LG Dishwasher and Night Dry

I don't know why but the appliance features for LG are often completely inscrutable.  The Night Dry feature for dishwashers is too.  Here's the simple answer: 

Night Dry is an effective and economic but slow, cheap way to dry your dishes, presumably overnight, hence the name.  Night Dry foregoes heated drying methods in favor of a few hours of fan-only drying.

Essentially it uses no heat, just a fan to circulate dry air, which is far cheaper than the heated drying methods. It's also plastic safe!  If you are like me, you don't mind air drying if that means your plastic food lids can be safely washed.  Night Dry will save you the trouble if you are willing to wait for it, and if you routinely wash your dishes before going to bed, why not? 

Of course, if you still find you have spots consider a rinse aid like Finish Jet Dry.

LG's Worst Microwave: MVEL2137F

 

 

LG makes many good microwaves, but this particular model should be avoided.  It's as good a cooking tool as the others with one major design feature that sets it apart: The door.  For style, the door is the entire width of the microwave, 30".  However the cooking chamber is the same as the other models.  

Why is this a problem?  Because you need a bicycle helmet to operate it.  OK, we are being a little silly but honestly the door comes out 6 3/4" more than a normal door, and as a result you are constantly having to step out of it's attack radius, and are left in an uncomfortable position, far to the right or far in front of it while putting dishes in and out.  In addition, most of us normally open the microwave with our left hand, and insert food items with our right.  In this microwave you can't.  The handle is all the way on the right, behind the door,  so you feel like you are juggling.  Here are all the steps you now need to do: 

1. Put your food down.  
2. Step to the right, 
3. Open door with the right
   
4. Push fully open with the left while stepping to the left
5. Step forward, 
6. Insert food.  
7. Step back
8. Push closed with left hand while stepping to the right. 
   

Every day use is just a little more frustrating than it needs to be, and there's a very easy solution: Get the other model.

In addition, the door hinges have extra stress and start to wear faster because of the additional weight and angle of the door. 

Unless you need a kitchen to look good in Southern Living or your listing on Zillow get an LG with a normal door like the MVEL2125F.  Practically the same feature set, looks great, less dangerous door that is much easier to operate: