HotRod wrote:
When I did this a few years ago after reading a lot of websites and consumer
reports I had the choice of two BOSCH units and a KitchenAid, everything in
I went with the KitchenAid and have never regreted it. The internal layout
and little extra's that they thought of can been seen as well as the fact
that it has the impeller and SS inside. At the end of the day the only thing
my guests and wife comment about are how clean the dishes are "Soap makes
the difference" and how silent it runs... Slience is the numder one thing
everyone notices...

Thanks, HotRod.

I too have the Kitchenaid DW right now and its 6.5 years old now. I
did my homework by reading CR and web research and settled on the
Kitchenaid. It has been a good machine and cleans well, but the past
year I've had to replace the pump assy. once and now it's acting up
again (making a grinding/squeal sound AFTER all the water has been
pumped out).

I'm wondering if having a DW WITHOUT an impeller is best since I won't
at least have that to worry about repairing that piece of it.

Do you think the self-cleaner/impeller is a must or toss up?