Kenwood KDW8ST2A Reviews: Built-in, 45cm wide, White Dishwasher

+ Excellent product, just load, set and forget.

- None that I have encountered

+ This dishwasher looks good, with the stainless steel face and steel rod handle. Even though it is a slimline dishwasher, it holds a lot. There are three adults in our household and it accommodates our dishes well. I have been only using the 'ECO' setting, which is the shortest time wash at 1hr 48m. This copes well with most loads. It is pretty quiet, apart from the last few minutes, when it gets a little louder. Overall, I am very happy with this dishwasher.

- Really, none that I have come across yet, after 2 months.

+ It looks fabulous,no probs with plate size once top draw altered, it does what it says on the box. Washes my dishes lol

- Shortest wash is 1 hour 33 mins but getting use to it (old dwasher had a 30 min wash)

+ Simple basic design

- Lacks style, ugly machine

+ It matches my Kenwood cooker

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+ Extremely good value for money and quality of wash.

- The "out of salt" light seems to be permamanently on - canb this be fixed.

+ very good washing on eco cycle, even on stubborn food debris

- long washing cycle

+ I read that the lower tray doesn't take full size plates and thought this to be the case but on further inspection I found you can adjust the position of the top tray. Looks great. Cleans great. Easy to use.

- The upper tray should come as default giving maximum room to the bottom tray.

+ like the 1/2 load setting, great so far no problems

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+ Its really easy to use and looks stylish too. It also has a timer display on the front of the machine indicating the length of time left on the cycle.

- Have to memorise what number each setting is

+ cleans all pots pans etc dose a good job

- my old slimline d/washer it used to fit all manner of plates-cuttlry etc- this one
1/ will not accet a 10" plate I will have to change all to 9" as the top bar gets stuck .catches on the 12" one.
1/ the angle of the baskets- particularly the lower one is all wrong.

+ Really love it, especially as we went without a dishwasher for 3 years. It's easy to use, quiet, good-looking and our dishes come out extremely clean. Another plus point is it has a removable top surface which was imperative for us as it had to fit into our existing kitchen and all the other manufacturers models were too high!

- None so far!

+ Sleek design, easy to operate and quiet functioning

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+ The Machine itself is very easy to use

- takes a couple of hours to finish

+ Price, and the fact that it is stainless steel. Very modern design and great looking

- Very long wash cycles. Sometimes doesn't clean and dry properly - but that could be still finding the best washing and drying products.

+ an excellent dishwasher great value

- none at all

+ easy clean concealed buttons

- not sure about handle sticking out , door can be stiff too open , kid find it hard when they can be bothered too put anything in it ,

+ Simply outstanding.

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+ It is an elegant yet simple design that would fit into any modern kitchen. The wask programmes are easy to use and understand and it even has a display that tells you how long a programme will takes and then counts down.

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+ Adjustable top tray.

- Slides across floor on door opening.

+ excellent value for money, cleans well, nice design, sturdy

- I have extra large dinner plates with an exeptionally large rim around edge! everything else fits in okay

+ Good size, cleans and dries well.

- None so far... Perhaps a little noisy.

+ quiet, easy to use, good results

- not good for deep bowls or large plates

+ really pleased with it

- no bad points

+ Nice looking and easy to use, instructions easy to understand

- It does not dry as wel as I thought it might, but as this is the first time I have had a dishwasher perhaps I am expecting too much.

+ The delay function on the dishwasher is great as i can set it to come on and wash at times to suit me. It is very easy to use and i am delighted with it.

- Some of the programmes can take over 2 hours to wash, but everything ends up sparkling.

+ It is definitely the best value for money, really easy to use and looks great too. It was recommended by a friend and I love it too.

- We can't fit our large dinner plates in vertically. The beep is quite loud, probably good for some people.

+ Great looks, streamlined stainless steel casing, digital display.

- Have to raise top basket (wheels inbuilt to do this) to accomodate normal (large) dinner plates in lower basket - rather fiddly!

+ Cleans really well
Delay timer
Quiet
Very good value for money

- Cycle very long
Dinner plates dont fit very well. I know that this can be altered but this is not very obvious

+ stylish looks really nice wash very easy to use

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+ Design and cleaning performance.

