Miele Dishwasher Review & Owner’s Experience (and why it'll be my last Miele) - G 7166 SCVi

I've had the dishwasher for a month now and had an opportunity to throw into it nearly all of my various kitchenware. There's not many real in-depth videos about dishwashers from owners and even less from Miele owners. Here's my thoughts on the model and what my experience was dealing with Miele directly after I discovered they false advertised/misled me on the feature content of this model.

CORRECTION: I said the 5056 is comparable to the 7166 in cycle options and cleaning features, I mis-spoke. The 5266 is the correct 5000 series to compare as it has Auto-Open. Unless you need the China cycle and extra cup racks (BUT you can order these yourself as spare parts cheaply), I would save the money and get a 5266. If you want AutoDos, skip the 7100 series and go with the 7300.

(Or better yet, get a Bosch 800 which has 90% the features (and many the Miele doesn't have) of a 7300+ model but at almost $1K less, and a Benchmark has all the features, plus more, of a 7500 series but at much less $)

A few things I forgot to mention in the video:
- Quietness- is it quiet? Yes. Is it silent? No. I've never understood when people say they can't tell their dishwasher is running, I don't know that it's possible for a cabinet full of whirling pressurized water to be completely silent. I consider anything rated at 44 dB (such as this Miele) and below to be "I hear it but don't think about it" territory.

- Cycle Times: I almost always run my dishwasher overnight. You'll have seen the display say 3 Hours for the Normal cycle, this is on the long side for modern dishwashers. When I was considering a more basic (AKA price reasonable) Whirlpool model, I read complaints from many people that it took 3 hours to clean on the normal cycle; for some reason not a single person anywhere complained about that on Mieles. Cycle time was absolutely never a consideration for me because I'm just glad to not be washing the stuff myself.

- Lower rack- if you're watching this you're likely familiar with Miele, and you've probably seen their bottle holders on other models. Between the tines that oppose each other on the front of the bottom rack you can see the attachment point for the bottle holder. It's currently available from Miele separately as a spare part, but I don't think it's worth $60 for that. On higher models it's included, just as would be the smaller cup shelves that I added myself.

- Software Product Segmentation - They're doing this really weird/infuriating thing where not all models get all cycles. The 7166, just as it is missing the Intensezone option, has no ExtraQuiet cycle, no Filters/Grates cycle, no discrete Machine Care cycle, no Eco cycle, etc. These are all software defined cycles with no hardware dependencies as far as I can tell, I really don't appreciate the feeling of being nickle-and-dimed at this price point.

My other appliances/appliance history: Frigidaire gas fan-convection range (chosen by previous owner), Whirlpool refrigerator (since the original Frigidaire died within 4 years). In my last home I had a Whirlpool WDT780SAE dishwasher (and an all Whirlpool kitchen) for nearly 6 years that I never had a complaint about, so as far as commodity brands go they are my first choice. I almost went with a Whirlpool or KitchenAid, but decided I wanted a European style without a heating element that would damage plastics. At that point I decided to splurge since this is a heavily used item in the kitchen.

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
02:26 Controls/Features/Model
04:10 AutoDos
05:13 LCD Demo
07:52 Interior/Bottom Rack
10:55 Second Rack
13:38 Third Rack
15:11 Quirks
16:06 Cleaning Ability
17:17 Why I almost returned it
22:34 Model discussion & closing