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Advantages: horsepower, pressure
Disadvantages: NONE

This Frigidaire PLD4555RFC is one of the best dishwashers I have used in a long time. I went out to my paps house and he had this same exact modle and I had to do the dishes after his birthday and I have never seen a dish come out that clean before. It is very powerful with a lot of horsepower and the water gets so hot that when you take out the plate or silverwear you have put in, it is very shiny and you can tell that there is no germs or what ... Read review

Advantages: energy effectient, cleans well, easy to clean
Disadvantages: none

My mother has this dish washer in her home and it works pretty good. She has not had any kind of problems out of it. She says that it cleans her dishes really good and just occasionly she has to wash again but not very often at all. It has four different wash funtions and lots of features to use. It is really nice to use when you make a big dinner and don't want to wash the dishes. You can also put it on enery save so it doesn't ring up your power ... Read review

Advantages: Energy saver, large loads, gets stuff really clean
Disadvantages: none

I have this dishwasher and it works really well. I think it looks really nice because its simple looking and doesnt look outdated. We got the white so it will go with everything else in our kitchen. Its got alot of options too. You can set it to any setting you want like, heavy for pots and pans, regular for plates and things and light for things like china and glass. It has heat and air dry options too. I love the little key pad instead of the old ... Read review

Advantages: Good price and works well.
Disadvantages: Doesn't have steel tub.

I replaced my GE washer with this one and it was one of the best decisions I could have made. It is very easy to use and does an antiquate job at cleaning. I have had mine for about 5 years and the only problem I have had is a wheel on the top shelf came off. Simply enough replaced. It is a very quite machine for the money. It has different settings for different needs including pot scrubber. I have to admit though, you have to use Cascade dishwashing ... Read review

Advantages: Does a great job, quiet, no maintenance so far.
Disadvantages: I like it. Can't find anything wrong with it.

We moved into the house we are buying in October 2006. This dishwasher came with the house. It was definitely used when we got here but still in excellent shape. The top rack is roomy enough to put dishes in it. It holds plenty of glasses as well, making it easy to fit all the dirty dishes in. I especially like this feature because I cook big dinners. Feeding a family of four can pile up those dishes! The lower rack holds the silverware basket and ...
...is better than the last dishwasher I had because it is larger and holds everything I may want to put in it. Sometimes I have tops to storage containers or jars that I am able to put in the silverware basket. There is a feature on it called the HotStart which preheats the water before it gets to the main wash cycle. I had no idea that the water used during a wash cycle was different temperatures! The landlady pointed out that it has Energy Star on ... Read review