Indesit IDL 530

My last dishwasher was a very expensive Hotpoint dishwasher from new, broke down beyond repair just out of the guarantee.

Bought the Indesit IDL 530 second hand which was left in a house sale for £25 and I've got to say it is THE BEST dishwasher I've ever had. So quiet, cleans glasses etc sparkling. I can't stop singing its praises. I was so shocked to see others hardly giving it a 1 star rating. The only downside is it is rather flimsy. My Hotpoint was well made but I suppose you get what you pay for. I am a rather heavy handed person and the Indesit dishwasher does not like this. I suppose they have manufactured it cheaply to keep the retail price down. Apart from that, can't fault it.

cannot fault the appliance but for some reason it keeps skipping the first rinse and leaves soap on the dishes i dont like the noise either it very loud and with three young kids and only able to have this on in morning and evening it very noisy

Have always had Indesits but wouldnever have another. The IDL 530 never worked properly from day one. Called a service engineer and he said it was my fault - I wasn't using the right rinse aid or some other rubbish. He said there was nothing wrong with it and if I called the service out again there would be a charge. I should have sent it back to John Lewis there and then but I'd never had any problems with Indesit machines before and thought it would settle down. Fat chance! I have had most of the problems other people have reported: tablets get stuck in the drawer, get stuck on the crockery and not dissolved properly, grit and food particles stuck all over the glasses and plates, you have to press the start button a random number of times to get it to start at all, sometimes it has a fit and two of the three lights start flashing together so that you have to switch it off at the wall, leave it and switch it on again to get it to go.

And I've never been able to get the spray arms off to clean them... is this even possible?

I bought the indesit idl 530 as our first dishwasher. My friend said you'll not believe how clean glasses come out when you have a dishwasher...alas this never happened!! It's been rubbish from day one & I probably should have complained straight away but I didn't really know what to expect at first & it was hit & miss when we first used it. We can only use the fairy liquid tablets as the finish ones never dissolved but know even they get stuck in the dispenser or on the dishes at the front. I dread opening the door when it's finished & turn the air blue most days when I notice the tablet all over the dishes. We rinse everything so much it's almost pointless using it but still they come out dirty, sometimes dirtier than they went in! We clean filters, run hot cycles have replaced parts. Nothing makes a difference so today I ordered a hotpoint dishwasher with great reviews & will be throwing this piece of rubbish out.

We have had this dishwasher for a long while and I'll be honest it wasn't great at first and is gradually getting worse. It was cheap and it is cheaply made and poor. I have to put cups in two or three times and end up having to bleach them to get tea stains out after one use. The short 25 minute wash doesn't do a thing and neither does the eco or time for you (which seems to take about 4 hours to do absolutely nothing!). I use Finish tablets, salt and rinse aid and still glasses come out cloudy, food and grit is in cups and still on plates. I regularly clean the difficult to access filters and to be honest am just waiting for this to pack up before I buy a Zanussi like I had before. Sadly, I can't recommend Indesit at all.

I have had owned dishwashers which have a use of at least once a day, for a family of 4 - 5 and had great use out of all of them in the past. This Indesit IDL 530 one just does not clean - I went back to using separate salt, rinse aid and wash tablets rather than the all in one tablets, as the plates and glasses on whatever rack came out with grit stuck all over them. This has not helped however.

We wash the filters out every time, and have taken to understacking the load even leaving a gap between plates in case they dont get enough water between them, and to rinsing off the plates to a point it is not worth putting them in and still things come out covered in grit, or unwashed.

The filters do not all fit together properly, they dont click in place, and I would guess this is partly the problem. The rods that turn around to flush water on both trays are considerably wobbly and not very sturdy this could be another problem.

You want clean crockery etc, that is why you buy a dish washer - you dont get clean crockery etc. We did call service out twice and they came and looked and fiddled a bit, mentioned washing out filters, which we do after every wash, and basically no difference what so ever. We are moving shortly and leaving it behind - i will have to buy another one, but the family is all going its separate ways and instead of arguing over who wants it, we are quite happy to disown it.

Lastly, the cycles take forever, and if you have to pause it for any reason, it goes back to the beginning in some instances!

Bought the Indesit IDL 530 (I think the IDL means 'idle' because that is what the machine is. Idle!)

The 'A' rating means cheap to run only because it doesn't work properly and sometimes does not dry anything.

The upper spray bar has broken twice (jet holes shatter) and now it doesn't wash or rinse properly, meaning items taken out have residue of the wash over them.

Recap:

1) Does not wash properly

2) Does not rinse at all now (filters are clean!)

3) Spray bar does not last long on top

4) Does not always dry anything (not even heating up!)

5) Upper spray bar does not always rotate even though not jammed with anything

6) Utensil basket doesn't last long

7) Heater destroys some items on the bottom WHEN it works

8) Have to wash same items two or three times so now just had wash them

We have decided to throw it away and have ordered a Bosch. The IDL530 is the worst dishwasher we have ever owned and we will never buy Indesit again.

This dishwasher (IDL 530)was given to us by a friend, i can see why now. shortly after getting it (she had it only 2 months from new) the dishes were not being cleaned properly, we cleaned all the arms etc and it started working fine again. then it happened again only weeks later, this time cleaning the arms made no difference! Now the dishewasher does not drain at all, the inside is going mouldy as a result. I've just googled how to fix it and to be honest after reading the reviews on it i think i will save my money and scrap it and buy a decent one, rather then throwing my money away on short term fixes!! waste of money do not buy!

By far the worst dishwasher I have ever owned. This was given to us as a gift by family, who then bought one for themselves, and we both hate it.

You'd be better off spending your money on 200 bottles of washing up liquid.

It doesn't clean very well. Nearly every load has to go through twice in order for the items to be close to clean.

The cycles take far too long, which considering you run them twice means an entire evening is taken up with one load of pots.

And it is very loud.

Can't wait till the kids are old enough to wash up, as they can do a much better job and will be a lot quieter and cheaper.

Bought the dishwasher 2 years ago and from the offset the on/off switch stuck. Also the programming seemed erratic and wouldn't always start at the beginning or drain away. Now it has stoppped heating up the water and drying the dishes! Called Indesit who offered to send an engineer for £105!!

Cheap tat- don't purchase if you want reliability. From reading the reviews 2 years seems to be about the extent of their shelf life.