Dishwashers

[Traveller]

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?

[*Ang*]

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.

[*LittleMissSummer*]

I want to know too! We are looking at buying one.

[helle]

Child lock. Get one with child lock! XD

[Miss.September]

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.

[Astrid]

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!

[Astrid]

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!

[Traveller]

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.

[Nai]

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.

[*Ang*]

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.

[Traveller]

Has anyone had an LG dishwasher?

[Astrid]

F & P does have a child lock.

Mine does not, but it is a normal one, not a 2 drawer.

[Astrid]

double post

[diva det]

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

[Boo Boo]

We have an LG - it is the Inverter Direct Drive, paid around $1200 for it a couple years ago, very happy with it. Has a child lock, lots of options, dishes come out great. We went in to buy a Bosch but came out with the LG....

[LuluHB]

We've had an LG, a Bosch and now a Miele. Miele is definitely the best, which you would hope/expect with the price tag. LG was very good, and it was one of the cheaper ones at the time we bought it about 6 years ago. Bosch was really disappointing - didn't clean well and really didn't dry well either.

Must haves - adjustable heights on your shelves. My "good" dinner plates are quite big and so the ability to move things around a bit is brilliant. Fold down "flaps" allow for say bowls or cups underneath and then cooking utensils on the top of the flap. A cutlery drawer, as opposed to baskets, is also really good for getting things clean and much drier.

[MummyNaomi]

We have a D'Amani (came with the house when we built), Its pretty good, cleans well (as long as we use decent products - eg we use the Finish Powerballs) and the bottom racks can fold down for big stuff and it fits heaps of stuff in one wash

We had a F&P Dishdrawer at our old house, and I liked that better (more versatile in my opinion) but the D'Amani is great -it's Italian, all Italian appliances are fab!! (and its stylish too)

[Amity]

I researched for ages and ended up with a Bosch. It uses 11L of water per wash - and hardly any electricity. I love it.