Plus, as the sibling poster says, you usually don't know this before you first start to use it, which means it's already been delivered, connected, and everything.
I already paid $100 more for 2dB less, according to the spec. No regrets.
> which I believe is required by some regulation to be the default
Huh. This must be recent-ish. My parents' dishwasher has a rotary button to choose the program, which stays put as long as the little grandchildren don't mess with it..
> From 1 March 2021, household dishwashers shall provide an eco programme meeting the following requirements:
> (a) this programme shall be: [...] set as the default programme for household dishwashers equipped with automatic programme selection or any function maintaining the selection of a programme, or, if there is no automatic programme selection, available for direct selection without the need for any other selection such as a specific temperature or load;
Ours was bought in late 2020, but manufacturers probably take a head start with implementation whenever they renew their models.
it's inferior to our old one, which was from the 90s and still worked, in other aspects too, most annoyingly cleaning performance. i guess it uses less water thou