While not in the market for a new machine, Petrus at the Damsels.org Forum is running a quick straw-poll on which brand of washing machine is best.

Miele once again gets the lion’s share of the vote with twelve recommendations to Bosch’s ten including such testimonials as Redhed’s “…Hugely reliable, excellent service engineers”, Tinkle’s “the Rolls Royce of white goods…after 8 years they are still both going strong” and Azana’s “…very sturdy - ours gets stacks of abuse.” Parkejm in particular likes the enamel finish which “…doesn’t go yellow like the plastic ones.”

To follow the rest of the discussion hop over to the forum and if you’ve got a suggestion for your favourite machine, have your say.