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From: danz@hplsla.UUCP (danz)
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Subject: Re: dishwashers:   recommendations?
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Date: Thu, 24-Oct-85 18:37:00 EDT
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Nf-From: hplsla!danz    Oct 24 15:37:00 1985




This came up a bit ago . . . but, oh well, here we go again . . .

I have had "encounters" with HOTPOINT (Hotpoint? hotpoint?) dishwashers
twice -- my folks owned a machine (purchased about 12 years ago) that I
used to do dishes on, and I have rented an apartment for 6 months with
a machine purchased 3 years ago.  Let me assure you that the 12 year
old HotPoint --
     -- made noise
     -- made steam
     -- melted Tupperware
However, the one thing it did not do was
     -- clean the dishes
     
(and all this after my mother STUDIED the manual for countless hours
searching for that MAGIC way to stack the dishes so that they'd get
clean.  She wouldn't even let us kids do it when we were 18.)

In summary, the 12 year old HotPoint did not work, and, furthermore,
let me assure you that they have made no improvement in the intervening
decade.

We now have a General Electric (came with the house we bought) which is
just adequate.  Better than HotPoint, but I wouldn't write home to mom
about it . . .

Speaking of which, Mom now has as Maytag and is very satisfied.  She
has even let my younger brother pack the dishwasher.  The Maytag is 5
years old and has never skipped a beat.

My in-laws (yup, still on speaking terms) have a KitchenAid that's so
old the racks are rusting away (about 10 years old) and it'll beat
General Electric like a Corvette will beat a bicycle.

Of course, this is my highly biased opinion, but get a Maytag or
KitchenAid or something, but don't get a GE or HotPoint.

Dan 

               "Don't shoot! I'm just the hacker"

"These opinions are not those of my employer, a large corporation which
claims to have no opinions whatsoever."