The Bosch 18" dishwasher came to live with me during a partial kitchen reno in my 128 year old house.  Never having had a dishwasher, I was a bit leary and a bit excited.  After receiving lots of advice on how to load it, what to put in or not (varied opinions), I've just plunged in! I do a half to a full load every 2-3 days. I will say it was really great when I had 5 people for dinner one night! I'm just getting used to it after about a month of it's arrival.  I am happy to have my Bosch! So far, so good! I do notice that the dishes are mostly not totally dry even with the extra dry setting.  All in all, a good addition to my kitchen and shows that I can learn new things (at 74!)