Costco Members: Bosch 100 Series Stainless Steel Top Control Towel Bar Handle Dishwasher Expired

I have had 100 for 15 years and I 100% recommend over the higher end models because it is CHEAP to repair and has fewer features that are crazy expensive to repair.

For maintenance its pretty simple:

1. Every month or so I take the screen out and clean it out with a brush. If some big food gets stuck on the screen, just take it out.
2. Every 2-3 months or so I use Affresh tabs. We have harder water, so YMMV. If its softer a few times a year will suffice to keep the plastics and coatings clean. This does not have a fully SS tub so it needs the tab IMHO to keep it sorted and it does.
3. If something gets in the impeller pump, fix it immediately otherwise you may have an issue.

As a tip you 100% should use rise aid (I bought industrial and make my own for $1 a bottle), and I also use Cascade complete liquid and put a shot in the tub with the regular pod and that dramatically keeps the dishes clean. A 120 oz bottle easily lasts over a year for $12, and is the best "pre-rinse" I have found and takes a few seconds.

The only thing that has worm out is the return pump which I received a replacement for $32 and it took me about 15 minutes to replace and the washer just hit 15 years.

My mother has the 800 which is quieter and my brother bought a $1200 LG. Both of them broke in the first year and the LG needed a full motor replacement. Apparently that isnt a common item but the bill was $800 back to LG -- more than I paid for mine.

Its personal but the cleaning power to the 800 is not dramatically different, the big difference (to me) is no utensil third tray which does reduce loading power a bit but not dramatically. So I wish I had it but not going to pay $500+ and added repair complexity.

Did you have to change any setting or did the dishes come out try with the default auto wash?

I did not change any settings. I say it's complicated to get into the menu but it's likely simple once you understand it. It's just that I haven't needed to. It's been a week now and my dishes continue to come out clean and dry including plastic. I use the auto wash that says a medium dry setting is defaulted. The dry setting is just a fan as far as I can tell so I don't think I'll have an issue with that electricity wise. We'll see in another few weeks, but I do have PG&E and their rate spike hike this January.

I did tell my spouse we no longer need to crack the door open after a clean cycle and she correctly pointed out that the walls of the dishwasher are still wet. We still need to crack the door open. I stand corrected.