Bosch SMS2ITW08G Dishwasher 12 place settings, ExtraDry

Much needed and wanted. Very good cleaner, have been quite impressed with the glasses being sparkly clean. Installation (by plumber) was around 30 and took 20 minutes (with some holes being drilled into the worktop for pipes. Had some trouble getting it connected to the app, however I did find support for it – the built-in wash programmes are very good as well. Quite pleased all around. I got the slimline version 9 (Series 2) as it was the one that fit in my kitchen.

I adore my new dishwasher. I’ve had two dishwashers prior this one and have used others.

I knew that Bosch was a decent brand name for dishwashers and after researching what I wanted from my new one, I chose this brand and model.

My prior dishwashers were smaller. The first was a secondhand Bosch tabletop style which lasted a good while before I needed to replace it. I was impressed with the build of it, so it helped me with deciding on Bosch again.

The second was a slimline Beko which couldnt fit my dinner plates upright and was very limited, space wise. However, it lasted a decent amount of time, though it gradually fell apart, plastic becoming brittle and snapping off. It evevtually just stopped working properly and rather than fix it as it was already falling to bits, decided on new.

This time around pre purchase, I had a list of pre requisites. I knew I wanted full size as now have the space for it. I wanted at least 12 place settings so I could manage one wash load a day (small number in household) and, all important, could fit my dinner plates upright and have adjustable interior to suit different wash needs.

This model ticks all the boxes.

Dinner plates go in without any issues. There’s ample space for the rotating arm above. The middle rack rises if you need extra headroom for larger dinnerware.

This model comes with a third rack at the top for cooking utensils, sharp knives and has an optional slide across section if you have tall glasses on the middle rack, allowing headroom.

In the middle rack there’s an optional power wash area, for heavily soiled cups or bowls.the prongs on the bottom and middle racks can be moved to increase the space between for bowls or pan lids.

The cutlery holder is large enough for a dinner party, the luxury of having each type of cutlery separated is handy.

It can wash up to 13 place settings. Ample space for plates, prep and cooking paraphernalia, bakeware, pans, utensils etc.

You can remove the middle rack entirely and place a baking/roasting pan washer rose to the rear of the inside in its place. This creates additional power washing for extra dirty, greasy bakeware. The head height is ideal for all your needs.

Its so adaptable, plus you have the option to operate it via WiFi connection. There are additional modes you can add to the good variety of wash options manually or remotely.

The display shows the time the cycle takes and counts down.

Its very quiet, so quiet I had to check it was actually working when I used it the first time. I’ve yet to use it on silent mode, which is an option.

Only criticism I can give is the supplied water inlet hose is frankly, tiny. I had already bought a new set of extra long inlet and outlet hoses. My dishwasher is not immediately under the sink so needed to have hoses that would fit without them being overly stretched or bent.

Be sure to get new hoses if you buy a new dishwasher. I attached the new outlet hose already attached to the dishwasher to my existing set up, because it was relatively new still and also because it wouldn’t budge. Jubilee clips on each connection keeps it watertight. If your dishwasher is a distance away from where the waste outlet is (undersink is mostly where it’ll be) then get an additional outlet hose to attach to the dishwasher one. There’s a male and female end. Use a jubilee clip on both to tighten the seal.

Highly recommend this brand and model. Filling the salt and rinse aide reservoirs is easy and the detergent port is easy to open and close, either powder or tab can be used.

I’ve had this for 4 months now. The dishwasher itself is great. Dishes are super clean (better than my old one). The smart wifi features work as expected and have been rock solid. Since setting up the wifi connection I’ve never had to reset anything or mess with it. The whole experience is only let down by the terrible control panel. The CPU is just way too slow for the task, every button press is accompanied by a 1 second delay. Also, for some idiotic reason you have to press the power button twice to turn it on, so coupled with the laggy responses I frequently find myself accidentally turning the machine on and then off again. On multiple occasions the control panel has got stuck, and you have to hold the power button for 4 seconds to reset everything. This must happen often because Bosch have marked the reset instructions on the button itself. The reset process takes like 10 seconds, like everything else on this machine it’s infuriatingly slow.

5 stars for the machine, 2 for the controls.

Dishwashers, the appliance that tends to be considered as either the best things since sliced bread, or the worst example of frivolous purchasing known to man.

We are firmly the former camp. I run my own business, I’m a student and I have young children at home. My wife holds down a 70 hour a week job too, so any item that draws more responsibility from us and gives us more time with the kids or relaxing together is fine by me.

However, we have had some rather poor experiences with new dishwashers recently. A Blomberg which, despite earning a Which Best Buy award would leave things greasy and soaking wet constantly, a very expensive Miele that was dead on arrival and required an manufacturer engineer visit before they would even entertain allowing a return and a Zanussi that lasted 3 months before it started belching smoke and left us quite concerned the house would go up like a tinder box. It was also covered in little dents and scratches on delivery, despite the packaging being undamaged which were were given a discount for.

In utter exasperation, I went on the hunt for another one. This is where this little beauty came in. It wasn’t cheap at just a few pennies shy of 700, but with a promotional 5 year warranty and very good reviews behind it, it seemed like the right bet. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t like to spend money just for the sake of it, and I’m sure there are plenty of cheaper ones that would work, but time and reliability are the keys here, saving a few hundred pounds won’t make you feel any better when it’s broken down repeatedly and you have to change your plans sit at home all day waiting for an engineer or the cost is high when the warranty runs out.

