Baumatic Dishwasher

For all that I got my Iberna/Baumatic DW 1605 thrown in free with my new kitchen, I would have rather paid for one,of my own choosing. The only thing I can say in it's favour,is it cleans well. The downsides are that it is incredibly noisy and I have to close my kitchen door, when it's in operation, and the design of the racks is appalling. Firstly, the cuttlery basket is at the back of the bottom rack, so adding after loading the plates, is really awkward. Unless you have bog standard shaped plates, you often have to miss a slot, to avoid the plates coming into contact with eachother. I think the design is the same on Baumatic, Hoover and Candy machines. I had a 15 year old Siemens before which was a brilliant machine, I am likely to have my Iberna taken out in the near future, even though it's new, and pay for another one from the Bosch group.

Terrible the worst rubbish I have ever bought. My old one was 100 times better. You spend more time drying the dishwasher itself after you use. It never dries the dishes no matter what they tell you yo do. Absolute rubbish Do not buy one . I would rather wash dishes myself it’s much quicker. It’s not even worth 1 star.

Top Drawer glides, all rollers 8 in total keep falling out £10 to replace each set(£40:00) bottom drawer 3/4 of prongs have rusted through and eventually break away. To replace said drawer believe this or not £100:00.would not recommend to my worse enemy.Will be cutting losses and investing in a Miele as I had before but left in the property that I sold.Seems as if the plastic within the washer was never tested to withstand heat.

Have had 3 bosch dishwashers in 17 years so tried a Baumatic slimline. Have given 3 months to get used to it but am still unhappy.

1.It is not "quiet as a whisper" as advertised. I can hear the gentle rumble from an adjoining room.

2 still struggle to set up the plate racks which keep collapsing. Designed apparently to go flat for large pots and pans.

3. Our slightly than larger than average dinner plates catch on the top tray runners and jam it, if the outer part of the racks are used.

4 if the lower tray is pushed in just on the left hand side it jams on the right side opening.

5. The door catch is very stiff and despite spraying with a lubricant still bends the plastic top console leaving me to wonder if it will after a few years finally suffer from a stress crack.

6. On a positive, it looks good and the water squirters don't seem to block like a Bosch and it is cheaper than a bosch.

Would not but another one or another Bosch which are about £80.00 more.

Hope this helps someone.

Don't buy a baumatic dishwasher I have to wash dishes 4

Multiple times an still there is food residue, worst item I have ever bought go and buy something else all u do is waste elelectricity an tablets. Buy rubber gloves the most useless dishwasher I have ever had!!! Have called out after care service wd or had more joy putting my head in the microwave even the guy said there rubbish! Wish I bought a boosch :@ nothing I like about this product!!

I purchased a Baumatic DWI605 fully intergrated Dishwasher as part of my new kitched. After reading some reviews I was concerned about purchasing it but as it came with a 2 year parts and labour guarantee I decided to go ahead and see for myself. I have tried most of the programmes and have found them to wash and dry well, even the rapid programme with only takes just over 30 mins is good for general washing. I always rinse residue off pans and dishes anyway but they come out nice and clean and if a little mark is left it is a small price to pay for a good wash over a short time which must be more economical on the purse and better for the planet. Dont know what other people expect from a dishwasher but I am very pleased with mine.

Hi we have a Baumatic 1641. Had it a few weeks now. Quiet and good wash, but terrible at drying. Tried all the things advised to do in the manual. It does not seem to get hot enough to dry as our old Hotpoint did.

Emailed sales dept, customer service and the MD. Not a chirp from anyone.

Would not advise to buy a Baumatic Dishwasher!

On the face of it this dishwasher did everything I require, rapid wash, eco wash, normal and intensive programs, with a delay timer and 2 year guarantee.

I think the best review is to tell you what I told their customer services but for those who cant be bothered to read, I rinse items under the tap, rinse in the machine and still put 10% of the items back after a wash taking 2 hours.

Copy of CS letter. They have not replied:

"I bought this model and rue the day. Just to let you know that having given this nearly a month to allow me to optimise my loading skills etc etc. I hate it with a vengeance. I bought the 12 place setting model, as I have always had a 12 place setting models before, having heard heard that 14 place setting machines do not give enough space for proper washing.

The loading space on the top basket is abysmal, indents into the loading area seem to force everything into each other and consequently I only manage to get about 80% of what I got into my last model 12 setting model into the basket. The bottom basket is pretty much the same as my last dishwasher so loads the same. However it doesnt wash the same. I have had 4 dishwashers in my life and even 30 years ago dishwashers washed better than this. The rapid wash, which was all I used in my last 10 year old machine (a MFI purchase which used less electricity on its rapid setting) is no better than a rinse, even when you have used the rinse setting to loosen already. The economy setting despite taking ages, still underperforms compared to the last machines rapid setting. In fact I would say compared to any machine mine, friends, familys models that I have used it is useless. I was loading the dishwasher last night and suddenly woke up to the fact that I had run a bowl of clean water and was putting everything through that and removing stubborn bits with a brush BEFORE putting it in because my husband has done nothing but complain about how much goes round a second or third time.

In summary, if this was the first dishwasher I had ever bought, it would have been the last.

Products rarely upset me enough to write to the manufacturer but you really ought to know what customers think as it wont be long before people start posting reviews like this on web sites. Stop making it."

Everything is poor do not buy this product

Just a few weeks after buying the dishwasher the motor went. I have been battling with the Baumatic customer service team ever since. Almost 2 months now since I first reported the problem and it still hasn't been fixed! When the first engineer came he didn't have the spare part with him, on the next two occasions (having already -booked the whole day off work) I have been phoned in the morning with the news that the engineer is ill. I can't talk with any real authority about the product because it may have been a fluke that the motor broke so quickly, but the repairs department is appalling.