In which I sound like an ungrateful brat.

[mrs.jacinthe]

So, I got home from volunteering on Saturday and R had spent the day doing gardening stuff instead of replacing the dishwasher, although he had looked at our local clearance center (nothing in stock) just in case.

Sunday, he was like "I think I'll take it completely apart and see where it went wrong, for poop and giggles."  So he did, and found a whole bunch of hair (   ) wrapped around the impeller for the motor.  Removed the hair and boom - like new dishwasher.  So he put it all back together, loaded it, and it works fine.  So we decided NOT to replace it at the moment.

You guys, I am unreasonably irritated by this.  I don't WANT the old crappy dishwasher.  I want a NEW dishwasher.  A pretty shiny one with nifty features that doesn't have a giant spot in the middle of the bottom rack where you can't put anything.  Honestly, it's an almost-20-year-old edition of what is still sold at HD for $250.  How in the world is a 20 year old $250 dishwasher still working, other than R's mad mechanical skills?!  Ugh.  Now I want it to DIE already.

[bunnymendelbaum]

Yeah!
Boo!

I just saw the add for the new Bosch dishwasher with the silverware tray on top.
I. NEED. IT. NOW.

[mrs.jacinthe]

Jul 1, 2013 10:21:48 GMT -5 bunnymendelbaum said:

Yeah!
Boo!

I just saw the add for the new Bosch dishwasher with the silverware tray on top.
I. NEED. IT. NOW.

It's on sale at Best Buy this week for like $809.  FYI.

[bunnymendelbaum]

www.bosch-home.com/us/products/dishwashers.html

[315]

I don't think you sound ungrateful. Sometimes, I just want a new thing for being a new thing. And sometimes I want something more than just a thing that works, but works well.

[downtoearth]

I was the same way about our old fridge - and it's still kicking (our first house is now a rental). I wanted it to die and it made noises all the time and then the freezer stopped working well and I was so excited, but it was just the damn gasket and with a new seal around the door, it cycled less and worked great. I even bought a new one and when it was delivered it had a huge dent and (long story short), two more fridges later that we're what we ordered, we canceled and kept the old fridge.

[pitterwoo]

your dishwasher and my avocado green dryer should hang out. It recently broke too and when H repaired it the guy at the supply store said that it's the same motor and guts they still use. So now H fixed it and I don't get something pretty.

[munkii]

Jul 1, 2013 10:24:10 GMT -5 bunnymendelbaum said:

www.bosch-home.com/us/products/dishwashers.html

We've been solid on purchasing a Miele for over a year now (and plan to order it in the next month or so). How come I've never seen this amount of love for Miele on this board when they've been making machines with cutlery trays for ages? What good reason(s) is there to select the Bosch over the Miele?


Mrs.J, you don't sound ungrateful. You should get one simply because you don't want to wash your dishes in a hairy machine. That really is freaking nasty. 

[mrs.jacinthe]

Jul 1, 2013 11:05:49 GMT -5 munkii said:

Jul 1, 2013 10:24:10 GMT -5 bunnymendelbaum said:

www.bosch-home.com/us/products/dishwashers.html

We've been solid on purchasing a Miele for over a year now (and plan to order it in the next month or so). How come I've never seen this amount of love for Miele on this board when they've been making machines with cutlery trays for ages? What good reason(s) is there to select the Bosch over the Miele?


Mrs.J, you don't sound ungrateful. You should get one simply because you don't want to wash your dishes in a hairy machine. That really is freaking nasty. 

It was gross.  Fortunately, I've been running the dishwasher on the sanitize cycle since we moved in, so at least I know they're clean.  Also, the hair was in the pump impeller - the part that pumps the dirty water out - so it wasn't getting cycled back onto the dishes.  But seriously ... EW.

Dang machine is sparkling clean inside now.  R literally had it in 150 pieces on the kitchen floor yesterday, and they were all given a quick clean before being put back together.  So now I have no excuse.  Dad-gum-it.

[Deleted]

LOL. That's me. Every time I get excited for something new and shiny H fixes it. Dammit.
The good news is a 20 year old dishwasher will probably have something wrong with it next month..there's hope.

[Deleted]

We women need new, pretty and shiny!!  The good news is that a dishwasher that's nearly 20 years old has got to be on its last leg, so DEATH TO THE OLD DISHWASHER!!! 

