sevenfourate
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Pointless. All the small print got ignored......
Recommend a brand of Reliable Washing Machine.
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Pointless. All the small print got ignored......
bonzobanana
Guru
I don't think Miele are anywhere near as good as they used to be but the main issue is when their products do need repair, organising repairs can be very time consuming and the price of repair is absolutely ridiculous. It's one thing to be slightly more reliable than your next competitor but then if you charge 3x as much for the repair that is completely uncompetitive. Which is why I would definitely recommend LG over Miele. Almost as reliable and sometimes more reliable and with much better pricing on repairs.
https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/www.miele.de
presta
Legendary Member
Miele are about three times the price to buy in the first place as well.
You often see the comment " we don't make anything in this country anymore ". Ebac is made in this country and offers a 7 year parts and labour warranty. I purchased one of their dehumidifiers for our daughter. When our granddaughter removed and lost the rubber stopper from the permanent drainage port I phoned Ebac, spoke to a charming lady in customer service who said she'd "pop a couple in the post today " at no charge.
Of course they can't compete on price with something that's knocked out at the huge plants in China / Turkey / Poland etc, but it's good to see a company making a go of it.
Interestingly they also make Televisions 😮
Apparently the Rolls Royce of washing machines - !
Tail End Charlie
Well, write it down boy ......
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- In green and pleasant hills.
I used to have a Hotpoint top loader, which my mother passed on to me. She'd had it ten years and I used it for another 15 at least. Eventually the gearbox started leaking and I couldn't find a replacement anywhere, so got another machine. A few months later I was helping a friend empty his garage (he's a right hoarder) and I said "what's that?" - it was a gearbox for a Hotpoint top loader. Grrrrr.
I have a Miele now, which was v expensive when I bought it and it had a couple of faults in the first few years (and Miele have a minimum call out charge), but it's been fine since. It's knocking on for 20 years now.
I'm actually on the lookout for another machine for my lad, so following this thread with interest.
I have a Miele now, which was v expensive when I bought it and it had a couple of faults in the first few years (and Miele have a minimum call out charge), but it's been fine since. It's knocking on for 20 years now.
I'm actually on the lookout for another machine for my lad, so following this thread with interest.
ebikeerwidnes
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The problem with recommending a machine make is that it is based on personal experience
and that is based on a machine that has lasted 10 years or more
Hence it is based on a machine that was made over a decade ago
and in that time businesses might well have changed standards and procedures
and.or been taken over by anotehr company - managers come and gone and all that
so a machine that has lasted 10 years may not always indicate a make that makes good machine now
and that is based on a machine that has lasted 10 years or more
Hence it is based on a machine that was made over a decade ago
and in that time businesses might well have changed standards and procedures
and.or been taken over by anotehr company - managers come and gone and all that
so a machine that has lasted 10 years may not always indicate a make that makes good machine now
Jameshow
Veteran
But which brand!!
presta
Legendary Member
Two Hotpoint and an Indesit (which is also Hotpoint). The point is that lifespan in general doesn't appear to be getting shorter.
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Oh, I didn't know that, thank you for the info.
presta
Legendary Member
They're now both Whirlpool.