- Cutlery basket very fiddly with lid etc and narrow shape.

+ Looks good. all buttons are hidden. not too big. Good energy efficiencency.

- programmes very long. all prgrammes have pre-wash which is not always needed.
Had to raise basket in order for top blades to rotate.

+ Easy to use, good range of setting but not too many

- Don't buy really big plates - you have to be quite artistic to fit them in! Other than that all good!!

+ Its stainless steel so easy to keep clean. Straightforward programming, Now i have used it a few times quite easy to use. Does a great job glasses really sparkle.

- Seems to pause sometimes (like its stopped in the middle of a cycle) Push the door seems to restart it. But I am a bloke lol and its my first dishwasher, so this could just be me being impatient or misunderstanding how it works.

+ Very stylish and sleek. The ECO programme is great

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+ Neat and unobtrusive in appearance. Quiet in operation with a good range of programmes.

- The door is quite hard to open.

+ looks good

- the shortest cycle is 1 hour 38 mins. sometimes you need a quick wash facility and that is not an option.

+ Sleek design and easy to use.

- Dorr can be a bit stiff to open and programs are too long - my old washer had a program that lasted 30mins and it was perfectly fine for cleaning.

+ Clean, sleak looks with 'hidden' controls which are very easy to use. Quiet mechanism and the delay timer feature means I can make use of night-time rate electricity.

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+ Good machine, esay to use and very sleek in appearance.

- Slightly noisier than our last machine, but thats the only problem i can think of.

+ Brilliant machine

- Cutlery tray slides about a bit

+ Everything comes out really clean, and it is very easy to use.

- Everything feels a bit flimsy, and the 3in1 wash takes ages.

+ Attractive, quiet and easy to use.

- Can be quite a jigsaw puzzle fitting everything in but that is the case with all slimline washers.

+ Perfect size for the smaller kitchen with all the features of a full size dishwasher

- none

+ ignore the instructions and put a 5 in 1 tablet on eco wash (prog 4) the results are amazing enjoy i do !!!

- none

+ 6 good settings, with a time display on the front.

- My plates are a bit to big...but they are abnormally big

+ Quiet and easy to use with the control on the door inside which is much better and also very streamline and looks good

- The shortest programme is 1.20min and maybe this could be shortened for 1/2 load.

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- Terrible product, buy another slimline dishwasher

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- Overall a disappointment, I'm not a big fan of dishwashers and this product certainly hasn't helped in improving my opinion. I appreciate that it is a slimline version, but would expect the quality of the wash, rinse and drying to be as good as a full size product and to be quite honest, 2 1/2 hours is a ridiculous length of time to wash a load and not have things on the top shelf completely dry .

+ smart exterior, easy to clean smart exterior, easy ro clean

- sticky label still on front -impossible to remove -ugly annoying
plate racks unstable and fall over too easily
difficult in stacking plates and bowls - not as convenient to load as previous models
consequently takes time to load and does not hold as much - poor interior design very disappointing

+ sleek design and easy to use.

- not as much capacity as my previous slimline dishwasher - i'm not able to fit some of the bigger plates in the rack. also a 2h41m cycle on the p1 programme. also doesn't dry as well as my previous dishwasher.

+ Very easy to use and simple controls. Exellent cleaning qualities.

- Top tray not that versitile.

+ Cheap

- Doesn't clean stuff very well

+ washes crockery/cutlery efficiently
holds adequate amount
easy to programme

- will not take large plates
cutlery holder slides
chrome hard to keep clean

+ nice looking

- too small for some plates

+ Looks fantastic, very quiet.

- Even on the longest wash, some items come out dirty. Overall height inside is not great, a lot of our crockery doesn't fit in. All washes do take a very long time.

+ energy efficiency, very quiet

- plates dont fit in bottom draw, items arent cleaning properly, wash programs are very long

+ Good looking and nice design. Price.

- Door difficult to open,Hight adjustment not sufficent to fit neatly under unit,(large gap under work top with the feet fully adjusted),loose screws found in the box after unpacking also suspect also screw loose at the bottom of the casing,Noisey operation when washing more so towards the end of the wash.The bottom rack drops when it is pulled out.Long wash time.

+ Easy to fit, looks good, relatively quiet.

