A few years ago I bought a new dishwasher. It was very exciting. It is super quiet, which is really important to me. I do so much cooking that there are often two loads a day. After dinner we like to watch a little TV. With my old washer I used to have to remember to start the dishwasher as we went to bed. Otherwise it was so loud we couldn't hear the TV. Sometimes I forgot and would wake up to a dishwasher full of dirty dishes.