For me the impeller was a must. I want as little to do with the dishes as
possible. I've put all kinds of dirty dishes in there and never had to worry
about it. I don't pre-rinse my dishes... every.... One thing worth noting
though is that a few dishwashers I've seen over the years with "plastic"
start to crack and parts inside the handles etc. start to fall off. My
in-laws have one right now that no longer works with the handle, all the
parts went to pieces and down the drain..




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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?