GE’s high end Profile Series promises “clean lines” and “brilliant touches that answer real-life needs.” The $ 1,200 GE PDT750SSFSS Profile dishwasher lives up to the billing with a sleek stainless steel finish and an impressive list of useful features such as the ability to run a cycle on only one rack at a time and water jets that fit inside a tall bottle. The hidden controls keep the front uncluttered, and the 16 place setting capacity feels roomy and easy to use.
The bottle wash feature in particular is unique and interesting, but the rest of the features of the PDT750SSFSS, though impressive on their own, become more commonplace when compared to the competition at this lofty price point. For $ 1,200, plenty of other models, such as the LG LDT9965BD, include a third rack for utensils and flatware. The LG LDT9965BD also cleans better than the GE PDT750SSFSS, and it’s black stainless finish doesn’t smudge as easily.
If you want a high end machine, I’d recommend LG’s over the GE PDT750SSFSS, but don’t get me wrong, this GE Profile Dishwasher isn’t bad at cleaning. In fact, it held up under our stressful series of tests pretty well, and though the feature list isn’t enormous for the price, each add-on is clever and well implemented. The GE PDT750SSFSS is expensive for a dishwasher, but the useful features and competent cleaning almost make it worth it. If you find it on sale, it’s worth your consideration.
An inside-out look at GE’s fancy cleaner
With black wire racks against the backdrop of a stainless steel tub, the finer points of the interior of the GE PDT750SSFSS don’t stand out at first. The blue tips on the water jets provide a bit of color, and I like the curved x shape of the two reversing quad blade wash arms — a big one at the bottom of the tub and a slightly smaller one hanging beneath the upper rack. Similar blue tips cover the bottle-wash tines on the upper rack.
Between those four bottle wash jets on the left side of the upper rack, and the two fold down stem holders with crevices for chopsticks, the GE PDT750SSFSS includes a lot of options for flexible use into a plain but professional looking interior. Pull out the rack and you’ll see a lever on either side letting you adjust its height. Push the levers and it drops. Pull up on the sides of the rack and it’ll click back into place in its upper position two inches higher. Within the upper rack, the two left columns of tines fold down with push, and click back into place with a snap.
The bottle wash jets highlight a solid list of features.
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Similarly, the two rows of tines on the bottom rack can shift to three different angles or fold down entirely. Even the silverware basket that sits on the right side of the bottom rack can break apart into three pieces if you’d rather use some of that space for larger dishes.
Moving the upper rack up or down lets you load wine glasses or tall bottles for one run, and big pans into the bottom rack for the next. You can even use the Wash Zones button on the upper lip of the door to only run one rack at a time. Or let the dishwasher run a cycle and the quad arms, along with the bottle wash jets and a set of jets on the middle left side will do their best to spray in every direction, and cover the dishes from every angle.
The side jets add to this dishwasher’s spray coverage.
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The GE PDT750SSFSS offers 7 different cycle options, with up to 10 combinations of cycle add-ons, including the aforementioned Wash Zone option, as well as PreSoak, Bottle Wash, Wash Temp, and Power Dry options. Most of the add-ons are self explanatory, and have their own buttons to the right of the main display, along with a button to delay the start of the cycle up to 12 hours. The bottle wash jets will actually spray during most cycles, regardless of whether or not you’ve selected that add-on. Pressing the button just extends the time they spray.
A color LCD screen in the middle of the upper lip shows you your selections, and buttons on either side of it let you scroll through the 7 cycles of the dishwasher, then start the cycle when you have your options picked out. The 7 cycle options are normal, auto, heavy, light, rinse, express, and eWash, the last of which only uses 2 gallons of water at low power for extra efficiency.
Use the buttons on the hidden control panel to pick your options.
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I found it disconcerting at first that you have to pick your options for the run and hit start with the door open, then you’re prompted to close the door within 10 seconds to get things rolling. Otherwise, it’ll cancel the start and you’ll need to hit the button again. The dishwashers I grew up with let you pick your options with the door closed, but since the popular hidden controls are likely to be under your counter with the door closed, the different order of operations makes sense, and is common with dishwashers of the type.
The LCD panel goes blank after your dishwasher starts. Instead of a timer or status indicator on that panel, the word “Washing” lights up on a small display on the front of the machine. It’ll switch to the word “Clean” when the cycle’s done, but I wish the PDT750SSFSS did more to keep you posted about how it’s progressing and how long it’ll be until it’s done.
It gives you an estimate when you’re selecting your cycle, but that estimate can be as much as 30 minutes off or more. I had to check the manual to find the actual range of cycle times. The estimate on the machine tends to be at the lower end of the range.
