Smeg DF614BE Reviews: Freestanding, 60cm wide, Black Dishwasher


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Score: 7.6/10

84 Real Customer Reviews - In Summary

This Dishwasher has no outstanding positive points. It scored very poorly on design and ergonomics. “Nice and quite” Martin, Bognor Regis View all 84 real customer reviews

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Real customer reviews

84 verified purchasers have reviewed this product.
72% of people recommend it.

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All purchasers (84)
Build Quality6.8
Choice of Wash Cycles7.7
Cleaning Performance8.4
Cycle times7.5
Design and ergonomics5.7
Ease of Loading6.4
Ease of use6.2
Noise8.2
Performance7.3
Value for money (at time of purchase)8.0
Overall rating7.6
Busy mum or dad (7)
Frequent user (1)
Other (76)
 

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Score 3.0/10

Martin, Bognor Regis

+ Nice and quite

- Cannot take large dinner plates, even at top adjustement. Other models seemed ok in this respect. Paint peeling off corners. Door hinge loose and catches in framework.

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19 of 19 people found this review helpful

purchased 05 Jan 2007

Score 10.0/10

Shermin, Cambridge

+ The machine is very reliable and I would buy Smeg again and again.

- No bad points to make.

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14 of 14 people found this review helpful

purchased 16 Jul 2007

Score 8.0/10

michael, northampton

+ easy to use

- uses more water than was advertised, so not so envirmentally friendly

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13 of 13 people found this review helpful

purchased 26 Mar 2007

Score 2.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Looks good.

- Very hard to load, the cutlery basket falls over spilling the contents in the bottom of the dishwasher. If you have a full load it fails to clean dishes and plates properly. We always use the highest setting for cleaning as the other setting fail to dry the contents.

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11 of 11 people found this review helpful

purchased 29 Mar 2007

Score 3.0/10

Paul, Coventry

+ It's black

- No delay wash. Poor cleaning. Top shelf is to loww, so you can not get a full size dinner plate in, difficult to load with out all dishes & plates falling over. AVOID

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6 of 6 people found this review helpful

purchased 01 May 2008

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ We love the black design and the controls are very easy to use.

- We have struggled a bit loading the machine.

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5 of 5 people found this review helpful

purchased 07 Oct 2007

Score 4.0/10

Barry, Essex

+ nice looking, easy to use

- noisey, poor washing action

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5 of 5 people found this review helpful

purchased 16 Jul 2007

Score 8.0/10

Caroline, Witney

+ Looks good, v quiet, abd cleans v well. All the stylish looks of smeg at a cheap price.

- Adjusting top tray to accomodate big plates in lower tray is fiddly, glass loading level quite small so larger glasses seem to fall off/over quite easily.

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 29 May 2008

Score 6.0/10

graham , rickmansworth

+ quite machine

- The BIO cycle takes 3 hours not much saving there

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 28 May 2008

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Very quiet and very easy to use

- difficult to load as plates catch on the washer going round unless they are angled in the diswasher

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 02 Dec 2007

Score 8.0/10

angela, derby , “working busy mum/wife”

+ It is quite quick, holds a lot of items and is versatile..

- Pots are quite wet at end of cycle

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 12 May 2008

Score 6.0/10

Terry, Nuneaton

+ Reviewer left no comment

- The machine compared to the Bosch I had before is difficust to load without fouling the washer arms. As a consequence the unit runs half empty nearly all the time especially with plates.

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 28 Jun 2007

Score 4.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Very Quiet

- Loading is a complete nightmare espicially large dishes in the bottom

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 13 Aug 2008

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Range of programmes and ease of use

- Lower basket wont take tall items such as oven trays - these have to be laid down instead of standing upright .

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 07 Jan 2008

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ QUIETNESS. NONE MARK S/S FRONT. TIME LEFT DISPLAY.

- CAN ONLY FIT 5 GLASSES IN A ROW NOT 6 BUT ROOM FOR 5 1/2!!

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 21 Jan 2008

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Its looks smart and is really quiet.

- Ive got a new dinner service after just getting married and it doesn't hold the plates and bowls very well. The top basket is the same whereby glasses full over when the door is opened and shut. My indesit one prior to this was the same.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 20 Jul 2007

Score 6.0/10

Yvonne , Southam Warwickshire

+ colour

- very difficult to load cuttery tray small and will not stand up in dishwasher keeps falling over l have to use the tray from my old disher washer good job l saved it !!

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 17 Jul 2007

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Reviewer left no comment

- large plate dishes will not load without hindering the revolving spray arm

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 05 Jul 2007

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Reviewer left no comment

- feels very flimsy

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 01 Sep 2007

Score 9.0/10

Lois, London

+ Modern and stylish, washes very well and does the job it is suposed to, always a good thing.

- None

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 04 Sep 2007

Score 8.0/10

sarah, high wycombe

+ Looks gorgeous, the dishes come out looking like new even on the shortest cycles.

- Cannot fit too many large plates and the front door gets dirty easily as it is black, need to be wiped everyday to look good!

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 02 Nov 2007

Score 8.0/10

Louise, Lowestoft

+ It's SMEG so I know it should be good quality and long lasting.

- My plates don't fit in as they are not completely round so I have to wash them by hand!

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 21 Jan 2008

Score 8.0/10

john , ashjford

+ good wash cycle and low noise

- none to mka enote of.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 20 Jan 2008

Score 1.0/10

Ally, Suffolk , “Busy working mum”

+ its quiet.

