Recommend a dishwasher
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I would avoid Indesit. I had the misfortune to buy one about 3 years ago and it played up twice in the first 6 months.
I then took out the extended warranty (something I don't normally do) and they have been called out numerous times and in total it has cost them 720 in call outs.
Nothing major just silly things; blocked washer jets, wrong type of tablet (now have to use asda own brand as it doesn't like Finish or anything to good as it foams).
Recently bought a new washer and condensing dryer and wouldn't even look at Indesit because of this bad experience
m444ttb said:
We have a Smeg dishwasher (built in full size machine) which is really good. I'll def buy another when it dies. My other half wants a Smeg fridge now. In pink...
Had truly appalling customer service from SMEG dishwasher (which was good, especially the ability to folder dish holders flat)about 13 months after buying it, motor went, the cost to fix was the price of a dishwasher, SMEG gave no thought of helping with the cost. It is not what a company does when things go right, it is what they do when it goes pear shaped, my experience of SMEG would suggest that when things go wrong they don't stand by their products. Got a cheapo Bosch now, lots of plastic in comparison to the SMEG, but does the job well enough.
I'd definitely recommend you avoid Smeg.
The markings on ours might as well have been drawn on in crayon for their durability. Less than a year of a weekly wipe over with a damp cloth was enough to take most of them off.
One of the runners on the top drawer broke within a couple of years.
It has a habit of freezing part way through its cycle, and the only way to get it working again is to run it through a rinse cycle before restarting the whole thing from scratch again.
Lastly, even when it is all working properly, the top drawer is so poorly designed that mugs and glasses just all fall over when you slide the drawer in.
Having said all that, it's not as bloody unreliable as our oven, which is now on its third element in 5 years.
Anyone care to guess who made the sodding oven?
The markings on ours might as well have been drawn on in crayon for their durability. Less than a year of a weekly wipe over with a damp cloth was enough to take most of them off.
One of the runners on the top drawer broke within a couple of years.
It has a habit of freezing part way through its cycle, and the only way to get it working again is to run it through a rinse cycle before restarting the whole thing from scratch again.
Lastly, even when it is all working properly, the top drawer is so poorly designed that mugs and glasses just all fall over when you slide the drawer in.
Having said all that, it's not as bloody unreliable as our oven, which is now on its third element in 5 years.
Anyone care to guess who made the sodding oven?
Good experience with Bosch for 10 years and more recently a Miele owner. The separate cutlery tray at the top is a mixed benefit, it's easier to sort things but if you put things in the tray below it doesn't get the cutlery clean. The quality is very good. I'd say Bosch Miele Neff will all be good, but repair your Bosch if you can.
We just bought a Siemens after looking at Miele and Bosch. It retailed at £550 but John Lewis had it up at £479 with £50 off when you trade in your old broken dishwasher, so £429.
However, I found a shop in Stoke offering the same dishwasher for £399 with the £50 trade in offer, so £349. John Lewis price matched them and even delivered it for free! Bargain! I'll find out the model and the link to the cheaper store so you can do a price match too if you like.
I'm really pleased with it. It was the most efficient model available on both electric and water. Only uses 10L of water and washes and dries everything perfectly. 42 db too I think so it's really quiet. You can barely hear it. It's essentially a rebranded Bosch but it has a 5 year warranty.
However, I found a shop in Stoke offering the same dishwasher for £399 with the £50 trade in offer, so £349. John Lewis price matched them and even delivered it for free! Bargain! I'll find out the model and the link to the cheaper store so you can do a price match too if you like.
I'm really pleased with it. It was the most efficient model available on both electric and water. Only uses 10L of water and washes and dries everything perfectly. 42 db too I think so it's really quiet. You can barely hear it. It's essentially a rebranded Bosch but it has a 5 year warranty.
sparkythecat said:
What's gone wrong with your dishwasher?
