I never thought I'd be so excited to talk about a dishwasher deal. Maybe I'm just getting old, and things that would have done nothing for me have suddenly become the highlight of my day.
Sure, I still love great golf deals as much as I ever did, but this Bosch 800 Series dishwasher for $1,349 at Best Buy has me jumping for joy more than anything.
I tell everyone who's in the market for a new dishwasher to buy this one, even at its full $1,500 price. But at $1,350, I'm going to have to start banging down my friends' doors to tell them to buy one.
5 reasons I love the Bosch 800 Series
I needed a quick way to gather my thoughts and explain why I like this dishwasher so much, and what better way than a list? I could have probably listed 20 things I like about the Bosch 800 Series dishwasher, but that would probably be overkill.
Plus, it's more fun for me to try to pick just five, as it forces me to zero in and not just gush about how great this thing is.
- Smart features: The whole reason I got this dishwasher was because I wanted to try a smart appliance — I've never owned one before. At first, I thought it was a little gimmicky until one of my kitchen utensils fell and blocked the main spray arm. With a normal dishwasher, it would just run through the whole cycle, cleaning ineffectively, but I got a notification in the Bosch app and ran over and fixed the problem, saving a bunch of energy in the process.
- It cleans effectively: The most important part of a dishwasher is how well it washes dishes. It's literally the name of the product. It's not called a "dish moistener that leaves stains and residue" or a "dish holder until you get frustrated and wash them by hand." The Bosch 800 Series has been flawless in every cleaning, and I've tried to make it fail with weird dish layouts and stacked large pans, but the dishes still come out clean every time.
- Adjustability: If there's a bowl, pan, plate or cup you want to wash (and that's dishwasher safe), you can probably adjust the Bosch 800 Series dishwasher to accommodate it. And if you can't, it's probably just too big to fit in any dishwasher.
- It actually dries well: I'm coming from an older dishwasher that did a terrible job of drying dishes, but I've owned modern models in previous homes, too. I can say with 100% confidence that this is the best dishwasher I've ever used at churning out dry loads. Clean is great, but if I need to spend 15 minutes hand-drying the dishes every load, I might as well just wash them by hand. The only things that don't come out bone dry are products with weird lips that hold water, but nothing is going to suck the water from the lip to dry them, so it's not a knock on the Bosch that those need a little air drying.
- It's quiet: This isn't super critical for me as I'm not washing dishes in the same room I'm usually hanging out in, but if you are, this thing is quiet. In fact, I'm not sure whether I actually clicked start because I can barely tell it's on. Thankfully, I don't have to walk back to the kitchen to check because I can use the smart features mentioned above to check.