- cutlery tray falls over all time, cups dont stay upright, they fall over because rack is wide apart,plates dont fit unless you higher the top rack, and then only on one side.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 28 Feb 2008

Score 7.0/10

Sally, Hastings , “busy housewife”

+ Quiet, reliable and stylish.

- Plate racks can only take basic dinner plates - does not allow for modern curved sides or slightly larger plates which restrict the cleaning arms, stacking can therefore be a problem
, as baskets cannot be lowered to accomodate larger crockery.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 13 Apr 2008

Score 1.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ none

- had a smeg before and was really happy with it hense i bought another, this product was very dissapointing, i know it is a low spec dishwasher but never expected such poor quality, not the quality i have experience with smeg in the past,

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 19 Apr 2008

Score 4.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ looks really nice

- difficult to load - the cutlery holder keeps falling over

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 14 Apr 2008

Score 7.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ nice looking and can get quite a lot in

- keeps making an alarm

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 03 Aug 2008

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ quite and aesthetic

- small and flimsy

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 25 Aug 2008

Score 8.0/10

Claire, Bo'ness

+ looks really good.

- Not the best for loading

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 21 Sep 2008

Score 9.0/10

Andrew, Oxford , “busy family”

+ smart, quiet, efficient, clean, some flexibility

- loading is a problem in terms of making space for dinner plates etc. Eccentric in terms of putting cleaning product in cuttlery draw. Flashing lights until switch it off seems a waste of electricity.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 31 Dec 2008

Score 6.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ design externally...looks good

- interior spacing for crockery. bad design

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 08 Jan 2009

Score 9.0/10

Ian, Jedburgh

+ A good looking appliance which very quiet in operation. Cleans well and while it is at the cheaper end of theSMEG range I feel it is good value for money

- The racks were a bit fiddly till we got used to them (Read the instruction manual on loading before use)

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 13 Jan 2009

Score 10.0/10

Nicky, Dorset

+ It looks good, washes well, easy to load and adjust baskets etc

- Cant think of any except slightly noisy but then they all are !!

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 26 May 2008

Score 5.0/10

Jase, Wrexham

+ Will take a good size dinner service.

- Looks cheap and is not as well spec'd as an equivalent Hotpoint. You are paying a lot for the brand name and it is very basic and plastic looking. Not got as many features as I'd expected.

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purchased 24 Mar 2008

Score 9.0/10

kevin, sunderland

+ its colour as we wanted black also quick wash cycles and not as noisy as our other which was indesit.

- cutlery tray falls over and is to small and situated in a bad place, plates dont stand up very well making loading difficult

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purchased 02 Apr 2008

Score 4.0/10

M, Y , “Modern”

+ Looks good

- Dosent fit many items unless you had to buy one;s that fit like we did!

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purchased 14 Jan 2009

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Great value for money

- Abit awkward to manage very large plates

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purchased 07 Feb 2009

Score 10.0/10

june, carlisle

+ cleans well and quite

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 24 May 2009

Score 1.0/10

Rebecca , Rugby , “Busy mum or dad” More like this »

+ Nice black colour, and good brand

- Impossible to load, doesn't fit normal size dinner plates, cutlry holfder has no place and then doesn't fit anywhere that doesn't jam the wash rotators... and it's impossible to program.

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purchased 13 Jun 2009

Score 10.0/10

Sue, Brighton

+ good value for money, quite when in use. Like it a lot.

- None really, other then the cycle wash takes longer then I thought.

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purchased 19 Aug 2009

Score 8.0/10

JASON, EASTBOURNE , “Busy mum or dad” More like this »

+ Build quality

- Cutlery tray falls over too easily

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purchased 17 Aug 2009

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ used it a few times up to now and well pleased with everything so far

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 19 Aug 2009

Score 10.0/10

Sue, Brighton , “Frequent user”

+ Very pleased with this product, very quit to use, also have a Smeg washing washine that I am very happy with and thats why I purchased this dishwasher.

- Normal cycle takes a bit longer than I hoped for.

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purchased 19 Aug 2009

Score 10.0/10

susan, brentwood

+ the cutlery tray can be moved anywhere on bottom tray, and even splits in half if you are short of room, and the bottom tray is flat so you can put anything anywhere - the reason why we chose this dishwasher.

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 28 Sep 2009

Score 10.0/10

Kathryn, Norwich , “Busy mum or dad” More like this »

+ This product is great. Very easy to use. Cleans extremely well and is very queit which is great when you have children going to bed early.

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 05 Oct 2009

Score 6.0/10

Dave, Ipswich , “Busy mum or dad” More like this »

+ Noise level

- Crockery basket does not accomadate cereal bowls at all well so they are laid flat and take up a lot of room

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purchased 03 Oct 2009

Score 8.0/10

Lou, Sunderland , “Busy mum or dad” More like this »

+ Looks great in my kitchen, really modern design.

- The compartment for knives and forks could be bigger.

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purchased 09 Oct 2009

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Product Features

Construction Freestanding
Width in cm 60
Colour Black
Energy Efficiency A
Number of Different Temperatures 5
Number of Programmes 9
Height in cm 85
Depth in cm 60
Noise Level in Decibels 47
Cleaning Efficiency A
Drying Efficiency A
Energy Consumption in kWh per Program 1.08
Water Consumption in Litres per Program 15
Energy Savings Trust Feature Yes
Number of Place Settings 14
Release Date 28 Apr 2006
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