The dry button is, as a result, slowly wearing out.
The one thing I dislike about the Whirlpool is that it always assumes you want the heated dry cycle, so you have to press the "Dry" button every time to turn it off. Worth looking into, though, if you feel similarly. And who knows, maybe the European companies have seen the light and come around on this. YMMV on how much you care about this, of course.
They have a (disgusting) little filter basket that you have to empty occasionally, which IMO totally violates the "you have one job" principle (in particular, the dishwasher has one job and that's making sure I never need to touch nasty soggy food bits). The other feature apparently unique to American style dishwashers is they have a sort of grinder-thing that disposes of food waste, which most (all?) European ones don't have. Personally I prefer the "American style" dishwashers to "European style" ones, even though we never, ever use the heated dry cycle. The "Gold Series" gets you the stainless rather than plastic tub, and some extra sound insulation, IIRC. Would recommend if you can find one in budget. Probably one load per day, almost every day.
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We have a Whirlpool "Gold" series dishwasher, bought open-box about 8 years ago, and it has been great. Posted by fedward at 7:23 AM on January 7, 2019 We don't have that much plastic, we already have a drying rack next to the sink, and the other features of the Bosch won out for us, but that does seem to be a common complaint from other people. Newer Bosch models (which are actually manufactured in the USA for sale here anyway) do offer an "extra dry" option with supplementary heating, but it seems silly to pay extra to restore the feature a cheaper washer includes by default. If you think rinse aid is an abomination and/or you want your plastic stuff to get more dry as part of the cycle, you will be happier with an American style dishwasher with a (less energy efficient) heated drying cycle. European style dishwashers (like Bosch) use a condensing cycle to dry the dishes, but they rely on rinse aid to make it work and that cycle doesn't really get plastics dry. One important thing to consider is how much you care about drying cycles.
The cheaper Ascenta models from Bosch should still get the dishes just as clean, but as I said in 2016, literally any new dishwasher should do the job. It's over budget for you, but it is indeed still awesome. In the thread from this past May I sang the praises of the Bosch I bought in 2017. In 2016 I complained about our crappy old dishwasher but said it still got most of our dishes clean and concluded " literally any new dishwasher should do the job". I note with some amusement I'm in both threads. If you’re looking for some flexibility when it comes to washing dishes in a small kitchen space, you’ll appreciate the performance and thoughtful design of the Farberware FDW05ASBWHA.I think this is actually the previously Mr.Know-it-some intended to link. Furthermore, almost all of the cleaned dishes came out completely dry.
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Speaking of clean dishes, this portable dishwasher does a great job of removing stains, including really difficult baked-on stains like chopped spinach, with only a few minor instances of redeposit. Perhaps the coolest feature is that this dishwasher has a little glass window so that you can watch the food stains get cleaned off your dishes in real time. This dishwasher comes with six cycles: Baby Care, Glass, Fruit (where you can use the removable basket to wash your fruits), Normal, Rapid, and Air Refresh. The water tank is a great option if you have difficulty attaching and securing water hoses, or if you want to wash dishes far from a sink. It has this great feature where you can use either the kitchen sink hookup or the separate water tank as the dishwasher’s water source. There’s a lot to love about the Farberware FDW05ASBWHA countertop portable dishwasher.
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