Zanussi-Electrolux ZDF511

+ very easy to load,very quiet and a guarranteed quality wash/finish.

- non

+ Easy to use - good, informative instructions

- The catch on the door is terrible and I suspect will be one of the first things to go The spray arms are so wobbily in rotation it is almost impossible to test whether they will swing clear of the dishes The stand up racking in the lower basket regularly collapses of it's own free will - with or without dishes loaded - incredibly annoying Unless you load very carefully it is easy to do it in such a way that the door to the washer tablet compartment will not flip open - bu of course you won't know that until the cycle has finished!

+ The noise level is very good - it is very quiet, and it cleans very well

- It seems to take an awful long time for a whole cycle

+ 30 minute wash programme

- the holders/plastic supports are very poor in the top tray. Standing tall glasses in is difficult as they topple over because of the supports

+ Quiet operation. Having a 'countdown' to know when the washing cycle will finish. Easy to use. Rinse aid/salt warning lights. Plates cone out dry & clean.

- Top shelf could be re-designed to allow more effective use of the space.

+ Never had a dishwasher before, but this one is great. It has a 30 minute short wash which is more than adequate; everything comes out gleaming. Very easy to use and really quiet.

- None that I can think of.

+ IT CLEANS VERY WELL AND IS EXTREMELY QUITE.

- The top[ shelf loading is very difficult. The space for glasses and cups is not laid out very well. It was advertised as a 12 place setting washer but I douobt that it would hold 12 place settings.

+ Zanussi is the best make you can get this dishwasher goes to 70c that runs for 78 mins and every iten is clean

- There is none

+ looks good, really really quiet

- design for loading really poor. cups, glasses, mugs won't stand up at all until they're all wedged in tightly and then they often won't be clean because they're too close together!

+ LOOKS GOOD WITH LCD SCREEN. FINE ONCE YOU FIGURE OUT HOW TO USE IT. FOLD DOWN PRONGS IN LOWER BASKET A GREAT IDEA FOR LARGER BASKET. CLEANS FINE ONLY A COUPLE OF REJECTS SO FAR. CUTLERY BASKET GOOD.

- INSTUCTIONS VERY COMPLICATED. HAD TO RAISE UPPER SHELF IN ORDER TO FIT ANYTHING IN THE BOTTOM OR ELSE SPRAY ARMS WOULDN'T GO ROUND. IN DOING THIS THEN HAD TO REMOVE CUP RACKS SO BASICALLY HAVING 2 UPPER SHELF HEIGHTS IS POINTLESS.

+ i am very happy with this product and pleased with the model i chose

- no bad points...

+ It is very quiet

- 30 min cycle is ueless - doesn't clean anything. Nowhere to safely put glasses. Really not impressed. Had a cheap make, slimline previously which washed much better. Shame on you Zanussi !! I did my homework and believed this to be a good dishwasher prior to buying. Should have done more homework !!

+ Low noise levels, cleaning performance is good and articles dry nicely (except plastics of course)

- Can't put fat handles cutlery in the cutlery tray.

+ Reviewer left no comment

- top tray hopeless for even small cups so relly no use. would like to remove altogether but it wont come out. cutlery tray would not take any of our knives so we had to remove the top of this. very awkward.

+ The machine gives and excellent wash, and the choice of cycles covers everything that I need. This machine is so quiet you may actually wonder if it is running at all.

- The only one little niggle, is the colloapsing bottom rack. Whilst it is great the it collapses to take the larger pans. It is something of an artform loading so it does not collapse if you do not want it to. (A little hook or something to lock it in place would work just fine)

+ Looks nice, lots of programme types but still easy to use

- Components inside are white and can get discoloured by food.

+ Great Cleaner, very happy with results. Easy to use.

- Bottom tray could be laid out better, plates and bowls do not fit as good as my previous washer as the rack has smaller gaps and is too tall.

+ Cleans very well

- Not enough room for small cups on the top shelf

+ Very quiet Cleans well

- Takes quiet a long time Space is not very flexible

+ Very quiet, after my last dishwasher, I keep checking to make sure this one is actually working. There are 5 different wash cycles you can choose from so there is plenty of choice, there is also a delay timer. I was amazed with the cleaning performance, in fact i read a review of this machine stating that its cleaning performance was poor. All I can say to that is "Learn how to stack the dishes correctly!" There is a fold down rack in the bottom drawer which allows more room for bigger pots & pans etc. I read some negative comments about that too, but so far i have had no problems with it. In general this is a brilliant dishwasher. I heartily recommend it.

