Bosch Home & Kitchen Appliances Bosch SMS2ITW41G Dishwasher, 12 place settings, Silence on Demand, ExtraDry, White, Freestanding [Energy Class E]

Dishwasher as described

Good all round dishwasher, with a decent head height on the bottom shelf for bigger plates and trays. Enough capacity for a family of 4 (we normally manage with 1 daily cycle, maybe 2 on a weekend if cooking at home) unless you are using loads of pans for cooking individual sides or courses. Overall performance is good, dishes are well cleaned and it operates quietly.Minor niggles: Doesn't dry properly, even with the Extra Dry setting. This seems to be an issue with all dishwashers to be fair, but plastic and glass in particular usually still need manual drying when removed. Letting it cool or sit over night doesn't help. The gaps in the plastic grill for the cutlery basket are also too small. The grill constantly gets pulled up and pops off the basket when I remove my knives and forks (which are not abnormally oversized by any means) which is really annoying, so I plan to cut out some of the plastic bits to make the holes bigger. It would also be nice to be able to relocate the cutlery basket to accomodate other big item in the bottom shelf, rather than it being fixed in one position.Comes with 2 year warranty, which is reasonable and better than some cheaper makes, although registration is required, if I interpret the small print correctly. There is an extended warranty available but it is pricey (89 quid to extend to 5 years). whereas my two applicances from Samsung (fridge and washing machine) have 5 year warranties available for free (registration also required).

Amazing how clean and sparkling everything is

Wonderful dishwasher

I've had this for 4 months now. The dishwasher itself is great. Dishes are super clean (better than my old one). The smart wifi features work as expected and have been rock solid. Since setting up the wifi connection I've never had to reset anything or mess with it. The whole experience is only let down by the terrible control panel. The CPU is just way too slow for the task, every button press is accompanied by a 1 second delay. Also, for some idiotic reason you have to press the power button twice to turn it on, so coupled with the laggy responses I frequently find myself accidentally turning the machine on and then off again. On multiple occasions the control panel has got stuck, and you have to hold the power button for 4 seconds to reset everything. This must happen often because Bosch have marked the reset instructions on the button itself. The reset process takes like 10 seconds, like everything else on this machine it's infuriatingly slow.5 stars for the machine, 2 for the controls.

This had to be returned as the door was damaged, though the packing it was in was not, van only assume damaged on leaving factory.

Although there is a noticeable dip in quality from my 2013 bosch classix - this is a great and versatile dishwasher. I bought it for the 5 hour eco wash that will save us hundreds per year but in reality the star of the show is the 1 hour quick wash that will do a full load no problem, great for guests or that time you forgot to put an eco wash on.