Digital Spy contributors recommend Miele

Howardl started the thread Miele Washing Machines on the Digital Spy Forum stating,

“I know they are expensive. Are they worth the extra money? The one I was looking at was £1000.”

The response has been almost entirely positive with Miele users jumping into the thread and passing on how they’ve found the brand. Humdrummer is a Miele fan,

“We got ours as Miele was recommeneded as the best for rinsing clothes, which is a plus for us as we have eczema sufferers in the family. We got a mid-range one and it’s been fab. Not a days bother with it and it’s now two years old. I would get another one.”

And Superluke2 discusses his particular model, the W562

“Bought a Miele W562 3 years ago. Quiet, probably because it’s heavy. Paid £550. A great bit of kit well worth the money. Look around for warranties, we got 5 years from the Miele website.”

There’s loads of Miele conversation on the thread, including discussion on their service division. Click through to read it all or leave your own thoughts.

Miele Prestige 6 washing machine – worth the money?

Perfidalbione is on the look out for new washing machines on hotukdeals.com, and “knows Miele are more expensive than other brands although you save afterward with extended warranty and you can argue they build better machines”.

Longbowassassin is quick to open the debate “Great product Miele… Had our washer/dryer more than ten years and still going strong”, Renown adding “you won’t beat these for washing machines”. Kankan is adamant that one should purchase a Miele if the money is available explaining “the Miele are way ahead in terms of quality compared to the competition, exceptionally effective cleaning and they will generally last you around 10-25 years”.

Matedodgy isn’t so sure, commenting “Nice deal for the rich” – but Kingy58 is not only keen to counter the argument, but do so in explicit terms. “Buy a £300 machine and replace it every few years or buy a £500 machine and have something that outlasts 3 cheap machines, to me that’s better value. But you carry on buying the cheap stuff that keeps breaking down, that way the shops won’t run out of quality goods for those of us that want them.”

Pop over here to have your say.

Miele washing machines – worth the money?

Amid discussion of “fault codes mean on washing machines?” over on theit.org forum, more discussion of Miele has come up – and more importantly whether the price is worth it for the quality of machine.

It seems the answer is an almost unequivocal yes.

DR2336 suggests that one should “Buy a Miele … it came with a free 10 year part and labour warranty and it’s made to last 20yrs” and bertieboo is “looking into buying a Miele at this very moment” as he “know[‘s] someone who had a Miele last year and she said it rinses better than anything she’s had in recent years”.

But it’s DR2336 who has the final word on the matter, saying that “£700 over 20 yrs isn’t an expensive machine as a 10yrs service contract would cost you most of that these days.” Join the conversation here.