Sometimes you don't get what you paid for
By adamg - Tue, 03/11/2008 - 3:58pm.
Philip Greenspun comes clean:
... In an effort to become the consummate condo-dwelling yuppie, I replaced my 10-year-old (mid-priced) Whirlpool dishwasher, whose cleaning power was beginning to fade, with a $1200 Bosch. The new Bosch leaves food on silverware and dishes and can't clean pots or pans. The Whirlpool, at age 10, did a far better job. Compared to the Whirlpool when new (throw in any dirty dish, without scraping or rinsing, and pots with all kinds of stuck-on crud), the Bosch is a joke. ...
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This is what you want, this is what you get
Buy American.
Or not
Most American appliances and electronics are not or are just partially so. That's not the way I was raised, but that's reality.
I left a more detailed response on the blog, but the gist is that we bought a Bosch dishwasher when our very old one went. We bought on the ratings, including reliability.
It's great -- in cleaning, in noise level, and in features. We should aim to do as well as the Germans here. Americans should be able to match or beat such products.
Check the Supply Lines
I loved my kenmore (now for sale if anybody is interested ...) and I adore my new Maytag (free with the Range and Big Fridge), but this is the first time I've heard of ANY trouble with a new Bosch.
Check under the sink and look at what is connected where. If the plumber hooked it up to the cold water instead of the hot, you have your answer right there. Also, if the drain is hooked up such that it doesn't drain, that would also mess things up.
It could also be a lemon. Even if it happens more rarely with some models and not others, it still happens to somebody.
Maybe you can hop it up like kids on a Honda
So take-out tonight?
Too Funny
Too funny. Isnt that the way it always happens. If you paid more it wouldnt work at all!
Only dishwasher I have come across to be worth the $$$ is the Fischer Paykel Draw Dishwasher...totally awesome! Same $