Dishwasher Help: Bosch v. Fisher & Paykel vs. Other

14 years ago

F&P DishDrawer v. Bosch v. Other DishDrawer v. Other Tall Tub. Discuss :)

My 5 year old Maytag is done, again, and I have had enough of fixing it. I miss the days of getting 15-30 years out of an appliance. All of my Maytag appliances appear to be rebadged garbage and die a gruesome death 3-5 years after purchase. I am going to invest in a decent dishwasher hoping that it will last at least ten years. When I dropped $600 on this Maytag I thought I was getting a long term investment, alas I was wrong.

My darling wife is a big DishDrawer fan: but has never used them, so it is a lust of form over function. I need to know, given the $900-ish budget (The price of the DishDrawer), what you would have in your kitchen for a dishwasher. I am looking for something reliable, energy efficient (EnergyStar) and quiet. I don't want to spend nearly a thousand bucks on something that just looks good: I am hoping to hear from a current owner or two.

The exterior finish will be a basic black. I happened to be grabbing something from Sears and a saleman there started trying to sell me on the powerscrub and "garbage disposal" features in the new dishwasher they were hawking - claiming that it goes "way beyond" your run-of-the-mill masticator.

I am also concerned about warranty: any time I had to get service on the Maytag it was a minimum of $100 to get any local guy to the house, then there was time & parts. The best service I've had from appliances has been from AGA. I want something where a company will stand behind their product, if that even exists anymore.

Any information, advice, etc. will be appreciated, thanks!!

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wildboar
14 years ago
I like the looks of the Asko D5122XXL (tall tub) in black from ajmadison $899 after $100 rebate and free shipping.

Just make sure you have the minimum height 34 3/8 inches cutout it requires.

Our Asko is going on 10 years now with no problems.
iamjim
Original Author
14 years ago
Thank you! You accidentally stumbled upon a feature request that we will sorely miss with this Maytag: 3 racks. Apparently they just aren't made anymore - at least by the domestic manufacturers.

We have the top rack for cups, the middle rack for plates, bowls and silverware and the bottom rack for cake pans, cutting boards, small bowls, etc.

The Asko dishwasher is now in the running though the nearest distributor is about two hours away and the web site leaves much to be desired.
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holligator
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I just want to say that I absolutely LOVE my F&P dish drawers! They are exactly perfect for our needs. It's usually just the two of us, so using just one drawer is ideal. When it's not just the two of us, it tends to be lots and lots of people. In that case using both drawers and being able to start one while the other isn't yet full or being able to generate more clean dishes at the same time as we're using others has worked beautifully.

Each drawer holds way more than half of what my old KA DW held, so together, the two drawers hold way more than a regular DW. It takes awhile to get used to loading them, but once you do, you can fit in an amazing amount without interfering with its cleaning ability.

I find it amazing that it took this long for such a revolutionary but obviously needed change in DW design to occur, but now that it has, I will never go back to the old shin-banging door and clumsy racks.
erikanh
14 years ago
I have to chime in to agree 100% with everything that holligator said about the F&P dish drawers. I've had Maytag, Whirlpool and Bosch dishwashers and I will never go back to a traditional style dishwasher. The drawers make so much more sense ergonomically. I love being able to run frequent small loads. It's so nice to be able to put dirty dishes in the second drawer when the other is running or still full of clean dishes. They're quiet and do a great job cleaning and drying my dishes. The tubs catch all the water drips so no more mess on my wood floors.

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