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the_black_tie_diyer
Hi!
If you bought them 30 or 40 years ago, you would probably still have & use them - and be in total awe about the brand.
Nowadays they won't last significantly longer than other high quality brands, yet cost (partly, a lot) more.
At the end of high school I did an internship at a household appliances type store. Getting out old Miele machines was a real struggle, they were build to last - down to the very last screw. Especially if they had to be carried out of old basements over tiny concrete stairs/steps ... Getting the newer Miele machines down there was a breeze compared to that. They don't build them like they used to, and they live off/ solely rely on the brands reputation that was built decades ago. And most people weren't getting rid of the old ones because they were defective, but because they wanted newer technology/ energy saving program(s) and "silent program" for those running the washing machine in the kitchen or bathroom of a rental flat during night hours.
Old Miele: Two persons are absolutely necessary to move machine. New Miele: One person can lift and move machine. Rely on 2nd person for stairs ...
If you can get a good deal on them, you get good machines. But don't expect any wonders. If you have to pay significantly more for them than you would on other brands machines, I wouldn't bother getting them.
Hope this helps.
Kind regards,
Oliver
If you bought them 30 or 40 years ago, you would probably still have & use them - and be in total awe about the brand.
Nowadays they won't last significantly longer than other high quality brands, yet cost (partly, a lot) more.
At the end of high school I did an internship at a household appliances type store. Getting out old Miele machines was a real struggle, they were build to last - down to the very last screw. Especially if they had to be carried out of old basements over tiny concrete stairs/steps ... Getting the newer Miele machines down there was a breeze compared to that. They don't build them like they used to, and they live off/ solely rely on the brands reputation that was built decades ago. And most people weren't getting rid of the old ones because they were defective, but because they wanted newer technology/ energy saving program(s) and "silent program" for those running the washing machine in the kitchen or bathroom of a rental flat during night hours.
Old Miele: Two persons are absolutely necessary to move machine. New Miele: One person can lift and move machine. Rely on 2nd person for stairs ...
If you can get a good deal on them, you get good machines. But don't expect any wonders. If you have to pay significantly more for them than you would on other brands machines, I wouldn't bother getting them.
Hope this helps.
Kind regards,
Oliver
But after we got rid of that annoying Bauknecht, we bought Siemens and are very happy with the washing machine so far. Dryer is still the same AEG, which is OK. Albeit we're still not used to the time it takes for sheets getting dry ... And looking at energy costs it gets even more silly. So the next dryer will be a Siemens, maybe that is "our" brand. 
