Pop!, goes the door.
Submitted by flynblu -
7/1/2026
Have now had the SHP65DM5N dishwasher for several months. Does a great job washing the dishes, but the racks are a mixed bag. Really like the top rack ability to hold utensils, a clever design and a real space saver. However, the top rack is difficult to slide out and back in, and the rollers come off the tracks very easily unless you pull it out and push it in exactly centered. The middle rack ability to be adjusted up or down on either or both sides makes it much easier to handle larger items on the middle or bottom racks. The middle rack layout is OK, but just takes some getting used to, as is always the case with a new dishwasher. And the center rack can also be difficult to move, and needs to be pushed in centered and firmly for the wash arm plumbing to seat properly. The bottom rack layout, though, is a disaster, one of those "what were they thinking" moments. While not having a heating element means you can put plastic items anywhere, including the bottom rack, the great distance between some of the ribs in certain areas and the haphazard layout and lack of splines to hold items in some areas makes placing anything but larger pots and pans extremely difficult. The "fold-down" extra splines are very closely spaced (millimeters) with existing ones (and they are only in one area), making them virtually usless. The zone wash in the left rear portion of the bottom of the dishwasher makes it convenient to get larger pots or pans clean, but only if you can fit them over the ackward spline arrangement (this is where large gaps between ribs would be OK, but they are not in that area). The pop-open door at the end of the cycles that is unique on this model almost makes up for the absence of heated drying that is a fact of life in so many modern dishwashers. No matter what you do, though, the dishes will NOT be dry, even with the door open (and we live in an area where the humidity can be single digits in the winter). We do NOT use a rinse agent, as putting more chemicals all over clean dishes is not some thing we want to do just to make the dishes "look better" and dry with a chemical coating. If you do the dishes overnight, at least with the door open they will be dryer than other models. Liquid detergent works fine, but powdered detergent can be complicated and you must not put any more than indicated in the cup or you will end up with soap crystals all over your dishes and the inside of the dish washer. The fact that you really cannot control much of the dishwasher without an app is just the future of all appliances, and we all better get used to it (it will get worse). We are a Mac/Apple-based family, and initially setting up the dishwasher was hit or miss, but eventually after a few tries the app and dishwasher came to an understanding. Now when using the app, initially it will connect and disconnect a few times, but then will work normally. The key during setup is to figure out what combination of modes make up your most-used setting, and then save it as your favorite. Once programmed as such, you can use the Favorite button on the door without the app if your WiFi goes down. It really is a great dishwasher so far, once you get used to the quirky racks and the "convenience" of being virtually forced to use the app.
Originally posted on Bosch.com
Yes, I recommend this product
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