Which washing machine is best Bosch or AEG?

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Helping DM choose a new machine after a disastrous experience with a Samsung

She has seen these two both on offer at John Lewis - does anyone know if there is any difference in reliability between the brands or are they both decent ?

www.johnlewis.com/aeg-l6fbi941n-freestanding-washing-machine-9kg-load-a-energy-rating-1400rpm-spin-white/p3349920

www.johnlewis.com/bosch-waq284s0gb-freestanding-washing-machine-8kg-load-a-energy-rating-1400rpm-spin-white/p1603110

Any input welcome as we are dithering !
Thanks

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Sorry no advice but watching with interest as we are looking for a new 9kg 1400 spin washing machine with steam!

I have a very similar Bosch (WAQ283S1GB) paid 400 from A.O in Aug 2015
It's great. Use it pretty much daily and it fits loads in.
Some wash cycles are quite long but I use the speed perfect setting for most things and never had any issues. I'd definitely buy Bosch appliances again, DH works with Bosch equipment through work, although not household appliances, and said their parts are superior

Personally I'd recommend Bosh had mine over 12 years and it's not let me down. I do a lot of washing I'd say over 10 loads a week and it's never let me down.

Bosch one is a which best buy with a 76% rating pic attached. Couldn't find anything on the other one.

I have an older version of the Bosch one & it’s great. Was £520 from ao nearly 6 years ago so £399 looks like a great price.

The standard cycles are long, but can be reduced with the speed perfect button (although that then removes a rinse but you can add one back in for not much more time)

Get a Siemens best ive ever had

I don't know but can tell you that my current AEG is now 21 years old! Been used a lot, only had one minor repair in that time and is still fantastic.

Interested as I am putting a new kitchen in and was thinking of a Bosch washing machine as I have a Bosch fridge which has been great.

I had the 7kg version of that Bosch and it was fab. It died at Christmas after six years of constant use. In that time I only had to have an engineer out to it once, four years in. I would have bought the same again but wanted a 9kg drum.

Thanks for replies .
I have a Bosch which I am pretty happy with and is in near constant use .
Just didn't want to sway her based on my opinion Alone !

Lapdance that's exactly what I do with mine - speedperfect then an extra rinse

I have an AEG front load machine. This is the brand I will never ever buy again. It is a fancy machine with lots of options and functions, like steam, but it has a huge disadvantage: it does not respect your will. It happened several times that I chose a program and the machine chose a different one. For example, I chose 800 rpm spin, but when I took off the clothes everything was so wrinkled and dry that it definitely spinned at 1200 or 1400 rpm. This was the smaller problem. The bigger one was that it set the temperature to 40 C instead of 30, when I washed also hand made wool. It happened twice, once a hand knitted shawl shrinked, once a table runner that I wove. I am just wondering why I gave 600 euros for a machine that distroyes my clothes? Machines should make our lives easier. Of course, I experienced these problems after the warranty was over... I don't have any experience with Bosch, but I guess it just cannot be worse that AEG.

Oh. I was going to recommend AEG. My previous one lasted 16 years. I'm now on my second one.