Smeg DI612 Reviews: Built-in, 59.6cm wide, Black Dishwasher


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Score: 8.1/10

100 Real Customer Reviews - In Summary

This Dishwasher is a good all rounder. “Easy to programme and use.” Glyn, Widnes View all 100 real customer reviews

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100 verified purchasers have reviewed this product.
85% of people recommend it.

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All purchasers (98)
Build Quality8.1
Choice of Wash Cycles7.8
Cleaning Performance8.8
Cycle times7.5
Design and ergonomics7.8
Ease of Loading7.4
Ease of use8.5
Noise8.0
Performance8.1
Value for money (at time of purchase)8.4
Overall rating8.1
Busy mum or dad (3)
Frequent user (2)
Other (93)
 

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Score 8.0/10

Glyn, Widnes

+ Easy to programme and use.

- Having slight problems with the lower basket which comes off the track (not always but quite often) when it's part or fully loaded and I'm pushing it back in !!! I've found that if I put downward pressure on the front of the basket as I'm pushing it back in it glides in OK. Not sure why it's doing it though, any advice would be welcome. Other than this I've very pleased with it.

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21 of 21 people found this review helpful

purchased 09 Oct 2007

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Dishes are the cleanest we have had from any dishwasher (4 previous!)

- The door cover caught on the base board of the units and we had to cut a piece out to accommodate it.

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20 of 20 people found this review helpful

purchased 04 Dec 2006

Score 10.0/10

SHIRLEY, NORWICH

+ Very easy to operate. Fitting the integrated door was easy once you had found the relevant information in the pack.

- Noise level improved once integrated door fitted.

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14 of 14 people found this review helpful

purchased 07 Oct 2007

Score 10.0/10

diane, aberdeen

+ very easy to operate and quiet as well

- Reviewer left no comment

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11 of 11 people found this review helpful

purchased 20 Dec 2006

Score 8.0/10

helen, lincoln

+ dishes cleaned really well

- none

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11 of 11 people found this review helpful

purchased 18 Dec 2007

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Good selection of programmes
Cleans well
Runs quietly

- Expensive simply because it is an integral model (they all are)
What is so much more expensive to make?

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10 of 10 people found this review helpful

purchased 18 Jan 2007

Score 5.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ nothing extraordinary about this dishwasher but you get what you pay for i guess. cutlery baskets are flimsy & don't sit well. the drying is pretty much non exsistent. it washes well but if your dinner plates are slightly larger than average the top spray arm won't rotate as there's not enough height for it to go around.

- Reviewer left no comment

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10 of 10 people found this review helpful

purchased 18 Jul 2008

Score 7.0/10

sarah, bromley

+ good size to take a full family load; easy to operate

- have found that some items don't clean 100% - maybe due to where they are positioned in the dish washer.

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9 of 9 people found this review helpful

purchased 28 Mar 2007

Score 7.0/10

Fred, London

+ Great value

- Cleaning not as good as others but still good enough to make it worth while

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9 of 9 people found this review helpful

purchased 24 Apr 2007

Score 3.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Busy, family houshold”

+ Easy programming, quick, quite wash and dry at the moment

- Duel cutlery tray does not balance and falls over when full. Space between shelves not tall enough to take a standard dinner plates. Cannot wash any size saucepan. Mugs fall over as the top shelf stand is not wide enough for them to stand on.

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9 of 9 people found this review helpful

purchased 25 Feb 2008

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ every thing seems ok at the moment

- the detergent dispenser dosen't always open properly therefore the tablet dosen't disolve properly and you have to set the machine all over again.

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8 of 8 people found this review helpful

purchased 17 Jan 2007

Score 4.0/10

justin, london

+ average to good cleaning.

- cramped, badly designed drawers/baskets.

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7 of 7 people found this review helpful

purchased 20 Feb 2007

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Mature student.”

+ Easy to operate and well know Brand name.

- Can't fit pasta dishes in, not very roomy, everything has to be placed on an angle, don't seem to be able to fit in as much with this model as with my previous cheap dishwasher, mind you, that didn't clean as well.

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6 of 6 people found this review helpful

purchased 03 Apr 2008

Score 10.0/10

c b, glasgow

+ absolutely gorgeous, extremely quiet, hold a heck of a lot of dishes, versatile enough for all sorts of shpes and sizes of dishes pots and pans also has a brilliant cutlery holder. very pleased!

- could dry a little better!

