| Ease of Use | 4.5/10  |
|---|---|
| Durability | 3/10 |
| Style | 3/10 |
| Service & Support | 4.5/10  |
| Value for Money | 3/10 |
| Overall rating | 3/10 |
By cagsy
on 1st Apr 2008
| Owned Product For: | 1 - 6 months |
|---|---|
| Special Features | Cheap |
| Ease of Use | 7/10 |
| Durability | 5/10 |
| Style | 1/10 |
| Service & Support | 9/10 |
| Value for money | 6/10 |
| Overall value | 5/10 |
 cagsy's recommendation | |
A Normal/Hot wash does a great job, taking 83 minutes with 8 litres of water at 68C with half a dishwasher tablet.
This is the largest, most cumbersome table top dishwasher I've ever had. It takes up a lot of room yet the interior is really small compared to other tabletop models. The interior is not deep enough to take my largest dinner plates or my grill pan, yet I've never had this trouble with other models. You can't place or remove cutlery from the basket without tilting the basket 90 degrees, which is awkward as the cutlery spills out unless you are really careful.
The dish rack has really big gaps and I have to be careful how I load the machine because it's easy for smaller items to fall through, or cups can tilt and the handles will block the rotating spray arm. Even the cutlery basket can tilt into the largest gap and block the rotator.
The Normal/Economy wash on my Cookworks WP5F Compact Dishwasher heats to the incoming water temperature plus 10C and takes 63 minutes and uses 8 litres of water.
The Rapid/Economy/Hot wash takes 12 minutes and uses 6 litres of water heating it to 7C higher than the incoming water temperature.
You will need to plumb it to a hot water inlet to get the best out of this machine. I only have cold fill so I can only use the Normal Hot wash.
Argos currently sells this dishwasher on a 'home delivery' basis and removed the 16 day return policy from this item. It's not really surprising, as I would have send this model straight back and got a refund had I been allowed to. However, now that I'm getting used to all the niggles with this machine, I have to say that it does a great wash at 68 degrees. I only ever use half a dishwasher tablet in a machine this size.
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