unicorn@bmcg.UUCP (08/15/84)
I have owned and heavily used 3 brands: GE, Maytag, and Kitchenaide. The GE was hopeless; I had to wash the dishes before using the dishwasher, rendering it useless except for sterilization purposes. Also, it broke a lot. We replaced it (after suffering about 5 years) with a top-of-the-line Maytag with all the different settings. It worked much better than the GE, but I used only 2 of the 10 settings available. Also, I STILL had to rinse the dishes first, just not as much. Finally, it tended to clog up a lot...and spill water all over the floor. Cleaning it to prevent such messes was cumbersome & difficult. FINALLY, I just got (in December) a Kitchaide. It's wonderful. It's quieter than the other 2, plus VERY easy to clean & maintain. It has a removeable & very accessible filter under the bottom water arm...it has 2 water arms by the way, so the top rack is hit as much as the bottom. I never bother pre-rinsing any dishes, just scrape big pieces of junk into the garbage. It was worth every penny...but it does cost a lot. I would recommend it highly to anyone who does a lot of dishes.
cdash@druxv.UUCP (Shub) (08/17/84)
contrary to the parent article, WE have had NO trouble with our GE dishwashers.
About 5 years ago, we redid our kitchen and put in a GE top of the line model,
the one with the bigger than normal top shelf. It cleaned marvelously, even two
day old dried on spachetti sauce.
We moved here two years ago and replaced an old hotpoint with another GE top of
the line model (GSD 1000 i think in both cases) We are still delighted with it.
One hint, something we did that might make a difference. In both cases we
routed 1/2 inch copper pipe directly to the dishwasher. This seems to support
better water flow than the 3/8 tubing that stubs off the sink pipes in most
homes. Back in Vermont, I did it when everything was out making room for the
new cabinets and flooring. Here I did it to avoid the hot water traveling
around 3 sides of a rectangle.
...!druxv!cdash {charlie shub AT&T-IS Denver (303) 538-3922}carlson@ssc-vax.UUCP (Lee R Carlson) (11/26/85)
*** MELT THIS LINE IN YOUR DISHWASHER ***
I lost the original artical, sorry.
We have two HOTPOINT dishwashers in our duplex. They're not bad but they
are bargain units. My beef with GE (maker of Hotpoint) is the lousy
engineering in their appliances. The dishwasher has places that rust and
accumulate crud and water. It cleans the dishes tho.
My choice would be Whirlpool or Kitchenaid. My experience base with Maytag
washing machines would lead me to believe that they would make a
very well engineered dishwasher. My mom has an
"Ultra-Super-Hyper-Mondo-Superbe" Kitchenaid(e?). It works VERY well,
but it takes FOREVER. In my last apartment I had a Whirlpool. VERY good.
Well engineered.
Look beyond the entry level Hotpoint/GE, or look at Whirlpool.
Hope this helps.
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...{uw-beaver|fluke}!ssc-vax!carlsonkolling@decwrl.DEC.COM (Karen Kolling) (02/27/86)
I understand that there was a discussion of dishwashers on
net.consumers awhile back? If someone kept the messages, I'd
appreciate being sent a copy. Thanks.
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