You can almost see the new KitchenAid dishwasher as a result of a focus group
years ago after hours in the same room that may have blurted out quietness washability
and better drying as the go to features in the new KitchenAids
these are incredibly quiet with better washing and drying.
Just not one series. KitchenAid
now has two series of dishwashers with the basic series actually being quieter.
In this video, you'll learn all about
the newer series M and the more basic, less expensive yet quieter 200 series.
Then we'll discuss the best features and models from each series,
as well as the one instance where you should not buy a KitchenAid dishwasher.
You also see a comparison between KitchenAid
and their main competition Bosch including reliability based on 37,000 plus
service calls our service team logged last year.
So let's get started.
As I said before, the KitchenAid dishwasher
series is two different lines. The less expensive two hundred series has
a good wash system and is actually quieter at
just 39 decibels, in fact, its one of the two quietest dishwashers
under a thousand, with Beko being the other. At $949
the KDTE204 is a good dishwasher with all the main wash cycles.
The wash system is also good with three levels of wash,
it has decent racks as well,
with the third rack for silverware. Drying is condensation,
meaning using the existing hot air from the wash jet dry in time.
You do have a heated, dry option as well.
The premium KitchenAid and M series is
completely different, starting with the racking and washing.
That third rack is now the largest and uses water pulses from the rack to clean.
All of the M serie models have to filtering systems instead of one,
unlike the previous series for cleaner
water. It does add ambient noise, but it's still quiet at forty four decibels.
The drying is better as well. KitchenAid
now uses an air intake at the bottom of the dishwasher
like Miele the air is directed to the side by a fan.
The hotter has attracted the cool side and dissipated as water.
KitchenAid reliability is also good, especially for a premium dishwasher.
It's now statistically almost two percent better than arch rival Bosch
as one of the most reliable premium
dishwashers, you can buy just 11 percent in the first year.
Now, a couple of problems, first, you should not panel a KitchenAid
dishwasher from any series because it will protrude past the cabinet,
unlike Bosch or Miele. In other words, will look like a dishwasher with a
panel stuck on it instead of looking seamless, like a cabinet, as you intend.
Secondly, the best kitchen, a dishwasher by is not the most expensive.
The KDTM604 has all the features you need at eleven ninety nine.
Their best model the 804 cost
seventeen ninety nine.
But your only upgrades are gliding racks,
a knife caddy and a light inside the dishwasher.
Let's compare to Bosch
the racking for Bosch and the KitchenAid 200 series is similar.
They both have three racks of similar size
with a cutlery tray on the top. KitchenAid has a better wash system with a third level
with spring and the 200 series and a fourth in M series, versus
two spray arms and a sprinkler head on the top for the Bosch.
KitchenAid has the heated dry option as well and a quieter model of 39
in the 200 series versus Bosch's forty four decibels. Bosch has two models.
The SHP865 at eleven forty nine and the SHP87 at thirteen seventy nine.
They have similar wash systems.
The dishwasher in the eight sixty five
will pop open at the end of the dry cycle to be dry.
The eighty seven series adds CrystalDry and uses zeolite a volcanic element
to absorb moisture and emit heat for the best drying in any dishwasher. It can
even dry plastic's. KitchenAid in general will have a better wash
system and racking especially the new third rack of the M series.
But Bosch will be the better dishwasher for drying, and to confuse matters,
Bosch will be quieter in the higher-end at forty two decibels versus the M series
forty four.
KitchenAid should be a consideration unless
you're placing a panel in the front then by a European brand, also over eleven
ninety nine, the features don't justify the price. Between the two series
KitchenAid offers some of the best models
between nine forty nine, eleven ninety nine for washing, drying and quietness.
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