Fisher Paykel dishwasher drawers do not have a good reliability record with Consumer Reports. This *does not* mean you will have bad luck with them. Our anecdotal reportage on the appliance board is mixed. Some people just love theirs, others have complained about failures. Out here in Southern California we have an appliance liquidator where I often go to pick up bargains. They specialize in product returns/open box/scratch and dent/ etc. When somebody returns a major appliance, these guys buy them and resell them. Anyway, number one dishwasher on their display floor? Fisher Paykel. Their shop is always full of Fisher Paykel 2-drawer dishwashers. These things have got to be coming from somewhere.

Everything in life is a crap shoot, one way or the other, and if you like the drawer concept, which many people do, I would say screw what anybody else thinks and just get the darned thing. You only live once. But for the dishwasher I would suggest that you get a very high quality extended warranty.