- The only slight negative comment i can make is that tall glasses dont sit too well in the top shelf. You can get them to sit, just pack them in.

+ Value for money and very quiet

- Cycle times too long and door doesn't open easily

+ Reviewer left no comment

- you need totaly flat dishes . bowls do not fit in well.

+ Reviewer left no comment

- loading glasses can be a pain depending on the rim size they sometimes fall over

+ We like the Digital read out that tells u how long the wash time is,also lets u know when u need to refill salt and rinse aid. very good Machine.

- Reviewer left no comment

+ cleans well

- moveable palte rack is awkward

+ Has 30 minute wash cycle option which is incredibly effective, even on two-day old plates. Even works pretty well on cooking pans. Quiet operation, good looks and clear controls.

- Who designed the top tray? It seems to be organised to make life difficult.

+ Quiet, plastic inners, the old one had a metal spinning plate that would clonk if it hit a plate

- Cant seem to find a quick cycle yet.

+ Reviewer left no comment

- slight difficulty in loading of cups/glasses

+ NO SALT AND RINSE AID NEEDED IF 3 IN 1 CHOSEN QUICKNESS OF WASH VERY QUIET MACHINE AS COMMENTED BY MY FAMILY STATING THERE DISHWASHER IS VERY NOISY

- CUP AND GLASSES KEEP FALLING OVER WHEN LOADING

+ Had my first Zanussi Dishwasher for 13 years which was excellent value having never paying out for any repairs. Very reliable

- This dishwasher doesn't dry the dishes and cutlery as well as my old Zanussi

+ 36 minute quick wash is excellent for everyday use. Seems to hold a lot.

- The shape of the top basket makes loading cups and glasses a bit of a balancing act.

+ Really quiet. Thorough wash cycles.

- Cycles are a bit on the long side.

+ does the job,nice and quiet

- Reviewer left no comment

+ really quiet machine,

- The machine does not clean every item, some of the items still have water on them, the plates I have are ordinary ones from Asda, but they seem to be too large?! this stops the machine spinning the water around.

+ everything comes out very clean at the moment and wash cycles are easy to select, also salt resovoir is easy to reach without having to stretch too much

- do not like the top tray for loading too much, glasses tend to fall over (tall tumbler glasses) and cups tend to topple as well sometimes. there is a biggish gap at the back of the tray which smaller things tend to fall down. would have liked the option to put some cutlery in the basket and not just through slots in basket provided, eg potato peeler does not stand very well in slot.

+ Easy to load, bottom shelf folds down allowing for larger items, pans, casserol dishes etc.

- Tablet doesn't always dissolve so hve to run cycle again. Have tried different tablets.

+ Noise reduction excellent.

- Cup shelf absolutely useless, not wide enough for even the smallest cup. If you use this shelf for placing kitchen utensils thereon they are never cleaned properly, so I do not use this. Centre of top shelf not much use for anything. Side racks/shelving very difficult to balance mugs, glasses etc upon. My husband has given up trying to load machine and now just leaves this to me! Plate racks on lower shelf too close together for efficient cleaning. Wished I had checked out machine in-store before purchasing.

+ Does the job well.

- Trays are very awkward to load & badly designed.

+ 30 min cycle, quiet, great environmental economy.

- Cups and glasses don't sit too well in top rack, need careful placing to remain upright. Collapsable platerack does it by itself!

+ Reviewer left no comment

- loading facilities are hopeless. My previous dishwasher was a Zannusi and the basket arrangements were excellent for allmy needs. The new facilities do not take dishes well. cups / glass racks are not good. Also does not clean some dishes well enough.

+ High quality cleaning

- Top basket difficult to pack. Not enough room for Cups and Glasses

+ Easy to follow instructions. Timer countdown Electronic display

- Cleaning not always good Tablets stick in tray Top basket doesn't run in and out smoothly

+ simplicity

- top rack glasses fall over

+ Quiet and efficient

- None

+ Very Quiet. Good Value For money.

