Anybody in the trade face palm's at people questioning Miele. Yes we cant fix them as Miele hold their tech close to their chests even the old stuff but you cant bemoan the quality of the item and they are actually much better value than people think, it's just hard to justify a such an outlay for many people on a menial task product

You are stuck with the same technology for 10 years.. - They wash clothes, 90% of the feature's in the last 10 years have really been gimmick's, Samsung Eco bubble don't do anything.

My old Bosch lasted 15 years at half the price. - A modern Bosch brought in the last 8-10 years be a different kettle of fish now, they use off the shelf parts now just better quality ones where 15 years ago Bosch had a very similar ethos to Miele

I have never had a washing machine, yet, that has not lasted 10 years. - You are lucky many people haven't.

To justify the price, the warranty should be at least 20 years. - price is right for 10 years

Many machines come with a standard warranty of 5 years or more at half the price, eg Panasonic and Samsung - Few do not many and these 2 brands are pretty poor for reliability. People will think they have a quality machine with a Panasonic, think again its made by Vestel in Turkey and you only get 2 years on a Panasonic now because they have allowed Vestel to source the parts at "Vestel" quality where before Panasonic said they must be matched to their samples provided.

Ref the reply regarding the energy efficiency that's an up in the air calculation keeping an older machine running is just as cheap especially these quality machines, the rating are part of the EU energy program which has cost us all a lot of money and doesn't work they are already on the 3rd revision and its confusing, if OEM's could put a hot fill on their appliance they would, except for the cheapies as its a cost cut for them.

Changing an appliance for no reason or buying a cheap washing machine is a false economy and is incredibly uneconomical and ever more dangerous to the environment as it costs more to remove and dump these cheaper machines, can cost council's upto £3500 dumping one machine and pulling the bits off that can be recycled.

A bit much for a washing machine without a dryer even, or is there something incredible about these that I'm missing? Interested, that's all

Yes incredible machines,hence the 10 year guarantee,you have tried the rest now go for the "daddy of em all " ,,Miele ,forget the price,in the long run it works out cheaper,had mine now for 8 years,incredibly quiet,not 1 seconds problem,,,superb machines,nope,I don't work for Miele.hot from me.

Have been married for 46 years and am stil on my second Miele washing machine. Does not have as many programms as new ones but no digital either so very little to go wrong. I do add decalcifier once every 6 months and even my daughter brings her whites because her machine does not do 90C

Equivalent £87 per warranted year until 21 Nov then eqiv £94 per warranted year seems excessive compared to say Samsung at eqiv £62 per warranted year. Difference possibly only justified if you prefer the logo or a unique feature.

I personally wouldn't buy one but owners love them and buy another when they eventually die.
if money no object, get one, it comes on its own wood pallet and has transit skewers instead of bolts.
good price.

I've had mine for 15 years. It cost about 600 quid then. I reckon it's done 15000 washes in that time and all its needed is a new rubber seal around the door...

My Siemens is 20 years old and came with a 10 year warranty, but I will probably get a Miele when it finally dies because the build quality is better on the Miele nowadays.
Timer: yes
Low water usage: yes, but fortunately the default is to override (can't stand machines that favour low water usage over simply washing the clothes effectively)
Hand wash items: yes
Dry clean items: No No No. I wouldn't ever put my tailored suits in a washing machine no matter what the machine claimed to do.

Most new features are marketing gimmicks in my opinion. Including huge 9kg loads, which are great if you want to wash 9kg at a time, but if like me you do lots of small loads because that is how you use your clothes, then these will DESTROY a large drum machine. Large drums cannot handle small unbalanced loads.

And if the other machine costs you a few non-warrantied repairs before you finally give up and replace it, it could have cost you a fair bit more. If you feel that technology has moved on and you fancy an updated model rather than having catastrophic failure force the decision upon you then surely that is a good thing. The old one will be worth something to a grateful neighbour/relative or sold on gumtree etc.