My dishwasher won’t start until I let it update its firmware over the WiFi

Re:My dishwasher won’t start until I let it update its firmw... by sshagent on Monday January 31, 2022 @10:00AM (#30148587)

Isn't this the truth. Over Christmas family was around and someone loaded the dishwater and put it on economical or whatever the 'easy wash' mode was called, i chuckled knowing they might as well waved the dirty dishes in the sky for an equilavent wash. Its like, why are the other options even there...Intensive wash, every time.

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Re:My dishwasher won’t start until I let it update its firmw... by Scea91 on Monday January 31, 2022 @10:48AM (#30149273)

Does not match my experience. I have a fairly regular Bosch dishwasher and use the ECO mode almost exclusively without any issues.

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Re:My dishwasher won’t start until I let it update its firmw... by tokamak-teapot on Monday January 31, 2022 @12:00PM (#30150296)

Same experience here. This can’t be right though. Surely we are the exceptions and there really are idiotic committees forcing manufacturers to include eco settings that don’t work - rather than the other explanation of some dishwashers being crap?

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Re:My dishwasher won’t start until I let it update its firmw... by adhesive_wombat on Monday January 31, 2022 @04:12PM (#30154438)

My Mum has a Hotpoint because she skimped on it during a kitchen refit. It's complete crap compared to a mid-tier Bosch: the cleaning is worse, the tablet often gets stuck in the tray, and it doesn't dry properly.

That said, even the Bosch needed a new heat pump after 3 years which was an adventure in unreasonably complex disassembly.

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Re:My dishwasher won’t start until I let it update its firmw... by brokenmachine on Monday January 31, 2022 @10:05PM (#30158131)

Probably also depends on if or how carefully you rinse before putting stuff in there.

I rinse things pretty well beforehand and use quick wash and it works well.

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