I love these feeders- I had them in my deck planters all summer, and then I found them sold as a two pack at Lowe's-the set included hooks to put them in your planters (hahaha!!!). I bought them anyway b/c I haven't seen them in Walmart since I bought them a few years ago- they are THE most popular feeders with my Hummers, second to the leaky Perky Pet pinch waist feeders.

Sorry I can't speak for the older Miele units, but I've had a new Miele Diamante for almost 3 months now it is by far the best dishwasher I've owned. The original (builder's) GE unit was from 1986, very noisy and never cleaned good. Because of this, we almost never used it. When the kitchen was remodeled in '06 we went with a newer GE Profile unit and had it serviced about 6 times over a period of 18 months. It was much quieter and did clean, but had issues with the water intake and the rollers in the upper rack. It was then replaced by the Electrolux wave-touch, which was an overpriced POS and had 4 repairs in 6 weeks, so that went back. After searching and searching, we decided to go with the Miele and could not be happier. Not only is it the quietest out of the bunch, but it's built like a tank and everything comes out clean no matter how dirty they were. Drying is also good, as we use the Miele brand rinse aid, though there is some water left on tupperware items. I really don't miss the heated drying one bit.

I assume you checked to see if the gasket was still there......;-) Mike

No to the pile weatherstrip. It's not going to stay stuck. A wood door in Phoenix? Lot of options to get around the system that the mfg. used. To remove the metal strip on the bottom of the door: Take the door off the hinges, remove the screws holding the metal strip on, use a gasket scraper or stiff putty knife and pry up one end of the metal strip. Latch onto the pried up end with vise grips and start pulling. Then replace with whatever you can find that will fill the gap between door bottom and threshold.