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Just about to give up on my 12 year old Indesit dishwasher and looking for another one. The downside of the Indesit was that the heater was guaranteed to burn out after 24 – 30 months, so I became quite skilled at replacing it. And to be fair to it, for a cheap machine it was easy to get to the motor – which I also replaced.
So I’m in the market for a decent integrated full-size dishwasher that’s more reliable that the Indesit, but which is straightforward to repair when it inevitably breaks down. (I live in a hard water area which I’m sure doesn’t help). I assume that all the Indesit/Hotpoint/Ariston brands will be much the same quality-wise.
I’m favourably inclined to Hoover because the washing machine I bought has been pretty good over the years.
What do the experts chose for their homes? Or do you get what you pay for?You have “budget” in the title and then you have “Or do you get what you pay for” lol
You have hit the nail on the head in so many ways there. Personally I would say budget Beko at around £300 is a good buy, Lower end Bosch next and then the AEG’s and then you go higher in price.
As for easy repair, depends on your own skills, sometimes standing back and looking at the problem from a different way is a good way forward.
Don
What do the experts chose for their homes? Or do you get what you pay for? Well I will not have one in the house! But up to 2018 I used to repair the blighters ( 35+ years experience ) but no every make. Towards the end of my time, and tether, I ended repairing a lot of Bosch / Neff dishwashers which were toublesome – leaks, designed by a crazy sadist, and not that easy to work on with repeatingly failing parts somewhat like your Indesit experience but worse so I would avoid those. Miele I had very limited expeience of but what I can tell you is if they do fail be prepared to shell out loads of big spons to get it repaired – rip off spares prices!!. The least seen were 200 quid Curry`s Essentials of which some were Chinese made based on an older revamped Indesit model and some Kenwood models BUT they could have been under some extended warranty or they just got binned rather than repaired and so the reason few were actually seen = proves nothing.
Dishwashers I do not have much faith in! I do not think you always get what you pay for: it`ll be mostly down to pure luck as far as dishwashers go.
Dishwasher brands to keep clear of IMO( which could be misplaced ) are Hoover, Candy, Bosch&Co, Zanussi, AEG, Hotpoint, Indesit, Whirlpool seemed slightly better at the time, most of the Bekos, any brand you have never heard of – service and future spares?, Miele, does not leave much else do it? Other than Beko ( which have a reasonable spare parts set-up ) anything else made in Turkey might have problematic spares supply i.e. Vestel. Other imported stuff even under the same brand name might be Chinese so ditto there too on spare parts – parts can go obsolete quicker than any Tory U turn.In that case [USER=”55264″]steverob1066[/USER] it looks like Marigolds as washing up liquid then!!
I don’t disagree with with some of the previous comments. Yes, some dishwashers do break down like all appliances do, yes some are more reliable than others, do you always get what you pay for? Probably not everytime.
Speaking from 50 odd years in the industry I think I have seen most things and from my own perspective I still stand by my comments.
What dishwasher do I have? I have a 9 year old series 8 ( top of the range) and it has been the best dishwasher by far. What did we have before? Whirlpool and Diplomat.
Yes it is a lottery like most things in life which is why we can only advise on our many years of experience, bundle it all together and go for it.
Merry Christmas
Don
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