Is this thing on….? We bought this dishwasher to replace a decades old model that required hand washing first to get the job done, needless to say any dishwasher would have been any upgrade for us. I was a bit apprehensive to get this (or any) Bosch model since at least half the reviews I read talked about a “terrible smell” that never goes away. When I read that I kept imagining a rotten food smell or a baby’s diaper when she starts eating solid foods, well it’s far from that but it does have a bit of an…

great Euro-style dishwasher Great dishwasher, but one with a few eccentricities if you’re used to the North American models. Bosch uses the Euro-style approach to use miniimum water and least electricity. As a result, it works differently than the more popular brands. For one, it runs longer since it uses less water. For another, it doesn’t have a heater coil to evaporate all the remaining water after the last rinse. As a result, you will have some puddles of water on the tops of concave objects (e.g., bottom of some…