Got a kitchenaid over July 4th. Quiet and has heated dry. Through lowes and ebates I spent $600. No complaints

At my last job, we bottle-fed deer fawns. The first month I was there we hand washed the bottles. I went to Lowes and bought the cheapest dishwasher that they had(less than $200). It worked great!! Since I didn't have a dishwasher in my house, I used it for my dishes also. Always got the dishes clean and dry. I will admit that it only lasted 5 years, but our well water was to salty to drink. That plus the fact that we ran it an average of 4-5 times a day might have caused its early demise. I just moved to my wife's great-grandmothers house and the dishwasher was the same one that was put in the house when it was built so I replaced it with the same one that I bought for the fawn bottles and I have had 0 problems so far. It is a Frigidaire and has a dial for controls. I added a layer of insulation around it as it did not come with any and it is just as quiet as any dishwasher that I have heard. From what I understand, most of the problems with dishwashers are caused by the buttons going out on the front of the dishwasher.

tl/dr

Most of what you pay for in a dishwasher is for name and features that are going to go out in 2 years anyway.

We've had a Bosch for 5-6 years. Trouble free,very quiet and gets the job done.

It's the first DW we've owned without a heating element so that was an adjustment. However, we haven't melted a damn thing so that's nice.

The more plastic (cups, tupperware, etc.) in the load the more likely there is to be residual moisture. Some people don't like to deal with that.

If you need the phosphates, you can buy those separately. Comes in a big box that says TSP on the side.