On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 09:08:53 -0500, "RBM" wrote:


"Colbyt" wrote in message
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"mcp6453" wrote in message
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When I made my daily trip to Lowes, the salesman suggested that I get one
of the
steel clad dishwasher hoses to replace the copper tubing all together.
(My first
thoughts were to replace the copper with Pex, but it's not worth the
trouble,
since I don't have the experience or the tools to use it.) Any thoughts
to the
contrary?

My wife wants a plain and simple under-the-counter stainless dish washer.
Is one
brand particularly better than another? We're not interested in ones like
they
put in million dollar houses.

The SS clad fex hose are fine, easy to use and seem to last. The one on
our DW is about 15 years old.

If I were replacing the DW after all these years I would use a new hose
and not reuse the old one.

With appliances, I find the best bang for my buck at about the mid-point
of any product line. I am completely out of touch with prices right now.
When we bought our current unit Whirlpool ranged from a low of about 200
to a high of about 750. We bought the multi-cycle model for about 450
then and it has served us very well. I suspect the mid-point of any brand
would be good.

I prefer the Whirlpool brand because of the silverware basket in the door
as we do not run ours after every meal.

I will say that the new Bosch a family member bought is about the quietest
machine I have ever heard running.


Colbyt

I agree, the Bosch I have is the quietest machine I've come across. Mine has
a small red light that beams onto the floor, so you know it's running.



My Bosch has a LED display showing a status icon and time remaining,
but I bought that model due to the low 47 dB rating. A DW rated at
42 dB would be sweet, but carries a high cost.