Same - I wouldnt worry about the plastic in any brand - its more the seals Im concerned with.
I was more interested in the question from the perspective of a comparison between Miele and Bosch.
Mieles have 2 SS arms and one plastic arm.
Dishwasher Spot Free Hack/Trick/Recommendation for some :)
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Same - I wouldnt worry about the plastic in any brand - its more the seals Im concerned with.
I was more interested in the question from the perspective of a comparison between Miele and Bosch.
Mieles have 2 SS arms and one plastic arm.
No dish washer here.
I wash by hand and let drip-dry.
To remove any water spots, I spray some vinegar on a micro-fiber towel and wipe down.
I wash by hand and let drip-dry.
To remove any water spots, I spray some vinegar on a micro-fiber towel and wipe down.
Completely harmless. I'm sure I could dump a pound a day down and no problem, let alone a diluted tablespoon a day MAX
How do you like the Bosch dishwasher? From what I've read they don't have a heating element by use passive drying?
Well considering the cost difference in the machines and our max stay of 8-10 more years, not too worried about the arms.
Solid value for the money. Not super expensive but well worth the few hundred $ more for the quiet.
It's our second Bosch (last house I put one in as well). I say no heating element is the way to go. Less to fail, frankly. I'm sure if you open the DW right at the end of a cycle the dishes will be more dry with a heating element, but our dishes are dry if you let it cycle.
PS If you never had a 3rd (top) rack for your silverware, I think you will love it. We just put all that and other gadgets up top, removed the normal flatware racks and suddenly the DW is just enormous!
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Well you got that fancy system, I wouldn't dare dump that much down mine
I might need to try some on a cycle. I remembered while I don't get spotting, I'm getting some slight discoloration from buildup I presume.
Mieles get crazy - I buy the base Miele dishwasher which is 1K, pretty sure I got 22-3 years out of my first one.
If I didnt have a Miele I'd have a Bosch.
On Arms- you want the middle arm to be plastic regardless- It very likely that at some time a plate or other glassware could get hit by the middle spray arm - plastic is less likely to chip.
"according to the miele rep" - On the tub and 3rd rack arm being SS allows more pressure while hot and smaller diameter holes than a plastic arm that will not either distort under load or abrade as much over time and alter the stream.
Passive drying works great on glassware but not so well for plastic.
Truth.
We really have reduced our plastic stuff and now don't so willy nilly put plastics through the cycle. The stupid "push on" lids always getting killed in the DW anyway - it's the heat, not soap or anything else.
For the ultimate dishwasher hack, especially for older dishwashers, is to add a scant half teaspoon of Sodium Tripolyphosphate to reach load. That's the ingredient they removed from dishwashing detergent a decade ago and is the stuff that made it work.
Sodium Tripolyphosphate is readily available online.
Sodium Tripolyphosphate is readily available online.
The flip side is that you can put plastic pieces on the bottom rack and they wont warp from an exposed heating coil -
A little lemishine helps keep the s/s dishwasher interior clean. Doesn’t take much.
I use Finish tablets and rinse aid from Costco (stock up when it's on sale) in a BOTL el cheapo Frigidaire dishwasher that's 8 years old, the thing is so cheap it has a plastic tub and gets fed the hardest municipal water you've ever seen. To this day the inside is spotless and all the glasses and silverware come out spotless. Yeah it's a little noisier than a Bosch but it isn't bad. No complaints.
