From: "siskuwihane" 
Newsgroups: misc.consumers.house
Subject: Re: Best basic dishwasher?
Date: 9 Mar 2006 05:00:14 -0800
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neil0502@yahoo.com wrote:
> trader4@optonline.net wrote:
> > neil0502@yahoo.com wrote:
> > > trader4@optonline.net wrote:
> > > > I'm sure it does a fine job, but according to
> > > > Consumer Reports testing, Miele was beaten out in performance by some
> > > > Sears, Whirpool, GE, etc units that cost less than half the price.
> > >
> > > I don't think your comment reflects the truth of the CR report.  In the
> > > actual results, the Miele receives the top score (excellent) for
> > > washing.  The comments on the G894SCi went on to say,
> > >
> >
> > What exactly about the above is untrue?   I'm looking at the ratings
> > online at CR and the Miele was beaten out in overall rating by some
> > Sears, Whirlpool and GE units that cost half as much.  And while the
> > Miele did receive the top score of excellent in washing, so did the
> > units that beat it out.
> > Washing is only one of the rating
> > components, the others being energy use, noise, loading, and ease of
> > use.  They got better ratings in the other areas, which is why they
> > came out ahead in the overall rating.
>
> This is a little bit of my "issue" with the methodology of CR in some
> of these reviews, and it's realtively minor.  It's important for me to
> understand what weighting they give to each category to understand how
> applicable their ratings might be to your particular wants or needs.
> In my case, if they're all relatively easy to load, and all are Energy
> Star rated, then I want the one that cleans dishes the best.  Do 31
> really do an absolutely equal job at this?  I'm skeptical.
>
> Next, when a fair number of machines score an "excellent" on "washing"
> (as--what? 31 machines did?) then the scale isn't fine enough to
> differentiate between the good, the great, and the greatest.
>


I disagree. Advances in design, manufacturing and materials can very
well result in a large number of machines achieving excellent results.
You can only get dishes so clean,
once that point is reached, there's nothing more than can be done as
far as washing results. It's not hard to achieve that level of
cleanliness at any given price point whether it be the lowest Crosley
or the highest Miele model. Dishwashers have been around long enough to
expect them to do the very job they were designed for, after that it's
all bells and whistles. Today the choice isn't based on whether or not
a certain brands gets dishes clean, it's more likely to be based on
keeping up with the Jones' and their "Stainless Steel Super Sanitizing
Ultra Emeril Martha Stewart" dishwasher.

No offense to fans of stainless or Emeril. ;)