Thread Number: 63585
/ Tag: Modern Automatic Washers
Which Miele Washers Are Best? |
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Post# 861637 , Reply# 1   1/13/2016 at 14:39 (3,018 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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With or without matching dryers on CL over the past several months. Problem as always is they usually aren't near where one lives. *LOL*
There is also the fact it takes a great leap of faith to purchase a Miele washer sight unseen and have it shipped several states. Unless NIB you need the shipping struts properly reinserted and the unit otherwise prepared/crated for shipment. Then you have the cost of shifting these heavy beasts. After the 1900 series opinions vary about the 1100/1200 series. Some love them others feel too much user control was taken away in favor of set cycles/programs. The 3000 and 4000 series you already know about so.... Problem with finding another 1900 series washer is unless it is coming from a very low use household you are talking about an appliance nearing the end of it's usable life. Not saying the thing wont' work flawlessly but chances are greater it will need things like new shocks, perhaps a bearing replacement, etc... Have seen 1900 series washers offered on CL and elsewhere for very dear money but with "needs new shocks". Or, "makes noise on spinning/bearing shot".... For this people wanted two, three, four or more hundred dollars to get a machine that is basically unusable. All this being said the only real deal killer for Moi at least would be bearings gone or on their way out. Some can and have done such a repair at home but that isn't an option here. Miele USA can but often refuses to do such work on non-warranty machines even if one begs on bended knee. Even if they do consent the machine must be shipped back to New Jersey, work done, then sent back. At Miele's rates they correctly point out you could buy one or possibly two new machines. Only true worthy substitute one likes for the 1900 series would be the "Little Giant" washers. You can often find such units a near give away prices (selling for only $1,000-$2,000, which is a steep discount from their MSRP. Problem with the LG are same as with Miele 1900 and other washers except 3000 series; the voltage requirements. Few homes have the power requirements for the Little Giant washers and given their limited capacity and cycle choices aren't interested in spending to have electrical service upgraded. Keep searching CL from say Delaware to Maine, sooner or later a 1900 series washer will pop up. |
Post# 861685 , Reply# 3   1/13/2016 at 19:02 (3,018 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Outside of the large one's I use at local laundromat. Others will have to answer.
One thing didn't like about SQ washers then and perhaps now is the lack of full spins between rinses. The laundromat machines while new with modern electronic controls and so forth only do a series of pulse spins between at least the first two rinses. There are only three total so am not that impressed. Then of course SQ does not offer a domestic washer with heating. In a perfect world would keep my Miele 1070 and Oko-Lavamat for "special" things and or when stain removal requires a profile wash. For large/bulky loads and or where having boil wash capability isn't needed a SQ or similar quasi commercial machine. Toyed with getting a Miele 4000 series both before they left the market and when seen on CL... However the machines had too many problems and was put off the idea.. Again keep your eyes peeled, a Miele 1900 series or even 1100 or 1200 will crop up sooner or later. You can use as a secondary to take some of the work off the 1903, once you get it running that is. Since you have the 220v connection at the ready you might also consider an old school Asko washer. |