"RichardS" noaccess@invalid wrote in message
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We've got one,and have never had problems, but ours is only 3 years old.

W844 model - got it from John Lewis.Can't remember how much - around £400
IIRC, was much cheaper than anywhere else.

Couple of things about Miele that make them attractive.

First, they're completely electronic controls -this is a big bonus over
mechnical motorised switch from reliability point of view.

Virtually all washing machines have full electronic controls today. They
have rotary dials, with artificial stops that give the impression of a
mechanical switch, for ease of use. Digital displays confuse people.

Which magazine did point out that modern machines are far more reliable than
those of 10,15, 20 years ago. So, an average performing machine today in
reliability, will be a top of the range machine 10 years ago. There is no
sense in buying a super expensive machine purely for reliability these days.



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