Recommend me an integrated dishwasher (phwoaaaar)

[Splurge997]

Hello all,

Apologies for such a st thread but I'm in a bit of a pickle. My Zanussi Aquasave ZT685 is on it's last legs. Seals have all gone and i now have mould growing on the adjacent cabinets. Dishwasher no longer cleans anything particularly well and despite me cleaning it inside and out it's shown no improvement. Now, ask me anything about cars, computers, phones, enterprise tech etc and I generally know whats what. However, with domestic appliances...I have no idea what i'm looking at.

My mum shouts loudly about her new Miele Dishwasher, Fridge and Washing Machine, however upon checking the price of these, I've concluded that;

a) my inheritance is not going to be large.
b) HOW fkING MUCH?!

Budget is £4-500, needs to be integrated and ideally to last longer than 1 year. Live in a hardwater area - not sure if this should have any impact on what i look at?

Any suggestions or should i move over to mumsnet?

TIA

[Simpo Two]

Mine's a Bosch. Works very well. However if you pay a bit more you'll get a Siemens which has a shallow cutlery tray at the top too.

The salt you add softens the water 'on the fly'.

[AndyTR]

We've had a Siemens iQ500 in our kitchen for the last 18 months and it's been brilliant. Much better than the senussi we had in the last house...not much else I can say. It cleans the dishes.

[breamster]

Bosch here and we have a little red light in the floor when it is on. Worth buying just for the little red light.

[davgar]

check out johnlewis - includes trade-in for old dishwasher (they pay you £100 to take it away )
http://www.johnlewis.com/siemens-sn677x00tg-fully-...

This one projects minutes left onto the floor.
even more impressive than the red bosch dot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPWCpIseE3E

[breamster]

davgar said:

check out johnlewis - includes trade-in for old dishwasher (they pay you £100 to take it away )
http://www.johnlewis.com/siemens-sn677x00tg-fully-...

This one projects minutes left onto the floor.
even more impressive than the red bosch dot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPWCpIseE3E

st. Now I'm depressed...

[jonwm]

We needed a cheap replacement when we moved in our house, we got a baumatic, had it nearly 6 years now and it's still perfect, used daily, cost us £189 deliverd

I use a limescale cleaner thing once a month as I live in a hard water area, all other appliances are hotpoint, if I replaced it would be a hotpoint for me.

[anonymous-user]

breamster said:

davgar said:

check out johnlewis - includes trade-in for old dishwasher (they pay you £100 to take it away )
http://www.johnlewis.com/siemens-sn677x00tg-fully-...

This one projects minutes left onto the floor.
even more impressive than the red bosch dot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPWCpIseE3E

st. Now I'm depressed...

In my last house I had a Neff that projected the time remaining on the floor. Bloody loved it!!

[Jer_1974]

Three out of six of my AEG Electrolux products have broken within 3 years including my dishwasher.

[Andehh]

breamster said:

Bosch here and we have a little red light in the floor when it is on. Worth buying just for the little red light.

I also like that light!


For what it's worth we have a Bosch Series 6 Integrated one, and for the last year it's been great. Washes well, and dries well to boot. Even with my total lack of interest in stacking anything properly in it.

It has for the last ??weeks developed a suspicious noise on initial fill (something in the pump? wrong with the pump?) which has me requesting a Bosch visit, and booking that in via their website was utterly painless and I was able to book an engineer in for an afternoon visit within 3 days - that has impressed me.

Hopefully the engineers visit is as equally painless, as well as the result of this ''noise'' correction. If it does, I will be sold on Bosch for future white good purchasing.

Edited by Andehh on Tuesday 22 November 11:05

[djsmith74]

My cheap Beko integrated jobbie, that I picked up in the sale for less than £150, has been faultless in 12months of ownership. Whether it lasts another 12months is another matter entirely, but for £150 I can't complain.

[tankplanker]

I brought this one last year: http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/household-appliances/... to replace another Bosch one that we'd had ~10 years which was getting a little tired and needed a new door as the kids had managed to break the handle. I'd glued the handle back on but they kept pulling it off.

My criteria were that it would be reliable, quiet, have a cutlery draw, and energy efficient as we use the dishwasher at least once a day. There are lots of cheap dishwashers that do everything but the quiet bit, last thing you want when you have the dishwasher (or washing machine) on overnight every night (we are on econ 7) is for it to wake you up.

[Zoon]

garyhun said:

breamster said:

davgar said:

check out johnlewis - includes trade-in for old dishwasher (they pay you £100 to take it away )
http://www.johnlewis.com/siemens-sn677x00tg-fully-...

This one projects minutes left onto the floor.
even more impressive than the red bosch dot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPWCpIseE3E

st. Now I'm depressed...

In my last house I had a Neff that projected the time remaining on the floor. Bloody loved it!!

Mum has that on hers, it is quite cool.

[austinsmirk]

I have an inherited (came with the house I bought) OKO favorite dishwasher. its white. its as old as the ark.

it must go on every day, if not twice at weekends. it's faultless. I think its an old model of AEG ? I've never heard of them.


Ive just put a new kitchen in and this wonderful machine is about to go to the tip as it looks awful.


given yr fitting an integrated appliance, and the front is covered with a door, I'd put in the cheapest thing you can. if it were on show, maybe you'd want something fancy looking.

[RedLeicester]

Splurge997 said:

My mum shouts loudly about her new Miele Dishwasher, Fridge and Washing Machine, however upon checking the price of these, I've concluded that;

a) my inheritance is not going to be large.
b) HOW fkING MUCH?!

Miele Outlet.


You're welcome.

[tog]

RedLeicester said:

Miele Outlet.


You're welcome.

Very much this. Worth the trip to Abingdon. Stocklist is here (http://shop.miele.co.uk/resources/pdf/MieleOutletPricelist.pdf), updated a couple of times a week.

[Wozy68]

Kenwoood £230 from Currys . Bloody bargain and cleans a treat. Save yourself some money.. I installl a lot of dishwashers Miele etc. I own a Kenwood

[Andehh]

breamster said:

davgar said:

check out johnlewis - includes trade-in for old dishwasher (they pay you £100 to take it away )
http://www.johnlewis.com/siemens-sn677x00tg-fully-...

This one projects minutes left onto the floor.
even more impressive than the red bosch dot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPWCpIseE3E

st. Now I'm depressed...

bks, me too now! Had I known that this time last year.... I'm a sucker for that kind of thing.

[FGB]

We have a Hotpoint built in dishwasher - came with the house.

14 years on and it's never missed a beat !

I suspect the next one will last 3 weeks.

ps We've just had to change our Miele washing machine - it gave up after 19 years service !

[paralla]

I lost this argument when we got a new kitchen. I had no idea a kitchen appliance could cost so much, until I got educated on Sub-Zero fridges, I lost that argument as well.

We ended up with a top of the line Miele that Peter Jones don't even list, they ordered it in special for us. It opens it's own door when it's finished is the only thing I can see that other dishwashers don't do. It's also super quiet which is appreciated in an open plan house. I'm hoping it and the fridge will last for ever. E.V.A.H!