BobMCT wrote:

on Mon, 26 May 2014 17:54:39 -0700 (PDT), bob haller
wrote:

my non working heat dry also prevents the water from heating to clean during the wash cycle. the heater and thermistor have both been replaced once

I think Ed is correct. Quality has gone pretty much right down the
toilet.

We we redid our kitchen last summer we purchased a Kitchen Aide and
again, like Ed mentioned, it works great. Lots better than the
Kenmore Elite that it replaced. But I had to pay 3+ times what the
others cost. But it was most likely the last kitchen upgrade I'll
ever do.

Good luck.

Hmmm,
Really speaking of build quality of any thing, wife dropped her laptop
ending up with broken hinge on one side, B4 it quits altogether I went
out to try new laptops. Every one of them felt so flimsy I ended up
buying 4 year NOS Toshiba which is built like tank. Any one watched
Panasonic Tough Book and Motorola's equivalent one going through all
kinds of abuse? First driving a car over them, pouring water, sand, heat
them up under direct sun light. Lastly they blew them up with TNT
sticks. Still they remained in one piece but dead. Motorola one fared
better there. My field work laptop is Durabook semi-rugged mil-spec.
one. I can drop it or bang them around without any problems.