Dishwasher recommendations please

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Our dishwasher has just broken so we need to get a new one ASAP. We will be getting the kitchen redone in the next 3-6 months so I think we want an integrated one that we can use without the panel for the moment. Any recommendations please? We will be here for a good while so happy to spend more for something that does a good job and will last.

We renovated earlier this year & bought this
m.johnlewis.com/fisher-paykel-dd60dchx7-built-in-double-dishdrawer-dishwasher-stainless-steel/p/231544403
It is amazing! So handy with the 2 drawers really quiet & great to be able to do either a small load in one midway through the day or a big load plus a heavier duty wash of pans etc in another drawer.

For reliability, the BSH brands. Siemens tend to be a bit fancier and upmarket than Bosch.

Ooh that drawer one looks good, thanks. The one that broke is Siemens and it's been leaving food bits on things for a while so I'm hesitant to get another of there's. I've heard good things about Miele but they have a big price tag...

...or looking at the most recent Which best buys:

highest scoring full size fully integrated are:

Siemens SN678D00TG £765 scored 86%
Miele G4960SCVi £735 81%
Siemens SN66L080GB £430 81%

Personally I prefer free-standing. You get more for your money, and they are very much easier to install, remove, repair, or slide out to remove a dead mouse.

How long have you had the fisher paykal one echidna? There seems to be a mix of 5 star reviews and 1 star ones due to reliability issues.

Thanks piglet, I'll check those out. Hmm I hadn't thought about the practicalities of integrated. I just assumed it only had a front panel on so you'd just pull it out as normal.

We've had ours since January but they're quite popular in Aus & a friend has had hers for a couple years no problem. We bought from JL & I saw the mix of reviews but the more I researched I couldn't find anything but positive reviews it was only the one review from JL that seemed to be negative.

Thanks echidna. They do look like a handy design. Will see if OH has a heart attack at the price tag

Whatever you do, do not buy an integrated smeg dishwasher. Unless you want to see the repair person every bloody week. And have dishes washed badly even when it is supposedly working.

Integrated are screwed to the cabinets on each side, and often to the worktop as well, so don't move.

Thanks. Will have to have a think. Does sound like they are more of a pain. I do like the look though. Will avoid smeg!

Is that true for semi integrated too?

Bosch for me. I have one 20+years taken to the HH and it's still going strong. An Electrolux one came with my last kitchen, it was ok, but plastic bits broke.

I left a 21 year old Miele in a house I sold ten years ago & saw it was still there when the house was sold again last year.............

Miele gets my vote ... Personally I prefer the continued look of an integrated one rather than breaking up the often sleek lines of a new kitchen with freestanding appliances - but each to their own !

I don't know about the semis, they are not so common.

Integrated appliances are set back at the bottom so you can run the plinth under them. This means they have a smaller footprint and are more prone to fall forward when the door is open, hence they are screwed down. I had a look but couldn't find an installation manual to check.

I got a NEFF slimline integrated one and we used it for about 3 months without the front panel before the new kitchen went in. Worked all fine, just had to be careful as the door was light without the front panel on so could fly up pretty quick if the bottom rack wasn't over it.

So far, it has been working well.. I would recommend.

No idea but don't get one with a rack for cutlery at the top. Get the sort with the usual cutlery basket. Upside-down spoons filled with dirty water is not nice.

This is all very helpful, thanks! I liked the look of the cutlery tray but we already end up with the kids plastic bowls and cups getting turned over and full of water, definitely don't want that with all the spoons.

I have an integrated Neff dishwasher and its great - incredibly quiet which was important as we have a kitchen diner. My DM has a Miele slimline dishwasher still going strong after 18 years!

I had a 20+ year old meile dish washer before replacing it with another meile.

Hi Piglet, any chance you can copy and paste the best Which? freestanding dishwashers?

thank you

My ancient inherited Miele was brilliant, the Bosch Classix I put in my holiday cottages were excellent, my Siemens was awful and I replaced it with a s/h stainless steel Miele - back to wonderful again!

I absolutely love my Bosch with the cutlery shelf at the top!!
If spoons are filling up with water, I cannot imagine how you are loading them! They slot in sideways.
It is hands down the best dishwasher I have ever had.

I have a 14 year old Siemens still going strong, is incredibly quiet, and washes very well provided that its filters are rinsed regularly, and if ever it doesn't wash well, it turns out to be something stuck in the spray arm. We have had the repair man out once in 14 years.