- Can wash up to 4 standard place settings
- Energy star rated
- Quick connect to any kitchen tap
- 5 wash cycles: pre-wash, economy, rapid, normal, intensive
- Intensive wash cycle increases water temperature to 156.2(degree)F (69(degree)C)
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Brand NameDanby
Part Number DDW497W
Colorwhite
Control Console full_panel
Product Description
Danby DDW497W 23" Countertop Dishwasher - White
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
32 of 34 people found the following review helpful
Living in a small apartment in NYC this product is a godsend. However, we wish Danby's design department think things through.
This is our third generation of Danby dishwashers. The first one had problems with the window leaking after a year, and the soap dispenser and door broke.
The second generation Danby improved the soap dispenser problem and created a well for the soap to be placed in, plus, the spray arm was built beefier and worked nicely. But the rack was a disaster. Less material made in the rack produced too many wide spaces for small things to fall through. This dishwasher was sensitive to the amount of soap you used and tend to foam up quite often. This window did eventually come out on us as well and we glued it back in and all was fine until the timer went and our dishwasher was prone to flood from the feed water not stopping.
Alas it was time for the third generation.
1. The delivery was flawless, the packaging perfect.
2. The spray arm is terrific.
3. The rack, still much to be desired. I think Danby should go back to the old one, customers will approve of this one. (We kept the rack from the first one)
4. The mechanical timer has been replaced with an electronic one which is great except the programs are many, P1,P2,P3,P4,P5. Which is complicated enough but the dishwasher does not let us know how much time we have left, what the cycles mean, go to your manual folks and make a copy, take a magnet and viola! With all the digital wonders out there another read out would be nice because the length of time on the programs has been extended and we find ourselves waiting for that final beep. The most annoying thing about this is the space of time between the final wash cycle and the when the water drains out of the basin. This is a concern for us as we like to open the door to air-dry the dishes and shut off the power.
What we like is that the dishes do come out nice and clean.
And on a small note this dishwasher is not the silent type, yet nothing we can't handle.
Danby, this is great product for people with limited space and small sinks, and busy lives.
This is our third generation of Danby dishwashers. The first one had problems with the window leaking after a year, and the soap dispenser and door broke.
The second generation Danby improved the soap dispenser problem and created a well for the soap to be placed in, plus, the spray arm was built beefier and worked nicely. But the rack was a disaster. Less material made in the rack produced too many wide spaces for small things to fall through. This dishwasher was sensitive to the amount of soap you used and tend to foam up quite often. This window did eventually come out on us as well and we glued it back in and all was fine until the timer went and our dishwasher was prone to flood from the feed water not stopping.
Alas it was time for the third generation.
1. The delivery was flawless, the packaging perfect.
2. The spray arm is terrific.
3. The rack, still much to be desired. I think Danby should go back to the old one, customers will approve of this one. (We kept the rack from the first one)
4. The mechanical timer has been replaced with an electronic one which is great except the programs are many, P1,P2,P3,P4,P5. Which is complicated enough but the dishwasher does not let us know how much time we have left, what the cycles mean, go to your manual folks and make a copy, take a magnet and viola! With all the digital wonders out there another read out would be nice because the length of time on the programs has been extended and we find ourselves waiting for that final beep. The most annoying thing about this is the space of time between the final wash cycle and the when the water drains out of the basin. This is a concern for us as we like to open the door to air-dry the dishes and shut off the power.
What we like is that the dishes do come out nice and clean.
And on a small note this dishwasher is not the silent type, yet nothing we can't handle.
Danby, this is great product for people with limited space and small sinks, and busy lives.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
After my wife and I separated, I moved into a small apartment which did not have a built-in dishwasher. It was fun washing dishes by hand for a few weeks. Being the ultimate procrastinator, that quality time in the kitchen after every meal became a chore real fast.
I did my research, and despite mixed reviews I decided to order the Danby counter-top model dishwasher. It was light, for me anyway, and it fit my counter perfectly. All the components were accounted for and installation was quick and painless.
The first loads were done on the P1 setting, but I have since set it down to the P2 setting. I like that the controls return me to the P2 setting when I power it up. If you have to open it during a cycle, say to put in the detergent you forgot (cut me some slack, I'm a man), the water stays inside.
I don't rinse my dishes off beforehand, but I don't stick chicken skeletons in there either. Just use some common sense. The stainless steel particulate trap does a great job of catching the wayward corn kernel and similar sized food items. Pop it out and rinse it every-once-in-awhile; It's not rocket science.
