jasejames:
Where is it made?
If Spain, these are a con. The low-end washers are built in Spain to a much lower quality standard than the more expensive German ones, and unfortunately they seem to be taking over more and more of Bosch's range.
If it is a Spanish one you may as well buy a Zanussi. Personally I'd have a Miele anyway as they are built to a higher standard.
not strictly true on either count - the Bosch washer dryer is made in China and is one of their most reliable products - I do agree on the spanish washers but you can easily avoid these by buying Classix or Excel ( Polish ) or logixx ( german )- but if you buy these you may aswell go for Siemens which is the same company but gives a 5 year parts and labour warranty on all their washers, but not the washer dryer.
Miele machines are good, but they are not what they used to be - if you study the washer dryer you will notice it doesn't say made in germany on it - and for good reason - it isn't !
If you want to pay £1k for a washer dryer made in eastern europe this is the one for you.
Personally I would buy this Bosch or the Siemens WD12D520GB instead - its just as good and half the price.
