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I bought a Bosch 800 series 6 years ago and love it. Bosch is a bit different from American style dishwashers. It has a screen that needs to be cleaned at least once a week. Also the heatless drying is fantastic. Mine is old enough that it doesn't have Wi-Fi with certain features locked behind a cloud based app, which I find appallingly idiotic.

America is the only country with a dishwasher. in Britain we use our nuts

Mine is by company called Belkin, it's cheap and cheerful and has zero network capabilities. I absolutely don't want my dishwasher to be smart.

We were going to get a Bosch when ours needed replacing but we saw a floor model Viking and my wife decided that was the one.

It fucking suuuuuuuuuuuuuuucks.

Bosch, Meile

You can get a replacement pump for ~$50 and install it yourself in like 15 minutes. I did that a few months ago with my dishwasher. I was blown away at how easy it was.

It's probably worth it to do one more repair before you pitch it IMO.

As for brands, I'd avoid GE. That's what I have, and it's been enough trouble over the past 6 years that I was tempted to replace it last fall (but I'm still glad I powered through the repair -- seriously, it was SO EASY!)

IMO Bosch is the only company in the world that makes dishwashers.

My parents have a Miele that works really well, but I’m not a fan of the racks and the way they designed the tines - nothing seems to load efficiently.

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I had a Bosch I loved for years. It had a feature where it would slightly open the door at the end of the cycle so everything could air dry. It also had a red light that it would shine on the ground because it was so quiet that you couldn’t tell it was running. When we moved out, it was still running like it was brand new after five years of use in multi family home where we ran it twice a day every day.

Our new house has a basic GE, and it’s fine, I guess. There are a lot of other things that are higher priority than replacing a working dishwasher, but once it goes I’m replacing it with a Bosch.

Edit: That Bosch also got the dishes cleaner than anything else ever has, even with the cheap detergent.

I've heard good things about Bosch

Dishwasher, like most appliances, are getting too smart.

Many Bosch recommendations here, but beware that they are not above locking specific dishwasher features behind an app.

I won't connect my dishwasher to your stupid cloud - Mar 24, 2025

My honest advice is to go with the absolute simplest one you can find. I have a cheapo "Edgestar" washer from China that works without a hitch. It has 4 buttons. It has no wifi. It has a 3x 7-segment displays for communicating everything.

Dishwashers have been around, and mostly unchanged, for something like 120 years. No amount of fancy silicone trays, wash modes, microcontrollers, wifi, alerts, error modes, etc... can convince me that modern companies have actually thought of anything new in this space.

This turned into a rant.

TLDR: a cheap one

We've had two Bosch dishwashers (we moved) and both were really solid.

To add to to info here, be sure to check Consumer Reports

Something to keep in mind, US regulations started in 2012 that significantly limit water and power usage for dishwashers sold in the US. It is likely nothing you can buy today will dry as well as your current one, and they will likely take longer to finish a cycle. Just, be prepared.

For $1200 you should have a wealth of choice. Bosch is decent, but pay close attention to the layout of the tines, esp on the bottom rack, and how they would work with your dishes. If you don't have pretty flat plates, they won't fit between the tines easily and it can be a pain. Really though at that price, I would look for Miele or Asko.

I would put an Asko up against basically any home dishwasher sold in this country, with Miele as a close second. The downside to Asko is price. You should be able to find one close to your price point if you shop around, but you will be at their lowest feature model. You still get a killer wash and dry system comparatively, but you might not get all the extra racks and bottle washers and other "bells and whistles".

Another pleased Bosch owner here. The thing has been solid for about 3 years now since we had to replace an Asko that died.

Everybody here are recommending Bosch and for good reason. I'm just going to drop in that both Bosch and Siemens are owned by the same parent company and are built in the same factories and are pretty much identical except some design and additional features.

I recommend their models with Zeolite. They are very quiet and efficient. I got one of them last year and I'm very happy with it.

No idea on brands, since I rent, but I will say: Try and find one with a macerator. The filter ones require more upkeep than I generally like doing, especially when there's an alternative that doesn't require it, and isn't much more expensive (if it even is more expensive?). Landlord replaced our macerator one with a filter and it was a god awful experience

Go to your small local "sales and service" place and ask them. Not all of them are good, but many are friendly, and they know what they get called to repair.

Though last time I asked they told me keep repairing the old ones - new ones are too water savings and won't work as well.

I’ve been satisfied with the LGs I’ve bought and used on two separate homes. Both are still good after 5 years.