Bosch - 800 Series 24" Pocket Handle Dishwasher with Stainless Steel Tub - White

Was looking for a new dishwasher after our Kitchenaid conked out. We had been suffering with a stupid filter design that required daily emptying. We perpetually had a white layer of scum on everything as well. It seems like a growth chamber for bacteria. I was glad when the pump failed and we had to find a new dishwasher until I started looking. The picking are slim for obvious choices that will do the job without problems and without gimmicks (like Samsungs "wall of water"). I looked an looked.... spoke to people. Everything pointed to Bosch. Being close to $1k it was not a quick purchase. We went for maybe 4 or 5 months with no dishwasher at all. Eventually as Christmas rolled around, it was time to bite the bullet and make a decision. The sales associate at our Best Buy was helpful and gave us honest info. He also gave us a bit of a price break which helped to secure the deal. Part of why we went so long without a dishwasher is that I wanted a sale.... only to learn that Bosch really doesn't do sales. In all that time, there was never a sale. Only a free install from BB. Anyway, we choice our model because it has ball bearings in the top rack. Why not the bottom rack too, I'll never know. But this is a big deal because it makes them glide smoother. I wish we could have had the model with the time remaining projected down on the floor but that was too expensive. I like to know how much time is left but I have to open the door to find out. Oh well. The cleaning action so far is great. I realize only now how much effort we were putting in to get clean dishes with the KA. We don't do a thing now and we don't even have to do any kind of daily filter emptying. Woohoo! I thought the 3rd rack might be a gimmick but I actually prefer this to the basket. I lay all the silverware side by side and when I empty the machine, I can grab the handles instead of the tines or blades. THis is nice. Another difference is that this machine doesn't blow lids and plastic container around like the KA. I don't have to empty containers that flipped and I don't have to worry about laying lids on the 3rd rack either. Some people compain about drying. I can understand. Usually when you open the door for the first time, it seems damp. But after a minute it quickly dries out. I believe this is because they figured a different less energy intensive way to dry dishes than having a big heating element in there burning away for 30 minutes. It is more energy conservative which is fine with me. We used to shut off the heat and crack our door anyway to kind of the same affect. I would receommend this model. However, I had to take a star off because even Bosch has subscribed to pinching pennies on the quality of the unit. The handles and racks are just a touch flimsier than I wish.... They cheapened out on the bearings on the lower rack. And I can just tell this is not made to last into my retirement years. After my reserach, I believe that most dishwasher mfrs are making models to be nearly disposable. Its a shame this seems to be the American way. Not perfect but the best out there.

Yes, this dishwasher is quiet, but it falls short in so many other ways I have to give it 1 star. I cannot believe I paid almost $1000 for this; it is absolutely not worth it. Yes it is quiet. I wanted a really quiet dishwasher, so I bought it. But it can’t get the basics right. One reason it is quiet is because - I assume - that it doesn’t have the vent that many dishwasher have. This brings me to the first major pain with this dishwasher. If you don’t open the door and prop it open after a cycle the steam doesn’t dissipate and instead condensates on everything, leaving your dishes wet. It doesn’t matter how long you wait, if you don’t open the door after the cycle finishes you will come back hours later to wet dishes. They could at least have worked round this fundamental flaw by alerting you when the dishwasher has finished, but this has been botched too. When the cycle completes, it makes a few quiet beeps, and then goes silent. These should quietly repeat periodically for a couple of hours until you open or turn it off. It’s way too easy to miss the existing beep. They boast that the dishwasher also has an “InfoLight”. Apparently this is a registered trademark. Did they also patent this? I really hope not. It’s garbage. The light shines when the dishwasher is on. Once the dishwasher is finished, the light goes off. So, given that I usually use a 1.5 hour cycle, for 22.5 hours per day, the light is off. Off means one of two things: the dishwasher has finished a cycle, or the dishwasher is off. If you don’t hear the finishing beeps, the light being off sure isn’t going to remind you to open the dishwasher. And remember that if you don’t open it immediately, you end up with wet dishes. This light could actually be useful if it turned GREEN and stayed on until you open it or turn it off. The only other thing the InfoLight does is flash if you open the dishwasher mid-cycle. If you close it again it will flash to alert you that you need to turn it back on. This is meant to be helpful, but what would be a LOT more helpful is to do what literally EVERY other dishwasher I’ve ever used is to automatically start up again once you close the door. Instead, for some inexplicable reason you have to press the resume button to resume. WHY? Finally, if you do open it midcycle or forget to turn it off after the cycle completes and have the door open in the horizontal position, the slightest brush of your clothing against the touch-sensitive buttons will activate them. This can change the cycle or some how screw up the mid cycle so that even if you do press resume and then close the door the red light will mysteriously continue to flash. With a few small software changes this dishwasher could be better. But I’m stuck with this expensive machine now. I really really wish I hadn’t bought it. DO NOT BUY!

