Bosch 14 Place Settings free-standing Dishwasher (SMS6HVI00I, Fingerprint free steel)

Let’s first get this out of the way, the Bosch SMS6HVI00I is expensive! I had to track the price regularly and bought it with a combo of credit card points and offers to justify the value. We’ve now been using this for over 2 weeks and have largely been impressed by the performance. Read on to know why.

Delivery

The delivery was prompt, professional and friendly The executives placed it where requested. It is a heavy machine and needed to be handled carefully, which was complied with. The demo team from bosch reached out within 2 days and performed their role quite smoothly.

Product

The product looks professional with a metallic finished exterior. It comes with essential documentation, inlet and outlet tubing. The trays themselves feel well made and sturdy. The rollers do their job smoothly The cutlery tray (a feature we’ll talk about later) was completely plastic, but seemed well moulded and of good quality. I recommend mounting it on a stand to prevent any water seepage from damaging the machine.

Performance

In a few words: silent, effective. If you follow the basic rules of what materials are dishwasher safe, the results range from satisfactory to impressive. A few tightly placed vessels have blind spots where the water would not reach leaving a few spots (adjust how vessels are placed). Years old tea-strainers which looked permanently stained come out spotless with just a few iterations in the machine (yay!). Steel, glass and ceramic behave very well in the dishwasher. Plastic gives mixed response, while aluminum and iron are a no no. Power consumption increases but water consumption reduces.

Here are two features that make this particular model stand out:
1. The separate cutlery tray. It is spacious, well moulded and works surprisingly well even though it looked a tad far away from the spray-fan
2. The height-adjustable middle rack allows us to accommodate small to medium sized bowls, which would otherwise crowd the bottom shelf

There’s an app that lets you know the running status of the machine and also updates the firmware. We’ve been using this with dishwasher tablets (completely optional). They are expensive (we got it at Rs 20/pc) but they are very convenient to use. Results are good.

Conclusion

Our household generates a large volume of vessels and uncertainty of domestic help during covid has been tough on everyone. This is where this dishwasher steps in to help. The results have been consistent so far and I would recommend this if you looking for a solution to mid to high volume vessel cleaning.

Excellent machine with iot connection and 14 place setting. Little pricy around 8-10k as compared to LG and other comparable machine.

Ordered this two days ago and received it on the same day. Waiting for Bosch installation to call or come for two days now but there’s dead silence. I guess people were right about terrible customer service from Bosch in India. Should have gone for LG which was my second choice.