I have one with the water softener. I have had it about 7 months. Works like a charm - very quite - plastic is dry - dishes clean. If you search there is another thread on them and some people are not happy with theirs.

Note: I use powdered dish detergent like they recommend not tabs.

Wolf is new to this game, whereas brands such as Miele or Bosch have been building overengineered dishwashers even before I was born.

Give them another generation of products or two, and I am sure Wolf is going to work out all the kinks in the Cove. But personally I feel this is not a product where it pays off to be an early adopter. Some of the horribly bad reviews on Houzz definitely bear this out.

Building a dishwasher isn't difficult, as proven by the availability of basic sub-$500 models. Building a great dishwasher though does take a surprising amount of attention to detail, institutional knowledge, and many product iterations. And quite frequently, even with the good dishwashers, differences in households (water chemistry, choice of detergent, type of dishes, mix of contamination, ...) can mean that the same dishwasher works fine for one group of people and fails spectacularly for another group. A good design minimizes the size of this second group.

For the price that Wolf charges for the Cove, you want to make sure that it isn't just OK; it has to be great.

If you put Cove Dishwasher in appliances in the search bar a few threads will come up. From reading the comments and the outside review - I would stick with my Miele. I am sure Cove will address some of the concerns raised but at the price - I would go with a more mature product. Here are a two threads of interest:

Cove Dishwasher 1

Cove Dishwasher 2

Certainly can’t go wrong with Miele or Bosch.

Cove has a 6 year warranty if installed by a certified installer.