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[Marks DTM Calib]

I'd like to say that my Hotpoint is 7yrs old...  ...but trying to think what bits are still original

Where as my hotpoint is 15 years old and just fine, having already said, hotpoint top end (ultima) models are exactly the same as Bosch.

I have mixed views of Bosch stuff, my Bosch oven is rubbish and yet expensive, Bosch power tools are middle of the road and the tumble dryar seems ok thus fat. Hence research required as the brand does not guarantee quality

[TheBoy]

I'd like to say that my Hotpoint is 7yrs old...  ...but trying to think what bits are still original

Where as my hotpoint is 15 years old and just fine, having already said, hotpoint top end (ultima) models are exactly the same as Bosch.

I have mixed views of Bosch stuff, my Bosch oven is rubbish and yet expensive, Bosch power tools are middle of the road and the tumble dryar seems ok thus fat. Hence research required as the brand does not guarantee quality

My previous dish tosher was an Ultima, but was actually hopeless. Not only reliability, but the actual wash performance was poor. Hotpoint said it was OK when it was under warranty. I replaced the spray arms, as the top one in particular as a bit too sloppy, but it didn't improve, and I wasn't prepared to change the wash pump on the off chance. So when it went wrong again, I just replaced it.

I think it was just a poor model. I think too much emphasis to get it energy efficient at the expense of wash performance.


The one I have now still has poor reliability, but its wash performance is good, so worth repairing when it goes wrong.

[Marks DTM Calib]

So there you have it, had you paid more for a Bosch you would have had the same issues and reliability

[TheBoy]

So there you have it, had you paid more for a Bosch you would have had the same issues and reliability

Yes, indeed. I think that Ultima was about £550 in 2001, and the Bosch one (which had a slightly different door/control panel) was over £600, but looked identical inside.

[05omegav6]

The biggest problem with the newer stuff is the total lack of a high temp setting. It's a good idea to do a light load on the hottest heavy duty setting once in a while just to flush all the built up grease etc from the waste pipe

[MR MISTER]

The biggest problem with the newer stuff is the total lack of a high temp setting. It's a good idea to do a light load on the hottest heavy duty setting once in a while just to flush all the built up grease etc from the waste pipe

My washing machine (Hotpoint, cold feed only) has a 90° setting, but if you set it to that, it does nothing, won't even fill.

[TheBoy]

The biggest problem with the newer stuff is the total lack of a high temp setting. It's a good idea to do a light load on the hottest heavy duty setting once in a while just to flush all the built up grease etc from the waste pipe

Backed on casserole dished need lots of hot water. As do engine parts.

[MR MISTER]

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The biggest problem with the newer stuff is the total lack of a high temp setting. It's a good idea to do a light load on the hottest heavy duty setting once in a while just to flush all the built up grease etc from the waste pipe

Backed on casserole dished need lots of hot water. As do engine parts.
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Small engine parts are ok in a washing machine, as long as you remember to kill the spin.

[05omegav6]

I try telling Mother that, but she won't have it, so every 18 months or so I get to clear the garage out to get to the waste pipe in order to dismantle, clear, refit

Keep forgetting to sort all the crap out in the process. Might get a skip next time and empty the garage into two piles... one for car parts and tools, and the skip for the rest of it. Could then chuck the skip on Ebay, 99p start,  no reserve, buyer collects. EMD will probably end up buying it though... for 99p

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=90524.0

Ok if wrapped in a towel and placed in a pillow case

[chrisgixer]

Mugs and saucepan handles annoy me. The mugs should have slots in the base so water can run off in the DW, ...and so they dont drop the caster on your knackers when your sipping hot tea

You didnt say why saucepan handles annoy you 

Ah yes - likewise. The water sits on the top of cups and in the recess of pan handles, you lift it out after the cycle has completed and it wets all the stuff underneath!

not the end of the world but it annoys me too 

Don't you know nuffink  

ALWAYS empty the bottom tray first, prevents exactly the problem you describe ... 

SWMBO tells me that all the time - but when I want to grab a bown first thing in the morning I slide the top tray out and thats enough to wet everything!

I need to learn 

Yes bottom tray first, BUT, I draw the line at wearing wellys just to make a cup of tea in the morning, and emptying the entire bottom tray with saucepan handles dropping water over my feet and floor before I can get to the delight of the dripping mugs and making tea.
The result being, get the Mrs to make the tea while I stay in bed. ...ah, maybe its a good design floor after all.

[F1 9LFG]

Mugs and saucepan handles annoy me. The mugs should have slots in the base so water can run off in the DW, ...and so they dont drop the caster on your knackers when your sipping hot tea

You didnt say why saucepan handles annoy you 

Ah yes - likewise. The water sits on the top of cups and in the recess of pan handles, you lift it out after the cycle has completed and it wets all the stuff underneath!

not the end of the world but it annoys me too 

Don't you know nuffink  

ALWAYS empty the bottom tray first, prevents exactly the problem you describe ... 

SWMBO tells me that all the time - but when I want to grab a bown first thing in the morning I slide the top tray out and thats enough to wet everything!

I need to learn 

Yes bottom tray first, BUT, I draw the line at wearing wellys just to make a cup of tea in the morning, and emptying the entire bottom tray with saucepan handles dropping water over my feet and floor before I can get to the delight of the dripping mugs and making tea.
The result being, get the Mrs to make the tea while I stay in bed. ...ah, maybe its a good design floor after all.

I'll let you instruct my dear lady to wake up before me and have my morning tea ready when I get up....

[chrisgixer]

Flaw, I meant flaw. Bah.

[Marks DTM Calib]

So there you have it, had you paid more for a Bosch you would have had the same issues and reliability

Yes, indeed. I think that Ultima was about £550 in 2001, and the Bosch one (which had a slightly different door/control panel) was over £600, but looked identical inside.

The Bosch has the same controls and basic display but uses 90 degree angles on the front panel.....well it is supposed to look German

[TheBoy]

The result being, get the Mrs to make the tea while I stay in bed. ...ah, maybe its a good design floor after all.

I'm confuddled, why should making the tea in the morning be a result of the dishwasher? Surely Mrs G knows that the first cup of the day is womens work?

[chrisgixer]

The result being, get the Mrs to make the tea while I stay in bed. ...ah, maybe its a good design floor after all.

I'm confuddled, why should making the tea in the morning be a result of the dishwasher? Surely Mrs G knows that the first cup of the day is womens work?

...as is emptying the dishwasher. Filling blue, emptying pink.