- It is not possible to get a standard size dinner plate in the bottom compartment as well as a wine glass in the top compartment. To accomodate the dinner plate it is neceesary to move the top tray up a level which makes it too small to fit in a wine glass. So you end up putting wine glasses in the bottom which is difficult as it's not designed for them. A very disappointing design flaw on an otherwise fine machine.

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- a bit noisey

+ Does the job

- Some of my dinner plates are difficult to get in there - same with a full size dishy though

+ Small , nice design, easy to use

- can not fit fullsize plates in , it says you can adjust the height of the racks, if anyone knows how to please put it somewhere on the net...

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- Takes too long to clean.
Doesn't clean well

+ best dish washer l have had yet

- no instructions enclosed and when l finally received them they are not that good they do not explain things all that well i.e; when you press the buttons it is not central its on the edge they dont tell you that

+ 1/2 load feature
v. quiet.
looks good.

- large plates do not fit in the bottom rack!
also waste pipe and water pipe is only 1m long. so if longer frojm your water and waste outlets you will need to get additional piping.
does it really need 2 1/2 hours to clean dishes?

+ Good price,

- too little space, big dishes are hard to place without impacting the fan

+ very nice design

- does not dry pots very good when finished.

+ So far so good. Cleans well, looks good and has a count down to the cycle ends.

- The top basket hits off my plates and gets a bit stuck but it can be raised to solve this problem. Or, just move the plates to the side when pushing in the basket

+ it cleans well and matches in with my kitchen.

- the wash cycles are too long.
the spacing for the plates are too close together so i find myself leaving some double spaces to ensure the plates get washed thoroughly.

+ Easy to use, like the vairable hight on upper basket resulting in being able to raise or lower it depending on how tall items are.

- Programme only comes up numbers so relies on you remembering what different programmes are.

+ It's design goes well with my kitchen cupboard

- It will only fit regular sized dinner plates on the two very outer slots, therefore if you have more than two dinner plates you have to wash them by hand.

+ Price

- Cleaning performance
Time to complete a cycle

+ This cleans well - dishes are sparkling. Height of upper basket is adjustable which is good. Love the little basket to put dishwasher tablet in, this is a great idea. Hidden controls when in use which might be handy if you had small children which we don't these days. Oh and it looks really good!

- Takes its time, but just set it and let it get on with it! (There is a delay timer)

+ it`s what we wanted to do the job for a small household.

- No economy program -our last one had a quick 1/2 hour program which was satisfactory for some washes.
Handbook is not detailed enough e.g. doesnot explain timing for each program precisely.

+ Very stylish - does what it says on the tin

- length of wash programmes and door tough to open without pulling unit out of it's housing

+ This product is very plain without visible buttons or knobs making it very easy to keep clean and easy to understand and use.

- Haven't yet found the cycle to use which suits whats in the dishwasher as one is 1hur 30mins didn't get everything clean put it on a different cycle to find it was well over 2 hours which i felt was a waste of eletricity and time.

+ All programmes can be set to half load.
Looks great with the brushed stainless steel front, I could not find any other slimline dishmasher that came anywhere near the price that looks this good!
Seems to clean the dishers very well.

- None so far... although the standard wash cycle does take 2hrs 40mins, not sure if this is usual for modern dishwashers.

+ good appearance and ease of controls

- distance between top spinning jet and bottom tray does not have enough room for dinner plates

+ Easy to use, 3 in 1 setting very usefull.. moveable top shelf for bigger items. great cleaning, very pleased so far!

- long cycle..

+ it is so easy to use and big enough for me it has a good range of programmes

- i did not find any bad points

+ Nice, streamlined styling and finish to front panel, display and useful handle. Good performance.

- Could be quieter.
Cutlery basket could be larger and fit more firmly into lower basket.

+ looks stylish

- can't fit any of our plates in as the top rack hangs too low! Rubbish design!!!!

+ Easy to load and unload
Adaptable interior fits pans etc
Stylish looks

- None (so far!)

+ Size, amount of over all space

- Top basket seems low and can't get large dinner plates in lower basket

+ Looks great, nice and quiet, cleans dishes and dries them well. Adjustable rack for big plates. Looks like it cost much more than it did. Fully recommend.

- None really. Very happy with it.