[boiler717]

Jul 1, 2013 11:05:49 GMT -5 munkii said:

Jul 1, 2013 10:24:10 GMT -5 bunnymendelbaum said:

www.bosch-home.com/us/products/dishwashers.html

We've been solid on purchasing a Miele for over a year now (and plan to order it in the next month or so). How come I've never seen this amount of love for Miele on this board when they've been making machines with cutlery trays for ages? What good reason(s) is there to select the Bosch over the Miele?


Mrs.J, you don't sound ungrateful. You should get one simply because you don't want to wash your dishes in a hairy machine. That really is freaking nasty. 

My KA also has a cutlery tray     

[ktzmoh]

You don't sound ungrateful. I had the worlds tiniest violins playing in my head when I was pining for pretty new cabinets this weekend. I don't want to paint these ugly but still totally solid cabinets. I want them to be falling apart so I can just say fuck it and throw them into a pile in the middle of the street, stand there and watch them burn and then put in pretty new cabs.

[ktzmoh]

Jul 1, 2013 10:24:10 GMT -5 bunnymendelbaum said:

www.bosch-home.com/us/products/dishwashers.html

holy bejeezes i want one!

[Deleted]

Jul 1, 2013 11:05:49 GMT -5 munkii said:

Jul 1, 2013 10:24:10 GMT -5 bunnymendelbaum said:

www.bosch-home.com/us/products/dishwashers.html

We've been solid on purchasing a Miele for over a year now (and plan to order it in the next month or so). How come I've never seen this amount of love for Miele on this board when they've been making machines with cutlery trays for ages? What good reason(s) is there to select the Bosch over the Miele?

I've always wondered this. I had a Bosch in our old house and gt a Miele in this one. LOVE the Miele compared to the Bosch

[downtoearth]

Jul 1, 2013 13:29:23 GMT -5 @gingersb said:

Jul 1, 2013 11:05:49 GMT -5 munkii said:

We've been solid on purchasing a Miele for over a year now (and plan to order it in the next month or so). How come I've never seen this amount of love for Miele on this board when they've been making machines with cutlery trays for ages? What good reason(s) is there to select the Bosch over the Miele?

I've always wondered this. I had a Bosch in our old house and gt a Miele in this one. LOVE the Miele compared to the Bosch

I'm a little anti-Bosch, but that is only b/c my parents and ILs both got Bosch dishwashers about 5 years ago and both have had at least 2 repairs in just 5 years.  Oh and the repairs are expensive just to get a Bosch guy out (but the parts haven't been too bad for one ($40 parts).  One set of parents is mad they bought a Bosch and the other just think they got a "lemon" and haven't minded spending another $300+ on repairs.

That said, I think the Miele are a little more pricey (right?), I remember that you could get into a Bosch for around $800-900 and can be found on sale for $600 at times.  A Miele is around $1,200 and goes up from there, right?

[april37]

When we moved into our last house (built 1972) we replaced the fridge right away. The stove died about one month after we moved in so we just bought a nice new one instead of trying to have it fixed. But that darn dishwasher.... it would not die! It was still going strong when we sold the house 8 years later.

[moolarkey]

DO NOT USE THIS TIP if you want to replace your dishwasher.

To really clean the inside, get a packet of regular lemon kool-aid - NOT the sugar free, it has to be just regular kool-aid lemonaid.

Empty the packet in to your soap dispenser, run the dishwasher through a regular cycle. It will really clean the inside.

[adhdfashion]

I am also waiting for my dishwasher to die. I want a pretty one. /adhdfashion pouts

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[VillainV]

I guess the good part is that since your old dishwasher is working really well, you have plenty of time to look for one on sale....it's not like you have to run out and buy a new one RIGHT NOW because the old one is broken.

It's okay to want new things because they are new. ALSO, new appliances use much less water and electricity than older ones do and may help you save money on utility bills (in case you need justification to buy something new and shiny). HOWEVER, remember that one new appliance can make all the others in your kitchen feel old and crappy so there is a really strong temptation to replace EVERYTHING, which is a slippery slope and can get expensive fast.

[Marmee]

I get it! I have a super squeaky dryer that eats clothes that I wish would just die already so I can buy a fancy we washer/dryer.