Product review (1 stars): Doesn't rinse properly
UPDATE: I have downgraded my rating to one star. The reason is it leaves soap film on the dishes. We first noticed this when filling a just cleaned glass with water. Bubbles formed around the glass at the water line. At first we thought that it was air in the water but then we noticed that when we tipped the glass there was a soapy film. We were using the Bosch recommended products including the Finish rinse. We thought maybe the Finish rinse was leaving the soapy film so we let it run out and didn't refill the rinse container. We let it operate without rinse for about 30 days to make sure all the rinse was gone. The problem persisted. We then tried white vinegar which is recommended as a substitute rinse aid by many users. This did not help. The only way we have found to get rid of the soapy film is to run a complete wash cycle using no detergent. They then come out clean with not soapy film. I don't know what the health consequences may be from ingesting what apparently is dirty soapy rinse water left on the dishes but we have chosen to double wash.

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I bought this to replace an aging GE. Our house has an open floor plan design and the dishwasher is located about 7' feet away on the opposite side of bar from where we sit to watch TV. We always had to crank up the volume when running the dishwasher so we were looking for a quite one. The salesman said we would be able to stand next to it while it was running and not hear it. That is an exaggeration but the Bosch is definitely quiet and we don't have to crank up the volume on the TV when it's running. It also cleans well and unlike some other reviewers I've not had a problem with wet dishes except for plastic dishes and containers and it's no worse drying those than our old machine. I do use the recommended Jet rinse so I don't know how well it would dry without it.

Now for the negative stuff. I knew going in that the capacity would be smaller than our old dishwasher but I didn't think it would be as small as it was. It seems to have about half the capacity of our old dishwasher however I'm sure it's larger than that. It handles plates very well as well as typical drinking glasses. However it has a hard time with larger mugs, over sized pots and pans, long utensils like spatulas and long handled spoons or any other large dish, bowl, or container. With just two of us I used to be able to wash dishes once every couple of days. Now it's pretty much every day and I find I'm washing more things by hand because their large or unusual shape doesn't allow them to fit in the dishwasher along with a days worth of regular dishes.

I can't comment about the lack of a built in disposer. I've checked the filter several times and it has always been empty but I don't put anything in the dishwasher that has any large pieces of hard food attached.

I honestly don't know it I would purchase it again. I might look for a large capacity American made dishwasher that has good reviews for being quiet as well as cleaning dishes. My research turned up a couple but they were several hundred dollars more than the Bosch. Considering the price I hope it lasts longer than the GE it replaced and until such time as it does fail I'll just do dishes a little more often.

I probably wouldn't recommend this dishwasher to a family with children at least not without fully explaining it's limitations in terms of capacity.