Well as of now my review of this item is very low, as it is not working. It arrived late, then the hook up was done and it is not working. I called Bosch and they said (flippantly and with no apology whatsoever) that it was broken - this after they had me push a sequence of buttons to determine the problem. I now have to wait another week to get a Bosch technician here. We shall see, but I'm not too happy at this point.

We shopped around a lot and have been very satisfied with this one. It is very quiet, you hear the water sloshing around a little for the fist half an hour, but after that it is almost silent. The quick wash is very good, and the automatic wash is excellent. It helps to keep it topped up with rinse aid. It is nice to have the countdown feature so you know how long it will take to finish the cycle. the racks are very flexible and the top one moves up and down so you can customize it to your dishes. It does everything you would hope a dishwasher would do except load itself! I can't imagine a better dishwasher.