Integrated Dishwasher recomendations

[fireisdangerous]

Need some recommendations on a new integrated dishwasher.

Has anyone got a dishwasher with the cutlery tray at the top? better than a basket?

Budget £350.

 

[kinobestew123]

We've just bought this one from currys. We were going to get a higher end one (miele/siemens/bosch) but as we've never had a dishwasher before, we thought we'd see what the bottom end of the range bosch was like.

http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/househ...ated-dishwasher-10139275-pdt.html#srcid=11026

Although the price says £405, we only paid £354 a couple of weeks ago, so I'm sure if you shop around you could get it for similar.

We haven't tried it yet as it's just being installed.

 

[the shadow]

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[HoneyBadger]

We had an integrated Indesit which worked perfectly for 8 years, we just got the new equivalent of it and earlier this year.

 

[Grimley]

http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/househ...ated-dishwasher-10139275-pdt.html#srcid=11026
Although the price says £405, we only paid £354 a couple of weeks ago, so I'm sure if you shop around you could get it for similar.

That's a good price for a built-in DW.

 

[kinobestew123]

That's a good price for a built-in DW.

Yes, we were really pleased. I was surprised Currys was such a low price. Next day delivery too.

I have a feeling I used a code which knocked £25 off, I can't remember where I found it though.

 

[a1ex2001]

Don't forget to check quidco/topcashback most of the white goods people offer cashback.

I'm not a fan of the cutlery draw as it eats into the overall height of the machine and I know some people who have then struggled to get there dishes to fit as well as they did in old style ones.

We had a beco for a couple of years that I loved as it was so flexible internally sadly it blew up just out of warranty the Bosch we have replaced it with (Full steel Tub) seems worse built and is much less flexible but I guess only time will tell if the bosch reliability is worth it! The super cheap hotpoint we had before the beko did ten years!

We've just bought this one from currys. We were going to get a higher end one (miele/siemens/bosch) but as we've never had a dishwasher before, we thought we'd see what the bottom end of the range bosch was like.

http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/househ...ated-dishwasher-10139275-pdt.html#srcid=11026

Although the price says £405, we only paid £354 a couple of weeks ago, so I'm sure if you shop around you could get it for similar.

We haven't tried it yet as it's just being installed.

This machine has a plastic tub some will say that is a negative.

 

[Steampunk]

I've got a Bosch with the tray at the top. It's a bit nicer to use because you don't have a load of cutlery all jumbled up and (maybe) sticking up at you. You tend to put your cutlery in next to each other (forks with forks, knives with knives, etc) as they fit better that way, so when you empty, you can just grab a handful of the same item and drop it back into your drawers ie you don't have to sort them much.

The lack of a basket also means you can get more things into the main part of the dishwasher. My mother-in-law recently got a new dishwasher, and the difference between Bosch's two same models (one with the basket and one with the high tray) was two extra place settings would fit in the one with the tray. There's no space lost to the cutlery basket. Sure you could take the basket out, but then you're got no place to put your cutlery in the dishwasher.

I find the cutlery tray just a bit nicer to use and gives more space for plates/dishes/pans.

Edit: My Bosch allow you to raise/lower the height of the cutlery tray and the drawer underneath it by a few inches, along with all sorts of bits that fold up and down, so you can configure the inside shape to what suits you best.

 

[Danthus]

Be wary of the cheaper Bosch machines, they have a bonded steel/plastic tub and the leak.

Unless you can look at them though it is almost impossible to tell.

 

[jaket]

We recently brought a Neff, recommend it! Neff S51L58X0GB, we paid £399 on Marks Electrical.

 

[kinobestew123]

This machine has a plastic tub some will say that is a negative.

Yeah, I was aware of this when I bought it.

We've just spent a lot on a top Bosch oven (here) and fridge (here) and also an excellent Samsung induction hob (here).

When it came to the dishwasher, we've never had one before and so we were a little unsure of what to look for. I did quite a bit of research and did read about the plastic tubs. In the end, rather than going for a higher end model, we thought we'd see how we got on with a cheaper one first. We don't know how much we will use it to be honest. If we don't use it then it's no big waste. If we use it a lot and it lasts 2-3 years before it starts leaking then we'll happily use what we've learned and buy a better one.

 

[a1ex2001]

Be wary of the cheaper Bosch machines, they have a bonded steel/plastic tub and the leak.

Unless you can look at them though it is almost impossible to tell.

Although it is listed in the spec on the bosch website.