Product review (5 stars): Five Stars for Looks, 5 Stars for Engineering, 4.5 Stars for Design
My wife and I are nearing the completion of our kitchen re-modeling project, and realized that what began the enormous undertaking was... the dishwaher.  We had an old dishwasher on wheels that we would roll over to the sink when we had to do dishes, and finally the old thing pooped out on us.  Faced with the possibility of life without a dishwasher when both of us work tons of overtime at our jobs, we decided to make changes, and those changes required many more changes.

Including all new cabinets in order to have an in-counter dishwasher.  And while we were at it, we decided to put down hardwood floors, and re-sheetrock the walls, and ditch the old stove... you can see how everything snowballed into an entirely new kitchen!

So, now that the room looks completely different, the last thing that we purchased was the dishwasher, what had started the whole thing.  We had seen this dishwasher at a local home improvement store, and loved the design.  It's gorgeous.  We looked into the energy rating, and it was excellent.  It uses far less water than the average dishwasher, and you have the option of running only one drawer of the dishwasher at a time, which is exactly what we do.  We basically rotate drawers each day, and run "1/2" a load in the late evening each night.  We don't have any kids yet, so it works very well for us.

If we have company over, we can use both drawers at once; the top for glasses and flatware, the bottom for pans and dishes, each on different settings.  Again, it's outstanding.  And the inside of each drawer is very flexible; the flatware compartment can be removed altogether if more space is needed.

Another reviewer of the same dishwasher in a different color indicated several negative points; that the drawers are too shallow, that it's louder than expected, and that there is still water in the drawers after the end of the cycle.  We've been running our dishwasher for three months now, my experience tells me that it's by far the quietest dishwasher I've ever seen and that we've had no such issues with water still being in the drawers after a load has been run.  The drawers aren't the tallest in the world; I've noticed that wide dishes can be a tight fit, but they should also go in a certain area of the drawer.  Honestly, we've never had to exclude a dish to wash by hand, so I think the reviewer was hoping for a dishwasher that you could dump all the dishes in at once without any care.

The dishwasher is expensive, absolutely.  We could have purchased three dishwashers with this money, but we decided to go with one well-built piece of equipment, especially since we have hardwood floors in the kitchen now and the idea of installing dishwashers every few years doesn't appeal to my fear of large gouges in the floor.  I am -- so far -- very happy with the performance and the quality of construction of the unit.  There are very few moving parts due to the engineering of the unit, and fewer moving parts means less opportunity to breakdown.

Each drawer locks so that kids can't play with it.  99% of the controls are on the lip of the inside of the drawer, and we've found this very helpful when we have small visitors.  Installation was simple.  And it looks gorgeous.

Complaints?  Not many.  So far, it seems like the pot scrubbing option is more powerful than we realized.  Cheaper pots and pans actually seem to have reduced finish on them after the cycle ends.  It does seem like the drawers fill up with dishes more quickly, but I'm pretty sure that this is due to visually not being able to see the bottom drawer when you open the top after seeing "the whole dishwasher" for so long with the single, drop-down door unit for so long.  I am not sure that there isn't a little bit of truth in the perception, but it's a very small complaint almost not worth mentioning, especially with how happy we are with it.

Last factor?  Let's be honest.  My wife and I lived with an external, beat-up, cheap dishwasher for years that was an eyesore and bordering on embarrassment.  Now?  People love to check this dishwasher out when they come over.  It's a Star Trek model.  It's beautiful, shiny, technological, energy efficient, and to most people, it's a radical design.  It's a conversation piece.

While I did not buy the unit via Amazon, the price (at the time I write this) is the exact price I paid for it at the local store.

I love this dishwasher, but you might want to think about the overall aesthetic of your kitchen before you buy.  We had made the commitment to do the whole kitchen, including other appliances that matched this dishwasher, and for us, it was very much worth it.  If you think it's a good fit to your remodel or just as a replacement, I highly recommend it, and say it's worth the extra coin.