Product review (4 stars): I guess I got lucky so far but read this and it might help.
I have to say I like my L.G. we have had it for almost a year and no problems from HEAVY USE.I Don't scrape pre-rinse or anything and have no problems,I refuse to wash dishes before I wash dishes that is why it is called a dishwasher. Dishwasher's that are made
today are designed to last maybe 5 years if your lucky. We have a Whirlpool at our farm that runs 5 hours and has over-nite cycle that runs for 8 hours it's the new water and power savers.
The Kitchenaid by Hobart I grew up with lasted for over 20 years and was still running when Mom and Dad remodeled. That machines would wash and dry everything in a hour. It used about 11 gallons of water on heavy cycle and had a 1/3H.P. wash motor in it,it would push over 60 gallons a minute through the wash arms compared to 6 gallons per wash arm today. The machine also had a full blown disposer in the machine not a blender blade and I remember they had a demo glass machine and it said Hurricane in a box. The sales man would throw olive pits in the machine and uncooked pop corn and you could hear it chew it up and not even phase the machine. These new machines like this L.G. uses a 110 watt pancake motor and changes from top to bottom and it's pretty powerful if you watch the you tube videos,it's better than alot I have seen. Whirlpool uses a 55 watt drain pump motor for the main wash motor and is made my Askol. I have replaced these and it says on there 20 mins on max and 10 mins off..All dishwasher's for the most part alternate top and bottom arms now days because the motor's are so weak. In 2010 there were tons of dishwasher's going to the landfill because they were not cleaning. The Phosphates in the dishwasher detergent were removed and that is what sequesters calcium ions and so many other thing's that make your dishwasher work
well. That white stuff that I still see folks talking about is because of there detergent has been redone and it does not work unless you buy these 15 dollar for each wash all in one this and that and still does not work. I was adding S.T.T.P. to my detergent with mixed results. Then I found this detergent [...] it is called Bubble Bandit because it has 8.7% Phosphate's less fillers and it marketed as a commercial detergent but,you can read between the lines and before some tree hugger goes nut's. S.T.T.P. is a water softener/chealting agent and there is TONS more in human waste and the stuff they are using in place of phosphates there is alot of questions of safety. The manufacturers loved it when they dumped phosphates.

  People thought there machine was broke and got new ones. Millions dishwasher's were tossed in the landfill for nothing and were working just fine. I know of 5 relatives of mine who did they did not believe me. I have a 1984 Kitchenaid that was never used sitting in the garage waiting. With these all nite cycles and dishwasher's running all the time how is that going to do anything?They minds well just put a run the machine in the ground button on it. A dishwasher running and running will not last long..The secret is to use that detergent Bubble Bandit you can order 20 LBS for 60$$..There are some states that have banned the sell if you go to there site they can't ship it to you unless your a restaurant or something like that but, you can go on Ebay and get it from a private seller. The smell is gone and I don't use any rinse agent at all. I have done the three layer Cake test in this dishwasher with a full load of un-rinsed,scraped or anything I also dumped in some hard cat food just to give it a extreme test. I set the machine on Normal with Sani rinse and everything was spotless afterwards.. Try that detergent&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Carton-of-Bubble-Bandit-Dishwasher-Detergent-with-Phosphate-Eliminates-white-film-water-spots-in-hard-water-Five-60-oz-Bags-19-lbs-FREE-SHIPPING-AT-CHECKOUT/dp/B007X5F8RK/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Carton of Bubble Bandit Dishwasher Detergent with Phosphate. Eliminates white film & water spots in hard water. Five 60 oz Bags (19 lbs)- FREE SHIPPING AT CHECKOUT!</a>