4-star turned into 5-star after writing my review
5/5
This is a replacement for a 13 year old Hotpoint FDM-50 that gave up the ghost just before Christmas 2022. It is early days with the new one so in a few months time I might rate this dishwasher higher. It does everything we want and the configuration inside is brilliant. It allows much more flexible placement of dishes, pans, bowls etc. You can put bigger cups in the top against the sides and still close the door. The tines at the back of the bottom rack fold down so you can get bigger items to sit flat. There is abig tray at the top that is a stroke of genius. It allows not only for large utensils but small plates. What we are struggling with is the amount of time it takes to run a wash and dry cycle. Our old machine had a short cycle that washed and dried in less than 30 minutes. We could put them straight into the cupboard. The 37 minute cycle on the new machine does not dry. Not that it doesn't dry well, it has no drying at all. What is the point of using the machine if you still have to dry every dish. The next shortest cycle that will dry is 1 hour 42 minutes and that one doesn't dry very well. That leaves us with a cycle of over 2 hours to get the dishes fully dry. What is interesting is in comparing the old and new, that 2+ hour cycle on the new uses less water and takes less energy than the 30 minute cycle on the old. So there is the eco-friendly aspect of it. And truth be told, I don't usually need the dishes in the dishwasher any sooner than the 2 hours so I guess I should rate this device a 5 (changed to a 5 after writing this review).
