In asking for your views on the BEST washing machine you can buy?

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My beloved Bosch of 10 years has shit the bed.

I'm tempted to just get another one but would like to canvas opinions.

I'm in the States so also have GE, Electrolux and other brands the UK might not have if anyone wants to chip in with those too.

I'm prepared to spend quite a bit, I do probably at least one load a day and use it for hand wash stuff a lot too.

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This is going to sounds weird but I sometimes suffer from OCD and having something not in the wash when I forgot it can send me right over the edge! I'll just have to be careful to check and recheck for any stays.

LG 12kg. I love mine so much- which beat buy. This is my second LG. First one lasted 10 years. Do 3 loads a day

LG has a pause. Very handy

Miele for sure, or Siemens if not

Miele, by a mile. I'm on my second (first lasted 19 years of daily use) and would never buy anything else. They're the Mercedes-Benz of washers.

@MissConductUS does it have a pause button so you can open the door mid wash? (I'm getting unreasonably worried about this )

Just heard from dealer. Miele has no pause function. What the actual fuck?!

No pause. I don't know how you would open the door with water in the drum. You can cancel and it will pump out the water and let you start again.

It's never been a problem thb. If I forget something it just goes in the hamper for the next load.

I was looking at Miele but their weight put me off. There have been times when my washing machine has needed moving and the weight of aMiele is too much. I said what about having to pull it out and the salesman said you don’t as front comes off.

Spending more does not give you quality these days, all machines are intended to last 5 years maybe 7 if you are lucky.

My Bosch is 12 years old. Does this mean my next one won't be as good?

The Bosch opens immediately. It doesn't use much water so it's always lower than the door.

Bosch for me. My last one lasted 15 years.

Current one is three years old and going well. It is the ecosilent drive. It does have a pause function, which is very useful.

My Miele is 20yr years old, had one repair and at 14yrs old (when repaired) had clocked up the Miele equivalent of 22yrs of washes. I would never choose anything else they are brilliant for families.

The best one money can buy is definitely a Miele. It is an awful lot of money, but they last for a very long time.
I have a TwinDos, I use most of the functions, a load every day for washing and drying. It’s amazing.

We have a Samsung ecobubble, love it.

Bought it last year after the Bosch died - only had that 3 years. Never again!

Also changed a Bosch for a Samsung ecobubble, LOVE it.

Another vote for the Samsung Ecobubble. I love mine!

My Bosch lasted 20+ years and I've recently replaced it with another one.

It might be worth getting a subscription to Which? magazine. Only fivers brands available in UK, but it carries out its own performance tests so is way more useful than most review sites

We've got a Samsung, not one of the £££ ones, but I'm very pleased with it so far. A more expensive model had a little mini door so you could add forgotten items.

If I had the cash I’d go for a Miele but I don’t so I have gone for Siemens. Every manufacturer has so many models that you’ll find something with thought function combo to fit your needs. My second hand Miele top loader just died but I was planning on upgrading anyway and even though it didn’t have a dedicated pause button, you could pause it by just turning it of and opening the door. The programme would restart as soon as you turned it on again.

I use powder so self dosing models didn’t interest me but the steam function on my Siemens is the best.

Definitely Miele. I've had mine eight years and it's not given me the slightest bit of trouble. I'm not sure whether you'd call it a bells and whistles machine; I like that a light comes on when I've overdosed the detergent and need to do another rinse cycle, and when the machine needs a 90 degree non-bio wash to clean it out after a series of bio low temperature washes. The handwash programme looks after the most delicate fabrics, there's other options that are very useful

It was a then-recently discontinued model from the 'W' range at a great price at the time my old AEG gave finally up the ghost. it's quiet and does its job well without me noticing it. I'd have paid more for it.

@LakieLady, our previous Bosch lasted a good while as did the second, but the third packed up after 3 years. I am hoping to get 5 out of the new one as they are no longer made in Germany and the quality isn't as good.

Samsung Ecobubble has an issue with jumping around if it is not on a solid concrete floor according to many of the comments and complaints I read when ours shifted alarmingly in a few minutes and only stopped when I turned it off, it travelled the full length of the hose and then started going round in circles. The engineers were unable to rectify it, neither could they stop it from shaking the entire house and causing things to fall off worktops.

My Miele doesn’t have a pause button - you just open the door to add extra things. However it doesn’t allow the door to release after a certain time - not sure if that’s because of water temperature or drum fullness.

Oh and it’s indestructible - husband is a farmer / ag engineer so he is perpetually filthy and our two boys are feral and get their clothes very dirty. The machine is on every day and has never let me down...
It was expensive but it also came with a ten year guarantee so I think it was worth it...

My experience is that Bosch have gone downhill in terms of quality. I now have a (bottom of the range) Miele. I love it.

On the short cycle (works for everything except DS's rugby kit), the water level stays below the door so you can open it at any point and add the stray sock that escaped half way down the stairs.

Yes, it defaults to eco washes, but you can add extra water/pre-wash/rinses.