EU appliance question

[Otto99]

After replacing our washer last week, it seems we may need to shop for a dishwasher as well. I’ve found a really nice Bosch, all stainless steel inside, stainless front, mostly nicer than the Bosch we might have to replace, but because it’s a German brand imported to the States, it lacks a drying cycle to save on energy. That sounds OK to me, but I’m wondering if 1) any of you have anything similar or know someone who does, and B) do the dishes dry off after a while? We run ours as we go to bed, so they’d sit there overnight. Thanks for any input.

 

[Davis Sharp]

We have a Bosch. It's not just that manufacturer, many of them are shortening their drying cycle to advertise themselves as more energy efficient. Ours has an "Extra Dry" button that adds 30 minutes to the cycle. Otherwise, your dishes will be dry by morning.

 

[Otto99]

We have a Bosch. It's not just that manufacturer, many of them are shortening their drying cycle to advertise themselves as more energy efficient. Ours has an "Extra Dry" button that adds 30 minutes to the cycle. Otherwise, your dishes will be dry by morning.

Ours has a Sanitize setting that I assume gets really hot at the end of the cycle. This one has no drying cycle at all, and even pops the door open a little when it’s done to let heat and moisture out. Plus it’s a $1,200 machine marked down to $600, which makes it quite attractive. The straight across replacement Bosch at Lowe’s is a bit more than that with tax and installation.

 

[Raiyn]

Plus it’s a $1,200 machine marked down to $600, which makes it quite attractive.

Scratch & dent?

 

[Digger]

The addition of a rising aid reduces drying time quite a lot.

 

[Davis Sharp]

Sanitize setting adds 20 minutes. I don't know what it does for the temperature. Maybe I'll read the manual one day.

 

[Otto99]

Yep,,they also,have anViking for around $800, and a KitchenAid for ~$600.

 

[Otto99]

Scratch & dent?

Yep. Greatest find for major appliances. There was only one with an obvious dent.

 

[Raiyn]

Yep. Greatest find for major appliances. There was only one with an obvious dent.

Oh yeah! Our washing machine was acquired the same way. The dent is on one of the side panels - neither of which are visible in our installation.

It's one of the ones where it has Wi-Fi so you can download washing instructions to it. It also sends messages to SWMBO's phone when it's done. Why either of those things need to exist I don't know, but she's happy and that's what matters.

 

[Otto99]

Moot point. The repair, while not inexpensive, was still far less than a new rig, so yay I guess.

 

[Raiyn]

Moot point. The repair, while not inexpensive, was still far less than a new rig, so yay I guess.

Sure, that's a win. The main reason we scrapped our previous washer was lack of parts availability. I did many a repair on that unit as things crapped out but after a certain point you're chasing your tail.

I'd rather fix than buy, but if I've fixed the same thing X number of times and the new unit is a well-reviewed upgrade, well you see what I'm saying.

 

[Davis Sharp]

It also sends messages to SWMBO's phone when it's done. Why either of those things need to be things I don't know, but she's happy and that's what matters.

So she can tell you to put away the dishes

 

[Raiyn]

So she can tell you to put away the dishes

Clothes washer.... and that presumes I'm home.

 

[Otto99]

Clothes washer.... and that presumes I'm home.

Our new washer has WiFi connectivity, but I haven’t set it up yet.

 

[Raiyn]

Our new washer has WiFi connectivity, but I haven’t set it up yet.

SWMBO likes it. I guess it also has error message / self-diagnostic capabilities so that's cool.

 

[Lancpudn]

That's one thing we've never had in any of the houses I've/we've lived in, The housing stock is old in my town & not much room for electrical kitchen appliances. There were no utility rooms over a hundred years ago when these were built in fact when we bought this house in the early 1980's there was just one electric socket in each room of the house
The pipework for gas lighting is still embedded in the walls of the living room for lighting.
We have to have the washing machine in the kitchen which is normal here as there's nowhere else to put it.

 

[Whitefang]

That's one thing we've never had in any of the houses I've/we've lived in, The housing stock is old in my town & not much room for electrical kitchen appliances. There were no utility rooms over a hundred years ago when these were built in fact when we bought this house in the early 1980's there was just one electric socket in each room of the house
The pipework for gas lighting is still embedded in the walls of the living room for lighting.
We have to have the washing machine in the kitchen which is normal here as there's nowhere else to put it.

My sister in law(the wife's older sister) had a house in Southwest Detroit that still had a couple light fixtures on a couple of walls in the upstairs rooms that were old fixtures for gas lighting. Blew my mind when I first saw them!

Anyway, this is all interesting info for me since I do plan to replace the old Kitchen Aid dishwasher( that never did work worth a sh!t) that was here when we moved in as a rental. Now that I took over ownership it's got to go.

Whitefang

 

[Raiyn]

We have to have the washing machine in the kitchen which is normal here as there's nowhere else to put it.

Ours is in the kitchen as well, right as you come in off the breezeway in fact. It struck me as odd at first coming from the land of basements, but it makes sense now.

We typically line dry stuff on the breezeway, but the dryer lives in the garage with the 240 outlet.

 

[Otto99]

Ours is in the kitchen as well, right as you come in off the breezeway in fact. It struck me as odd at first coming from the land of basements, but it makes sense now.

We typically line dry stuff on the breezeway, but the dryer lives in the garage with the 240 outlet.

We passed on a charming house for that very reason, that and the kitchen hadn’t been modernized when everything else was. The dryer was in the garage, about 20 yards from the back door, and that plus the 1940’s kitchen were deal breakers.

 

[Raiyn]

We passed on a charming house for that very reason, that and the kitchen hadn’t been modernized when everything else was. The dryer was in the garage, about 20 yards from the back door, and that plus the 1940’s kitchen were deal breakers.

In our case, it isn't that big of a deal. The garage is on the other end of the breezeway and while we had considered putting the washer out there too - this works for us.

It beats the Hell out of apartment building / complex laundry rooms or dragging stuff to a coin-op laundromat.