Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/17/84; site rduxb.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!rduxb!smh From: smh@rduxb.UUCP (henning) Newsgroups: net.consumers Subject: Re: dishwashers: recommendations? Message-ID: <801@rduxb.UUCP> Date: Sun, 27-Oct-85 22:42:57 EST Article-I.D.: rduxb.801 Posted: Sun Oct 27 22:42:57 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 29-Oct-85 01:12:47 EST References: <2846@wateng.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Reading, PA Lines: 18 > any recommendations/warnings? > So far,, we've considered Westinghouse and Hotpoint, and are looking > for a basic model: about $500 CDN, or $350-400 US I recently went through this and found that the GE/Hotpoint are rated the best at cleaning and are easy to service, though they are very reliable. The Kitchen Aid is good at cleaning, but is very difficult to service and not especially as reliable as most people think. The Westinghouse/Frigidare (that's right, they are identical) are average at cleaning and reliability and are quite serviceable. We had a 20 year old Westinghouse that was very easy to service and cleaned fairly well. We replaced it when parts were no longer available. Now we have a GE which my wife says cleans very well but doesn't hold as much as the old Westinghouse. Perhaps that is why it cleans better. It also has an air dry cycle which we did manually on the old Westinghouse. (The ratings are from a recent Consumer's Reports and the serviceability data is from several independent servicemen and personal inspection. Just try to look at the motor of a Kitchen Aid after it is installed. You can't.)