Product review (2 stars): Beauty is only skin-deep
This is a great looking, no, incredibly gorgeous appliance. If you are setting up the house for display, no other dishwasher comes close.

Unfortunately, it has a minor shortcoming. Namely, it does not wash dishes well. Large items such as pots simply do not fit into the drawers. The duplicate sets of water jets are also not as powerful as their counterparts in similarly priced competitors of the traditional single-door design.

Additionally, according to Consumer Report, Fisher & Paykel dishwashers suffer from extreme quality issues, with a 25% rate of major repairs, which is more than twice of the nearest competitor. The unit that I have personal knowledge of got both motors burnt out shortly after the one-year warranty expired. Although they cost only $50 each, the labor can be expensive. Waiting for them to be shipped from Australia is also no fun.

As of April 2009, there are only three vendors selling double-drawer dishwashers in the US. Other than this Fisher & Paykel DD24, KitchenAid re-badge the same thing as&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/KitchenAid-Stainless-Steel-Double-Drawer-Dishwasher/dp/B0016GTAWQ/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">KitchenAid Stainless Steel Double Drawer Dishwasher</a>. Sears sells a double-drawer Kenmore Elite unit that also looks suspiciously similar. They all garner miserable quality ratings from users of a year or more. So, unless you are a real-estate agent setting up the house for sale or a lucky housewife who never cooks, buy the Kenmore Pro or&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Bosch-Evolution-800-Series-Stainless-Steel-Undercounter-Dishwasher/dp/B000UVYTOC/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Bosch Evolution 800 Series Stainless Steel Undercounter Dishwasher</a>&nbsp;instead.