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I have been using the dishwasher for a few weeks now. There were two things that were important to me: app control and an automatically opening door. This dishwasher certainly does not disappoint me in that regard. Because we have a dynamic contract, our energy price varies every fifteen minutes. A dishwasher that you can start using an app—which you can set down to the minute—was therefore important to us. The app is clear and easy to set up; it just takes some getting used to the fact that you have to indicate on the dishwasher in advance that you want to start it later via the app.

Since the dishwasher sometimes runs in the middle of the night or just after we have left for work, an automatic door opening was also a must so that the dishes don't sit in the dishwasher all day or night after it has finished. As soon as it has finished rinsing and most of the heat has dissipated from the dishes, the door opens automatically so the dishes can continue to dry. As a result, we almost never have wet spots on the dishes, and everything is nice and dry when we unload the dishwasher. Furthermore, I find the cleaning performance really top-notch. You can (also via the app) set it to require higher water pressure, for example, to get dirty, caked-on dishes clean. A used lasagna baking dish that had been in the dishwasher for a day before being turned on came out completely clean without pre-rinsing (using the higher water pressure and high temperature setting).

The display on the floor is nice, allowing you to see exactly how much longer the dishwasher will be running. The place to put wine glasses is also great; this eliminates the need to fumble around trying to figure out where to place the wine glasses to keep them upright.

The dishwasher has few real downsides, but if I had to name two, it is that for us, the bottom rack only fits plates up to a maximum of 29 centimeters. This is listed in the specifications, but it is still lower than I had estimated. As an indication, large dinner plates are already 28 centimeters. So, you are left with little leeway if you have somewhat larger cutting boards or dinner plates that are slightly larger than average. The second point is the duration of the eco program, namely 4.5 hours. I understand that this is supposed to be as economical as possible, but if the program is “finished” after 3 hours and then indicates that it needs to dry for another 1.5 hours with the door open, this seems like a bit of unnecessary time to me, considering that it is already dry and cooled down after 30 minutes with the door open. As a result, the program seems to take a bit too long.

All in all, we are very happy with the dishwasher and can certainly recommend it.

Simply good

It is a great dishwasher. It has three racks, and on those racks you can fit your plates and pans, then the cups above that, and cutlery above that. The machine pops open automatically when it is finished, producing a lot of steam. You can change this in the settings so that it doesn't pop open, which is beneficial with small children or delicate kitchen cabinets.

I am very happy with it, because the economical wash cycle cleans the dishes extremely well, even though it takes 4 1/2 hours.

We are incredibly happy with it; the machine fits well in the kitchen we already had and washes everything thoroughly clean.

The machine is so quiet that I checked during the first few cycles to see if it was actually on. Very nice with an open kitchen!