They are not really complicated machines and some fixes are easy-peasy
Well two problemsThey are not really complicated machines and some fixes are easy-peasy
Firstly it was seven years old
Secondly a diverter valve between the top and bottom washer bars had stuck so I attacked it with a power drill, sadly the pump doesn't have enough go to run both bars together. Also pulling off the bottom pump assembly looked like a smelling nightmare to get into the valve driving gubbins as it was a disc which had two holes in it to alternate the flow between top or bottom sprayers. Hence the drill attack.
Ended up buying a second hand Bosch classic so hopefully that should last a good while. As it is only two years old
We had a Bosch for years and then replaced it with another Bosch when it finally bit the dust a couple of years ago. Never again!
The Bosch replacement was a joke - it was fairly high up in the range but it just didn't work. It didn't clean things properly (according to the engineer who visited about 5 times it's the new eco settings which don't use enough water), it chipped our cutlery (God knows how) and underperformed in various other ways.
Finally got it taken back by the seller and replaced it with an AEG (chosen for its quietness as we are open plan) which has been perfect
Shame because we also have an old Bosch fridge/freezer which needs replacing but will never touch Bosch white goods again
The Bosch replacement was a joke - it was fairly high up in the range but it just didn't work. It didn't clean things properly (according to the engineer who visited about 5 times it's the new eco settings which don't use enough water), it chipped our cutlery (God knows how) and underperformed in various other ways.
Finally got it taken back by the seller and replaced it with an AEG (chosen for its quietness as we are open plan) which has been perfect
Shame because we also have an old Bosch fridge/freezer which needs replacing but will never touch Bosch white goods again
We inherited an ancient Bosch when we moved into our current house. The seller left a note on it that said it was faulty and he was leaving it for us (the cheek!) A logical engineering mind, common sense and parts for around £5 saw it working again. It ran and ran.
When it eventually did die five or six years later, we replaced it with another Bosch (why change from something you have found to be good?) - which has been garbage. Doesn't clean as well, is much noisier, and due to a poor design on the door, the catch broke after about 15 months, and now has to be wedged shut in order to prevent it leaking all over the kitchen floor.
I did look at replacing the top front cover so that the broken catch was replaced (it was part of the moulded plastic cover) but it was over £100 for the part - so we lived with wedging the door as a *short term fix* Roll on four years, and Mrs Meeja now wants rid and wants a new one.
Bosch definately not on the shopping list.... but this is, as it matches the fridge!
Doesn't review well (not that big inside, and tricky to load) and is pricey, but it is looking like SWMBO will win!
When it eventually did die five or six years later, we replaced it with another Bosch (why change from something you have found to be good?) - which has been garbage. Doesn't clean as well, is much noisier, and due to a poor design on the door, the catch broke after about 15 months, and now has to be wedged shut in order to prevent it leaking all over the kitchen floor.
I did look at replacing the top front cover so that the broken catch was replaced (it was part of the moulded plastic cover) but it was over £100 for the part - so we lived with wedging the door as a *short term fix* Roll on four years, and Mrs Meeja now wants rid and wants a new one.
Bosch definately not on the shopping list.... but this is, as it matches the fridge!
Doesn't review well (not that big inside, and tricky to load) and is pricey, but it is looking like SWMBO will win!
dreamer75 said:
We had a Bosch for years and then replaced it with another Bosch when it finally bit the dust a couple of years ago. Never again!
The Bosch replacement was a joke - it was fairly high up in the range but it just didn't work. It didn't clean things properly (according to the engineer who visited about 5 times it's the new eco settings which don't use enough water)
heard that from many folk that bosch are what they wereThe Bosch replacement was a joke - it was fairly high up in the range but it just didn't work. It didn't clean things properly (according to the engineer who visited about 5 times it's the new eco settings which don't use enough water)
Also looking at the spec sheets the top of the range ones use half the water that the cheapos do
I can't see how you get as much cack shifting power with half the water unless you have bonkers amounts of filtering
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