On Monday, March 29, 2010 at 11:14:23 PM UTC-4, TNSTAAFL wrote:
We're looking at two Bosch dishwashers - one claims a noise level of 50 db,
and the other a noise level of 53 db - the features and functionality are
pretty much the same - there's about a $100 price difference.

Bosch has other, more expensive dishwashers in the mid-40 db range - they
are beyond my price point, but with a noise level that goes that low, maybe
the difference from 53 db to 50 db will be enough to justify the extra $100.

Is there an perceptable noise difference that I'll notice when the 50 db
machine is running versus the 53db machine?

Thanks!

i had a bosch dishwasher for perhaps 2 years, it was so quiet i had to feel the machine to see if it was running...

however it was a unreliable piece of junk.

you trade off quiet for cost and huge expense getting it serviced. replacing anything but the fill valve requires disassembling everything.....

after 2 out of warranty failures i took it to the scrap yard. that was its rightful home