Avoid like the plague the following.
Hoover / Candy
Indesit
Beko
Curry or Comet own brand.
Miele are over priced, you would be shocked at the mark up on them.
Honest advice buy and LG with direct drive.
Which brands, there a re quite a few you could list.
You mentioned Indesit, well Creda, Hotpoint and Ariston are made with exactly the same parts sourced from the same places and made in the same Polish factory.
My mum's had a Beko washer for years and we just got rid of a Hotpoint that my OH's parents had for about 10 years before we got it, been working fine for another 3 years at our house.
Our fridge is Indesit and is great.
Think there's a lot of brand snobbery about - "I must have Bosch or Miele products which cost £1 gazillion otherwise I'm less of a person."
It isn't brand snobbery certain brands are dire.
OK, well in my experience you're talking rubbish. I've had a few of these brands and none of them have been 'dire'.
My mum's had a Beko washer for years and we just got rid of a Hotpoint that my OH's parents had for about 10 years before we got it, been working fine for another 3 years at our house.
Our fridge is Indesit and is great.
Think there's a lot of brand snobbery about - "I must have Bosch or Miele products which cost £1 gazillion otherwise I'm less of a person."
Just seems that whenever people ask for advice on these sorts of things, says for example, "I have a budget of £300", then straight away people are going "Oh no, don't go for a **** cheap brand, splash out another £600 and buy an expensive German one instead!" which to a lot of people is just totally out of budget.
No, I say Bosch which might be a tiny bit dearer.
I would be cautious of Bosch because they don't seem to make anything anymore.....
They tend to buy things in and rebrand them as their own, so trust in the brand name seems foolish. I know that's what they do for most of their products, not certain about the washing machines.
That said, I did just buy a Bosch car battery, but only because I know it is made by Varta, and Varta are good.