I've had one since around 1999. It never gets wet, but it does get dirty overtime. It's annoying to clean it, but if you wipe it out every month it should be fine. I keep dishwasher tablets in mine. It holds a box of 36. I have a bad back, so not having to bend down to take tablets out of the box is a huge plus for me. I also keep a dry magic eraser on the end so it's easily accessible. If I had to renovate my kitchen I would definitely make sure to get them again.

One other thing I would recommend is installing a sliding utensil tray - like this - it's easily my favorite piece in the kitchen. I have my main utensils in the top tray, and smaller things like spreaders, veg peelers, measuring spoons, basting brushes, thermometers and other tools in the bottom.