Product review (2 stars): Not excited about Bosch Washer and Dryer Pair
We purchased an electric Bosch Vision series washer & dryer set(with pedestals) from Lowe's because it was a very good deal. I don't know if I have enough room here to express all the exasperating things about these machines, but will hit some of the low points for us. They are probably okay if you are a complete Nimrod, and want the standard settings on the machine to do the thinking for you, but I have been doing laundry many years now, and I know what temperature, cycle, etc. that I need to get certain clothes clean without ruining them- but with these units, you don't have options such as temp control (except on 2 cycle selections) or length of cycle. It does however, think that a choice of spin speed is vitally important, because you can change that on every cycle. It has a choice of several cycles which are pre-labeled for certain types of materials (e.g jeans, comforter) and a generic "Quick Full" and "Quick Light" cycles. I don't really know what temperature these wash in-(and unless you refer to the graph in the manual, you won't), so I only use them for those things that have been washed 1000 times before. Many cycles seem extra long-the Xtra Sanitary cycle is about 3 hours long when you add a stain cycle. And you may think I am kidding on this next thing, but the minutes during the countdown of a wash cycle are sometimes much longer than a minute. One time, a cycle had one minute left for 5 minutes- and this is not the same everytime- Seriously.
Now, let me be straight, I have found nothing seriously adverse about the way they clean the clothes. That's pretty standard. The drying on the otherhand, takes some creativity on which cycle (usually cycles) to choose to get the stuff dry in the least amount of time.
The end cycle signals are the MOST annoying feature. They ring incessently (okay, that's a lie...they do stop after sometime longer than 20 minutes of beeping about every 6 seconds). I haven't let the beep go on much longer than that, because it drives us crazy- but if you are trying to sleep or just can't get to the washer right away- it will drive your whole household insane until someone rushes in and opens the washer door to stop it. How many times do you have to be reminded that the wash cycle is finished? Once or twice would suffice, right? The dryer also has its own annoying cycle beeps- which can be changed if you want to. I am still figuring this out.
Rinsing well seems to be a problem, and I only use 1-2 tablespoons of detergent, as recommended, even if you add the Allergy Rinse. Sometimes I set it for another "Quick" cycle just to rinse it. There is not a choice for rinse only. There is, however a Drain & Spin Only- which is useful if you feel you need it.
This leads me to vibration mode. On Max Spin our whole house vibrates- sounds like a helicopter is hovering overhead. We have now opted to choose a lower spin speed each time we start another load, if we actually remember to do it.
Tonight, the new irritant was this:
Most washers/dryers have the option of changing the door opening based on how you have them arranged. We, after wrenching these two monster units into place in our newly remodeled laundry room, erroneously assumed we could switch the washer door opening, as we could on the dryer. Uh-uh. So now we have a washer that opens to the wrong side.
Umm, what else?  Oh, yes...the drying cycles (on the dryer of course) restart their time ALL OVER AGAIN if you happen to want to open the door to check on how your load is doing, or add another item.  For example, if you have chosen a cycle that takes 60 minutes, and it's been running for 40 minutes- and you are wondering if your shirt is dry enough yet so you open the door to check on that shirt- and no, it's not dry enough so you throw it back in and close the door. The timer then automatically re-sets back to 60 minutes- (no kidding).You get to start all over again, or choose another cycle entirely.
So, if I had enough money to give these away, and get another brand (like my old LG's), I would.  If this helps someone else avoid some angst, then it has been worth my time.