Description
The HAVA TDJR09 is the 2025 revision of HAVA’s countertop dishwasher, and the addition that matters is a water softener. HAVA records a freestanding form factor, a listed weight of 28.6 pounds, eight settings and eight cycle options, an LED display, 60 hertz operation, a polypropylene body and interior, 61 inch inlet and outlet hoses, dimensions of 16.86 by 16.75 by 18.05 inches, an annual energy consumption of 150 kilowatt hours per year, a childproof lock, a digital display, a built in water tank and a water softener. The manufacturer is listed as Guangdong Jienuo Life Electric.
What it is and where it fits in a home
Like the HAVA TDQR it replaces, and like the rest of the countertop dishwasher category, this is a tank fed countertop dishwasher for kitchens without a dishwasher connection: rentals, apartments, RVs, dorms and offices. It can also connect to a faucet using the supplied 61 inch hoses where a suitable faucet exists.
The form factor field reads Freestanding while the model name field reads countertop dishwasher and the dimensions are clearly those of a countertop unit. That is a data inconsistency rather than two versions of the product. The recommended use list covers RV, residential, kitchen, dorm and apartment, which is an accurate description of where this format belongs.
Living with it day to day
The water softener is the genuine advance over the previous model and it deserves explaining. Hard water leaves limescale on heating elements and spray jets and leaves white marks on glassware. A softener treats the incoming water so that neither happens. On a full sized machine this is standard in Europe and rare in the American market; on a countertop machine it is unusual at any level, and in a hard water area it is the difference between glasses that look clean and glasses that look permanently cloudy.
Eight programs is more than anyone will use, and the listing gives the cycle options as Economy, Intensive, Normal, Heated Dry and Rapid, which is five names against an eight setting count. That inconsistency in the data is worth naming rather than smoothing over. Heated Dry is the meaningful one: it addresses the standing weakness of countertop machines, which is that dishes come out wet.
Capacity is a small household load. HAVA does not publish a place setting figure for the TDJR09 specifically, though the redesigned rack is described as offering a larger capacity than before. The child lock and delayed start are both useful in a shared kitchen, the first for obvious reasons and the second for running the machine overnight.
The daily commitment is the tank. Five liters goes in before each cycle, by jug if there is no faucet connection. That is the format’s defining tradeoff and it does not change with model year.
Noise is not published, which on a machine sitting at ear height on a counter is a real gap. The built in machines in the built in dishwasher category publish figures because it is a purchase criterion there.
Controls and what works without an app
There is nothing connected. No Wi-Fi, no app, no notifications. A touch screen with an LED display is the entire interface and it works with power and nothing else. That is the right decision for an appliance likely to move house several times.
The touch screen is easier to wipe than raised buttons on a counter appliance that gets splashed constantly, and the child lock is implemented on the panel rather than through a physical switch. Delayed start up to a stated number of hours lets the cycle run when nobody is in the room, which partially compensates for the missing noise figure.
Running cost and upkeep
Detergent is the routine consumable. The water softener introduces a second one: softeners of this type normally require regenerating salt, and HAVA does not state on this listing whether salt is required, what type, or how often. That is an important gap for an ongoing cost, and it should be confirmed from the manual before buying on the strength of the softener feature.
The tub filter, spray jets, tank and door seal need periodic attention, and a tank holding standing water needs draining if the machine sits idle. The polypropylene interior is more prone to staining and odor retention over years than the stainless tubs used in built in machines such as the Bosch SHE53B75UC.
The electrical and energy data contains two faults that should be named rather than repeated. The voltage field reads 220 volts on a machine sold into a 120 volt market, alongside a 60 hertz frequency entry that is unambiguously North American. And the energy consumption field reads 950 kilowatts, which is a power figure roughly a thousand times too large for a countertop dishwasher and is presumably 950 watts mis unitized. The annual figure of 150 kilowatt hours per year is the only energy number on the listing that is internally plausible. None of the others should be used, and the rating plate is the source for the supply requirement.
Highlights
- A built in water softener, which is rare on a countertop machine and matters in hard water.
- A heated dry option, which addresses the format’s main weakness.
- Child lock and delayed start, both genuinely useful in a shared kitchen.
- A 5 liter tank, so no plumbing connection is required at all.
- Compact at under 17 inches wide and light enough for one person to move.
Things To Consider
- The voltage reads 220 volts alongside a 60 hertz entry, which is internally inconsistent.
- The energy consumption field reads 950 kilowatts, which is impossible for this appliance.
- Eight settings are claimed but only five cycle names are listed.
- Whether the softener needs regenerating salt is not stated, so the running cost is unknown.
- No noise rating and no place setting capacity are published.
Who it is not for
Any home with a dishwasher connection should use a built in machine, which will wash more per cycle and more quietly. Families washing full loads will be running this repeatedly. Anyone washing large bakeware is blocked by the format. Anyone who wants a stainless tub for long term odor resistance should look at Sharp SDW6757ES. And anyone buying specifically for the softener should confirm the salt requirement first, since the listing does not state it.