It has been running, at least twice a week, perfectly now for over four months. Anything small enough to fall through the basket can be arranged to stay put. A cookie sheet, aluminum pizza pan and a large stock pot are the only dishes I own that are too big. I can deal with it, I just don't make pizza, cookies and huge batches of chili anymore. Just kidding.
I am very happy with my purchase. No Joke.
I did my research, and despite mixed reviews I decided to order the Danby counter-top model dishwasher. It was light, for me anyway, and it fit my counter perfectly. All the components were accounted for and installation was quick and painless.
The first loads were done on the P1 setting, but I have since set it down to the P2 setting. I like that the controls return me to the P2 setting when I power it up. If you have to open it during a cycle, say to put in the detergent you forgot (cut me some slack, I'm a man), the water stays inside.
I don't rinse my dishes off beforehand, but I don't stick chicken skeletons in there either. Just use some common sense. The stainless steel particulate trap does a great job of catching the wayward corn kernel and similar sized food items. Pop it out and rinse it every-once-in-awhile; It's not rocket science.
It has been running, at least twice a week, perfectly now for over four months. Anything small enough to fall through the basket can be arranged to stay put. A cookie sheet, aluminum pizza pan and a large stock pot are the only dishes I own that are too big. I can deal with it, I just don't make pizza, cookies and huge batches of chili anymore. Just kidding.
I am very happy with my purchase. No Joke.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
I acquired my Danby dishwasher about a month ago as a replacement for my previous portable dishwasher, an Equator 20" PLS602 model. While I am quite happy with my new machine, there are many things about the old one which I miss. This review will be a compare and contrast of the two models.
My old Equator was a 20 inch cube (20x20x20) which, though still small, provided enough space to put in large plates and frying pans. The interior of the Danby is just as wide and just as deep as the Equator, but it is at least 2 inches SHORTER than the Equator and I now find myself cramming in dishes which used to fit just fine and having to wash many of my frying pans in the sink (which, er, starts to defeat the purpose...).
The Danby has a stainless steel interior. This is a major bonus! My Equator had a plastic interior and though it held out for more than five years of regular use, eventually some of the plastic parts began to crack. I do not see this happening with the Danby.
The Equator has a plastic dial on the front which allows you to set the cycle and to view how far along the cleaning process the machine has gotten at any given moment. The Danby allows you to choose from five different cycles, but it's digital display does not tell you where in any given cycle it is (wash? Rinse? Etc.) Also, the very longest wash cycle on the Equator was approximately 45 minutes; the standard wash cycle on the Danby is nearly 2 hours! It should not take two hours to clean 4 plates, 4 cups, and 4 settings of silverware.
The Danny has a viewing window -- this is kind of fun. The Equator did not.
The silverware caddy in the Danby is much too small, and I have taken the one from my Equator and am using it in the Danby instead. Also, the interior rack of the Danby has such large gaps between its rungs that sometimes items actually fall through. This never happened with my Equator.
The Equator hooked up directly to a hot water source (in my case, from my outlet port on my hot water heater) and its exhaust tube had to be clamped onto a sink in order to drain properly. The Danby does not work this way: it's intake and outflow tubes connect directly to the hot water tap of your faucet through a snap-attachment. Mine did not come without the universal steel nipple attachment for the kitchen faucet, but this was only a minor inconvenience to acquire at the hardware store.
I acquired the Danby used. Perhaps this explains its final quirk: at the end of its last rinse cycle on any of its five cycles, it does not drain. In order to make a drain I must turn the machine off, turn it back on again, and tell it to begin a new cycle. This will make the machine conduct a preparatory drain of the interior, and all I need do then is make sure it does not actually begin a new cycle. Easy enough, I suppose, but this is one more complication my Equator did not have.
And so I must give the Danby only 4 of 5 potential stars. My biggest complaints are the small interior compared to my last model, and the incredibly long wash times. But it does get dishes clean, yes, that it does. If you are willing to wait long enough, and if you are willing to wash the big things by hand, the Danby will take care of the rest.
Oh, and it is noisy. No debate on that. I could never sleep in a room where this thing was going.
