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]
We have a KitchenAid that we had custom panel put on from cabinet maker. No problems at all.
funny, no mention of asko, which we have. i don’t have much to compare it to, but it cleans our dishes and isn’t too loud in our open kitchen. you definitely have to be dilligent about putting the dishes in correctly though.
anyone else have an asko?
Don’t buy the Fisher & Paykel “dish drawers,” whatever you do. The concept is nice, and they look great, but the 15 year-old Amana in our old apt cleaned better. Even with jet dry, glasses are spotty/dirty.
We have a Viking. To match all the other high End viking crap we have in our new kitchen. Boy oh BOY do I wish we could do it over. It cleans fairly well, it runs fairly quietly, however, not to the point that I look at the dishes in amazement of how clean they are. Nor do I sneak in the kitchen and muse about the fact that if I didn’t turn the dishwasher on myself, I wouldn’t have known it was even on.
$15K for a range, hood, fridge, microwave, and dishwasher for stainless highend crap that won’t stay clean and runs my con-ed bill through the roof.
Sorry, I wasn’t able to make session yesterday. My therapist is on vacation. 🙂
I’ve owned both the Miele and the Bosch in the past 4 years. The Miele was spacious, quiet, looked great, etc… but was difficult to install with our German (Siematic kitchen – toe kick height issues). Also, when we sold the apartment six months later, the darn thing broke the day we closed…
So I went with a Bosch when the antiquated dishwasher in our house gave up the ghost last year. It was much less expensive than the Miele, but less spacious inside, although quiet and ran just fine for the past year we’ve had it.
We are now renovating again, and we have to get a new dishwasher because we want it to take a panel and the version of the Bosch we have (stainless, controls inside the door), doesn’t take a panel and we can’t get a new door from Bosch. My husband wanted the Miele again, so we’re going for it… I have my doubts, but we shall see.
By the way, the Bosch is for sale – $300… I paid over $1000 a little over a year ago. The think works just fine, but I have run it at least once a day since I’ve had it (4 kids make a lot of dirty dishes…)
I work for a man who owns a Miele, but couldn’t afford it and put a Bosch in my new kitchen. The Miele is miles and away better at cleaning a baked-on-crap roasting pan. There IS a difference. I love Bosch (I have one of their ranges) and am really not a fan of dishwashers in general, but I have to say the Miele kicks butt. And the poster who says this is “fluff” is clearly not the one in charge of cleaning the dishes in HIS home. I bet.
I have the same dishwashers that west has. Never had one growing up, don’t need one now. When I entertain, there are always volunteers who want to wash and dry. Everyone is hanging out in the kitchen anyway, and no one has ever complained.
No value judgements here, just my personal preference. I’d rather put my money into a sturdy, functional stove, with function and dependability trumping fancy names anyday.
Tell you what euro brand IS rubbish. Our landlord’s Electrolux/Frigidaire dishwasher sucks all the b@lls.
I too got a top of the line KitchenAid because consumer reports said it was the best rated and because my mom had one for years. They don’t make them like they used to. The cycle takes forever, without jet dry the dishes are crusty — I have to pre-clean any dish or utensil with anything sticky on it becasue the slightest remainder dries on it (egg, peanut butter, syrup, 1 grain of rice). & Talk about poor service. When I moved in and tried to use the DW for the first time, it was broken! Since I was under warranty, Kitchen Aid customer service set me up with local service companies. 7 failed appointments later I finally got someone to service it who would (a) show up, (b) investigate the cause of the problem (c) fix the problem. I bought Kitchen Aid because it matched my fridge (love it) and oven (love love it) but I won’t buy a KA DW again. Next DW will find me researching THE WARRANTY before I buy and WHERE THE PARTS ARE MADE before I buy. Even though my new DW was broken, KA’s warranty says “fix” and they will NOT replace — unless you get a lawyer involved I suppose.