There are few household panics worse than the realisation that you need to buy a new washing machine and that’s the problem confronting mandragora over at the Money Saving Expert forum. Faced with the prospect of going “to work in a ballgown”, she’s asked her fellow money savers for suggestions for “a real gem of a machine”.

While Bosch, Siemens and Whirlpool all have their advocates, it’s Miele owner dazzer68, who not only has a washing machine which he describes as “…brilliant. quiet easy to use and robust”, but also owns a dishwasher, coffee machine” and “will be changing the tumble dryer when that goes too. excellent build and quality” who gives the first vote for Miele. Imho too, gives another vote thus: “More expensive than most other washing machines but they never break down”, while mersey recently “bought a Miele Paragon plus from John Lewis six weeks ago, cost a arm and a leg, fantastic machine, with free delivery and free ten year warranty”

However, it’s Rosekitten who sums up Miele’s reputation best of all: “[It] took me a long time to realise that some people buy one machine and never buy another. The ones that do this all own Miele washers.”

To follow the rest of the conversation jump over to Money Saving Expert.