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I noticed that they only put in one dirty object. I don't believe this has anything to do with the machine's ability, I think it has more to do with demonstrating usage and care for your DishDrawer. It also keeps things looking clean and tidy: In what sort of commercial do they showcase a dirty, mouldy dishwasher?

I guess I'm gonna have to defend myself (& DishDrawers) here, but the only issue we have had was the drain filter separating. I believe "rapunzel" had a similar problem with their DishDrawer. The cause: Me and my obsessive cleaning habits. I don't clean that filter anymore, except when I remove the filter-plate from the bottom of the machine.

There are 3 members on here who are satisfied (to my knowledge), including me. I know of 3-4 other groups of people who have been impressed with their DishDrawers and haven't had major problems. One friend had to have the thing replaced after 5 years, but no problems before that. Now that Haier has a significant stake in F&P, I would maybe hesitate buying more of their appliances...

However the performance I've seen is great; I can't understand why there are people who don't get clean dishes! People that "Pre-Rinse" say things come out worse than they go in... Something is fishy about that, I know it.

If you've seen the video Dadoes made some time ago, you'll see there is no excuse for poor cleaning ability, with that amount of water moving round in there. No doubt it's less than an older GE Potscrubber, Asko or KitchenAid, but there is still enough water movement to (supposedly) ensure clean dishes.

Even if you don't follow the recommended loading patterns, you can still get clean dishes. When that happens with us, we get only 1-2 rejects, which annoys me, but I know why. When I stuff the thing full it can still perform quite admirably.

But being a repair tech, you only fix the problems the dishwasher or the owners create. You can't see how they load the machine, what detergent they use, or if they even use the right cycle: People using Normal Eco or the Fast cycles can't expect blazing performance. The fast cycle works great, on everything except stuck soils and Lip-Balm. You get around 70mins total on the Normal cycle of Washing/Rinses, after the computer cuts wash time after the heating delays.

Perhaps you could tell me how to turn off that drying cycle? I don't feel we need it! Waste of time, that is!

I don't believe their designs are flawed, perhaps imperfect, but nothing these days will last. I'm sure we'll be lucky to get around 15 years out of our new appliances (from last year)

Perhaps it is like the Toyota Camry's from 97-01 over in the US: The engines on THOSE models were particularly bad for building sludge, thats not to say a similar vehicle in Australia won't do such a thing, but due to different standards, quite a few lemons resulted (and people's tendency to NOT service their vehicles frequently enough doesn't help either).

Then again, Since the population of the US is roughly 12-14x bigger than ours, I suppose we can expect to hear even more complaints from people with "issues" with their products.

Ozzie908, I totally agree with you. DishDrawers are indeed akin to Marmite/Vegemite. Its one way, or another.

I believe though, that any DishDrawer may be connected to Hot water, so long as its no hotter than 60º (Thats about 140ºF). Thats what we've done, and it helps with the cycle times.