Dishwashers lifespan

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Just interested to see what others have experienced with dishwashers, their durability and lifespan? Admittedly ours is a slimline one so maybe it’s a contributing factor, who knows and we live in a hard water area. Our first one was a Indesit that lasted 8 years and I only replaced drain pump towards the end of it lifespan. The whole thing failed a week before Xmas.

That’s how we ended up getting a Candy dishwasher, it was the only one in stock, in the colour my wife wanted and would be delivering before Christmas. We have had it two and a bit years. It’s was nothing but problems, I have had to replace drain pump three times during that time. It would drinks rinse aid like an alcoholic. Anything I the corners of never get cleaned. Then it flooded the kitchen last week. What was the last straw…..

Currently waiting on a delivery of our new one, a Hisense one hopefully it will be better than the Candy dishwasher we had.

What have other experienced with dishwasher. I am just thinking we just had different ends of the spectrum. A good machine, with quality and well tested components or was it just luck? To a cheap of the cheap and it’s all about maximising profits, but using the cheapest components.
 
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In my experience the quality soft or hard of your mains water has a huge impact on them unless you constantly maintain them - and the cheaper ones probably suffer more. Where I lived awhile back had low mineral content in the water and appliances lasted for ages, my parents in recent years moved to an area with really hard water and cheap appliances last no time at all and even the better brands struggle.
 
My experience of them is extremely tough and reliable, no need to buy parts ever and only fail after a long life of hard work

But it would not shock me is new ones are lower quality, everything seems to be going down hill
 
Mine is 12 years old. I have a water softener. It functions well, looks near new, but I have started to notice it letting more steam out. Dunno if I can get a repair guy to fix that or need to replace the whole thing.

When you buy a new one do they install it for you? Mine is built in, I don't really want to deal with doing it myself
 
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throwaway4372 said:
When you buy a new one do they install it for you? Mine is built in, I don't really want to deal with doing it myself
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Depends, some come with free installation others you'd have to pay for, can also get them to take the old one.

EDIT: Depending on how built in it is might not be included in standard service.
 
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Rroff said:
In my experience the quality soft or hard of your mains water has a huge impact on them unless you constantly maintain them - and the cheaper ones probably suffer more. Where I lived awhile back had low mineral content in the water and appliances lasted for ages, my parents in recent years moved to an area with really hard water and cheap appliances last no time at all and even the better brands struggle.
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Like all household machines that use water, if your water is hard the machine will not live too long, that is my understanding of it
 
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Had a Bosch one that lasted nearly 10 years, though I had to replace the heat pump at around the 7 or 8 year mark. Current Beko one is 3.5 years without any issues.

In my first house I had a slimline Smeg one that died at about 3 years, suspected PCB failure.
 
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Rroff said:
In my experience the quality soft or hard of your mains water has a huge impact on them unless you constantly maintain them - and the cheaper ones probably suffer more. Where I lived awhile back had low mineral content in the water and appliances lasted for ages, my parents in recent years moved to an area with really hard water and cheap appliances last no time at all and even the better brands struggle.
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This is my new thinking, we have always lived in a hard water area. We use to get through kettles so quickly it was silly. Our current one, still going after years and regular cleaning to remove limescale etc.

Washing machines, the cheap ones never last long, even with regular maintenance and cleaning. The more expensive ones have served us well with regular maintenance.
 
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cheesyboy said:
Had a Bosch one that lasted nearly 10 years, though I had to replace the heat pump at around the 7 or 8 year mark. Current Beko one is 3.5 years without any issues.

In my first house I had a slimline Smeg one that died at about 3 years, suspected PCB failure.
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Yeah we have a NEFF/Bosch and its done ok for getting on 10 years now.. ECO mode makes it crap out but we just dont use that setting anymore. And were in a hard water area too. Using decent tablets makes a massive difference too.
 
We had 7 years out of our Bosch dishwasher that came with our new build house. We've just replaced it with a NEFF and the NEFF definitely cleans a lot better. We live in a very hard water area and I always rinsed off into sink before placing into dishwasher and always ran cleaners through it on a regular basis.
 
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6 years and counting for our Hotpoint, not the make i wanted to get but "it was the right colour" so that is one we got.
Has been ok, does seem to like the rinse aid and salt top ups a lot more than the old Bosch machine did.
 
cheesyboy said:
In my first house I had a slimline Smeg one that died at about 3 years, suspected PCB failure.
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This feels like the most common failure. The hardware components last many years, but the electronics go first - I've had two dishwashers stop working and need a pcb replacement

MG42Maniac said:
We had 7 years out of our Bosch dishwasher that came with our new build house. We've just replaced it with a NEFF and the NEFF definitely cleans a lot better. We live in a very hard water area and I always rinsed off into sink before placing into dishwasher and always ran cleaners through it on a regular basis.
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We've currently got a new Bosch series 8, and use Finish powerball ultimate and Finish rinse aid and the dishes have never come out so clean and dry, it cleans better than hand washing
 
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MG42Maniac said:
We had 7 years out of our Bosch dishwasher that came with our new build house. We've just replaced it with a NEFF and the NEFF definitely cleans a lot better. We live in a very hard water area and I always rinsed off into sink before placing into dishwasher and always ran cleaners through it on a regular basis.
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Scrape but dont rinse. The detergent needs something to do or it'll just cling to your plates
 
Why does anyone need a dishwasher? How hard is it to wash them in the sink like a normal person... Lol
Hands that do dishes...

 
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Grim5 said:
This feels like the most common failure. The hardware components last many years, but the electronics go first - I've had two dishwashers stop working and need a pcb replacement




We've currently got a new Bosch series 8, and use Finish powerball ultimate and Finish rinse aid and the dishes have never come out so clean and dry, it cleans better than hand washing
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Hand washing isnt really sanitary. Your dishwasher will get so much more hotter. Not just the water but the final drying/Steaming bit to help kill bacteria
 
Tommy Gun said:
Why does anyone need a dishwasher? How hard is it to wash them in the sink like a normal person... Lol
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Try doing christimas dinner, with greasy cooking dishes, pots and pans. Then christmas pudding.

You're spending half the day washing up...I can bung in machine, and do something else for the 45 mins it takes.
 
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