I have heard people saying their dishwashers was loud, but could not believe how loud this thing is.  I am just glad that our bedroom is upstairs, far away from the kitchen.  The silverware racks are useless, glad we kept the ones from the previous device, even thought they do not fit well into the racks.  Also the top rack does not hold soup or salad bowls without them falling over.  All that said, it does a fantastic cleaning job even though it does not have a rinse cycle.