Spare wrote:
I have a high end KA, but not with the impeller. I'm amazed at how
well it cleans dishes and pans. It's almost a game that I play, trying
to stump the machine with baked-on, caked-on food, and I pile dishes on
top of dishes, on TOP of more dishes (we have a large family, and cook
every night). It's amazing, it gets them all clean, every single time.
We installed a top of the line GE in our last home five years ago, and
it didn't clean as well as the KA.

Definitely get something with a deep tub. They are bigger inside.

The only feature that looks interesting on newer models is the
automatic detergent dispenser. That seems like it would be handy. Not
sure what make(s) have this feature yet, I wish mine did.

Also, I'd like to find the mesh envelopes for small items (like child
sippy cup gaskets). Our D/W came with one, but it's worn out. I'd buy
5 if I could find them somewhere.

By the way, avoid the Fisher &P(?) dish drawers at all costs. It seems
that they have horrendous reliability problems, clogging problems, etc.
etc. My parents have replaced theirs three times in as many years, and
have to prewash their dishes prior to loading to the point where they
could pretty much bypass the DW with not much more effort.

On Nov 15, 10:39 am, wrote:
Hi, Guys.

I'm considering a new DW soon and wanted your opinion/experience with
the following:

1) Is a stainless steel tub better that a plastic tub? I've had both
in the past, but don't really know if the extra money for a SS tub is
worth it.

2) Self Cleaning screen with impeller or not? I'm looking at the
Bosch and Kenmore dishwashers and each has a manual clean filter vs. an
impeller/self-cleaning one.

I know most people like the convenience of a self-cleaning filter, but
my personnal experience with an impeller is that it's something to
eventually go wrong or break. They either get jammed with an object or
just fail. I don't mind periodically cleaning a manual filter. Is one
superior over the other??

Thanks to everyone for your time and help,

Randy



The advantage to stainless steel, as Edwin pointed out, is that it
can't discolor. Some plastics can be discolored over time by stains
from things like tomato sauce. How big a deal that is, is open to
debate. Stainless also looks much better.

As far as a manual clean filter, I wouldn't want one. My GE Profile
doesn't require any normal manual cleaning. I just scrape all the main
food off and in the dishes go!

I would definitely get a flat front panel, with no exposed switches. I
think some of the Bosch units have the old type switches that are
impossible to clean.