BEKO MY MATE!!! Beko Dishwsher DWD 5410S (Beko DWD5410)

Member Name: nayland

Product:	Beko DWD5410
Date:	07/08/09 (198 review reads)
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Advantages: Does a really great job and is very quite

Disadvantages: None

As I said on Monday my new dishwasher came. I ordered a Beko 5410S the S being for silver. I really wasn't to worried what I got white or silver as long as I didn't have to do the dishes any longer!! I ended up with the silver as this could be delivered on the following Monday or a 3 week wait for the white one. It cost me £20 more for silver though!!

I'm always a little bit uneasy about using new electrical goods and usually leave it a couple of days before I attempt to try them out, but my hands have had enough of being dunked in bowls of water over the last few days
( you wouldn't believe it, but no one else seems to know how to wash up or what a tea towel is!). So this was opened as soon as it reached my kitchen!

Luckily there was not a lot of packaging just cardboard on the top and bottom, polysturene surrounding it, covered in a heavy plastic. It looked very nice and did make a change from my old white one, it did at least match my washing machine!.

The booklet looked easy reading and the best bit was the quick reference
guide that is clearly laid out on one piece of paper.

This is a 12 place setting machine with 5 different programmes being:

No.1 Pre-Wash~~~~~ No Heat
Pre-wash to rinse and loosen residue awaiting full load then select a programme. 14 minutes

No.2 Rapid~~~~~ 35c degrees
Lightly Soiled dishes 30 minute programme.

No3. Economy~~~~~50c degrees
Most economic programme for normally soiled dishes. 136 minutes

No.4 Qucik and Clean~~~~~60c degrees
Normally soiled dishes A class cleaning in 58 minutes.

No.5 Intensive~~~~~70c degrees
Heavily soiled dishes requiring hot pre-wash. 115 minutes.

Now I knew all this I could begin, I filled it up with salt and rinse aid. Then
I found this tiny strip attached to a piece of paper, what was this then?
It was for me to test the water in my area for lime as this dishwasher has to have lime free water,( you have a dial that you select from to turn to which number you need). You remove the test strip from the paper and turn on your cold tap, let it run for about a minute, fill up a glass and dip the strip
into the water for 1 second. Shake and wait for 1 minute to see how many of the little boxes on it will change colour. Mine did only 1, so that means when I use my machine for the first time I have to turn the programme knob to position 1, while keeping the start/stop button pressed in and switch the machine on at the on/off button. I was thinking I will probaly muck this up and put the wrong setting in, but it was very straight forward and I continued with the rest of the instructions and Hey Presto it was done!!

This dishwasher seems more solid than the one I had before and the racks just glide out very easily. On the top shelf the layout was completely different as you can put large dishes across the top ( like oblong casserole
dishes and pots). This was because you can fold the top racks arms up and make more space. There are 3 seperate baskets to put your dishes in,
large and heavy dishes in the lower basket, small light and delicate items in the higher basket and the knife and fork basket. I removed the lid from the basket that seperates them as this is a nightmare to use quickly if you are in a hurry and haven't the time to stand and do each one individually.

On the front of the dishwasher you will find the word Beko with just below
it is a large knob that has a green LED light and the number 1 on the top,
you can the turn this clockwise to the following programmes 2, 3, 4 and 5.
Next to this is the Rinse Aid indicator light this is a green LED light which
will come on if low. Beneath this is the Start/Stop button that just pushes in
and out. Next is the Salt Level Indicator this is a green LED light which again will come on if getting low. The next LED along is the Wash which is green and stays on during the wash then beneath this is the End LED light that comes on when finished. Further along you then have the different programmes set out to choose from. These is AAAclass symbol then the
On/Off power button that pushes in and out.

What I really like about this machine is when you have finished loading in the dirty dishes on the top of the door the programmes are all written
up very clearly for you to read and choose. While I'm still new to this it comes in very handy! This is a very quite machine as well. I would say that
this is a very easy machine to use and so far it has done a fantastic job.
I got this machine by ordering it from Comet without going to have a look at it and was not dissappointed with it all!!

I paid £219.00 for this dishwasher with free delivery and I only had to wait
about 6 days for it to come from Comet, but don't forget if you want it in
white it is £20 cheaper!!!

Summary: I would definitely recommend this dishwasher to everyone !

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