Product review (2 stars): Not up to Bosch's usual standard
I have bought Bosch appliances in the USA and have been pleased with their quality, especially the higher-end dishwashers. However, I wish I had bought a different washer and spent more time choosing it. I made a quick buy based on price and immediate availability, when moving into a new home that had no washer or dryer.

I come from Europe and am used to, and expect, front-loader washers. I expect more features, better usability, and much better quality than I have with this washer.

Problems:

- Almost impossible to find, open, clean and replace the seal of (in a water-tight way) the lint trap. You have to pry the front-bnttom cover of the washer off with a screwdriver (through holes located on the sides, both sides, of the washer, so you first have to pull it out from wherever it's installed--you cannot remove the cover from the front only). The screw-on top to the trap is at an awkward angle inside the machine. Any grit that has accumulated within the lint trap gets trapped in the threads and makes it almost impossible to replace the top and make it fully water-tight. As it's a good practice to clean the lint trap regularly, this is REALLY poor design. All other washers that I have used have the trap cover in an easily-accessible place.

- There's no way to program for an extra-heavily-soiled wash (i.e., no pre-wash program). Program choices are very limited.

- THAT DARN PINGING that goes on, and on, and on when the wash is finished. Yes, you can turn it off but as it's a matter of pressing certain buttons in a certain order, it resets itself on a regular basis and PING PING PING PING PING darnit I know the wash has finished and I'll empty it in my own good time stop PINGING. Please.

- And a note for anyone installing any washer and dryer. Make sure to ask the installers to put the washer on the left and the ddryer on the right, otherwise they WILL do it the other way around. And then when you go to wash somthing, you'll find the doors open towards each other. Then you'll either have to reinstall both the washer and dryer, or keep struggling to move the wet washing over the doors into the dryer. (NOTE TO SELF: remember this next time!)

Good points:  it's a front-loader washing machine, it washes clothes well, it has an eco-friendly setting (lower temperature), and it does the job.

If I were buying again, I'd go (slightly) more upscale.