Congrats. What exact model did you get? I am about to pul the trigger on a Bosch.

SHE68T56UC - it's an 800 series model, black, with controls that are not hidden. Not sure exactly how I settled on this one - it was lower DB than some cheaper models and had the upper silverware tray (in addition to a basket). I had a Miele in the past and DH like the upper tray. I could live with the basket but it does free up space in the bottom rack to use the upper tray instead.

My Bosch is 14 years old and still going strong with no issues. I've probably just jinxed myself. Enjoy.

Congratulations!!! :-)

DH ran the first load last night - I'm out of town. He proclaimed it to be terrific and very nice. We had a Miele in our last house with that upper silverware tray that he really liked not to mention the quiet operation. When he turned the new Bosch on last night he was very happy with the quiet operation compared with our old Whirlpool jet engine.

a quick tip on the bosch. You might find you need to clean the filter regularly. It's not a big deal. It only take a few seconds it comes out easily and just run it under the sprayer on the sink. Personally I usually do this after every load. Maybe it's my water but I don't remember ever cleaning the filter in my previous bosch DW which was only 5-6 years older than this one. Otherwise I love our bosch 800 DW.

Okay - I'll check it. Rarely cleaned the one in my Miele and when I did nothing in it.

I ran it last night - first time for me. Wow that thing is really quiet - even quieter than my previous Miele. You can hardly hear it when standing right by it. Cycle time is over 2 hours but we usually run at night so it doesn't matter. Hopefully the express wash works well enough for the occasional time when I want to run two loads in a row.

Herr, I have a Bosch 800 series DW and have cleaned the filter exactly twice in two years.

I should add, I've taken out the filter more than twice, but on every other occasion, there was nothing in it.

I really like our 800 series Bosch DW. It washes dishes better than any DW I've used in forty years, and I love the third rack for flatware. I check our filter once a week or once every other week, and it definitely needs cleaning by then. The only "negative" is that I have to keep the door propped open or it smells really badly from whatever is on the dishes. We do not pre-wash or heavily rinse dishes before loading, just scrape and rinse the chunks of food off because it's not a garbage disposal and my hubby finally is getting that into his head. What works best for the odor issue is that I run it every night. Even pots and casserole dishes go in there and come out brilliantly clean.

cavimum, I have the opposite problem - my DH wants to practically wash the dishes before they go in the dishwasher -- I keep telling him "you're not supposed to" but it hasn't registered yet. As for the smell, we had that funky smell a couple of times, but using a dishwasher cleaner solved the problem.

I tend to lightly rinse the dishes before loading since spoiling food does tend to stink and I don't run my DW every day. So far I haven't noticed any odor. I notice it does pretty much latch every time it closes so that doesn't allow for any air flow - more of a petri dish environment. My last DW's could be left slightly ajar for air flow/drying inside.

sjhockeyfan325 - that is probably why your filter stays so clean and doesn't have to be cleaned but once or twice a year. ☺

You know what's funny, he'd be more likely than I to want to replace our everyday dishes - so I can just tell him it's helping him to HIS goal!!

Funny we never had this issue with our previous bosch DW. I guess I need to do some experimentation with detergents.

Congrats on your new Bosch! Two years ago I had to do replace a 17-yr-old GE Profile that wouldn't die (well, until it did). I never thought I would love a DW but I do love the Bosch and the 3rd rack. The only issue - which was really a non-issue - was when a small piece of bone (steak? pork chop? dog treat????) got past the filter and into the pump, so it wouldn't drain... but fortunately a youtube search showed me the solution and it is working flawlessly.

It's working great - clean and dry and remarkably quiet. Love it so far!