Product review (2 stars): Quiet, cleans relatively poorly, terrible loading layout
We've owned four dishwashers in our life. We recently got one of these Bosch model SHX43s (not through Amazon).  We are quite disappointed. It is very quiet. If that is your main desire in a dishwasher, I cannot imagine a better one.  However, we are very disappointed with two things. First, it does not clean all that well. We have followed all the directions and tried different settings, and it just does not clean very well compared to our last dishwasher, which was a Maytag. Yes, Consumer reports rates these highly. But we do not find that it works very well. I've heard other people talk about how important it is to rinse plates clean before you put them in the dishwasher. I always thought that was silly, because with all our prior ones, you could scrape off the stuff rinse a tiny bit and put them in and let it go. No problem. This one, you pretty much need to clean the dishes before it will. We are not used to pulling bowls and things out of the dishwasher and finding residue, film, rough spots where something foodish dried on them, etc. And I believe the unit is operating perfectly according to how it's made. I do not believe that we have a defective unit, though I will likely call Bosch to see what they say about it. It's not terrible, but it's just not all that great. Second, we've had this for a couple months now and we still cannot find an efficient way to load it. The bottom rack, in particular, is so poorly designed it is almost unbelievable. There is one whole section (the front, right quarter of the bottom rack, next to the silverware basket) that has such tightly spaced tines to hold dishes virtually nothing we have fits there. We can get a few bowls or smallish items in there at awkward angles but it is pretty useless space. The tines are so tightly spaced you also cannot get anything in that part of the rack that is like a pot or pan or large bowl. Quiet is great. Otherwise, I would never buy this brand again for a dishwasher.