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Old 02 June 2006, 22:12   #1
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The Take on Dishwashers....Reliabiliy?

I guess a few of you must have dishwashers other than the Wife or Girlfriend.

I've been looking on the Web at reviews of these dumbfounded things and there doesn't seem to be one reliable unit out there, they all leak and flood out the kitchen and don't seem to be able to clean dishes .

Am I wasting my time looking or are they realy worth the money and aggrivation .

How do I find a good one from a bad un?

A very confused, and well hacked off Hightower, wishing things would come to an abrupt end
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Had a "Hoover".... lasted 10 years-ish. Broken glass got sucked into the pump and finished it off. The service engineer was so unreliable that we got hacked off and bought a new one... can't remember what make but it would have been a big name one, probably an appliance of science or a bishbashbosh. Gave it to Louise's sister when we moved house three years ago and it's still going strong as our house has a built-in one which is a "Servis".

Never had a flooded floor, rarely an unclean item. Just remember it's a dishwasher, not a waste disposal unit! Set up the salt to suit your water hardness and always keep the salt reservoir topped up.

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I thought that I'd covered everything in the first thread...Obviously not!
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There are only 3 decent brands Miele, Miele and Bosch.
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You do need to get out more, though!
Yeh tell me about it Richard. End of 2 weeks off and not even a fishing trip.
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There are only 3 decent brands Miele, Miele and Bosch.
I'm not rich enough for the two first ones, and belive me there are some bad reviews from the Bosch stable Alice
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I'm not rich enough for the two first ones...
You can bet that they come from the same production line as Indesit and Philco!

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Our Hotpoint dishwasher has been going strong for about 15 years - never broken down and gets stuff nice and clean - has been used for all sorts of things - degreasing engine parts etc as well as loads of lab glass.
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We used to have an Indesit dishwasher, which decided to pack up on the 366th day after purchase
Dad managed to fix the thing somehow, despite loosing half a screwdriver in a wonderful show of sparks, and it lasted another couple of years before a lot of really expensive stuff broke underneath.

Hotpoint - had one of these now for nearly 10 years.... there was a minor fault at first with the water intake, but that was fixed by replacing a rubber pipe underneath for something like £18. Ever since then, the machine has been quite happy.

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Andy, we are on our second Baumatic in since christmas. First one lasted 3 weeks.

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A wheelie bin, some fairy liquid, and an outboard.. May need some superglue as well tho..
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Andy, we are on our second Baumatic in since christmas. First one lasted 3 weeks.

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Was looking at one of those Pete, not anymore......Hotpoint seem like a Fav!
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A wheelie bin, some fairy liquid, and an outboard.. May need some superglue as well tho..
Got all of the above, Tony. Trouble is she's a girly and can't operate an outboard.........Thank God .
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I am just a lazy male teenager so can't add much value to this thread as I know very little about what goes on in the kitchen. However I believe we have one of these dish-washer thingies in the kitchen and my mother always seems to be shouting abuse at it. We live in a very hardwater area and the thing always seems to be breaking down. I remember we used to have a real old one (hoover I think) which eventually gave up and was replaced by this one (hotpoint). It's been a nightmare - dishes come out dirty, thing is always getting clogged up, and I blieve the pump has gone on at least one occastion.
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Our Hotpoint has been on nearly every night for the past 5 years and I think still washes as good as it did when new.

It has however started to put a lot of 'bashing' and 'crashing' noise through the plumbing lately, so I'd imagine we'll wake up to a puddle one morning soon.

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Our Hotpoint has been on nearly every night for the past 5 years and I think still washes as good as it did when new.

It has however started to put a lot of 'bashing' and 'crashing' noise through the plumbing lately, so I'd imagine we'll wake up to a puddle one morning soon.

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7 years with a hotpoint and never one whiff of a problem. Although when my wife loads it she virtually washes everything before it goes in so nothing clogs the filters. Whereas I and the kids just load it up and don't care. Managed to smash a few glasses in it but thats not caused a single problem yet. More reliable than the Hotpoint washing machine I bought at the same time which is now scrap.
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Gonna go for one of these:

http://www.trade-appliances.co.uk/_6...GV53E03GB.html

It's got an anti flood device. Water leaks into a bottom pan and lifts a float (sound like a bilge pump) this intern isolates the water supply at source and was told that is installed correctly then if water leaks at the connection and dribbles down the water feed pipe this will also fill the pan and lift the float which then alerts you to a problem......Apparently .

Sad aren't I . Will be up the Church next week on Monday if anyone wants to talk Kitchens
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