We have never had a dishwasher. I suspect once we have the one we purchased functioning (we are replacing kitchen cabinets and counter top right now), it may be another thing my wife thought she needed but will seldom use, sort of like that new bicycle from several years ago she used 2 or 3 times and hasn't looked at it since. Like the bicycle, if this dish washer we have purchased makes her happy, it was worth the investment.

I've dumped a lot more then the roughly $700 we spent on the dishwasher on stuff that I thought I needed only to find those items were of little use once I owned them.

On the other hand, once we can use it, it may well be one of those things we will wonder how we ever got by without for all those years. If that is the case, I hope this one is a good one. Gene