Dishwasher - Siemens, Bosch or.....?

[EggsBenedict]

Have a look at AEG. We saw their range at the homebuilding and renovation show - impressed.

[FBP1]

12 yr old Miele - faultless. Separate top cutlery tray, adjustable trays and folding racks both sides.

Regularly check it as I've clearly forgotten to switch it on only to find it is running. After 12 years still surprised at how quiet it is.

Mind you I had a cheapo hotpoint that I bought for my previous house on the grounds that it was the cheapest one that fitted the space and I needed a quick temporary fix as I had half an hour to buy one in, and that ran for 10 years without an issue. It was still going strong when I sold the house.

[blueg33]

After 15 years trouble free service from our Neff/Bosch (they were identical in those days) we have just bought a new Bosch. It is the extra capacity model.

We are very impressed with the racks and the variations that are available, there is more space on top for tall things than the previous one and it washes very well with an excellent range of programmes and the option to speed up a programme, as well as extra intensive on the bottom, extra hot drying etc etc.

Only downside is that it has a good appetite for rinse aid

[Dogwatch]

blueg33 said:

Only downside is that it has a good appetite for rinse aid

Yes, our Siemens drinks it a bit too! Was a JL replacement for a long serving Bosch whose heater failed (at Christmas!)and binned it before the rest of it gave trouble. Only niggle I have with Bosch etc design is that a pipe or something projects into the salt filler opening causing salt to spew across the d/w floor when refilling with a funnel.

I kept the cutlery basket from the old machine and despite having had dishwashers for years hadn't realised just how useful a second cutlery basket is.

[blueg33]

Dogwatch said:

blueg33 said:

Only downside is that it has a good appetite for rinse aid

Yes, our Siemens drinks it a bit too! Was a JL replacement for a long serving Bosch whose heater failed (at Christmas!)and binned it before the rest of it gave trouble. Only niggle I have with Bosch etc design is that a pipe or something projects into the salt filler opening causing salt to spew across the d/w floor when refilling with a funnel.

I kept the cutlery basket from the old machine and despite having had dishwashers for years hadn't realised just how useful a second cutlery basket is.

Ours doesnt do that with the salt and neither did the first one. Just use the funnel supplied.

I also kept the basket but dont use it.

[Vron]

I've just bought a Miele.

Disappointed with it. Often the dishes aren't clean and it's not overloaded. The racks have also stained pink inside. A net search says this happens if you wash a lot of tomato based dishes in it which I do. My old CDA cheapest of the cheap never went pink inside and washed equally as well if not better than the Miele.

My sister has just bought the Siemens one with the blue light and loves it.

The only good thing about the Miele is its so quiet you do have to check it's on.

[league67]

We recently bought Neff 'ultra quiet' model. It is very quiet. But it's not very good at washing. At all. Previous Bosch (slimline) was much, much better, if louder. I'm starting to think that these 'ultra-quiet' ones are pretty crap at washing.

[blueg33]

league67 said:

We recently bought Neff 'ultra quiet' model. It is very quiet. But it's not very good at washing. At all. Previous Bosch (slimline) was much, much better, if louder. I'm starting to think that these 'ultra-quiet' ones are pretty crap at washing.

or w Bosch is ultra quiet and washes perfectly. It is an integrated one and has a red light that shine on the floor, otherwise you would have no idea that its running.

[untruth]

blueg33 said:

or w Bosch is ultra quiet and washes perfectly. It is an integrated one and has a red light that shine on the floor, otherwise you would have no idea that its running.

We have this one and it is outstanding. So quiet too.

However, our office have just bought the newer Siemens version and I am jealous as it now has interior lighting and projects the status (progress, time left, wash type!) on the floor instead of just a blue light. Very neat bit of kit.

[Camoradi]

I bought a 3 year old Bosch dishwasher second hand from a work colleague 13 years ago and it's still going strong. Cost me £30 mind.

So classic Bosch bought second hand is the way to go. Bit like early 90's Mercs. They built them well in those days

Anyway must go, there's smoke coming from the kitchen

[Rick101]

Siemens here. Had it about 2 years and no issues. Would buy another.

[bigdom]

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Vron said:

I've just bought a Miele.

Disappointed with it. Often the dishes aren't clean and it's not overloaded. The racks have also stained pink inside. A net search says this happens if you wash a lot of tomato based dishes in it which I do. My old CDA cheapest of the cheap never went pink inside and washed equally as well if not better than the Miele.

My sister has just bought the Siemens one with the blue light and loves it.

The only good thing about the Miele is its so quiet you do have to check it's on.

I also have a Miele, does the same thing, although I have no issues with its washing abilities. Stick it on a hot wash, will sort it out. I tend to do a hot wash once a week, increases the time between using dishwasher cleaner.