Klarstein Amazonia Neo (dishwasher Compact with 8 place settings): our review

The Klarstein Amazonia Neo offers 8 place settings, a standardised loading measure covering plates, glasses and cutlery. That suits its compact brief: a narrow kitchen or modest batches of washing-up. It is a guide to arranging crockery, rather than a promise about how many people you can feed before running a cycle.

Think of a late supper in a small flat, with pasta bowls waiting while you put tomorrow's lunch together. Having somewhere to load those dishes could make the evening feel less unfinished. Limited capacity for meals involving serving dishes and saucepans is the main compromise. A Sunday roast changes the calculation considerably.

The cutlery basket gives forks and spoons a defined home within the load. We like the straightforward arrangement, though it makes sense to consider your usual mixture of crockery before choosing. Saucepans rarely arrive at dinner with modest spatial ambitions.

An evening film, a shared kitchen and living room, and the washing-up still waiting: this is where the declared eco noise level of 49 decibels matters. It sits among the highest declared levels, so running the machine when you leave the kitchen is the sensible approach. We would not choose it with quiet evenings beside the appliance as the priority.

Timing matters here. Starting a load before heading out could suit your routine better than pressing start as everyone settles down to watch television. Switching it on just before bed also calls for some thought about where the kitchen sits in relation to bedrooms.

That noise figure belongs to the eco programme. It does not describe every available setting, so changing programmes is no basis for expecting a quieter evening. For a home where the sofa and sink share the same room, this is a meaningful buying consideration.

Eco water consumption is 8 L/cycle, among the lowest declared figures. That is an appealing detail for regular small loads, although comparisons need similar capacities to mean much. A machine washing fewer dishes can draw less water without necessarily using less for each plate.

Electricity consumption on eco is 72.3 kWh/100 cycles, around the average, and the energy classification is F. The water figure is the brighter part of its resource use. The electricity figure gives us less reason for enthusiasm.

Allow 220 min for the eco programme, a long run of the kind found across most models. Taking longer is part of how eco saves resources, rather than evidence of a problem. If breakfast bowls can stay inside until later, that schedule may be easy enough to accommodate. If you need the dishes back for another meal, plan the start around that gap.

Fully integrated means a kitchen furniture door covers the front; that furniture door is not supplied. The compact body measures 55 cm wide, 59 cm high and 50 cm deep. Those measurements give you a starting point for checking the intended position, rather than permission to assume an existing recess will work.

At the end of the cycle, automatic door opening lets steam escape to help drying. Allow for that movement when discussing the installation. In a narrow kitchen, the space in front of an appliance matters as well as the space occupied by its body.

Could this make the morning unloading less of a chore? The opening door offers useful drying help, but plastics may still need attention with a tea towel. Before ordering, establish delivery arrangements, old appliance removal, warranty cover and returns with the retailer. Getting those practicalities settled makes the purchase easier to organise.

With 8 programs, the Amazonia Neo offers a broad choice for people who prefer to adjust the settings. Eco is confirmed, alongside a half load option. That option provides another way to approach a smaller batch; it does not promise a particular reduction in water or electricity.

For a household regularly clearing substantial meals, the Hisense HS693A90XAD is better suited to large loads of dishes. The Hisense HS693A90XAD has a higher place settings capacity at 16 place settings, giving larger batches a more suitable starting point.

For evenings spent close to the kitchen, the Miele G 7980 SCVi AutoDos K2O is better suited to a kitchen open to the living room. The Miele G 7980 SCVi AutoDos K2O has a lower declared eco noise level at 41 decibels, making it the stronger candidate when conversation and television share space with the washing-up.

Overall, this model is well placed in our scores. Its appeal rests on compact integration and useful drying assistance, provided your routine fits the appliance.