Not for any residential, standard 24" below the counter, dishwasher sold in the U.S. after 2010 and before October 2020 that I've seen, hence why it was a noteworthy change.
This is definitely not true. I have 2012 and 2017 dishwashers that each have this. They also wash just fine. Really not sure what the article is on about.
I love my Bosch washer. Bought one for my house, my rentals, my cottage. Whisper quiet and food is never stuck on the dishes after a load - unless someone packs the unit wrong.
Not only is it discontinued, but it doesn't seem to have info. on when it was introduced. Can you link a model that is confirmed to predate November 2020?
> It's well available at retailers in Canada. I could go purchase one this afternoon.
How is that relevant to the fact that the manufacturer has discontinued it?
Retailers can sell products they have in stock even if they are no longer manufactured.
Looking at the instruction manual it's clear that both the 'Express' and 'Speed60' modes are skipping some steps of the cleaning process as it says:
Normal
Recommended for daily, regular or typical
use to completely wash a full load of
normally soiled dishes.
Speed60®
Cleans freshly soiled dishes with easy to
remove soils.
This cycle reduces cycle time while still
including drying.
Express
Cleans lightly soiled dishes and reduces
overall wash time. Use this cycle to clean
glasses and dessert dishware that may
need to be reused at the same event.
You should double check if the express cycle actually attains the same cleaning performance, because that would be pretty surprising.
I did see examples when shopping that were in advertisement only. i.e. the 'express cycle' skipped something, the drying stage, or rinse stage(s), etc.
I grabbed that SKU off my Abt invoice but it's actually a SHX65T55UC/07 per the door label. It's a 500 series model. SKUs change all the time, especially after 7 years.
- The dishwasher runs balls-out for 40 minutes so it's noisier. (Bosch sells a lot of units on its reputation of being ultra quiet)
- Manual mode doesn't check the soil sensor while washing.
- There is no drying cycle, which is the bulk of a two hour wash.
So if you're okay with that, Manual works just fine for most everyday loads and is pretty much the equivalent of the old school DWs and how they worked.