Whirlpool - 24" Top Control Built-In Stainless Steel Tub Dishwasher with Large Capacity Tall Top Rack and 50 dBA - Black

We like the space in the top drawer for taller things like my tall wine glasses. The machine is very efficient. We love the short cycle with hot water, no heat to dry!

We have had this dishwasher installed for approximately one week and have used it approximately four times. PROS: Dishes come out sparkling clean Completely dry No water spots with the sample of Cascade liquid in dispenser Easy to use Extremely quiet Cons: Tines are far apart which makes it difficult to load our dishes without having them wobble around Top rack is great for large pans, etc but space for glasses and cups is minimal and can only be loaded on the extreme left or right side of the dishwasher otherwise they fall over.. Small desert plates fall over Not enough tines to hold items in place, or if they are there, too far apart to secure them Cutlery basket takes up the whole left bottom side of the bottom rack and is not convenient as you have to reach way into the back of the dishwasher to get some items in. (It is in three pieces, so the two smaller baskets can be detached.) The door is very tight and has to be pushed down to lye flat so the bottom rack can be pulled out. (Maybe in time the spring will loosen a bit.) Maybe it’s just me but I’m not crazy about the way this dishwasher is designed. We had our Maytag for almost 20 years and it was designed much better than this one. (Or maybe I was just used to everything about it, the two small shelves that flipped down so you could lean wine glasses so they wouldn’t break, or lay your sharp knives down on so they wouldn’t get dull, the adjustable tines on the bottom rack so you could fit larger bowls. We needed a dishwasher that was in stock in white and wanted a stainless steel tub..this was available and the reviews were mostly great so we purchased it. Because we are in our seventies and have medical issues, we prefer to keep out of stores at this time so we have had to purchase appliances online for the first time and if I had to do it over again I probably would have chosen another dishwasher.

Seems to clean well. Still getting used to longer cycles than I am used to but seems many new dishwashers are that way now. Still experimenting with different cycles but so far I have found I don’t really need the dry cycle as dishes are mostly dry at the end of washing and I just crack open the door to finish drying a little bit. The stainless steel interior seems to retain enough heat to get them mostly dry without the dry cycle so luckily the dry cycle can be turned off (and reduces cycle length). One downside is the description on Best Buy site said it had an adjustable top rack and it does not so since the top tack is tall, it is lower down above the bottom rack so I have one pan I now have trouble fitting in the bottom rack but everything else seems to fit. Also the dark silverware rack is hard to get used to as it can be hard to see it when loading as the black rack against the stainless steel interior is really dark (a lighter colored silverware tray would be easier to see to load). I also added a piece of my old silverware tray from my old dishwasher to the top rack to hold small things when I need it since there is no place to put small things on the top rack. Also dishwasher is very quiet.I think overall I picked a good dishwasher.

Really like the dishwasher! Runs very quietly, cleans well, and I would recommend it. But be prepared for 2 things that I didn't focus on in my pre-purchase research. 1) the normal cycle runs for nearly 4 hours and I can't fathom why that is making it more efficient as they say, and 2) the stainless steel interior (which I love), along with the dark grey racks and silverware holder, make the interior very dark. I'm getting used to it, but it might be better with an interior light.

Cleans & dries well. Very quiet. I am not thrilled with the dish rack design. Taller items do not stay upright. Utensil basket is not user friendly. Otherwise it works well.