[Refurbished] Emerald 5 Slim Dishwasher

I have had this dishwasher for about 7 months now and its time to give my review. Its gonna be long so if you just wanna see a summary you can skip to the end. This dishwasher is good but there are definitely room for improvements. Its not as effective as the best of the full size dishwashers but if you are in need of a dishwasher and you have limited space, this dishwasher is a good choice. The manufacturer did a very good job on using all the space so it can take as much dishes as possible. When it comes to improvements i would really like a bigger upper sprayarm, or add another small one. The cutlery needs to be placed as much to the right side as possible or they will come out dirty after the wash. You need to be very neat when you clean the machine otherwise some of your most stubborn dishes will be hard to clean. I usually clean the 2 bottom sprayarms with water, hand dishwashing liquid and a toothbrush before using a dishwasher cleaning tab or bottle with the hygiene program. I have tried many different detergents, tabs, powder and gel and the only product that really does a good job cleaning my dirty dishes is yes/dreft/fairy platinum tabs and they are more expensive so i recommend getting them on sale. The hardest dishes to get clean are cutting boards (with cucumber), oven dishes, pots and cutlery after cooking rice(see pictures). The hygiene program washes at 70 degrees celsius so i use that one almost every time. I do miss the fruit-program that you can use when you just need to rinse something with cold water such as fruit, vegetables or for your coffe maker items that arent diswasher safe. The drying part of the programs is not very effective and it takes a lot of time to finish. I think this should be an extra option to choose on each program instead, drying yes/no. You can offcource just stop it when it comes to the drying stage but i dont think that is good for the diswasher. So here is a summary: + Practical with a lot of space for dishes + 4 sprayarms + Cleans good(with right product) - Sensitive for dirt and a bit hard to keep clean - Long drying - Upper sprayarm is very small This dishwasher cleans well with the strongest tabs. Its a slim model so its easier to fit in a smaller kitchen. I have tried a bunch of these smaller dishwashers and this one is the best so far. I give it 7 out of 10