Henrybong

Hi Tour, you can use the brand "Finish". It's recommended by Bosch. It comes in Powder or Tablet form. Same brand for the rinse aid also. Cheers, Henry Bong

Hi Tour, the Bosch dishwasher has 2 compartment behind the door. One is for detergent and the other one for Rinse Aid. The detergent, you have to add for every new washing cycle. If you use the powder type, you will see there is two line on the detergent compartment. Low and high. If its for dirty wash, just add powder until the line Full. If its half load wash or less dirty wash, just add until Low line. As for the Rinse Aid, you have to add one time only. Every time the dishwasher washes, it will only release 1 or 2 drops. Rinse Aid help the drying cycle, it shines the plates and glasses. Rinse Aid also make sure water drops doesn't stick on the surface of the plates and bowls. So, if you use rinse aid, you'll see much better drying result. We do not need to add salt in Singapore as our water hardness is low. Only apply in Europe or some countries with hard water. The salt compartment is located at the inner base of the dishwasher. Cheers, Henry Bong

Hi Tour, the Bosch compact dishwasher is one of the best dishwasher in the market. It comes with auto program, where the dishwasher will detect load and automatically adjust the time and temp. for you. If you have space, of course the 13 settings is even better. Pricing wise is more or less the same for both. You can put the compact dishwasher on top of ur washer dryer. It's ok. The size of the compact dishwasher is smalerl than ur washer dryer. For Bosch dishwasher you can choose to use tablet or powder detergent. The powder type is more economical than the tablet type. One tablet is for full wash or dirty wash. So if you wash less thing or less dirty, it will be a waste to use the whole tablet. The powder detergent you can control the amount base on the load and level of soil that you intend to wash. Bosch uses less energy when it's doing drying cycle. It's call heat exchange mode. I hope this helps. Henry Bong