Product review (3 stars): Dishes come out clean, which is the point after all...
After ten years, our Fisher-Paykel dishdrawers began leaking; the problem there was related to the lid that seals the top of each drawer at the start of a cycle. The lids were motorized and the motors had weakened with time. The repair would have been over $400, and that was just for parts with me doing the work myself. We decided, since the Fisher-Paykel was never particularly good at actually cleaning dishes, and wasn't particularly quiet, that we'd replace it entirely.

Enter the Miele G5915, which we purchased locally. From an operational standpoint, this dishwasher works wonderfully. There are three racks within an internally lit container. Each rack is extensively adjustable and we have had no difficulty finding just the right spot for dishes, bowls, and both large and small items that need cleaning. There's a place for detergent, rinse aid, and even salt used if your water isn't of the best hardness for the dish washing process. There's even a motorized door that pulls itself closed and opens itself for drying at the end of a cycle (usually scaring the cats in the process).

Dishes, pots, glasses, and silverware all get perfectly clean. So why 3 stars? This is an expensive unit, and it's promoted as being incredibly quiet - so quiet you'd barely know that it's on. But that's not the case at all. I find it to be at least as loud if not louder than the FIsher-Paykel, no quieter than the Bosch I had before the F-P, and it all leaves me somewhat bewildered as I sit here listening to it whir away on the drying cycle. Don't get me wrong - it's nothing you have to raise your voice to be heard over, as with some of the bargain brand dishwashers; but it's nothing like whisper quiet. You can't hear the water inside the unit at all, but what you hear are all the pumps - the drain pump, the drying pump, and other constant motorized noise during each two hour cycle. Of course, you could set it to go on while you're asleep, thereby missing the commotion, but then I may as well buy a cheap unit and turn it on moments before heading to bed.

I watched the unit being installed; all the insulation was left in place as required, so that's not the issue here. The installers agreed that it wasn't particularly quiet and they've ordered a replacement for me. Stay tuned for a follow-up in a few weeks...