Product review (3 stars): Bosch Vision 500 Series washer
I've had my Bosch washer for about 15 months and it is the first Bosch product I've ever owned. I've owned 3 or 4 other washers over the almost 40 years I've been married and I was excited to have my first front load washer but I have to say I am disappointed in the machine.
1) I don't like the fact that I don't know what the water temperature is for some of the cycles and that you can't choose what temperature you would like to use.
2) It leaks under the front of the machine at times but not all the time.  No rhyme or reason to that that I can find.
3) Probably 15% of the time the clothes are dripping wet at the end of the cycle and I have to run it through the drain & spin cycle to get the rest of the water out of the clothes, again no rhyme or reason for that issue either.
4) I was SO glad to finally figure out how to stop the chimes for end of cycle on the washer and the dryer.  That was truly one of the most annoying and frustrating things until I figured out what buttons to hold at the same time or in the right order.  Why did that have to be so difficult?  I will NEVER turn that feature back on.
Considering washers are supposed to last for a long time I'm sorry that I have to live with this one for many more years to come.  It is too expensive to go out and buy something different at this point. I thought Bosch would make a high quality product and I wish I had read reviews on it before I bought it.