Second Chance Siemens SN25ZI08CE

The device cleans the dishes well. The first time it didn't seem to dry properly, but this was because we opened the dishwasher immediately after the end of the program. The second time we kept the machine closed until a good fifteen minutes had passed, and then opened it. Everything was perfectly dry, including the plastic! We are very satisfied. The layout takes some getting used to, but it's fine. Connecting to the app did not work immediately, but eventually it did. Completely adjustable to your own needs. So wait 15-30 minutes before opening the door (no longer), then the drying result will be fine.

Good dishwasher, but the price could have been a bit lower. In the previous dishwasher, also a Siemens of the same class and price, the rack for plates in the bottom drawer could be folded in so that larger pots and pans had more space.

It is certainly important to set all internal settings correctly (or have them set). If the water hardness setting matches what actually comes out of the tap, you will only get a good cleaning and drying result. In the standard setting, plastic plates etc. still come out of the machine with quite a few water droplets. It is possible to set the setting "D00" to "D01" so that drying goes at a higher temperature, but that will sooner produce dry stains due to the rinse aid.
I have to say, the cheap dishwasher tablets from the discounters do work, but are very aggressive in practice. Good for removing/dissolving food residues, but glassware becomes dull very quickly. The blocks that Siemens recommends do not do that - you just have to buy them in large format if the drugstore offers them for dumping prices (in the store or online). In the regular supermarket they are easily 5x more expensive, if not more.

My previous dishwasher had touch keys, these regular keys. Not nice. Experience shows that dirt and moisture can always get into the edges of regular keys, especially if the appliance is under the counter. With the ignition keys I could more easily remove dirt from the front panel - it always looked neat. I have now put a piece of plastic over it as protection.

There is wifi on the machine, but that can only be used with a telephone application that forces you to create an account somewhere (again). And it therefore also needs permanent internet. Why that again? Something like that should be optional. The application does have "demo" appliances to show a bit of what it can do, but of course not that dishwasher that you just bought. You can then also not see what you can actually do with the application and the dishwasher. The descriptions about this are too brief. I did not activate this. It might have been an addition if the dishwasher could give a subtle signal on a loudspeaker of the home automation instead of via the battery-slurping "epppf".

NB: The previous Siemens machine of the same class/price had broken down after 7 years: the Zeolite compartment had simply collected water and the contents became a red-brown sludge. This also damaged the heating element and the sludge slowly ran out of the machine. The part alone costs +300 euros.