Interesting experience w/new Bosch D/W

[jamiel]

I've mentioned in bits and pieces our dishwasher saga---we had a 13 year old Bosch 100 series dishwasher which bit the dust earlier in the summer. It was white on white, and was the low-end Ascenta (plastic bottom). Have been entirely happy with it and it appeared to succumb to either a power surge or a circulating pump failure (got an E01 error---our power has been bad this summer; the circulating pump has been a little groan-y over the last couple years). Decided to replace but wanted white (we are liable to re-do the kitchen in the next several years, but anything but white at the moment would be glaring).

Stopped at the nearby high-end store to poke through their "unclaimed" selection to see if they had anything---some interesting ones there but ultimately decided to just replace like for like; so ordered a 100 series in early August with a 10 day arrival. Was about $70 more than a 100 series plastic bottom from Lowe's, but supplies seemed a bit chancy so decided to go with the showroom/free delivery/etc.

10 days stretched into a month + 10 days (we traveled through much of August so wasn't that much of a hardship.

The day has arrived--to see an all stainless tub being unloaded by the installer. Apparently the plastic-bottom is strictly a big-box product, and the delay was because they're in the middle of revising the range.

So a happy accident, it appears....

More to come

 

[vacerator]

The Ascentia line is not known for many years of service.

 

[petek]

Can you check on your new one if the sump tubing unnderneath on the left side leading to the drain tubing on the back is that translucent ribbed plastic tubing (on the bends) or is it a sturdier rubber/plastic. I got a pinhole leak in mine last years where eventually over a month or so of "leaking" dripped down into my basement rekroom. I did order a new part and put it in but I was sort of disappointed they'd used that kind of tubing

 

[jamiel]

Petek: it's already in so I can't see.

So to see the unit, there is -no- blanket of shoddy-sheet insulation; all that is there are the adhesive asphaltic panels.

It is labeled at 48 dBa and it sounds like that----very slightly quieter than the old one.

The bottom rack from the old unit slid right in (prefer the old tine spacing and the lengthwise silverware rack rather than the new one with the GE-type square silverware rack and the wider tines).

The top rack on the new one is -not- adjustable in height (where the old one was); the old one also had flip down cup racks (which I swapped in on the new rack). Prefer the new upper rack to the old (was clear that the old unit, which I'd gotten at Sears in 2013 had some racking feature upgrades compared to the "standard" unit--the aforementioned cup racks and one set of fold down tines in both the top and bottom racks).

Upper wash arm is visibly different on the new one with a blunter design and slightly wider holes.

This is my first wi-fi enabled machine so am going to have to pair it (would not pair when I did the first load....imagine that it must be in standby mode to do pairing). Apparently that is how you can load up the "favorite" cycle and I presume you can get a cycle countdown on the app (which I will -not- be doing)

Also intrigued that the use and care leaflet (forces you to the app/online for everything) is expressly for the 300/500 series machines (not the 100 series). Am tempted to kvetch about it to Bosch.

Overall--some value engineering that is evident, but doesn't seem to make much difference. First small load worked well (nice to have fully clean dishes after a month and a half of hand-washing)