Tuesday, 28 December 2010

REVIEW OF smeg dishwasher DFD6121W - ITS CRAP! do not buy

Decided to treat myself to a dishwasher for xmas. Paid £251.99 from Currys online. Its a SMEG DFD6121W full sized dishwasher. Its rubbish! It was delivered on 1st december 2010 and today is 28 december 2010 and so far it has developed 3 faults. Its completely crap. Do not buy this dishwasher. I was stupid and was taken in by the wantable "smeg" name. Previously, several years ago we had a very cheap Candy and it went without fault for years. Probably about 5 years I reckon. Even then it never went wrong but just looked very tatty and we were selling the house so we stupidly go rid of it to make the kitchen look better. Should have put it into storage but we didnt. Its taken about 4 years for us to buy this one and for 4 years I have done the majority of the washing up hence its my xmas pressie to me. What a complete disapointment! There was a hotpoint and a whirlpool for less money but I was taken in by owning something smeg.We have a whirlpool washing mashine that is about 10 years old. Very rusty but has never gone wrong. Anyway this disher had a guy fix it a week ago. Apparently I had opened the door mid cycle causing water to get inside. Well it is possible but I cannot remember doing it. He sorted it and it went again only to have the same fault again. Also the door now wont open and close properly! It sticks. Anyway since the man who fixed it said it was my fault for opening the door I have never done that since and have always waited for the cycle to end regardless of how irritating it may be. Its has leaked again. Dont get me wrong here the dishwasher doesnt leak onto the floor so you do not know. It leaks into the casing and eventually the water builds to a point where the clever thing says it will not go cos of a water leak. It does have a leak but you do NOT have a flood and cannot see the leak unless its taken appart. If I had the cash I would go and buy a new disher right now and scrap this one since a simple whirlpool or hotpoint, candy, beko etc with no mod cons and no warning lights is better and hassle free. DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY! Do not be taken in by SMEG! Buy a cheap and chearful dishwasher that will work for years without constantly breaking. I feel a right twerp buying this one so use my bad experience and buy something else please.