Dishwasher suggestion

Hmmm, You wash crystal(real crystal) and china(gold trimmed collectible vintage) in a washer? What brand/model is it? I wish I could have a washer safe enough for that task.

well our bosch, the most unreliable appliance we ever owned died at 3 years old...... and 4 failures over that time:(

replaced it with a whirpool that had 4 control board failures but now appears fine

however the whirlpool wash is anemic in comparison to the bosch......

i kinda wish we had bought bosch again with a long term warranty

I'm coming up to six trouble-free years with my Bosch. Very quiet and energy and water efficient, plus the cleaning performance is outstanding.

Friends of mine have an old RCA dishwasher that continues to soldier on. Guzzles water and electricity like there's no tomorrow and sounds like a succession of Studebakers being sucked through a jet engine but it still works and they have no itention of replacing it until it dies.

Cheers, Paul

Pretty much all dishwashers are perfectly safe for crystal and china, it's the normal dishwasher detergents that are not.

The key here is to not use a conventional dishwasher detergent. That will destroy crystal. Since this machine sees pretty clean (well rinsed) surfaces anyway, 2 to 3 ml per load of sodium dodecyl sulfate is all we use.

Boden

There are so many out there. GE, Kitchen Aid, or Whirlpool are the first that come to my mind.

I'd go with Kitchen Aid or Whirlpool. Our KA has been flawless for four years now and the last one was about 20 years.