Do you have Fisher & Paykel dish drawers? I have a question!
Do you love them?
How long have you had them?
I've heard good and bad about these, and the good seems to be from people who haven't had them for long, and the bad seems to be from people who've had them for 5+ years and they start to cark it....has anyone here had them long enough to experience any potential deterioration? (I hope no-one here does, by the way!)
Just trying to educate myself!
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.
Last edited by ~Raven~; September 4th, 2009 at 10:30 AM.
I only saw this thread today; hope I'm not too late!!
We have had a dishdrawer for 3 yrs, I have replaced the moter 3 times and the drainage pipe once.
I think the fact you can do small loads is good, but that's probably the only thing. The 'quick; cycle doesn't clean, and the 'normal'cycle takes 2 hours. (111 mins) And doesn't really clean all that well anyway, the dishes have a rough feel about them sometimes'.
I just got back from retravision today, I bought a bosch to replace it, as that was recomended by my dishwasher repair man. The drainage pipe has gone again and I don't want to fork out the $700.
Teh dishwasher guy says he replaces the motors in them all the time, as they burn out very quickly, I only have 1 child so we don't have THAT much washing either.
No you're not too late - in that, just so everyone can sleep well at night and have some closure, I got a Bosch.
The seller was that I have a lot of massive trays and other big things that I hate washing, so if I can fit the tall things in the dishwasher that would be fantastic.
And I got the model with the cutlery drawer which is awesome.
We had been haggling a bit, going from store to store to get the best price, and then when we walked in the store we'd decided on, it was another $150 cheaper, on sale that day, because they had a few and were trying to move a few on! So pretty happy.
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Do you have Fisher & Paykel dish drawers? I have a question!
I will tho rinse things obvioulsy that have a lot of food left/cooked on 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).
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.
which is awesome.
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