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This Danby Designer built-in 8 place setting dishwasher is a commodious and effective addition to any home. At 18″ wide this model takes up minimum space while providing plentiful room for dishes. Energy Star rated and boasting a low-water consumption feature. Suitable for not only condos and apartments, this model even offers a built in soft water system for remote cottage locations.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.
So far, so good…
By Negative459
So we bought a house that unfortunately didn’t have room in any of the counter space for a full sized dishwasher without a complete remodel. We settled for a 18″ since we don’t make that many dirty dishes anyway. The unit is sexy, in my opinion. We didn’t have $1,000 for an upscale Bosch or Miele compact unit so I was pleased that this one had a number of higher-end features like a stainless tub and wash settings for delicate glassware. The stainless finish is attractive and easy to keep up with nothing but a damp microfiber cloth.

I installed from scratch, with the help of my father in law who is an electrician. Installation was pretty straightforward. Be careful when you’re installing the elbow on the hot water inlet, though. I tightened it a little too much and it pushed against the solenoid, jamming it, which wouldn’t allow water in the first time we ran it. I backed it off a bit and it’s working fine now.

Specs say this model holds 8 complete place settings, where full sized units take 10-12, I think. I’m not sure about how accurate that claim is, on average, but it does hold quite a bit – enough for our needs. The manual gives diagrams suggesting how to make the most of the space, thankfully. It can still take a bit of getting used to, though. I quickly found that our large dinner plates (square, 10.25″) are about 1/4″ too tall to fit in the lower bin without hitting the sprayer. I think they had to set the top rack a little lower than average to allow for the weird double-stacking cup shelf feature up there. Make sure your plates are under 10″ in diameter, especially if they’re not round, which allows them to drop between the slats in the rack for extra clearance. The silverware trays have removable tops with slots in them to keep your spoons from spooning, etc which ensures that they get clean. You can pop them off to allow loading of larger items, too.

It’s very quiet when it’s running. I was worried about the fact that there were no noise ratings available anywhere, even from Danby themselves, but it’s ended up being a non-issue. Our kitchen, dining room and living room are all one big open contiguous space and we can run a load of dishes without having to turn up the T.V. at the other end of the room. Much quieter than the new entry level Kenmore we had at our previous apartment.
Wash loads use a tiny amount of detergent, around a tablespoon. Our large box of Cascade will probably last us a year or more. I’ve found that using a rinse aid like Jet Dry is necessary for dishes to dry completely. I’m not sure if that’s just because we had to run a drain line extension but the manual implies that that is the case in any situation. Jet Dry is like $4 and I’ve got the dispenser set on the lowest of 4 settings so I’m sure it’ll last quite a while between refills. There’s a salt tray for if you have hard water but we’ll not be needing that.
I’ve put a couple of loads through it so far and they’ve all come out spotless, even on the economy cycle. The cycles take a long time, or at least it seems like they do – I guess I never timed my previous dishwashers. Most of the cycles take about 2:45, though. The buttons only have icons on them and I find I need to keep the manual handy to remember which cycles are which but I’ve only had it a few days.
All in all I’m about as pleased as I can be, sans the issues with the large items fitting, which cost it that 5th star. As long as it holds up well, I give it a hearty recommendation.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
A very small 18″
By Cherrychapstick
We replaced our broken 18 inch dishwasher with this Danby and can’t believe how much smaller our loads are. We can get half the amount of glasses and no big bowls compared to our last 18 inch. Kinda sad, but it does clean well. It does have an on/off button, which I don’t like. I do like the delayed start option, since we would always forget to start it before bed with our old one.

There aren’t many 18 inch dishwashers out there so for the price it’s seems OK. We’ll see how long it lasts.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
It worked flawlessly until On / Off button broke
By O. Diaz
We bought this dishwasher for our small kitchen back en February 2011. It was not installed and put to use until April after the kitchen was remodeled. It worked like a charm until the On /Off button broke so now I am unable to turn it on or off.
I must also add that although the dishwasher is small, we use it every other day due to our busy schedule, it is very disappointing that I now have to deal with Danby customer service after such a short period of time.
I will update this review once I receive some feedback from Danby on how to proceed.

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