Bosch 13 Place Setting, EcoSilence Drive, Hygiene plus with Intensive Kadhai program, Free Standing Dishwasher, No.1 Brand in Dishwasher (SMS66GW01I, White, Inbuilt heater, Removes 99.99% germs)

What an amazing product. does its job perfectly given that you know how to use it properly, that is knowing what utensils should go in, type of water supply, electric supply. Dishes come out sparkling clean everytime and i do not have to worry about hiring an external help to clean my dishes. avoid putting copper bottom utensils, thin aluminium vessels, soft plastic things, cheap glass wares. if you put any of these, there are high chances that there will be some unpleasant marks and erosion of material on ur utensils. i had 1 cheap glass bowl received it free with some product, its surface become slightly rough after wash.. that too in quick wash cycle where temp was 45 C. Machine has 6 programs, just different temperatures at which water is heated and utensils are washed with it. i mainly use ECO and quick modes for washing, as the name suggests, ECO mode saves on electricity and water, it washes your dishes at 50 C heated water. here you can put aluminium kadahi given that it is heavy quality and not a weak smaller one. i personally use 2 aluminium kadahi to wash at this temp, one is large sized and other is medium sized, along with it i usually put 4-5 plates, 3 big ones and 2 medium sized on the bottom rack. for the top rack i arrange as many smaller steel utensils like spoons forks plates tea plates, tea cups, mixer chutney jar and as such. i also put plastic tea strainers and steel strainers too, but on the top right smaller rack, they come out clean, you also put knives there, idea is to get the delicate items washed but also keep it slightly away from the intense jet spray of heated water. For some reason, my tea saucepan steel utensil always come out like 80% cleaned, there are marks on sides of utensil, i guess it has to do with the quality of the utensil i have, because the other steel suacepan always come out clean and it is a bit heavy than this one. Quick mode washes your dishes at 45 C temprature, this is best suited for your glass wares and slightly soiled dishes. intensive kadahi mode, as it says washes the dishes at highest temprature, 70 C, personally i have not used it and i do not intend to use it either, reason higher elec consumption and for me dishes come out clean at ECO 50C and Express Sparkle 65 C programs. Auto mode chooses automatically chooses the right amount of temp for wash, inbuilt sensor. there are 3 modes to the left of the panel, vario eco, reduces electricity by about 40% i guess but wash cycle is longer, 3 hours 30 minutes to be exact, extra dry makes sure your dishes are perfectly dried and ready to put in cupboard, personally i dont use this too either, after wash cycle i just let the dishes sit in dishwasher for 10-15 minutes, they get dried eventually. half load, just put the utensils on bottom rack, saves water. make sure you have soft water supply, i would recommend avoid using untreated borewell water directly with the machine, even though you are supposed to use salt which should take care of it but, it might damage the water softening mechanism inside the machine. you place it stationery in one place only and use it. You can also use a stand with wheels and move it when you want in case you need to place the machine away from tap due to space constraints or other reason. water inlet pipe is small, you can extend it if you want, or you can also use the inlet pipe of your full auto washing machine, personally i use my washing machine inlet pipe and have the machine on wheels and move it near tap whenever i need to use it. you are supposed to use only dishwasher detergent, dishwasher salt and rinse aid. personally i use fortune dishwasher detergent, fortune dishwasher salt and finish rinse aid. this trio is much more economical for me to use than combo tablets. WHEN YOU RECEIVE YOUR PRODUCT. in case you want to wait for your technician to arrive and unbox everything for you, give you demo and install it, you can definitely wait. BUT for the impatient ones like me.. read ahead.. open the box and check for any shipping damages, bents or anything as such. take machine out of foam cover and place it on stand or floor. opening the door for first time can be intimidating, place your hand in the groove and other hand on top, and gently pull the door towards you, you will hear a strong click sound. check the inside properly for any manufacturing defect, spray arms are moving properly or not. check the salt bay, filters at the bottom, salt should be empty and dry while there would be some water in the filter area, dont worry, it comes from factory like this, prepared for first use. for filling up salt, open the cover of salt bay, pour 1 litre of drinking water/ soft water into it, and then pour either entire 1 kg packet or as you require, personally i poured about 80% of the packet. place the outlet pipe and inlet pipe and you are ready to go. For the first time usage, i would recommend using ECO mode, takes 1 hour and 30 minutes. see the results for yourself and then decide which wash cycle would suit your needs. Prerinse cycle just rinses your dishes with cold water in 15 minutes to wash off any dirt that has settled on your utensils, this program will not wash your dishes, just a spray of cold water to put off dirt.