I read the reviews on this site until i made my purchase so i thought i would leave mine. I have used this dishwasher for over a year now with daily use. The main concerns i read were not adequate drying, smelly, and dishes dont fit. 1st, i had my dishwasher professionally installed. Does it make a difference? Who knows. Inadequate drying does happen if you dont use rinse agent that the MANUAL suggests you do. Otherwise i have no problems. The smell is not a problem. My filter has to be cleaned manually which maybe i do once a month. But i rinse my dishes first. You have to clean the filter. If you know how to change the batteries in your remote you can easily clean this filter. Btw, i have put dishes in without rinsing and they come out clean....and dry. As for dishrs not fitting, this was my main concern before my purchase. If you adjust the racks you have no problems. I took my commonly used dishes to the store and tested the space. Large cereal bowls dont do well on the top rack. Other than that, 12in plates, baking sheets, tall glasses, 50+ pieces of silverware.. No problem. And if the red light on the floor isnt on, i dont know its running. It is quiet. My last dishwasher was a maytag that lasted 14 years. I hope this one will last.

Beautiful looking, works great, super quiet, efficient but after 4 months smells. Not a little but a lot. I checked online blogs for fixes and this appears to be an issue with these. My cousin bought one too around the same time and smell issue with hers too. I have tried cleaning it top to bottom, traps and jets cleaned, running vinegar followed by baking soda cycles, adjusted water hoses etc. Online there are a whole group of folks with this issue! I have not tried the warranty to have someone try to fix yet. From blogs it looked like people do that, they make 2-3 trips out to try to fix and then give up leaving it smelling so why even bother!!! I would not, repeat not recommend this. I had an old whirlpool for 10 years that I cleaned every 6 months to a year and never had a single odor. This thing I clean it, get the smell to go away and it comes back a week later. Sometimes even worse. Makes the plastic parts on travel mugs and water bottles taste like just the bad odor eminating from it when I open the door. Disgusting. Have had to start hand washing them. Apparently not every one has this issue because the reviews were awesome. Would return it in a heart beat if I could.....sickening to spend a grand on a stinky appliance. Very disappointed!!

After our 3rd leak from a KitchenAid dishwasher that was only 5 years old, we decided it was time replace it. After reading reviews we decided to give the Bosch a try. After delivery we opened it up to a rank smell. It seemed like the water used for testing the unit had sat in there for a while and produced a pungent odor. After a week of using the washer, the smell was better, but still present. Installation wasn't too bad except for the electrical. The Bosch requires that an electrical box be placed in a cabinet next to the washer. Our washer is not directly next to the sink and this made the cord quite short, which made installation a bit trickier. After installation we filled it with Jet Dry (it won't run without it) turned it on and were amazed at the silence. Washing time is about average. After the first load we noticed film on the glasses. We also had other issues. The top (3rd) shelf made the shelf below it too short to hold our glasses and while that shelf can hold alot of silverware, it didn't seem to keep ours well situated. The film seemed to improve after successive washings, but after a week there was still film on the glasses. Also as others have commented, the lack of heated drying leaves the plastic wet. We typically run the dish washer overnight, so it isn't convenient for us to open it up after the load completes. After spending a week with this dishwasher, we have decided to return it and try another one. We won't have another KitchenAid so I guess we are looking at a GE.

This is my second bosch dishwasher. the first did not perform as advertised. This one, though, does - pretty much as advertised. The manufacturer claims that you don't need to rinse the dishes before putting in the dishwasher. And in most cases, this held true. There have been a handful of times that this didn't work - when i made a meatloaf, the baked on remains didn't not get removed. I did not rinse baked on oatmeal and it cleaned it well But in general, it works flawlessly. Incredibly quiet. As for loading - although i've seen reviews people complaining about this, i've had no issues. In fact, i probably run my dishwasher more frequently as it's so easy to use and don't need to overload it. Only 1 complaint . sometimes after interrupting the cycle, you have to press the "resume" button - which you may forget and then the cycle wouldn't restart...there is a glowing red light that flashes telling you it's not running...but that is easily learned. I highly recommend this product

After reading reviews and talking with friends and neighbors that own this unit, we were happy to try out Bosch. We were hoping to get more than 2 years out of a dishwasher so we upgraded to this after wasting our time with a Maytag. The seal on a pump started leaking and it wasn't worth repairing. The Bosch is SUPER solid and quiet. The controls are very intuitive and the stainless steel is top notch. (So far after only a few weeks of use) The reason for not giving it 5 stars is the way you load dishes into the racks. It's so awkward! There's no efficient way to load this thing. There's no rhyme or reason to the flip up racks, the section that holds the glasses is oddly distributed and the bottom rack is every bit the same. The section for what I assume is bowls won't hold a cereal bowl. The only thing that fits on the bottom are plates and wide, shallow bowls. We have to put the small soup bowls on the top rack with the glasses...which leaves you less room for glasses! The tippy-top rack is pretty handy for spatulas, tongs, big spoons etc. So, if they could put some of that super solid engineering into coming up with a more efficient way to load this thing (even Maytag got that part right!) then I would give it 6 stars!

After going back and forth on two different brand dishwasher to purchase, we decided on the 800 series Bosch. Our initial concern was drying of dishes without heating elements. I am so glad to have bought the Bosch 800. The dishes dry almost completely, plastics have a few drops on them, but the quality if the wash if far better than any previous dishwasher I have ever owned. There is some installation concerns if you are replacing an existing unit that does not have plumbing and electrical connections in the Bosch locations. And the remote transformer that is needed to be installed outside the standard dishwasher cavity. With a few new holes in our cabinetry, we were able to install this with not too much trouble. The end result justified the additional install work. As a bonus, it is by far the quietest dishwasher I have seen.