Dishwashers are manna from heaven, especially if you’ve got a houseful of people to feed and a long day of work ahead. A wonder machine that washes all your greasy dishes sounds like the perfect gift from fairy godmother. Yet this miracle worker hasn’t found its way into all our homes. One reason for this is that while dishwashers are super efficient and really simplify your life, as far as India is concerned, firstly, there isn’t too much variety to choose from and secondly it’s a fairly expensive investment. So here we’ve rounded up five cheapest dishwashers available. These may not be dirt cheap, but if you’ve kept your purse strings reasonably tight this year, you’ll find that you could buy yourself this kitchen genie and celebrate a grime-free festive season.

Haier WQP 42000 N
This one’s the cheapest of the lot. At less than Rs 15,000, this dishwasher is affordable for most homes. It comes with a capacity of 4 place settings, which means a maximum utensil limit of 32. Other features include auto restart, cycle end beeper, dry tap indicator, steam outlet and rat or rodent protection. This is clearly a basic dishwasher, nevertheless, it offer 4 wash programmes with a maximum cycle time of 58 minutes.
Price: Rs 12,490

Haier WQP12 AFM
This is the next most affordable dishwasher in the list, also from Haier and this one comes with a 12 place setting capacity, which means more number of utensils can be stacked on this washer. This dishwasher has all the features of the previous model, along with a few extra ones as well. One big advantage of this dishwasher is that it is hard water compatible, which makes it much more suitable across all the areas of this country. Yet another useful feature is the half load washing facility with overflow protection. This dishwasher offers 8 wash programmes and has a maximum cycle time of 100 minutes.
Price: Rs 20,990