5-star based on about 4 months of use. Family of 3, used every day. Cleans 99% of utensils, except really burnt ones. Even milk vessel come out completely clean if placed properly. Even the one odd utensil, just need a little wipe with a scrubber. Great for cleaning chimney filters. Forget about caustic soda, hot water for chimney filter cleaning. Water consumption: ----------------------- ~4 liters in one stage, so about 12-16 liters for a full load depending on the program. Electricity (assuming 6 Rs per unit/KWH) ------------------------------------------------ All depends on the program you are using. It has 6 programs. You can modify each program by addons like vario eco, half load, extra dry. Had a spare electricity meter and rigged up with the dishwasher. Here are some of the mode I have tried using and measuring. Vario eco is a modification which increases the cycle time to optimize electricity without compromising wash quality. Half load never needed to use. Extra dry, never needed since we got all utensils dry without using it. Pre-rinse: 0.01-0.02 units - 6-12 paisa Auto: 1.17 units - 7.02 Rs Auto+vario eco: 0.69 units - 4.14 Rs Quick: 0.59 units - 3.54 Rs Intensive kadhai+vario eco: 1.26 units - 7.56 Rs Eco+vario eco: 0.76 units - 4.56 Rs We use the Eco+vario eco combination and results have been exceptional. We have put all sorts of utensils aluminium, wood, plastic, disposable plastic, teflon and nothing really wrong happened in this mode. I feel that if there is no urgency vario eco should be used. Quick mode is not recommended for highly soiled utensils. Energy consumption is pretty much in line with the technical specification. Detergent, resin (salt), rinse aid ------------------------------------- We have used finish and Fortune products. Detergent: We have used 2 Kgs in 4 months. One full load every day. In my opinion Fortune is good if not better than Finish. We have been using Fortune lately and washing has been good. It doesn't darken the aluminum as badly as Finish. Rinse aid: Usage depends on the setting. At a level set to 3/6, we have used 400 ml of rinse aid. Salt: Usage depends on setting. Our water hardness is around 760 ppm and the hardness testing strip suggested setting of 5/7. At this setting 1 kg should last 3-4 months. But if the hardness is high then this may need to increase. Salt consumption increases a lot at level 6 and 7. Yet to measure these levels. Not sure if it was the setting but the first pack lasted only for a week but then i changed the setting and consumption is quite less now. The last pack has been around for about 2 months now and still has about 30% left. If I calculate for Fortune products. It is 110 detergent + 30 rinse aid + 50 (max) for salt. Total cost of running assuming (Eco+vario eco+ 1 load per day) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Electricity ~ 150 Consumables ~200 At 350 pm, we do not have to put up with the constant threat of our maid's leaves, pay hikes. Quality of wash is far superior than hand wash. But since dishwashers are not so popular in India, getting consumables is a problem at offline stores not even the biggest retail stores seem to store them. But Amazon helps a lot. There are quite a few brands sold online, but plan for the lead time. Cons: ----- 1) It takes some time to learn to fitting all utensils. Results seem to improve over time. 2) Loading takes about 10 mins if done at once. So you need to invest 10 mins everyday. 3) Big household who need more than one load may have to run it twice. 4) You need to depend only on authorized service centers for service. Don't expect technicians from outside will be able to repair this. But all brands who sell dishwashers are established brands and service centers are found in most places. Metros should not have issues at all. 5) Cost of spares may be high due to low demand. But parts are supposed to be reliable. Only time will tell. 6) fitting it under sink may be an issue. Check height, but doable if you are resourceful. There are lots of videos on youtube which explains the operation and loading. You can get an estimate of how many utensils you can load in one go. But none explained the actual cost of a typical use case. If you love to be independent, a dishwasher truly is indispensable. Hope this clears most of the doubt every new buyer has, like I had before.

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