The Gadget Show reviews the Miele G5720 SC Dishwasher

The Gadget Show has reviewed and compared three dishwashers, with Jon Bentley being ably assisted by multi award winning French chef, Jean-Christophe Novelli to put the appliances through their paces.

Among the line-up was the Miele G5720 SC Dishwasher which, when the cycles had run and the last drops of water dried, came out on top scoring four out of five Gadget Show Gs.

To see exactly what was involved in the test watch the video here and if you want to review the G5720 SC you can do so on The Gadget Show website.

The Top Ten Ways to Make Your Kitchen Environmentally Friendly

The environmentally conscious community is growing rapidly and while most people often try to reduce their environmental impact on the road and around the house, one of the easiest places to start saving the planet is in your own kitchen.

Install Environmentally Friendly Worktops
There are many attractive environmentally friendly alternatives to the harmful man-made worktops, such as those made from recycled or sustainably manufactured materials. Recycled glass, Bamboo and Composite stone worktops are some of the most popular choices that are both stylish and environmentally friendly.

Use Energy Efficient Lighting
Energy efficient light bulbs can save energy consumption by as much as 70% and can also last up to 13 times longer than standard non-efficient bulbs.

Buy Recycled Kitchen Towels
Why not go one better and not use them at all? Kitchen towels have an enormous impact on deforestation, if you must have them then choose an environmentally friendly alternative such as paper towels that have been recycled or produced from a sustainable forest.

Install Energy Efficient Appliances
One of the best ways to save on your energy bills and save the environment is to install energy efficient appliances. Miele currently offer some of the industries most efficient kitchen appliances, such as their line of washing machines, which on average use 42.4% less water and 29.2% less energy than other domestic washing machines.

Use Eco Wash balls
Eco wash balls have received a great deal of attention recently and quite rightly so. They remove the need for using detergents in your washing, significantly reducing your environmental impact and cost of washing.

Compost your Food Waste
Instead of using a food waste disposal grinder found in many kitchen sink units, put your food waste in a compost bin in your garden. This not only reduces the strain on landfill sites and sewage treatment plants, but it also helps to restore the nutrients in your waste food back into the soil, giving you fertile soil to use in your garden.

Use Renewable Flooring
If you’re remodeling your kitchen, consider using floorboards or tiles that use renewable materials such as cork, bamboo or composite stone. Cork and bamboo are not only substantially cheaper than traditional flooring materials like hardwood and laminate flooring, but they also have many other benefits; the waxy suberin in cork makes it both water and fire proof, while bamboo is scuff resistant making it ideal for pet owners.

Install a Recycle Station
By having a recycle station that allows you to easily separate your paper, plastic, glass and food waste you can help reduce your impact on the environment by limiting the amount of waste that ends up in a landfill site.

Buy Organic Foods with less Packaging Locally
Unnecessary food packaging causes an enormous strain on landfill sites, which has multiple negative implications on the environment. By purchasing locally sourced organic food you can not only reduce the amount of unnecessary packaging that you dispose of, but also limit some of the negative production and transportation impacts that buying inorganic and internationally produced foods have.

Don’t Buy Disposable Dishcloths
Instead of buying disposable dishcloths that are wasteful and unrecyclable, buy reusable cotton or micro fiber dishcloths.

Image Credits: Jorge Quinteros and Steve Webel

UK Whitegoods talk kitchen refit…

Johelian is having a kitchen refit and has leapt onto the UK Whitegoods forum to ask for advice. Seeing as they intend to upgrade all their appliances the question is should they go with their first choice of Miele products despite the price?

Don, a UK Whitegoods moderater has responded with the following,

“Miele have a good reputation and track record for producing top quality appliances, hence why washing machines start around the £700 mark. Guarantees can range from five years to ten depending on appliance purchased.

The real issues are the extremely high price of spare parts and the lack of knowledge available to the service sector unless you are a Miele service agent of course.”

Do you agree with Don, would you recommend Miele? Leave your comments below. Or why not join in the UK Whitegoods thread.

Mumsnet on Miele appliances

On the good housekeeping section of Mumsnet, ErnestTheBavarian needs to start her kitchen from scratch appliance wise,

“Need brand new everything. If Miele is the best washing machine, what’s the best oven, hob, tumble-dryer, dishwasher – what features do I look out for, what do I avoid…”

Posted only yesterday, the thread has already generated 34 responses all eager to offer advice. MrsJohnDeere and whomovedmychocolate are both advocates for the Miele dishwasher, with the latter stating,

“I have a Miele dishwasher – It is truly a thing of beauty – three racks! Wonderful!”

But when it comes to ovens amidaiwish isn’t taken with Miele, but does suggest the plate warming drawer is “fantastic”. How do you feel about Miele ovens? Agree with MrsJohnDeere and whomovedmychocolate when it comes to Miele dishwashers? Visit the Mumsnet thread to add your thoughts or leave us a comment below.

In search of dishwasher advice?

Confused and in search of dishwasher advice is the state in which Coolusee finds themselves, and therefore has turned to the UK Whitegoods community for help.

The specifications, amongst other features they’re looking for, includes energy efficient, low water consumption and a programme for cleaning larger pots and pans. Moderator Penguin45 informs Coolusee that colleague Don is the person most likely to be able to help out.

And Don doesn’t disappoint, offering solid advice and answering a question on how different brands compare without bias. His assessment of Miele,

“Miele are well known for producing about the best quality appliances out there, service information is restricted to their own engineers and the price of parts is high.”

He also provides a useful link to how all the brands line up, which if you’re looking for a new appliance is certainly worth a look. You can find it all on the UK Whitegoods thread here.