Is Miele the best bet for a money saving expert

Laundry horror stories ahoy on money saving expert and after [another brand]’s washing machine gave up – discussion is rife on the board about what brand would best replace it.

“Recently replaced [other brand] with a Miele washer dryer and it is amazing” says gunsandbanjos, while Cornopean relays that he “took a gamble on a Miele washing machine a couple of years back – so far, so good”. Trumpton has no experience with Miele washing machines but can report “I have a Miele vacuum which is excellent”.

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Getting hitched? Need a washer dryer? Read this thread…

Mrs Cee of hitched.co.uk has a washer dryer “on its last legs and [is] looking at getting a new one but just wondering what are the best makes to get”. It’s no doubt a common problem and one that the other members of the forum are quick to pitch in and help with.

“Zanussi, AEG, Bosch (as long as it says made in Germany) ,Siemens & Miele are good brands, it all depends what you want to spend at the end of the day. Miele are the best but cost the most.” Suggest DDiva, while Dooby confirms that “I’d say that the Miele we’ve got currently is definitely the best”.

Pop over to make your own assertion, or read the rest of the comments.

Washer dryer discussion at paidtoshop.co.uk

“Can anyone recommend – either from personal experience or from reviews etc – a washer dryer?” asks Dominic on paidtoshop.co.uk, and as ever – responses have been particularly swift and useful.

5dogs has suggested “The repair man (who knows us well) has recommended Miele, so that’s what I’ll get when our warranty runs out” and SuzyWoo agrees that she too “would like a Miele to” with the caveat that “Hotpoint is more [her] pricepoint at the moment”. Grace & Flavour suggests “If I had to have a combined W/D – I’d go for a Miele…”

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“…I want the best machines we can find.”

When your appliances are rather worn, defunct – or quite frankly ex-appliances – whitegoods shopping beckons and with it a wide choice of hardware that one must painstakingly choose. But what should one go for? Well if you’re anything like oldgreypoet from the ‘A little bit of bread…and no cheese’ blog, you pick Miele as this duologue describes:

“I don’t know about you,” I said, “but this is something I don’t want to have to repeat any time soon. And I want the best machines we can find.”
“Easy, then,” said Graham. “We’ll go for Miele.”
“Gulp,” I said, feeling my wallet gripping tight to the inside of my pocket.
“Yup. I know. But it’ll be worth it. Tell ya what. You pay for the washer/dryer and I’ll pay for the dishwasher.”
“Fair enough.”

And lo, one house kitted out in plenty of Miele goods, a fact celebrated by the majority of oldgreypoet’s readers. L’autre Monique suggests that Miele are a “very nice choice of brand indeed! Those washer/dryer combos aren’t as common here in the States as I know they are in Europe, but they should gain in popularity eventually for their space-saving advantages also among others.” Bex meanwhile says “Over here, if you have ‘money’ (which a LOT of folks do around this area) then you buy Miele everything”.

Excited by their purchase, oldgreypoet is now patiently awaiting delivery of the “gleaming new top of the line machines…We’ll be more than ready for [them] when they arrive.”

To wash, dry or both? Which are the best machines for your kitchen?

AVForums.com is the UK’s biggest home consumer electronics discussion resource, so it’ll come as no surprise to anyone that community member doodles deemed it the best place to lay down a number of slightly garbled questions about washing machines.

“Looking for a washing machine, what would be better choice in reliability/quality etc, washer or washer dryer, pro’ cons, apart from it also dry’s??” he says… And as well as getting a number of strong recommendations on which companies to strongly avoid, doodles does get this piece of sage advice from Anwarsadat, who suggests “It all depends on your budget to be honest.”

“I swear by Miele products” he says, but concurs that “they’re not cheap.” Would it be worth getting the cheaper machine though? Not in Anwarsadat’s opinion, who states “cheaper brands are false economy though, if you do a lot of washing drums/bearings tend to wear out very quickly on the likes of Hotpoint/Whirlpool etc.”

Oh, and as for washer-dryers, Anwarsadat again with a fairly unequivocal statement of his thoughts on those. “Don’t get a washer dryer if you have the space for separates…”.

To read the rest of the conversation in full, hop over to AV Forums.