Bosch Ascenta series SHE4AM15UC

by kaygood
(woodbridge, va)

My mother decided to get her house remodeled instead of selling it, so practically every room in the house is being rebuilt. Since I like to spend time in the kitchen I volunteered to be in charge of picking the new appliances. I went to a local home improvement retailer, and after speaking with several sales associates that ranted and raved about it, I settled on a Bosch dishwasher.

The model I chose (see ridiculously long title) looked great. It's stainless steel so it's very aesthetically pleasing. The inside is well organized, allowing for a decent amount of dishes to be washed at once, and the controls are fun and easy to use. Overall, it looks great, it reads great on paper, but it just doesn't stand up to the hype.

It doesn't matter that I can fit a million plates on the racks if I have to wash them three times to get them fully cleansed. It smells absolutely horrible and it doesn't even dry the dishes! Not only is it inconvenient, and frustrating to use, it's poorly constructed. We're currently working to get the water damage from the leaking interior cleaned up, and any day now the kitchen will cease to be a liability for visitors. It's a silent, quick, good looking machine, but it's not worth the nine hundred bucks I shelled out for it. However, I will say in Bosch's defense, maybe I just got a faulty machine.