Product review (1 stars): I loved the concept, but hated the reality
Update:  I had originally written a glowing review, but am taking this down to 1 star.  I hate this dishwasher.

Terrible design, things constantly get stuck in the spinner.  I'm replacing it.

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I recently bought a house, and it had always been my plan to install TWO dishwashers in the kitchen.

From my perspective, the only thing worse than a dishwasher filled with dirty dishes is a dishwasher filled with clean ones.  A clean dishwasher means you have to empty it before you can put the next dirty dish in.  And if you don't have time to empty, then the dirty dishes pile up until you can.  Or you just empty it without organizing what you put away - in general, I find that a lot of my kitchen mess/clutter comes from having a dishwasher filled with clean dishes.

Anyway It's not that I'm lazy - it's that I'm busy like everyone else in the world, and emptying the dishwasher is sort of the last thing I can get to between the crazy job and high energy toddler.  So I had this notion that I'd buy the new house, and get two dishwashers, and just basically use dishes out of clean one until it was time to run the other, and so on.
(Hey - working mom of a toddler :) - don't judge!)

The "problem" is that the house I bought had a recently remodeled kitchen, and there was no way to put in 2 dishwashers without cutting up some expensive and nice custom cabinets and counters.

So that brought me to Fisher Paykel. The house came with a Jennair that was about the same price as this Fisher Paykel, so it wasn't even technically "an upgrade" for what I already had - it was just a different choice. I read some of the problematic reviews, but also just needed to take a chance on this.  I bought it locally from an appliance store that backs up the warranty and does the on site repairs, etc.  I think for something like this, that's the way to go.  The price was the same all over.

The sizing is standard for dishwashers (as I learned) - so that wasn't something I had to think about
I arranged delivery and it took two guys at least an hour to get it installed.  In the few weeks since, it has worked great.

Here are some highlights and other things to note
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DRAWERS
I didn't even realize how nice the DRAWERS are.  I was just loving the idea of two compartments.  But drawers are also just way better than the door.  You never have to crouch (at least for the top drawer).

EMPTYING is Easier
My whole point in this was to avoid having to empty the dishwasher.  But the thing is, with the two compartments, each load is much smaller - and especially with the easy reach in drawers, emptying becomes a much much easier task.  When the top drawer is the clean one, I can empty it and put things away in 30 seconds and without crouching.  I don't avoid it anymore

SIZE
The top drawer is bigger, but both are completely fine for everyday things like plates and bowls.  I had no problem getting an 8 quart pot into the top drawer.  I think for anything bigger, you'll be handwashing it.  I have no problems with that.  Bottom drawer is definitely still ok for your everyday skillers or 2-4 quart pots.

SPINNER
Here's the one lowlight of this dishwasher -  To maximize space, the spinner in each compartment is very very close to the basket.  When you load the dishwasher, you have to make sure that nothing is poking through that would stop the spinner.  This is a problem for all dishwashers, but it's definitely worse with this setup.  I just take an extra second or two to check this before running a load

TIMER/Digital
It's nice that there's a digital display of the minutes remaining.  That's probably standard by now, but it wasn't on my Jennair that was a couple of years old.

Anyway, I haven't had any issues with this dishwasher, but it's only been a few weeks.  That said, since I bought it from a local reputable dealer that stands behind the servicing, I'm not overly concerned.  The installation guys told me they didn't see issues with this that were particularly worse than any other dishwasher they deal with.  So that was also reassuring.

I am overall very, very glad to have purchased this dishwasher.  I joked that it was going to change my life, and it really has ... maybe I'm weird in how much of an impact the dishwasher thing had for me, but all I can say is that my kitchen is noticeably less cluttered since I got this dishwasher.  Because dishes don't get tossed into cabinets to free up space, and because dirty dishes don't sit in the sink or counter.

I have no reservations recommending this.