Zanussi-Electrolux ZDF511 Reviews: Freestanding, 60cm wide, White Dishwasher

+ Washers well, 1/2 hour cycle is very good. Quiet, good looking machine. Door at the bottom is not furring up, which is normally a problem with dishwashers

- The racks feel flimsy, especially the top basket. Door opening is not best feel, i.e. you just pull hard. The control buttons on the front are very 'untactile', they don't feel quality when you press them!

+ Cleans well, even gets my tea stained mugs sparkling. Has plate racks on bottom shelf that can be flattened making it easier to stack large pots/pans/oven trays. Has 30 min cycle option if you need some pans, recycling or dog bowls cleaned that don't need a long cycle. Various other options on programmes too such as delayed start (up to 19 hours) and is simple to understand how they work. It seems huge inside, but that could be because we had a slim line before. It is surprisingly quiet so you forget it's running.

- Most frequently used cleaning cycle by us is long (it's an auto option that adjust time according to how dirty water is), sometimes 140 minutes. It doesn't like it if things are stacked on top of each other, but you get used to how it likes to be stacked for optimum cleaning.

+ Quiet, compared to my old Bosch. Cleans well with 3-in-1 and 5-in-1 tablets.

- The brittle plastic handle by which you have to yank the door open is liable to break. (Handle and facae are formed from the same plastic and an engineer confirmed he has seen cracks where the handle joins the facade. He says this style has been on the market for just eight years.) So your AAA rated machine will be headed for the scrap yard rather sooner than it needs to. The top rack is bizarrely designed: pint glasses loll about drunkenly, wine glasses wobble, tumblers tumble. Apparently you can get 12 place settings into this machine. Just don't try real-life mugs, glasses or the kids' favourite dino bowls.
As is 'de rigeur' with dishwashers, it only has one water inlet. So, unless you have a mixer valve that dispenses water at 35o you have to heat up from cold, despite having an 80 litre tank of near boiling water sitting in your airing cupboard. How AAA is that?

+ My husband doesn't have to wash up any more! Deserves it after 24 years!

- He is bored and doesn't know what to do !

+ cleaning excellent reduced use of water excellent

- nothing

+ Very, very quiet

- poor glass holding facilities

+ Very quiet when running and the 30 minute cycle is very handy.

- The top tray is cumbersome and glasses etc can be dilodged in the wash

+ spot on all round

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