Washer, dryer - does it make sense to get Miele, or are some other brands just as good?

[SteamyTea]

My old Bosch, an AvantiXX, uses 1.3 kWh for a wash and spin.  About 20p a wash then.

I use it probably 3 times a week.  ~£30/year in electricity.

It cost me £600, 14 years ago, so £43/year.

Call it £100/year.  £2/week.  Less than a coffee, or the Sunday Times.

 

I really don't think that energy efficiency is an important factor with washing machines, really just a function of how much water is used.

Tumble dryers, if you really do need on, which you probably don't, is a different matter.  Heat Pump ones are the way to go environmentally, but probably not financially.

 

A quick look at my price chart, which includes meter rental and VAT, shows that at 2 AM, the time I set the washing machine to come on, the mean price is £0.04.  As we are 62 days into the year, that is £2.50 (ish) for clothes washing.  This will go up during the year as I will be working more hours in a hot, sweaty, smelly kitchen.

But 4p/day to keep clothes, towels, bed linen clean, bargain.  There are much more effective ways to save energy.

 

[Temp]

Always had Bosh machines and they have lasted 10+ years. Would buy again. Few months back I compared the energy consumption on different modes and the Eco cycle did save electricity even if it doubled the wash time. 

 

I'd look for a model with an induction motor rather than one with brushes. These should be quieter and need less maintenance.

[Mike]

On 04/03/2023 at 21:10, joe90 said:

Unless it’s not gone wrong, like my 21 year old zanussi

I still have a Zanuzzi bought one in the late 1980s. I've replaced the pump and the door lock, but other than that it's still OK - though I do plan to replace it later this year.

[Dave Jones]

On 04/03/2023 at 19:55, jonM said:

I had a Miele washing machine which came with a 10 year guarantee and lasted 11 years before it needed replacing. I bought a samsung as a replacement which had a 5 year guarantee on the machine and 10 years on the motor. It was 35% the price of the siemens and 7 years on it is still going strong. The samsung machines always do very well in "which" surveys. Efficiency and performance is also improving so quickly that I am not sure that keeping a washing machine going for 20 years makes economic sense. 

 

had a samsung with 10 year motor warranty. bearing failed after 18 months, refused to honor warranty.