The space for our dishwasher is limited in our kitchen and so we are relegated to 18" width, which leaves us with few options. After mediocre results with a cheaper brand, and lack of availability, we decided to go with the Bosch 300 given Bosch's reputation and based on the advertised features. My wife was not excited at buying what seemed to be a fancy model for our mundane chores. To my surprise, she has complimented ME on the choice now that she has used it for a few months. She can't get over how quiet it is, how it really cleans well, the unique loading configuration of the shelves. She just loves it.  I installed it myself. Instructions were good. I was replacing a broken dishwasher that was hardwired in so I had to get the additional connection, which I wasn't happy about but it was also well made and I am glad I decided to go with that instead of figuring out my own hard (jerry) rigging.