Bosch Serie 8 Freestanding Dishwashers Questions & Answers (page 3 of 3)

No, it's not normal. Ours was quite OK when we unpacked it. I'd be contacting Bosch Australia (they're somewhere in Melbourne) to complain about that.

Yes this is normal. All dishwashers get tested before hand. Some might have just had time to dry. If you're worried about bacteria run it on the hygiene plus setting.

Thanks so much for your response. I really appreciate it! We discovered that our electrical plug was not correctly in the socket, and had caused our issue. I'm sorry for prematurely posting, but I wanted to avoid unnecessarily contacting a technician. Feeling so glad we didn't do that, given what we discovered! Many thanks again for taking the trouble to try and help.

googled SMS88T103A to find that it is available, but the extra price means you would probably never recoup the money from saving on electricity useage: some maths required!

Yes it is. Easy to keep clean. Doesn't show fingerprints but there aren't any kids in the house either. Still loving it.

Many thanks for your answer, have now bought this machine, very quiet and cleans very good.

Not sure what you do with your DW if your replacing them every couple of years. But you have options to get product care, and by the sounds of it would be a sound investment of $150 than replacing a DW every couple of years.

I'm aware of extended warranties. The point I'm making is they should not be necessary. Also if you've read my full comment- I am treating them with care and according to the manufacturers recommendations. It doesn't matter which brand or how much I pay. Perhaps we use them more frequently than other people.

After my last two dishwashers both failed in less than 3 years, I can feel your pain! I would have reviewed my last one (Bosch) very well within the first two years.. it worked really well but at 2 yrs 10 months died completely. I'd like to see more reviews from owners after 3 or 4 years. Or is it too much to ask that a $1500 investment ought to last that long?

Can't comment on yours, but I notice that cleaning filters weekly ensures clean dishes. They never go dirty, but I can see the difference between not clean filter washing and clean filter washing. If/when mainteined correctly I never had any not clean dishes after the wash.

I don't know what Bosch you have or how old it is. But I can say that this Bosch DW is so quite and cleans everything perfectly clean you can't go wrong, like I said I did full research on all the DW available and this won hands down on paper and it wins hands down once you use it.

Bought today. Appliances Online had it at $1416 with free delivery but would have arrived days later. Rang local The Good Guys store that had it in stock.
They verified the online price offered by Appliances Online and matched it. Hubby went in to pay and pick up. Less than an hour

You bet.

Still loving this dishwasher. Very happy I went with the 8 series rather than the 6 or 4. Worth the few hundred more it costs.

Cheers

It does, but not to everyone's liking... But, if washing finished in the evening, you'd open the door and all trays next morning you'll find it dry.

Hi Jonboy, there are adjusters on the bottom but I don't believe they will give you the height you need as they are mainly for levelling. It would be best to have a physical look to ensure you get the right unit.
Sorry I cant be more specific.

Hi Lucky, no, unfortunately it doesn't. Whilst the cutlery tray design is favoured by some people, in my experience, the basket design provides better drying due to the fact that the items are vertical. You can find some generic cutlery baskets at the likes of BigW etc which you can hang on the side of the main drawer but it then reduces your space a bit. The tray design works OK so if that is you only concern, then it might not be a show stopper - I suggest that you visit a store and actually look at how it operates to see if it suits your needs. Hope this helps!

Thanks to you both for your quick replies. The cutlery basket is not a deal breaker but it could possibly come in handy with all those chunky toddler forks and spoons. I do like the idea of being able to fit more in the dishwasher though, so it shouldn't be too hard to come around to the idea :)
Cheers, Lucky.

Hi Bobby, I have done a comparison on the two machines and they seem almost identical. The SMS88TI03A seems to be just the next version of the SMS88TI01A and its key difference seems to be in its power efficiency. The TI03A has a 4.5 star energy rating whereas the TI01A has 4 stars. Other than this they appear to be very similar but you should check them out at a dealer and also on the website below - hope this helps you!

http://www.bosch-home.com.au/products/dishwashers/freestanding-dishwashers/dishwasher-60cm-wide/SMS88TI01A.html

http://www.bosch-home.com.au/products/dishwashers/freestanding-dishwashers/dishwasher-60cm-wide/SMS88TI03A.html

Yes, and you MUST connect it to cold water only.

I can double check but I believe that's what we did and all you can do

Yes - cold water connection only.

We out it under the bench but didn't need to remove the top. From memory the man in the shop said it can be removed.

We installed ours under the bench; no need to take the top off.

I'd say it's 90% there. You have to keep in mind that plastics don't hold the heat of the final rinse very well and that's why they're not as dry as the non-plastics. Plastic bowls and plates seem to come out fine, but most tupperware things will have little lips and recesses which will hold the water if you don't angle them right in the wash. I set my wash to finish 30mins before I wake up, so when I'm out there making coffee I'm unstacking everything. Most plastics I'll give a flick and chuck on the dish drainer out of habit and with the tiny bit of residual heat left (compared to everything else which is still hot) it will air dry over 5mins or so ready to put away.

Thanks. I'm happy with that!

Hi Bosch.

I have recently purchased this dishwasher. The spec page at the below link says this dishwasher has a hot and cold water inlet

https://www.appliancesonline.com.au/bosch-dishwasher-sms88ti01a/

Can you please clarify. I was overseas when our dishwasher stopped working and I organised this one to be fitted. I also arranged for the plumber to connect it to the hot water supply.

Ta