REVIEW UPDATE, 2/22/12:
I still have and use my Danby for almost all of my dishwashing needs, but some additional updates are in order. First, about a month ago I discovered that the viewing window, which is made of acrylic, had started detaching from the door. The window consists of two panels, an interior panel and an exterior one. In order to re-seal the dishwasher, I had to disassemble the door panel, figure out why it was leaking, drill holes through the PVC exterior, and re-mount the acrylic interior window with stainless steel nuts and bolts (one in each corner). This took me four or five hours, and a trip to the hardware store to get the screws. I said before that the viewing window was kind of neat-- apparently it also makes the dishwasher vulnerable to leaks that, while not impossible to fix, are no walk in the park.
Second, about a week ago I thought the machine had broken since it wouldn't drain properly. My repeated attempts to restart a new wash cycle only led to an "E2" error blinking on the display panel. After much futzing around I discovered that the exhaust hose, made of vinyl, had become kinked in the back. I used a steel pin, electrical tape, and a hose clamp to force it to un-kink, and it now appears to drain correctly. Would have been nice if the exhaust hose had been rather more unkinkable.
My old Equator was a 20 inch cube (20x20x20) which, though still small, provided enough space to put in large plates and frying pans. The interior of the Danby is just as wide and just as deep as the Equator, but it is at least 2 inches SHORTER than the Equator and I now find myself cramming in dishes which used to fit just fine and having to wash many of my frying pans in the sink (which, er, starts to defeat the purpose...).
The Danby has a stainless steel interior. This is a major bonus! My Equator had a plastic interior and though it held out for more than five years of regular use, eventually some of the plastic parts began to crack. I do not see this happening with the Danby.
The Equator has a plastic dial on the front which allows you to set the cycle and to view how far along the cleaning process the machine has gotten at any given moment. The Danby allows you to choose from five different cycles, but it's digital display does not tell you where in any given cycle it is (wash? Rinse? Etc.) Also, the very longest wash cycle on the Equator was approximately 45 minutes; the standard wash cycle on the Danby is nearly 2 hours! It should not take two hours to clean 4 plates, 4 cups, and 4 settings of silverware.
The Danny has a viewing window -- this is kind of fun. The Equator did not.
The silverware caddy in the Danby is much too small, and I have taken the one from my Equator and am using it in the Danby instead. Also, the interior rack of the Danby has such large gaps between its rungs that sometimes items actually fall through. This never happened with my Equator.
The Equator hooked up directly to a hot water source (in my case, from my outlet port on my hot water heater) and its exhaust tube had to be clamped onto a sink in order to drain properly. The Danby does not work this way: it's intake and outflow tubes connect directly to the hot water tap of your faucet through a snap-attachment. Mine did not come without the universal steel nipple attachment for the kitchen faucet, but this was only a minor inconvenience to acquire at the hardware store.
I acquired the Danby used. Perhaps this explains its final quirk: at the end of its last rinse cycle on any of its five cycles, it does not drain. In order to make a drain I must turn the machine off, turn it back on again, and tell it to begin a new cycle. This will make the machine conduct a preparatory drain of the interior, and all I need do then is make sure it does not actually begin a new cycle. Easy enough, I suppose, but this is one more complication my Equator did not have.
And so I must give the Danby only 4 of 5 potential stars. My biggest complaints are the small interior compared to my last model, and the incredibly long wash times. But it does get dishes clean, yes, that it does. If you are willing to wait long enough, and if you are willing to wash the big things by hand, the Danby will take care of the rest.
Oh, and it is noisy. No debate on that. I could never sleep in a room where this thing was going.
REVIEW UPDATE, 2/22/12:
I still have and use my Danby for almost all of my dishwashing needs, but some additional updates are in order. First, about a month ago I discovered that the viewing window, which is made of acrylic, had started detaching from the door. The window consists of two panels, an interior panel and an exterior one. In order to re-seal the dishwasher, I had to disassemble the door panel, figure out why it was leaking, drill holes through the PVC exterior, and re-mount the acrylic interior window with stainless steel nuts and bolts (one in each corner). This took me four or five hours, and a trip to the hardware store to get the screws. I said before that the viewing window was kind of neat-- apparently it also makes the dishwasher vulnerable to leaks that, while not impossible to fix, are no walk in the park.
Second, about a week ago I thought the machine had broken since it wouldn't drain properly. My repeated attempts to restart a new wash cycle only led to an "E2" error blinking on the display panel. After much futzing around I discovered that the exhaust hose, made of vinyl, had become kinked in the back. I used a steel pin, electrical tape, and a hose clamp to force it to un-kink, and it now appears to drain correctly. Would have been nice if the exhaust hose had been rather more unkinkable.
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