I read this on another forum and I am now worried about buying a Bosch. We did a complete kitchen remodel last year. Went with mainly Bosch appliances. The Bosch dishwasher was highly rated for many reasons but mostly because it's extremely quiet. Do I love it? NO. It's quiet while it's running but when the wash cycle is done, the d@mned dishwasher beeps until you open the door. It's so annoying and if we're sleeping, it wakes us up. I wrote to Bosch a week or so ago complaining about the bleeping beeping on the dishwasher *and* microwave but so far no response. It does clean well but had the oddest smell inside for over a year. I am so relieved that has now dissipated. Do they all "beep" until you open the door after they finish? That would drive me crazy. I am SO tired of pushing my portable DW around for almost 20 years and having to wait until it's finished so I can turn the water off and unhook it from the faucet. I can't wait to get one that;s built in that I can just turn on and go to bed. It's a Whirlpool and has done a good job for all these years but it is noisy even though it was quiet for that year's model.

The dishes were dirty (greasy bowls, etc.) AFTER the restarted cycle completed? Or you checked it part-way through upon restarting and saw it wasn't doing a good job? I assume the machine has a mechanical timer, as an electronic control probably wouldn't have remained "paused" for an extended period and would begin the cycle completely over upon being restarted. Since the cycle was interrupted, and restarted presumably already filled with water ... it may have already been in the main wash phase (after a prewash and/or prerinse during the first 15 mins you said had passed) ... and I assume it continued on with the COLD water (since some time had passed with it turned off) already in it. Perhaps, for whatever reason (high-temp option not selected, etc.), it didn't extend the remaining cycle time to reheat the water, resulting in bad performance. Did you try rewashing the load? Have you had opportunity to run the machine again, with a different load, and got the same poor performance?

beaglenc, I’ve had a completely different experience with my Bosch Nexxt 500. It cleans all my clothes well with minor tangling, and exceptionally well with whites on Temp Boost or XXSanitary. I have not had issues with shaking during the spin cycles at all. I barely hear anything, as some on here have described it as the sound of jet engine. My washer is also levelled and located in the basement on concrete floor so that maybe different than your situation. Here’s why I will never go back to TL washer. it’s been awhile since I’ve had to use a TL and my recent usage only emphasizes the difference from FL washers. I used to have a mid-1980s heavy duty large capacity Kenmore TL washer, which is the same that my sister has. I’ve been here for almost 2 months helping her while she’s undergoing cancer treatments, so lots of laundry is done. I didn’t remember how little the TL actual capacity was, even though the dimensions of both type of machines are 27” wide, and listed as almost 3.8 cubic ft. The Kenmore TL is probably rated at 10.0 lbs - adding more laundry and it’s incapable of thorough cleaning and rips them up. It uses about 50 gallons of water per load (25 gal wash, 25 gal rinse) but if you’re like my sister and need to do a 2nd-rinse to ensure detergent residue is gone then it uses about 75 gallons per load of 10.0 lbs laundry, which really isn’t that much [about 8 large bath towels (30” x 60”), or 3 queen-size bed sheets (2 loose, 1 fitted) with 2 pillow cases.] For bulky items, it’s even more restricted. I could only fit a light full-sized comforter. I currently have a 2009 Bosch Nexxt 500 plus and its’ capacity is also 3.8 cu ft. It is rated at 8kg, so just under 18 lbs. It uses 13.5 gallons (4.5 gal wash, 4.5 gal 1st rinse, 4.5 gal 2nd rinse) of water per 8 kg load (about 15 large bath towels, or 3 queen-sized bed sheet sets (3 loose, 3 fitted, 6 pillow cases). I’ll do a 3rd-rinse so that brings the water total to 18 gallons per load of 18 lbs of laundry. WATER USED (for 18lbs of laundry): TL - 150 gallons = 75 gallons per load x 2 FL - 18 gallons DETERGENT USED: TL - 250 ml for 18 lbs of laundry (125 mL per 10 lbs load) FL - 22.5 ml per 18 lbs load WASH TIME USED: TL - 220+ minutes to do same 18 lb load (110+ minutes for each 9-10 lbs load full wash cycle and additional 2nd rinse that requires user to be there to reset machine for the added rinse x 2 FL - 110 minutes for full wash cycle and additional 3rd rinse that can be programmed at start of wash DRYING TIME USED: TL - 2 hours as each 10 lb load typically takes 1 hour to dry because clothes are spun out at lower ~600 rpm resulting in more dampness FL - 30 minutes for 18 lbs load as clothes are spun out at higher 1000+ rpm In this instance, my FL washer will use 1/8 water; 1/11 detergent; 1/2 time

And yet there are those who swear that their machine is at fault. Well, sometimes it's pretty clear. I currently have the bottom of the line frigidaire top loader and the agitator comes down to about 3/8 in above the floor of the tub, so anything with strings gets caught and wrapped around and around and around the agitator. Also, soft fabrics get caught in there and pinched and sometimes even get little burn spots from the friction. It was put in by the owner when I was renting and I would have done the same thing in his situation. I endure it for now because I'm debating whether to keep the same laundry setup, which is a small hallway between dining room and powder room with washer on one side and drier on the other, or put a pantry on one side and go to stacked FLs. Hesitating because I prefer a TL to an FL, and the pantry would make working with the laundry tough because of the limited floor space.