- Washing cycles are quite long.

+ I cannot fault this dishwasher . it has excllent cleaning ability even on 30 minute wash, its quiet and very easy to load with the glass holders and collapsable racking. highly reccomended.

- none --had it over a month used daily and not missed a beat.

+ It is very quiet.

- The clock alters the timing nearly every night. No two washes are the same time. Having had a Zanussi dishwasher for the last 18 years this new one is terrible for loading nowhere near as good as the old one. I bought this one on the understanding it was a low water usage. - for the cycles we use it isn't - very badly worded on the spec.

+ I have found this dishwasher very satisfactory and would recommend it to all. It is very quiet with NO vibration at all ,very easy to load and un load .Very smart in appearance as part of kitchen utilities

- Reviewer left no comment

+ Quite quiet. Good load space.

- Eco programme doesn't clean dishes very well, especially if dishes are even moderately soiled. Machine died completely after two weeks. Amount of water used info was misleading. Some programmes use considerably more than the amount advertised.

+ Quiet, uses less water than other models

- None

+ easy to use, press 2 buttons and it's washing timer function is great machine looks clean and simple great value for money

- the eco wash takes about 3 hours can be a bit fiddly to load & when you pull out the upper rack the glasses & mugs fall over

+ Reviewer left no comment

- some wash cycles are to long

+ cleans the dishes very well, loads better than my old washer. reasonably priced

- haven't found any yet

+ It is quiet, efficient, leaves the load very clean. Good choice of wash cycles

- A rinse cycle would be useful

+ Dishes always clean.

- I have not found any.

+ very easy to use. Does the job it is supposed to do for the range it is in.

- You have to get into a routine way of loading it otherwise you can struggle to get everything in.

+ Washes well

- Flimbulators

+ Quiet

- Crockery in top rack is never properly clean. Every thing feels rough, Yet bottom rack is spotless!

+ Very QUIET

- Long Cycle and dishes not totally clean.

+ AAA rating

- Dishes (cups/glasses) do not sit well on top shelf. Main program takes well over 2 hours.

+ THE MACHINE IN GENERAL IS GOOD

- TOP TRAY THE CENTRE ROW FIND HARD TO LOAD

+ I only ever need to use the 30 minute cycle as this cleans perfectly well. It is much quieter than my last dishwasher. The cutlery basket is great as long as you take the lid off. Overall very quick and easy to use.

- The upper shelves are not great for cups or glasses as they are too narrow and the lower shelves are also a bit shallow so it is hard to balance wide/deep bowls etc.

+ Price.

- The wash tablet dispeser opens up onto the top shelf preventing it open enough to let tablet out. Have been onto Zanussi about this problem and was more or less told it was a problem with this model. Only advice was to use powder or long wash cycles. I am still going to get back to Zanussi because not satisfied with this comment.

+ Really quiet

- Tablet door doesnt always open

+ Reviewer left no comment

- loading the top with cups and glasses they seem to full over

+ Compared to my last dishwasher, it is so incredibly quiet. Wish I'd bought Zanussi last time.

- None

+ I like that the dishwasher has a timer on it so can set for when convenient for me.

- The trays are very poorly designed as my bowls and cups do not fit in the grooves so find I can not load it as efficiently as would like.

+ has a quick wash 30 mins quieter than last dishwasher

- hard to load cups and glasses ,doesnt clean properly even on a 160 min wash cycle !!! some plates will still be dirty

+ Quiet, looks clean/tidy

- Loading trays are rubbish! I don't know what sort of dolls house they are designed for! The upper tray is useless for mugs because they fall over, or stack badly, and as for the strange plastic clips - they just get in the way. Cutlery basket ok, but no good for outsized objects like large knives, scissors. lack of room for large plates without them banging together! Want any more points.......

+ really quiete, exceellent cleaning quality

- not many places to put cups and mugs. Door lever feels a bit flimsy

+ I have found that the dishwasher is very quiet

- It is not very easy to load, especially the top rack as glasses etc don't fit into the spaces provided and the slots for the tea plates etc aren't deep enough and the plates and glasses move around when i shut the rack

+ quiet

- trays in washer