Candy slimline dishwasher
4/5
This was bought to replace an older dishwasher which had developed a fault. This dishwasher seems to be as good as any, dishes are certainly very clean. The manual is rubbish and not helpful at all, the English translations are poor and it refers to digital displays which this model does not have. The dishwasher was delivered with a new style antiflood hose which has a rectangular box on one end. No instructions in manual as to which end attached to the dishwasher (it's the normal hose end).
As someone else mentioned 10.5" plates don't fit in the bottom rack unless you raise the upper basket. However this now means the upper basket is too small to fit side plates on. I'm able to fit pasta bowls, dinner plates and side plates in the bottom so the top rack is now mainly used for cooking utensils and the odd cereal bowl. The cutlery basket can be moved about and the prongs on the bottom rack can lie flat, useful for washing larger pots of a wok.
There is a 'Zoom' quick wash which is 32 minutes long, a rinse program and 3 others ranging from an eco one which take 296 minutes. I
To use, you load the dishes, add the detergent and then press the power on button. The program light comes on and pressing the program button repeatedly cycles the light along to the one you choose. Confusingly the three buttons showing wash, rinse and dry stage of the program also double up for the 3hr, 6hr and 9hr timer delay. You then press the start button. The program light flashes while it is running and There is an audible beep at the end of the cycle and the machine powers off. If you press the ON button there is no way to switch it back off, you just have to leave it and it will power off itself.
