Product review (5 stars): Robust machine, with capacity that can't be beat by any manufacturer.
This company has received a lot of bad publicity.  My question to you that believe these reviews, would this company be able to command such a high initial cost if they weren't manufacturing a premium product?  This is my 3rd European dishwasher.  My first two were made in Germany.  This is my first Scandinavian.  I made my decision based on the flexibility of interior and capacity.  My last dishwasher was top of the line and came in at a price of $1899.  I was doing dishes everyday.  The new one I'm finding I don't have to run this every other day or every 3rd day.  Now that's capacity.  There are actually four levels in this machine.  A top basket (small) to put sharp knives.  An adjustable full width and depth rack that you can actually put tall mugs in, lower a shelf and stack regular sized cups or on the rocks glasses.  The shelf that drops down also holds stemmed glasses as well.  The center basket is a real bonus.  It can accomodate shallow bowls or fry pans on one side as it has it's own spray system, the other side is removable or can be used for odd shaped kitchen tools, spatulas, wooden spoons, etc.  The lower basket holds a bevy of dishes and/or deeper pots and pans, & silverware.  There are an additional two spray zones on the bottom of the tub to concentrate on pots and pans.  The racks all have so much flexibility.  There is not much that you're not able to fit in here, in fact I would say nothing.  Now my German made machines were nice, but they relied on extra racks to make them flexible.  Racks that you have to store when not in use, racks that never saw the interior of my machine because it was such a pain to get them out.  My German machines were very reliable, but the difference between my first and my second, the stainless was so THIN as they began to cheapen their products.  This machine is very robust. the Stainless Steel is 18/9.  That's pretty heavy gauged metal.  My first German machine had a mechanical timer, that were push button engaged.  My second was touch (which relied on the heat of your finger to activate) The Asks has hidden buttons on the top of the door.  The control is all solid state, not mechanical.  The ONE & ONLY thing I would add to my ASKO is a light that shines on the floor as my 2nd German machine had.  I miss it, but I can live without it given the flexibility and capacity of my new machine.  It was very easy to install as were my German machines.  I'm a firm believer you get what you pay for.  So I'm hoping that all the reviews I've read were people that bought lesser machines by ASKO and expected top shelf performance.  In my lifetime I've had six dishwashers.  3 American made, 3 European.  The American produced machines were VERY troublesome.  They were all top of the line machines, but at that time America hadn't embraced Stainless Steel tubs.  The racks were pathetic and usually began to rust sometime between their 2nd and 3rd year.  I've yet to replace a European made rack because of poor quality and rust.