I'm about to decamp to a wifi free world for half term so thought I'd better get my feedback in now.
The product arrive well wrapped. The staff who organised the delivery were fab. They gave me a date and then called back with a time slot. The dryer was easy to set up. It really is just plug it in and go. Putting the fragrance pod in was bit fiddly but that's probably just because it's the first time of use. It's a very sleek looking machine. No fiddly bits and pieces. Just very simple and clear. I keep my tumble dryer in the garage as there is no place for it in either my kitchen or my utility but I imagine it would look good in any kitchen.
I mainly use my dryer for bedding, towels, uniforms and the main bug bear is that they often don't completely dry and have to be tumbled again. With the Miele, they dried completely. The only duvet cover I had to set away again was my own super-king duvet cover but even that dried much more quickly than previously. The drum is huge. A load of bath sheets that would have filled my normal dryer barely half filled the miele. The size of the drum meant bedding was much less creased when it was dry. I hate ironing bedding so this is a big plus point for me! In terms of drying time, it is considerably shorter. It predicts a time and then as it starts to dry the time is adjusted so it's very intuitive. In actual fact, it often dries in a shorter time than predicted. I don't have any energy metre but I imagine that this means much less energy is being used.
It's noticeably quieter than my current tumble dryer. I had both on together at one point and the hotpoint drowned out the sound of miele. One of my neighbours has workman in at the moment and their chatting could still be heard over the sound of miele even though they are a good distance away. This would be a boon if you keep your dryer in your kitchen. I couldn't demonstrate this with the phone-call as everyone was away or working when I made the video but I think the fact that you can hear me so clearly over the dryer demonstrates that the noise level for this one is very low.
The fragrance pod gives a lovely scent to the drying but it's not overpowering or sickly in any way. It's just right and it does seem to last well. Towels that have been folded and put away for a few days still have a slight scent to them. I'm guessing that you have to order replacements from miele directly which could be a bit of a faff but if you're organised and order several at once it shouldn't be too bad. I put the pod in straight away so it's been used for every load and it hasn't run out yet. It will be interesting to see how long it actually lasts. I don't think it's something you put in and then take out according to your laundry. It was a little fiddly and a bit leaky so once it's in, it's staying in!
So, this dryer retails at around the £1000 mark which is considerably more expensive than other dryers which are often under the £500 mark. Is it worth the extra? Well, that would depend on what is important to you in a dryer. The big pluses for me are the size of the drum, the ease of use, the speed of drying. I also like the fragrance pod. I like that it's energy efficient and I get through my laundry faster as I'm not backlogged waiting for the previous load to dry. The looks and the sound levels aren't as important to me at this point as the dryer is kept in a detached garage. However, I would hope that in the next couple of years that I'll be revamping the utility room and I'd like to bring the dryer indoors at that point so looks and noise levels may increase in importance at that point. So I'm going to say that it probably is worth the money (although, I would probably spend a bit of time chastising myself for spending so much). Overall miele is an 8/10.
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