I have had them now for 2-2.5 years now and love them! I fit soo much in and also love the fact that I can do smaller loads and the dishes arent sitting there for a while getting caked over. They remove almost everything too and I dont bother to rinse a lot of things prior to putting them in the drawers as I think that is double handling. I will tho rinse things obvioulsy that have a lot of food left/cooked on them.
A girlfriend of mine has had hers around 3.5 years and no complaints there either.
F&P when working works well, when not costs a lot of money. FIL works on whitegoods for a living and avoids the brand. If you are going to get one check out an extended warranty.
The thing that put me off the dish drawers Nelle (and I, like you, had heard really good, and really bad about them), was that the interior is plastic. To me, when you're exposing plastic to really high temp water, over and over, it will eventually deteriorate. Once I knew that, there was no way I was getting them (and instead got a Bosch, which I love, stainless steel all the way baby LOL).
It is a hard decision, because those who have have newly acquired them love them, but those that have had them for a little while decide they're crap. Personally, I think a dishwasher should last at least 10 years (and I can't afford them more often that that!), so I decided to go for one that will (hopefully ) have a bit more longevity.
I had to get mine fixed as the heater coil fried and that in turn blew the control panel They don't always go hand in hand but for me it did unfortunately. It cost me over $300 to fix! It is over 5 years old and had a LOT of lovin' I think I do use the top drawer a lot more than the bottom one which may have had some bearing in it, but it could have been one of those things. The repair man said he does a lot of these, but the parts are reasonably priced compared to other brands. Something to consider I suppose.
Having said that I really do love it heaps and the best bit was that because the two drawers are separate I still could use the other drawer until it had to be taken away to be fixed. I put off calling to get it fixed for a few weeks till I could afford it.
I LOVE how I can put delicates on one cycle and at the same time put dirty greasy stuff on a heavy cycle in the other drawer. The cycles are a tad longer than other dishwasher too I think but you get used to that. Like going from a top loader washing machine to a front loader IYKWIM.
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I will tho rinse things obvioulsy that have a lot of food left/cooked on them.
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), was that the interior is plastic. To me, when you're exposing plastic to really high temp water, over and over, it will eventually deteriorate. Once I knew that, there was no way I was getting them (and instead got a Bosch, which I love, stainless steel all the way baby LOL). 
They don't always go hand in hand but for me it did unfortunately. It cost me over $300 to fix! It is over 5 years old and had a LOT of lovin' I think I do use the top drawer a lot more than the bottom one which may have had some bearing in it, but it could have been one of those things. The repair man said he does a lot of these, but the parts are reasonably priced compared to other brands. Something to consider I suppose. 
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