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6 of 6 people found this review helpful

purchased 23 Jan 2008

Score 8.0/10

David, Potters Bar

+ So far works perfectly - Adjustable upper basket

- salt level indicator would be useful

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5 of 5 people found this review helpful

purchased 21 Dec 2006

Score 10.0/10

Michalina, Oldham

+ Quick and easy to use

- no bad points

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5 of 5 people found this review helpful

purchased 21 Jul 2007

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Easy to use switches, cleans well and quickly. The light setting (number 2) performs really well.

- Flimsy cutlery baskets.

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5 of 5 people found this review helpful

purchased 12 Jun 2008

Score 8.0/10

David , Croydon , “Former Whirlpool Dishwasher owner”

+ Washes very well, two basket for cutlery, is great value

- Food get trapped under door seal at bottom, isn't as quite as claimed (but great for price range)

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5 of 5 people found this review helpful

purchased 20 Jun 2008

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Appears to wash very well and had a good loading capacity

- Its noisey

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5 of 5 people found this review helpful

purchased 11 Sep 2008

Score 9.0/10

jacqueline, swanley kent

+ fascia door was very easy to fit and programmes very good

- cutlery baskets aflimsey and driving me mad

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 15 May 2008

Score 8.0/10

Peter, Woodham

+ It washes very well and has a good choice of programmes

- The racks to not lend thmselves well to laoding. It cannot be loaded as efficiently as our previous Whirlpool

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 17 Jan 2008

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Looks good and is very quiet in operation. Cleans much better than my previous dishwaher (Diplomat).

- When fitting, the adjustable feet did not go high enough to enable it to fit under the worktop. However, I was able to use the adjustable feet from the old dishwasher in order to make it fit.

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 03 Sep 2008

Score 6.0/10

Matt, Berkhamsted

+ It's quiet for the price.

- Fitting it wasn't made any easier by the fact that it came with a moulded plug. Why does an integrated appliance have a moulded plug when you have to feed the cable and pipes through drilled holes in cupboards. I had to cut the plug off, throw it away and buy a new one. Also the adjustable legs were difficult to turn and weren't long enough. If you switch it off before it's finished, it's not obvious how to reset the program (I think you have to choose a different wash).

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 18 Sep 2008

Score 10.0/10

rachael, london

+ perfect

- Reviewer left no comment

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4 of 5 people found this review helpful

purchased 19 Jan 2007

Score 5.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ cleans dishes well

- no removable racks on bottom

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 10 Jan 2007

Score 8.0/10

John, London

+ It works!

- Reviewer left no comment

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4 of 5 people found this review helpful

purchased 31 Mar 2007

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Reviewer left no comment

- Does not dry dishes as well as my last one

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 29 Apr 2008

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Solidly built and very easy to use. A very efficient clean.

- Reviewer left no comment

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 15 May 2008

Score 9.0/10

Brian, Glasgow

+ value for money

- awkward cutlery set-up. not totally efficient at drying contents.

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 17 May 2008

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ It looks good once open

- Cutlery tray very light

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3 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 24 May 2007

Score 5.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ good design

- Reviewer left no comment

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3 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 16 Jun 2007

Score 10.0/10

Neil, Howden, East Yorkshire , “Very Happy with SMEG”

+ Very easy to install, particularly the door frontage. Cleaning performance is excellant. I previously had a Whirlpool and the SMEG beats it hands down. Normal cycle is timed right and it's not too noisey either. I did do some research prior to purchase (Due to problems i had with my previous appliance) and i have to admit that it was worth the time and effort.

- Appears slightly smaller inside and takes a bit of getting used to the way of loading, but eventually you find the best way. Found it weird that i have to tilt the top basket on different settings, so that it makes room down below for my dinner plates (Which are not too large), however once again it's something you get used to. I have bought it to clean and that's what it does, so i can't complain.

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 12 May 2008

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Reviewer left no comment

- The beep at the end of the wash cycle freeks you out if you put the dishwasher on over night!

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 30 Apr 2008

Score 5.0/10

janet, cambridgeshire

+ as it is fully intergrated it fits in with kitchen

- noisier than previous dishwasher and not very easy to load cups and glasses fall over.

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purchased 10 Sep 2008

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ washes well

- difficult to load

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purchased 02 Nov 2008

Score 8.0/10

WENDY, WALSALL

+ NO WATER PIPE/SPRAY ON CEILING ENABLING LARGE ITEMS (ROASTING DISH)TO BE PUT ON TOP SHELF

- 2 CUTLERY BASKETS, HOLES NOT BIG ENOUGH

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 20 Feb 2006

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ So easy to use even my husband can operate it!

