Product review (5 stars): Shhhhh
Bought from a local retailer, but love it enough to share a review:

Our house is designed with the kitchen right out in the open, right in the middle. We like it. What we didn't like is the noise our former dishwasher made, a "quiet series" dishwasher. Or the noise from the one before that, also billed as being very quiet. This Bosch? It really is quiet, except for the barest announcement when the cycle changes. Thanks to the light at the base, you know it's on. But you wouldn't know from listening unless you press your ear against the door.

Even though this dishwasher and our previous models shared the same interior size, this one does hold more on two racks thanks to a better layout of the tines.

Our former machines utilized the age old heating element on the floor of the interior to heat the water. And over time, that heating element became calcified or coated with dishwashing soap or something -- who knows. I know that over time, our machine did a poor job of heating the water, ergo, a poor job of washing the dishes. In this machine the water heats at the entry, instant-heat hot water. It seems more efficient. It's hot.

No matter which settings we chose, our former machines ran for ages, only to present barely clean dishes. We scrape the dishes, load this washer and set for "auto clean" and "sanitize," and while I haven't tested with a timer, it seems to operate in about half the time of the other dishwashers we owned. That's efficiency.

The only thing it doesn't have (although some Bosch models do) is a delayed timer. I made good use of that in our other machines so that we weren't disturbed by the noise. It operated in the middle of the night, away from our bedroom, away from us. This machine doesn't have the timer, but it's a moot point since it doesn't make any noise. I turn it on, then we have a conversation, watch television, listen to music, all undisturbed.

Great price for a quality product. Now. If someone would just explain to me why dishwashers need to be cleaned, I'd be happy.