Does not dry and poor rack configuration design
Submitted by NAGat -
3/31/2019
I am not the one who made the decision to purchase this model and never would have settled on this one had I been doing the shopping. You need to read reviews BEFORE doling out the cash AND BRING A BOX OF YOUR OWN DISHES to make sure they'll fit. The dishes come out clean so I give it 2 stars, but there isn't much else I can say about this dishwasher that is positive. First, without a bar handle across the front, there isn't a place near my sink to hang a dish towel to dry, but that may not be an issue in someone else's kitchen.
The top rack configuration is dismally tight. Though my glassware isn't oversized, nearly all of my glasses and cups will not fit in the channels designed for this purpose because the tines in each have been placed too close together. I think it wasn't a problem for my previous dishwashers because the center tine configuration was more narrow which allows wider channels for glassware. Now, glasses have to sit partially in an adjoining channel and that leaves much less space for other drinkware. I have to run my dishwasher more frequently because the top rack fills up so quickly now, so I'm running a dishwasher that doesn't have a full top rack. How is that saving me water and energy? Also, in every dishwasher I've owned, the last tines at the end of each top row leave enough space to conveniently place lids to plastic storage containers. The tines for this one are placed so close to the outer edge of the rack that even the thinnest lid cannot fit, which means you'll have to prop the lids up between wider tines and that just takes up even more room that could be used for glassware. The bottom rack isn't much better because the design doesn't leave any space to stand anything up if you want to wash something wider than a plate, like a casserole dish.
Modern dishwashers are usually very quiet, but this one is not. You hear the water sloshing about at pretty much the same noise level you get when filling a plastic milk jug from the tap.
The length of wash times seems unusually long, well over 3 hours for most cycles. If you try to choose the shortest wash cycle possible (2:15) because you'll need clean dishes soon, you cannot select the heated wash, heated dry or sani-rinse functions. There IS a one hour wash selection, but it will not give you the option to dry the dishes, so plan on hand drying the entire load. However...
The overall drying function is very poor. We have to wipe down the dishes after every wash regardless of setting or the addition of a rinse aid. The concave bottoms of every single glass, no matter how shallow, are always full of water. If this occurs even on heated dry, it brings into serious question whether or not the heating elements are actually heating when the heated wash and sani-rinse functions are selected.
I have read some reviews where people complain about odors. This can happen even in the high end dishwashers and its because the filter is designed to trap food particles and then be removed and rinsed in your sink. If you don't want to rinse your filter, buy a dishwasher with a different design.
I can not recommend this dishwasher. I've lived in too many places to remember off the top of my head and this dishwasher is my least favorite. That says a lot right there when you take into consideration that I'm including cheap dishwashers that were installed in my first apartments over 30 years ago.
Originally posted on Whirlpool.com
No, I do not recommend this product
|
