OK, Dishwashers, next......

[Alison]

We also have a Bosch Classixx, slimline model.
We've had it for about 5 years and the only thing thats gone wrong with it is the drain filter fell apart.
Bought a new one for about £10 still going strong.

I think that's the one we used to have and I didn't think much to it, always had to use the most intense wash and things were still stuck on sometimes afterwards and this is from things like cereal bowls not burnt on stuff.

[cardiffsteve]

Ours is okay (touch wood).
We occasionally get stuff that needs to be washed in the sink or rewashed by dishwasher but on the whole no complaints.

[Chocolate8me]

We had an intergrated dishwasher when we moved into the house which we used twice then decided to give it to friends who run a B&B because we disliked it that much.

Firstly we thought it used waaaaaay too much water, secondly it took too long to wash the dishes in comparison to hand washing and lastly, we had to rinse things through first (what's the point in that?).

Maybe we (2.5 of us) are old fashioned but we like the hand washing & we think it's miles cheaper too.

[WendyC]

We have a Neff dishwasher. Had it fitted when the kitchen was redone. Husband didn't want one - I did and got my way. Now it's his best friend and gets a bit twitchy if I try to load it. I think the older models use alot more water than newer ones. We don't rinse the plates before hand just scrape off. I know we looked at water consumption before it was fitted and decided we couldn't wash up a whole days washing up with the amount of water it used. A bit like the difference between a bath ( the sink) and the shower ( the dishwasher) It generally goes on once a day, full size, we're a family of 4. If anyone knows how to get teenagers to open the door and put things in it, rather than next to it I'd love to know! Mind you he's off to uni soon and I'll miss the mute offerings but that's another story!

[Jeanied]

I've got a slimline Bosch too - have had it over 15 years and it is still going strong. Although it is just me here now, I find I fill it and run it most days - which is helping me to keep on top of the clutter in the kitchen sink! I empty it in the mornings whilst I am making my coffee - then I am ready to fill the rest of the day. I love it because it does such a good job of cleaning stuff - squeaky clean!

[Creemteez]

Interesting responses all! I must admit that Mr Teez is the one who is insisting we have one. I would be happy with a slimline one (or none at all!), but he says that we ought to have an integrated full size one as when we come to sell up (the five year plan) most home buyers would expect a dishwasher space. The fact that this will be a four bedroomed place when we've finished playing with it, means that it will hopefully attract families -hence the need for a full size one.
Have spent all evening looking at kitchen appliances on line! Can't...do it.....any....more.....

[SarrissUK]

Go have a look in shops Creemteez - nothing beats having a touchy feely moment

I had my kitchen done a year and a half ago, turning a cubby hole of a kitchen and a utility room into a massive 25 foot open plan kitchen. Of course I had to have a dishwasher and managed to find one cheap for sale at work. It's fab and I couldn't be without it. I found that I do more cooking and baking now because I don't have to worry about the washing up after

[Creemteez]

A trip to Exeter this weekend then.......Better make a list of appliances to touch and feel!!!

[SarrissUK]

Oh one thing that I found really good with my existing dishwashers... It's got a really flexible layout, so I can choose to have the sticky up bits for plates, but I can fold them down if I want to put in bigger stuff. The top shelf is also quite 'flat' so I can squeeze in stuff that are of all shapes and sizes.

Now if only I could figure out how to get the daughter in there - teenagers seem to avoid washing at all cost!!

[veggiechicken]

My beef with dishwashers is that they're not really saucepan friendly, nor glass friendly and you wouldn't want to wash out your recycling bits and pieces in it, so you may just as well wash up the lot in a bowl anyway!

[Seahorse]

Interesting responses all! I must admit that Mr Teez is the one who is insisting we have one. I would be happy with a slimline one (or none at all!), but he says that we ought to have an integrated full size one as when we come to sell up (the five year plan) most home buyers would expect a dishwasher space. The fact that this will be a four bedroomed place when we've finished playing with it, means that it will hopefully attract families -hence the need for a full size one.
Have spent all evening looking at kitchen appliances on line! Can't...do it.....any....more.....

As a fairly recent home buyer with a big family - space for a diswasher YES, integrated one NO. Integrated is very limiting if you want a different kitchen look and layout.

[SarzWix]

Bosch, Bosch, Bosch, Bosch. Or Zanussi. Or, if you're just putting it in to add value to the house, and won't be using it much, get whatever's 'on offer'

ETA: Never had a problem with saucepans in ours? We have stainless steel pans and they've been happy as larry in the dishwasher for about 8 years And things coming out of it still dirty are often down to either bad loading so that the spray can't get to everything, or, the plates etc have been left with food stuck on them for several hours, so that it sets like concrete.

[singleseeder]

I got my dishwasher on ebay from a lovely lady who was upgrading her kitchen to include an integated one. It's a Bosch Classixx (the mid range one) - a couple of years old - £80......... bargain. My Bosch in my old house lasted for 12 years, still running when I moved.

With enough china to run it every few days (sometimes 4/5) it is far more economical on water/gas/electricity etc. However, I believe dishwashers are more economical than hand washing even if run daily. Far, far more hygenic too.

[Alison]

A trip to Exeter this weekend then.......Better make a list of appliances to touch and feel!!!

You need to make sure you go to the right place, I spent hours trawling around trying to look at kitchen appliances which when I got to the normal high street shops just didn't exist. The totally unhelpful bloke in one of them told me that "people just buy them off the internet without looking now". I don't think so. Found a big warehouse place in Liverpool in the end which was great and would have saved loads of time as they had everything I wanted to look at (ovens, hoods, splashbacks, dishwashers, microwaves, sinks, taps etc) under one roof.

[Mandy]

As well as Bosch I would also recommend AEG, ours has been going strong for 6yrs now with no problems, very sturdy and adaptable.