards the European brands (I have a Bosch washing machine) as I think they are generally made better and last longer, but I'm happy for other suggestions too. A few people have highly recommended an Asko.

So, what have you got, do you like it, and why/why not? TIA

[nic]

Have you checked to see if there are any reports on the Choice website?
We have a Fisher Paykel, and it broke not long after it's warranty expired. Still waiting for DH to organise to get it downstairs in the car and to someone to get it fixed. So I might have to keep a close eye on this one

eta: I just quickly checked out Choice. They have 2 reports, 1 is free and 1 is for paid members

[~Trish~]

When our old dishwasher carked it I asked the service repair man what brands he got the least call outs for LOL! He said if you want European then Bosch is a good brand (that is what we ended up getting and have been very happy with it) and if you want a cheaper brand, then Dishlex is a very reliable brand too. He also mentioned that the ones with all the digital parts are more likely to have issues down the track compared to the ones with manual dials. We bought one with just the basic dials on it, it was much cheaper than the digital ones too

[Janie]

Thanks guys. The one that has broken down is a dishlex, with the digital buttons. We are guessing that it's about 12 years old, which I guess is okay. I have heard that too Trish, that the manual settings are less likely to have issues. How do you find the Bosch to stack etc? Does it hold alot?

Oh, and what about the hot water thing? I'm guessing it's best to have a hot water connection so that you use less power?

[~Trish~]

Ours seems to stack heaps, we only need to put a load on every second day with a family of four. I don't put pots in it though, I hand wash them so we can fit the smaller items all in the dishwasher. I think we only have a cold water connection for ours (will double check with DH on that one) and haven't had a significant rise in our electricity bill. I suppose it would be cheaper if you had hot water though? I'm not sure, my DH is much more cluey about those things!

[Inanna]

I've got a FP double dish drawers and I love it! It is really roomy, water wise and the drawers are fabulous.

[kawazuki]

we just installed an INDESt, its great its european, basic stacks a heap we ahev basically done 4 loads to wash all of our stuff including pots and pans as it was all dusty from teh new kitchen renos.. it was cheap only 549 from hardley normal and very easy to install and use simple dial to choose was and a start button.

[Floweryfields]

When our old dishwasher carked it I asked the service repair man what brands he got the least call outs for LOL! He said if you want European then Bosch is a good brand (that is what we ended up getting and have been very happy with it) and if you want a cheaper brand, then Dishlex is a very reliable brand too. He also mentioned that the ones with all the digital parts are more likely to have issues down the track compared to the ones with manual dials. We bought one with just the basic dials on it, it was much cheaper than the digital ones too

Yep I would agree. I have a simpson which from memory was about $500-600 7 years ago whenI got it. It is a manual dial - no digital stuff to go wrong and I've not had any issues with it other than the little plastic roller thing breaking on one of the racks - still works, just doesn't slide in and out as easily as it should.

[jackrose]

Am another dish drawer fan for all of the previously listed reasons. With one DD aged 16months we only have one drawer as we don't need a bigger dishwasher at the moment. We run the one drawer once a day at most. We plan to get another if we need it later so that made the cost and space in our kitchen better for us. It is so good to have the dishwasher at hip height.

When we were buying, I googled for dishwasher reviews and found lots of bad responses about FP dish drawers. What I noticed however was that they were all quite old reviews and when I looked further I realised that the original dish drawer did have a few 'kinks' which appear to have been worked out for this generation. We have had ours for 3 years now and it is fantastic.

HTH.

[Janie]

Thanks for all your thought ladies. Deb, I like to buy water wise appliances too

About to leave to go shopping, any other suggestions?????