Which washing machine? Miele or Siemens?

Over at Money Saving Expert Rowbo is “confused” She’s looking for a new washing machine and after reading “reviews of every washing machine in the world” has narrowed it down to a Miele Prestige Plus 6 or Siemens. Trouble is the machines she’s shortlisted are very similar in specification and each comes with a five-year warranty. While the Miele is more expensive she wants to know if the extra outlay is worth it and turned to the experts at MSE for help.

Belfastgirl23, jennifernil, Old Joe and doelani each recommend the Miele. Even though she’s just spend over £100 on replacing the door seal on her Miele, belfastgirl23 describes her machine as “…great and has fantastic functionality and is also pretty energy efficient…”. Old Joe too comments: “Yes Miele is initially expensive, but we’ve had our Miele for fifteen years and have never had to spend a penny on it since”, while doelani has owned a Miele washer, dryer and dishwasher for the last eight years and says: “If anyone of them were to die a death and could not be fixed I would only every replace with Miele again. I used to buy cheap and was replacing every year or two.”

So the concensus is unanimous. Miele gets the vote ahead of the Siemens from Money Saving Expert. If it were you, what would you choose? Have your say in the forum.