Miele really worth it?

If it's not got an iphone app to tell you when it's done it's rubbish. Gimmicks will sell machines these days.

Miele have a good rep and you want your wife to be able to "show off" to her friends that she can afford better white goods than her neighbours don't ya?
 
We had a Zanussi in the family since I was born. Was passed onto me and blew up a few years ago. Lasted about 20 years which is fantastic. We bought a Zanussi to replace it. Can't remember how much we paid but was only around £400 mark. Still going strong 5 years later.

I have no idea how good Zanussi are in the white good sector. I leave that decision making to missus. I just look at the stats and try and get the biggest numbers for my money ;).

I do agree generally to spend a little bit more than buying cheap ten times but spending 2k on a washing machine. No way.
 
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I reckon that it depends on whether you want a cheap functional machine that you can replace every few years or a long lasting thing, that in ten years time will still be ok but lack the latest feature (spin speed etc) .... ya pays ya money and takes ya choice!

I have a direct drive LG washer drier that has been fine for 7 years and is very quiet but cost £800 ish when I bought it.
 
The £250 BEKO we bought last year is still better than the £500 Samsung with all the bells and whistles that conked out on us several times over a 5 year period. Does it wash clothes? Yes. Is it quiet? Yes. Job done.

We have a BEKO Fridge Freezer too, that's been spot on for 8+ years. Apart from having to have it's condenser replaced as a precaution amid housefiregate :o
 
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The £250 BEKO we bought last year is still better than the £500 Samsung with all the bells and whistles that conked out on us several times over a 5 year period.

We have a BEKO Fridge Freezer too, that's been spot on for 8+ years. Apart from having to have it's condenser replaced as a precaution amid housefiregate :o
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I have a Beko CF5533APW Frost Free Fridge Freezer and tbh I'm not a fan.
but I needed one quick and that could be delivered the same day.

What I Don't like is how it turns it self on and off so often , every time I go near the kitchen it seems to be running like it doesn't maintain it's temperature for a very long time at all. (no problem with everything staying ice cold/frozen though with it set to number 3 it goes upto 6)
Where as my other 10year old hotpoint I barely ever hear it turn on but it's a much more expensive fridgefreezer like 3x the price.
I get the feeling my £250 beko is an inefficient design that is putting a lot of stain on the compressor.

for a fridge freezer I think it's definitely worth it to get something a little expensive.

My ex has a £200 beko washing machine though that I installed for her and it's really good everything about it seems well built and fairly good quality.
It's amazingly quiet and doesn't vibrate a lot but I think it only goes up to 1400 spin.

she used to have a fairly expensive fancy one with a huge drum but it made tons of racket and had a habit of wearing the motor brushes out fairly fast because unless it was a full load it would struggle to balance the load out
 
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We bought a Hoover washer/drier which has been with us about two years with not a hiccup - about £600. I would rather have gone for an LG Direct Drive machine but i was restricted by the depth of the machine (it had to fit in a cupboard in the kitchen).

I have to say that I was amazed by how quiet the LG was when i was at a friend's house. You really can barely tell that it's on. My Hoover on the other hand is quite noisy, but seems solid enough.

I would definitely not cheap out on white goods though, and Miele do have an awesome rep.
 
arknor said:
What I Don't like is how it turns it self on and off so often , every time I go near the kitchen it seems to be running like it doesn't maintain it's temperature for a very long time at all. (no problem with everything staying ice cold/frozen though with it set to number 3 it goes upto 6)
Where as my other 10year old hotpoint I barely ever hear it turn on but it's a much more expensive fridgefreezer like 3x the price.
I get the feeling my £250 beko is an inefficient design that is putting a lot of stain on the compressor.
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Although I've nothing to compare it to, I've a feeling your probably right on that front. It does seem to be humming away more often than not. It's serving us well though so no complaints.
 
If you have a utility room to put these appliances in then noise won't be an issue.
Our washing machine in the utility can't be heard when it's on on full spin speed (1600) - bliss :)
 
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See this is silly it was some Firdge freezers that had a tiny chance of causing house fires all of which have now been fixed for free.
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Aye, when we had ours fixed I was told the part didn't have any sign of the fault which caused the small number of fires anyway.

Any product can have QA issues leading to a recall, no matter how cheap/expensive. Didn't the first lot of Ferrari 458's spontaneously combust on some owners? :p

I won't scrimp on some things like a decent TV, car tyres etc. but I don't see the point in spending many hundreds (if not thousands) on washing machines and fridge freezers (unless money was no object and I could afford the best of everything without batting en eyelid).
 
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Only thing that annoys me about my Miele is that it does not have delayed start (paid £1200 for it couple of years ago, it's the Stainless Steel one).

The good thing though is it developed a fault within a week, so they upgraded to 1600 from 1400 for free.
 
jas72 said:
I'm appauled at the knowledge of domestic applicances the "men" of this forum are professing to have. :(

Full of disappoint ;)
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Welcome to the modern world :D

Men like gadges and gizmos? most domestic appliances these days are full of button and LED's attracting men like moths to a flame
 
Efour said:
lol i cant remember the last time i bought a gadget or appliance and thought,

"Gee i hope this is safe"
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Between 2005 and 2007 if it was anything by Creda, Hotpoint, Indesit, Ariston, Belling & Cannon then you should have.
At least once a week we (QA) would bring to the attention of the Italian owners that something was not safe and they would come down and sign them off to our disgust.
I suppose the next question is how many customers were seriously injured or died during that time? - Probably none but that's not the point.

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I'm appauled at the knowledge of domestic applicances the "men" of this forum are professing to have. :(

Full of disappoint ;)
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There is only me and Oldcoals who have spent decades in the industry.
I was checking, testing, building, auditing and repairing for nearly 3 decades and I think Oldcoals has repaired them for decades.
 
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