The Great Dishwasher Debate: Miele Versus Bosch
As we’ve mentioned before, we’re currently subletting a desk in an architecture office, so occasionally there’s some chit-chat going on around us that is relevant to the blog. Yesterday, a debate broke out about dishwashers. After the dust settled, the clear consensus was that Miele (pictured) is far and away the best, both in terms…
As we’ve mentioned before, we’re currently subletting a desk in an architecture office, so occasionally there’s some chit-chat going on around us that is relevant to the blog. Yesterday, a debate broke out about dishwashers. After the dust settled, the clear consensus was that Miele (pictured) is far and away the best, both in terms of function and noise. Bosch, which is what we have in our kitchen, was the second choice. So that got us wondering what readers experiences have been with these two brands as well as other, less expensive ones. We’ve set up a brief poll to see what brand readers have at home and encourage people to discuss the pros and cons in the comments section.
Dishwasher Poll [Survey Monkey]
In my various residences, I have had:
– various apartment/builder-grade dishwashers (whirlpool/GE/hotpoint)
– 2 high-end GE Profiles (circa 1998 and circa 2006)
– 1 Miele
The basic dishwashers basically worked. Not great, but they worked as expected. A pre-rinse is generally a good idea with these.
The GE Profiles sucked ass, both of them. The first one was the most difficult to load dishwasher I’ve ever used; the racks were optimized for failure.
The Miele was the best, hands down. It actually cleaned stuff. It *vaporized* large bits of food. I didn’t even need to scrape dishes! I’d check the filter every week, and there would be nothing in it, week after week. I found a bone in it once, and that’s about it.
The second GE Profile, in current house and less than a year old, is easy to load, but doesn’t get anything clean without spotless prerinsing. It doesn’t dry properly. It makes gronking noises. There’s a wide vertical opening in the hinge when the dishwasher is open, and grunge collects in there over time, which is disguisting — it’s not easy to clean. I am right this moment shopping for a Miele to replace it.
(Yes, I use rinse agent, plenty of soap, proper loading techniques, etc).
Performance aside, I love the Miele cutlery rack. (You can get Mieles without the cutlery rack if you prefer, as some do, but I’d try it with first.)
My grandmother has a Bosch which is now probably twenty years old, and has been repaired a couple of times; she’s happy with it, for what it’s worth. It has always been very quiet.
ibook g4 actually. I use it for work so it was a tax deduction. :]
“What a repulsive thread. Yuppie consumerism at its worst.”
– typed on a Mac Book Pro
What a repulsive thread. Yuppie consumerism at its worst.
My husband just came upstairs and told me the hot-water tab on the fancy $1,000 kitchen faucet we had installed only a month ago has popped off.
I think that’s the last splurge for pricey kitchen fixtures we ever do in any house! It’s completely absurd.
Advice to anyone doing a kitchen reno right now: go for quality not fancy designer names, and don’t waste your money.
I don’t get what’s so offensive about discussing high-end appliances.
This is a web site dedicated to discussing what? Oh yeh, homes that generally cost anywhere from $1mm – $5mm, and hundreds of thousands of dollars to renovate, not to mention the cost of maintaining a 100 year old property.
Oh wait. I see now. What you meant to say is that we shouldn’t remind you that you need to be loaded to indulge in the whole brownstone fantasy thing.
Okay, sorry.
I forgot about that.
Silence please.
So pathetically bourgeois.
high-end appliances are the new sports cars.
it’s pretty lame.
I have Asko, which costs a bit less than Meile, but IMO functions just as well, and also takes a custom door panel (to match cabinets).
Two dishwashers would be nice for entertaining, but difficult to find space ina brownstone kitchen.
Actually, what amazes me is the number of homes asking $2mm-$3mm that don’t have high end appliances. At these prices, you’d think the sellers could have spent a little money on appliances.
Of course, whenever the conversation turns to these kinds of things, we get the granola populists crying about materialism and how we should donate the money to charity blah, blah.
Get over yourselves yah commies.
Now, let’s discuss something truly relevant like Viking vs. Wolf ranges! I like the red knobs on the Wolf, but Viking can be ordered in designer colors, yum.