First impressions and installation:

We brought it through Hughes on Amazon, which were efficient, delivering earlier than their agreed date and in perfect condition. Set up was painless and the install took me around 15 mins from slitting the package open and putting it on for an initial quick wash before use.

One thing straight away that surprised me was the build quality. There is no flex on the body when pressed, the door springs are silent (unlike the Miele) and all of the baskets are solid and feel durable.

Cleaning:

I love to cook and I make plenty of work for the dishwasher. Just for an example, tonight I made beef, broccoli & pak choi in a sticky hoisin sauce. This was pretty much nuked onto the pan when it had cooled enough to load. There was a baking tray that had lamb roasted within and a bread tin which was quite a lot of burned flour and crusty bits welded on after use. Plus bowls that were lined with very heavily dried residue from the kids ready brek this morning. No matter, no pre rinse and in they all went. Not using a particularly spectacular detergent (Astonish tablets in this case), a 50c Eco cycle was set and it was left to do it’s buisness.

The eco cycles tend to be the least effective in terms of cleaning overall and are a good acid test for a dishwasher. How happy do you think I was when everything came out gleaming with not even a crumb left behind? Very!

Drying:

Some of the Serie 6 and 8 dishwashers such as this one, use a interesting method of drying called Zeolith. Most dishwashers use either inherent heat (heat absorbed and trapped from the final hot rinse) or fans that blow heated air around the interior to dry the contents. The inherent heat tends to be a bit rubbish at times, and the heated air fans add onto the running costs by a lot over a year. In this case, this machine uses Zeolith. Under the tub is a chamber of specially treated zeolite granules, which are a natural mineral. When zeolite is wetted, it heats up to a really good degree. So the machine wets them during the final rinse, and uses a none heated fan to blow the naturally heated air around the interior during the drying phase. This is far more energy efficient and also makes sure things really do dry within. It can even dry plastics with ease, which a lot of dishwashers struggle with. The zeolite is designed to last well beyond the life of the machine and barely loses any efficiency over a decade, so they will not need replacing either.

Programs and extra functions:

This machine comes with these programmes: Intensive, Eco 50c, Auto 45-65c, silence, express of two different lengths, machine care, pre-rinse and glass. The extra functions include speed perfect, which reduces the wash time, intensive zone, which increases water pressure in the bottom basket for very soiled items and extra dry. It will also allow you to save your favourite program and options so that you can just press favourite, and you’re good to go. You can also start and pause manually as well as change the washing options using the mobile app, useful if you forgot to turn it in as you left the house, which is me all over!

Inside the machine is an adjustable top basket for cutlery, utensils and other items like that. The middle basket is height adjustable and has additional sprayers in addition to the arms to improve cleaning. The lower basket has foldable prongs and removable cutlery basket.

None of the cycles have let us down and providing you don’t put super grubby items in a quick wash, 99.9% of the time, everything comes out perfect.

Noise:

In a word, quiet. Even on a normal load, it never gets louder than a whisper in the background. The silence mode takes it even lower. It’s likely not to intrude in your day to day life.

Overall:

I’m really glad we went for it. It’s handled everything we have thrown at it so far, the warranty is a bonus (but do check the promotion is still on at time of reading, if that’s a key in your decision) and it’s a considerable improvement over the last 3 machines. I’d recommend it as it’s flexible, capable and eco friendly.

Thank you for reading, I hope I have helped, take care all.

Good all round dishwasher, with a decent head height on the bottom shelf for bigger plates and trays. Enough capacity for a family of 4 (we normally manage with 1 daily cycle, maybe 2 on a weekend if cooking at home) unless you are using loads of pans for cooking individual sides or courses. Overall performance is good, dishes are well cleaned and it operates quietly.

Minor niggles: Doesn’t dry properly, even with the Extra Dry setting. This seems to be an issue with all dishwashers to be fair, but plastic and glass in particular usually still need manual drying when removed. Letting it cool or sit over night doesn’t help. The gaps in the plastic grill for the cutlery basket are also too small. The grill constantly gets pulled up and pops off the basket when I remove my knives and forks (which are not abnormally oversized by any means) which is really annoying, so I plan to cut out some of the plastic bits to make the holes bigger. It would also be nice to be able to relocate the cutlery basket to accomodate other big item in the bottom shelf, rather than it being fixed in one position.

Comes with 2 year warranty, which is reasonable and better than some cheaper makes, although registration is required, if I interpret the small print correctly. There is an extended warranty available but it is pricey (89 quid to extend to 5 years). whereas my two applicances from Samsung (fridge and washing machine) have 5 year warranties available for free (registration also required).

Bought to replace a lndiset was 18mts old which I bought to replace same model which was 30 years old it lasted 18mts would not recommend.

Easy to fit. Outstanding options. Superb Quality as usual ! Its a Bosch.

We use ours as a secondary machine as we already have a small machine which is sufficient for the two of us alone. However, as we do Air B and B we really need it then for all the extra breakfast dishes and also when family visit. It works so well and I love the cutlery try. For me that was a must in a machine as my machine in our old house had one and we loved it. It helps you keep the cutlery together and no space is taken up by a basket.

Brilliant dishwasher. Fits easily into small kitchen. Great value for money. You can even sync it with your mobile phone and set everything up and programme the dishwasher.

works fine – not sure about the cutlery tray though. I removed it so tall glasses could fit better. Also after a few weeks still getting a very slight smell of burning.