Magnets are brilliant. I had to go really high up the range for mine to have a motor that opens the door at the end of each cycle. It has good energy ratings too but I’m not sure the extra cost will be worth it in its lifetime because the “eco” cycle is like the cheating on the homologation run of cars: it uses so little power and heat nothing gets clean enough if it’s full.
I think mine got away with it because it was a small countertop model with a light plastic door. I don’t know if you’d be able to do that for a large embedded family-sized one where you don’t know how heavy the door is because it’s attached to a cupboard cover. You probably do need a motor for that. If not to smoothly open the door at least to give it a little push with a push rod or something.
The point is we have the technology to push a flippy door open automatically, my dishwasher doesn’t need to screech for attention every time it completes a task like a needy toddler.
I never know about “eco” cycles in dishwashers anyway. I mean, those things are efficient in the first place and if you use hot water to wash manually you may not be saving anything against a full cycle. I’m also surprised to hear people complain about them so much, presumably out of getting bad cleaning results. Mine is old and not that high end and I very rarely get a bad load out of it. If one thing was in a blind spot it’s just a matter of leaving it in to go for another run.
I think maybe people don’t know how to use a dishwasher? I’m torn about that one, because on the one hand well designed appliances should be impossible to use incorrectly, so it’s technically the dishwasher’s fault still, but at the same time dishwashers are awesome and having lived without one for a long time I’m never going back to that life. I would get one with an automatic door next time, though.
Magnets are brilliant. I had to go really high up the range for mine to have a motor that opens the door at the end of each cycle. It has good energy ratings too but I’m not sure the extra cost will be worth it in its lifetime because the “eco” cycle is like the cheating on the homologation run of cars: it uses so little power and heat nothing gets clean enough if it’s full.
I think mine got away with it because it was a small countertop model with a light plastic door. I don’t know if you’d be able to do that for a large embedded family-sized one where you don’t know how heavy the door is because it’s attached to a cupboard cover. You probably do need a motor for that. If not to smoothly open the door at least to give it a little push with a push rod or something.
The point is we have the technology to push a flippy door open automatically, my dishwasher doesn’t need to screech for attention every time it completes a task like a needy toddler.
I never know about “eco” cycles in dishwashers anyway. I mean, those things are efficient in the first place and if you use hot water to wash manually you may not be saving anything against a full cycle. I’m also surprised to hear people complain about them so much, presumably out of getting bad cleaning results. Mine is old and not that high end and I very rarely get a bad load out of it. If one thing was in a blind spot it’s just a matter of leaving it in to go for another run.
I think maybe people don’t know how to use a dishwasher? I’m torn about that one, because on the one hand well designed appliances should be impossible to use incorrectly, so it’s technically the dishwasher’s fault still, but at the same time dishwashers are awesome and having lived without one for a long time I’m never going back to that life. I would get one with an automatic door next time, though.