Everyone's home these days. The office, school, and residence are now all under one roof. There is a daily flurry of activity in the kitchen and dirty dishes are piling up. Hunching over the sink and scrubbing dishes with our hands can be exhausting, even just by thinking about it. Surely, loading a dishwasher is easier.

SMEG’s free-standing dishwasher has an impressive 280-litre volume capacity. Once the free-standing dishwasher is plugged in, it can immediately be used to wash 22 big plates, 12 small to medium plates, 10-15 pieces of saucers, and 8-10 drinking glasses. These can be washed using any of five pre-set programs for superior cleaning — Soak, Eco, Normal, UltraClean, and Quick 27 Minutes. In less than half an hour, our tableware can all be ready to use again without exhausting ourselves.

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COVID-19 should not be taken lightly. To keep our families safe, we will need high-performance washing and sanitization not only to eliminate dry, hardened food but to get rid of bacteria that cause diseases, too. We feel at ease when we know our dinnerware and cookware are warm and disinfected for every meal — which is what the SMEG dishwasher aims to do.

Its orbital dishwashing system comprised of a double spray arm with contra-action rotation distributes water evenly throughout the machine cavity. UltraClean, one of the pre-set programs in Smeg dishwashers is a special anti-bacterial process which rinses at 70 degrees celsius, a level impossible to manage with bare hands. Letting the dishwasher do all the work also lessens human contact which can lower the possibility of transmitting the virus.

All the while, the free-standing SMEG dishwasher saves water as well, reducing water costs. There is no need to worry as Smeg dishwashers consume almost 10 times less water than manual dishwashing — using only 12 litres of water per cycle rather than 102 litres used up during handwashing of the same load. And with SMEG sharing origins with the much-coveted Murano glass, we can rest easy that our fine tableware and glassware will be handled with care.

Currently, the free-standing SMEG dishwasher is the most affordable dishwasher in the market with an introductory price of PHP29,995. This plug-and-play dishwasher does not need complicated construction nor configuration and only requires nothing but an electrical outlet and a water line. Wrapped in stainless-steel and painted in white, it can blend in any home and in any corner of the house.

If you pre-order the free-standing dishwasher now, you can get 15% off. The units will be available starting 15 November. If that’s too long a wait, the built-in variant is an alternative and can be delivered immediately.

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You can also browse through various types of dishwashers on smegphilippines.com  or connect with a Smeg concierge at @Smegphilippines on Instagram and Smeg pH on Facebook.