COMFEE' 14 Place Settings Wi-Fi

Is the COMFEE' 14 Place Settings Wi-Fi worth buying?

Yes, if you want 14 place settings and a door that opens itself to let the steam out, the COMFEE' 14 Place Settings Wi-Fi earns its £359.99 for a family of four who run a full load most evenings. It holds 14 covers, adds app control and a soil sensor, and 161 owners rate it 4.0.

Skip it if the household is two people, because a half empty 14 cover basket wastes water and power, and the 12 place setting COMFEE' costs £199 and comes to £16.58 a cover. Buy this one when you want the larger load, the drying door, the Wi-Fi control and the deeper owner base, since the cheaper 14 place setting Candy has 7 ratings against 161 here.

What does £25.71 a place setting mean in practice?

Divide £359.99 by the 14 place settings and this machine costs £25.71 for every cover it holds. A cover is one full setting for one person: a plate, a bowl, a glass, a cup and the cutlery, so the basket takes 14 people through a course in a single run.

The space is real rather than generous on paper. Raise the upper basket by 5 cm and the lower basket swallows plates, pots and pans up to 300 mm across, which is a roasting tin or a 30 cm frying pan sitting flat. A soil sensor reads how dirty the load is and picks the programme for you, so an everyday load needs no thought.

What comes with the COMFEE' 14 Place Settings Wi-Fi and what costs extra?

The machine body, a cutlery basket, a 1.5 m inlet hose, a drain hose, the installation kit and the manual all arrive together. The door panel and handle do not, so the front is cut to match your cupboards and paid for outside the £359.99.

It measures 59.8 cm wide, 55 cm deep and 81.5 cm high, which is the standard 60 cm housing, and it weighs 31.2 kg. Take the lift with two people and check before delivery day that the socket and the water supply are reachable in the cabinet alongside. The tub and finish are stainless steel, which stands up to daily greasy loads.

Where does the COMFEE' 14 Place Settings Wi-Fi fall short?

It washes at 47 dB, 5 dB above the quietest machine here, so a kitchen that opens straight into the living room will hear the spray arms during a cycle. The controls are push button with an LCD rather than a touch panel, and the front panel and handle are extra on top of the price.

At 31.2 kg it is a heavy lift for one person on installation day. The 14 covers also work out £9.13 each more than the 12 place setting COMFEE' at £199, and the five programmes on the dial are fewer than the seven on the Hisense HV642E90UK.

How does the COMFEE' 14 Place Settings Wi-Fi compare with the Candy and the Hotpoint?

The Candy 14 Place Settings does the same job for less: it holds 14 covers, opens its door at the end of every cycle to dry them, and costs £279, which is £80.99 below this one, or £19.93 a place setting against £25.71. Only 7 owners have rated the Candy, so the COMFEE' replies with 161 ratings and app control.

The Hotpoint H7I Maxi Space costs £369, £9.01 more, and answers with 15 place settings and a 42 dB wash instead of 14 and 47 dB. Buy the Hotpoint if the machine runs late at night or the kitchen opens into the living room, and buy the COMFEE' if the soil sensor, the app and the lower price matter more than the last decibel.

Can the upper basket be raised on the COMFEE' 14 Place Settings Wi-Fi?

Yes, and it is worth doing for a heavy wash day. Raising the upper basket by 5 cm frees the lower basket for plates, pots and pans up to 300 mm across, which is where a roasting tin or a large casserole sits.

The adjustable basket and the cutlery basket come with the machine, so the layout can be rearranged between a glass load and a pans load without tools.