- Reviewer left no comment

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 14 Mar 2006

Score 5.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Reviewer left no comment

- Doesn't dry very well.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 20 Sep 2007

Score 10.0/10

G, Sunderland

+ perfect results along as you use a good quality dishwasher tablet

- none

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 11 Apr 2008

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Great design

- none - so far

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 21 Apr 2008

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Quiet machine, dishes very clean.

- Loading takes some getting used too due to knives being on the top and not in the cutlery basket but you can load a lot of dishes.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 22 Mar 2009

Score 8.0/10

David, Warrington , “Male, 43 house owner”

+ Quiet as I have an open plan house. Good cleaning, but can leave some dirt with large pans. Easy to install and select programmes.

- Top tray can only be raised on Left hand side. Drying could be better, often need to use a teat towel before storing in cupboards.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 11 Apr 2009

Score 6.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Reviewer left no comment

- Dosent seem to dry very well

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purchased 02 Apr 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Great wash cycles and good cleaning

- Cutlery box is fiddly and cups fall over on the top shelf

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 08 Apr 2008

Score 10.0/10

Justine, Crystal Palace, London

+ It's reliable and cleans 100%.

- Can't think of any.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 25 Aug 2008

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Easy to install, quiet and simple to use.

- none

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purchased 12 Feb 2006

Score 3.0/10

Tanya, London

+ Reviewer left no comment

- the layout of the spokes both up and down is very badly designed. the cutlery holder doesnt fit into each other properly or in the dishwasher properly either. the variations of washing options is poor and even when it goes on the longest wash (which takes far far to long) everthing still comes out wet! a poor machine which i would not buy again.

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purchased 01 Jun 2008

Score 10.0/10

Sue, Plymouth

+ Excellent value for money

- None

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purchased 25 Feb 2009

Score 10.0/10

richard, nottingham , “rich,notts”

+ hugely impressed with this machine,from ease of fitting to its easy to use programmes,it also cleans better then any previous machine i`ve owned

- none yet

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purchased 19 Jan 2009

Score 8.0/10

Anthony, london

+ good cleaning performance. excellent value for money!

- would prefer a slightly different loading design for plates but hardly an issue considering the price.

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purchased 25 Mar 2009

Score 9.0/10

Mina, Cobham , “Frequent user” More like this »

+ quick and not noisy

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 31 May 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ quiet running,water consumption

- instructions not good for integration fitting of door

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purchased 29 Aug 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Great machine for price, I paid a lot more on my old Candy dishwasher that was rubbish.
The Smeg DI612CA cleans and dries well

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 12 Sep 2009

Score 7.0/10

Olwen, Worcester Park , “Frequent user” More like this »

+ Not noisy. Cleans ok

- Traps powder at base of door during cycle which then has to be cleaned off by hand when door is opened to stop it building up. Top basket has too many gadgets thus making it hard to be able to use the basket efficiently.
No real quick wash like my old one which had a 30 mins cycle that we used all the time.
Not so good at drying.

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purchased 15 May 2009

Score 9.0/10

Carol, Chandlers Ford

+ Cleaning is excellent and was surprised at how quiet it is compared to my old SMEG machine. Prefer the layout of the top rack compared to my old machine as well

- Cutlery baskets fall over and the layout of the bottom rack is difficult for saucepans

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purchased 29 Jan 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ very good cleans well

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 31 Mar 2009

Score 9.0/10

Becky, North Walsham , “Busy mum or dad”

+ Its like a tardis inside and really easy to load!

- Cycle times could be abit shorter

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purchased 17 May 2009

Score 7.0/10

john, parbold, nr wigan

+ quiet running, good price,

- running time far too long, cutlery filling awkward,

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purchased 30 Jul 2009

nigel, swanage

+ Reviewer left no comment

- it does not work bad back up service

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purchased 28 May 2009

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Product Features

Construction Built-in
Width in cm 59.6
Colour Black
Energy Efficiency A
Number of Different Temperatures 5
Number of Programmes 5
Height in cm 86.8
Depth in cm 57
Noise Level in Decibels 47
Cleaning Efficiency A
Drying Efficiency B
Energy Consumption in kWh per Program 1.05
Water Consumption in Litres per Program 17
Energy Savings Trust Feature No
Number of Place Settings 12
Release Date 3 Mar 2005
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Manufacturer's Description

60cm Fully integrated Dishwasher
AAB Rated

Orbital system

Rinse aid optical indicator

Partial aquastop

Concealed heating element

Adjustable water softner

Adjustable lower basket

Self balancing hinges

Tilting upper basket

Graphite baskets

St\steel filter

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