Exciting times! Tell me about your dishwasher

[RockBird]

Ours is buggered, has always been buggered, right from day one. So, it's time to go. I need a cheap and cheerful dishwasher that is reliable and actually cleans things, so no Mieles! Also, rather randomly, I want the racks to have long sticks that the plates slot in between rather than the stupid one that I have at the moment which is little grooves that hold the plates standing...except they don't and the plates all fall forward like dominoes as soon as the water starts

So, let rip, spill the beans about yours!

Ta

Hotpoint: its rubbish (rented house)

Use to have an AEG - it was great, never went wrong.

You do get what you pay for, ime.

Hmm, our current one is a Hotpoint... I was willing to consider cheap because my MIL has one in her holiday flat that is fabulous and was very cheap but she can't remember the make.

We have a bosch one from John Lewis - it is fab - the best cleaning dishwasher I have ever owned I do make a point of putting hthese little cleaning crystals through it that DH got conned into bying 2 years supply of - well turned out that they are ace and since we have never ever had a problemn with things not cleaing properly or anything.

I used to have an Indesit, which was fine. Reliable and a decent price.

GOt a Bosch atm which I got with the new house and it is FAB. Never a fudd clean, no matter what crap is on stuff.

Rockbird, remember that your mil holiday flat will not get the day-in day-out relentless use that yours will get. Thats when the cheapos give up.

I'd buy an expensive make but from an independant retailer (cheaper because its often last year's model)

another vote for bosch!

mine is quite old (think we bought it when ds1 a baby, he's 8 now) and has needed small repairs but always worth it.

You'll get one with a cutlery drawer rather than a basket like I have (swoon and !)

Am intrigued by cleaning crystals madamacastafiore.

True marsbars, didn't think of that. I'm not fussy, I don't care if it's a model from the 1940s...well, nearly, as long as I can put dishes in, a dishwasher tablet, turn it on and come back to find gleaming plates

OK, so we're going to have to shell out a bit more for this then. Suspected I might...

They are something from Indesit I think - he phoned to get our cooker mended (as I was on the brink of throwing a hissy and ordering the AGA cooker which he didn't want to spend the cash on!) the guy on the phine muct have picked his muggness up from his voice and a few days later we get all these packs of crystals through the post and we now have insurance for all of our appliances for what it would cost to replace at least one of them - which is probably all that would go wrong for the year anyway!!

have just bought a smeg.

just thrown out a whirlpool which was here before we moved in. was shite.

left a lovely bosch for the people in our old house. was the best of all i reckon.

I have got an AEG which is fab

I have a really good whirlpool, it is actually as good as my previous miele which cost more than twice as much!

Have a Bosch which is 9 years old now and has never needed any kind of repair.

About to buy one now, old one being taken away on Sat. So, it looks like Bosch is the way to go really. Certainly has the most votes. Thanks all

I have a Bosch and love it. Have an AEG fan oven and a Miele washing machine. LOVE them all!

If money is tight why not look on freecycle or ebay for 2nd hand Bosch? They do last forever.