Maytag MDB9150 Review

Overall Rating

Quiet?

Anyone who has read my review of the Bosch SHU53 knows that I'm in the market for a dishwaster. So I checked out Maytag based on my very good luck with my Jenn Air (a Maytag label) refrigerator and Maytag Neptune washer & dryer set. The model that caught my eye was the MDB9150. It sounds a lot like the Bosch SHU53 and is advertised as having the "EQ Plus Sound Package." Unfortunately, I looked all over the Maytag website and could not find a dB rating anywhere. This struck me as odd so I contacted Maytag and asked for the dB rating on the machine. Their response is quoted below:

"Thank you for visiting the Maytag Home Page. We welcome the opportunity to assist you.

We are sorry, we do not have this information available to release to the public.

If you have further questions or comments, please e-mail or contact our Customer Service Department at the toll-free number listed below.

Sincerely,

Deanna
Maytag Customer Service"

To be fair, I could understand this response if they made no claim that their dishwasher was quiet. But they do claim it is quiet. So why will they not define "quiet" with a common term (such as dB)? Makes you wonder doesn't it? So heads up folks. Seems it's buyer beware on the quiet claim. If anyone knows the dB rating for this machine, I'd like to have the information. The Bosch SHU53 is rated at 49dB.

Members' Comments onejay.'s Review

• MAG. on 31st May 2002

  This was a good issue to point out. Thank you.

• Shaun. on 17th Sep 2002

  I think new maytag dishwashers are quiet, our 14 year old one is VERY noisy though due to the old moving components. General Electric has the quietest dishwashers though, I think.

• mary. on 22nd Feb 2003

  I just bought a Maytag dishwasher with the EQ system. This dishwasher is VERY quiet. I can hardly tell it's on and my kitchen is very close to my living room. I don't know what the db rating is but it is very quiet.

• Barry. on 18th Jun 2003

  48 dBA, it says so on the maytag web site

• ej. on 4th Aug 2003

  seems to me you're rating the maytag website customer service and not the dishwasher. The comments by others are much more helpful than the review.

• Bertie on 10th Sep 2003

  Barry.....according to the dBA scale on www.reliance.com, 48dBA is the level of noise in a Department Store's Clothing Department. Doesn't say how many people were there!

• awraew on 20th Sep 2004

  I would beware the Maytag's "quiet" claim. I had the same experience when I called Maytag customer service - I spoke with a rep and he said they do not rate the quietness of their dishwashers and could not confirm or be obligated by any third party ratings (i.e., consumer reports). I have a new Maytag (Quiet Package 100, not sure of model) and it is louder than my 13 year old GE that I replaced. My experience is that quiet to one person is loud to another. Without an independent barometer, such as decibels, "quiet" is a relative term that Maytag apparently uses loosely.