Thinking of buying a Miele washing machine...?

[napkin]

To ask anyone who own's one, I am thinking about buying one but do they really live up to their name? Because I don't split my washing into fabric type apart from wool only by colour, what cycles are best for this? Does anyone have one a suspended floor, concerned as my flooring is rubbish. Are the washing cycles long? Thanks

Yes I only use the express wash to freshen stuff up or for forgotten stuff

We had one for 19 years, and to be honest it would probably have gone on longer, but we were moving anyway and decided to replace it. I sucked my teeth over the cost at the time, but per wash it worked out brilliant value. I replaced it with another Miele and that one is just as good. Definitely a good investment. I'm less impressed with the Miele tumble-dryer - about to ditch it for a cheap replacement.

Them times on your machine sound good Meandyou. What model do you have? So the 20 min wash are just for one item if you want to get a stain out or freshen up a item quick. I mostly do half loads, does the cotton wash cope well on a half load?

If you do a half load on cottons, the machine will automatically reduce the wash time and water. It has a built in weight sensor

Wool wash sounds great, how long does that take?

WDA110, looking at the back of the manual. You might be able to use the express wash for most of your things, the difference is in the level of agitation for the clothes, it says normal rhythm for express but intensive for the cotton cycle. Half load is fine, will probably be quicker as the machine will adjust automatically to the weight of the clothes.

Wool wash is 39 mins I think.

The express is the 20 min wash though Meandyou isn't it?

Yes, that's what it's called on the front of the machine. But you can also have short/quick programmes of the other cycles, I was just trying to be clear.

None are quicker than express though!

What does the water plus option do?

You can program water plus to do different things. You can either have it do an extra rinse, increased water level or both.

I have mine set to do both an extra rinse and increased water levels. If I'm in a hurry, I sometimes press both short & water plus so it still does a thorough wash.

It means the water levels in the wash and rinse stages are increased. I use that when I wash my dogs bedding to try and get rid of as many hairs as possible!

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So it is better to use it than not to then? Does it add time to the wash?

Depends on how dirty your washing is, I don't use it that much, and it doesn't add time.

I would have thought the machine will use more electricity to heat more water, so not as economic.

Does the machine use much water without it?

We have a Miele Novotronic W828, which we have had for 15 years now. It wasn't cheap, but I can honestly say it was worth every penny!

We can use the quick cycle for full loads and it is a 30 min cycle. We can also highlight a short wash on any of the other cycles so a normal 40°C cotton cycle reduces to just over an hour.

I think I will actually cry when my trusty machine finally bites the dust!

If you actually read the manual, the quick wash is only suitable for half loads.

Water plus is great for washing heavy items like towels. It will only increase the cycle time if you have it programmed to do extra rinse

napkin, the water levels differ on every load depending on how heavy the load is

If you have a look at the John Lewis website, there is a list of the technical specifications. I'm not on a water meter so don't watch my consumption too closely. I assume it uses an average amount.

You can also download the manual from the Miele website

We have a relatively basic one - it's great. Only ever use the automatic wash unless I need extra rinse - can adjust the temp and spin downwards on that one. Reliable so far (5 years I think)

All positive so far. I shall have a look at the manual thanks.