Product review (5 stars): Simple and effective dishwasher.
I was REALLY lucky and scored one of these on CL for a fraction of the retail price. I've installed it myself in a very small kitchen that did not previously have a dishwasher. I bought the dishwasher around noon one day and among other tasks, it was installed an running that same night. My wife and I eat at home more often than not but we are both very busy with school and work so dishes piling up in the sink was starting to get really old. I set myself up for disappointment because I got it so cheap and the thing has only one knob and one switch, no fancy lights or any of that...kind-of archaic. But actually, this is probably the dishwasher's strong suit. It's simple, specialized to do just one thing, clean your dishes. It's not built to be visually impressive, that's not the point. Enough rambling. We've been using it for about a month now and it works great. We use one of the environmentally friendly type of detergents (which are notorious for not cleaning very well) and I'm impressed how clean things come out in the end. I usually just give the plates a quick rinse to knock of the big stuff; the cups, silverware, and everything else goes straight in. After washing, there are sometimes little bits of stuck on food (my fault for letting dishes sit long enough to dry before washing them or for not getting the stubborn stuff knocked off first) but that happens with every dishwasher, right? The retail price is high but I think you are paying for the fact that it's a specialty in that the 18" dishwashers are much more rare than the other sizes, also it's a GE, and the inside is stainless on all models (black, silver, or stainless). I remember our old apt. had a small dishwasher too, I don't remember the brand but it never cleaned as well as this one does. This one fits way more stuff inside too, because the bottom rack doesn't need space in the middle reserved for the impeller to rise up and wash the top rack. Bottom line, I like it's simplicity and it does what it's supposed to do.