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Re: W3922 vs ISE10
I’m really glad I’ve found this thread as I’ve been seriously looking at buying an ISE10. I too was very fed up with the built-in relatively short life-spans of the ‘lower-budget’ machines. Although I would say that there shouldn’t be such a sniffing at £300 or so as if such an amount was peanuts. One of the reasons we’re going through a credit-crunch is precisely because too many people have such a disregard for money. After all it’s nothing to spend that amount on a small child for a games console! I digress …
The thread has been both instructive and entertaining. I believe that it has brought me considerably closer to reaching a decision to opt for the ISE10. £800 is a huge amount of money, for me at least, but when weighed against the longer term investment and the frustration of having to go through the same process every three or four years, with repair costs in the meantime, then such a decision becomes more clearly justified.
Of course there is always the danger of bias from the seller and the engineer, but throughout this thread, obvious pros and cons and the occasional consumer voice stood out.
Miele may well still lead the field for build and quality but the monopolistic spares and repairs philosophies are more than just a little off-putting. ISE on the other hand are not able to be fairly compared because the company has not been established sufficiently long to allow this or end-of-warranty-reports for even the ISE5!
Another aspect of ISE which attracts me, and I do hope that this isn’t just a sales pitch, is that it promotes ecological values (no throw away philosophies in particular) and it encourages the independent retailer/engineer.
I have posted a query to Which? asking why it has not yet tested ISE washing machines and am awaiting a reply. However I do see that Which? tends to test the more easily available products and household names. I have, though, desperately searched for independent consumer reviews and just a very few did appear in this thread.
What intrigues me most of all, though, is that this mainly serious discussion was conducted by some very testy men who, I’m sure, would have descended into fisticuffs had the thread been face-to-face! Where on earth are the women though?! In GENERAL (not exclusively) it is women who use domestic appliances and their voices were notable by their general absence – ‘though one or two did provide some very welcome experiences – which is all important in decision making.
All in all – thank you for providing this thread and once I have bought my machine I shall provide some future comments on its performance and general demeanour – and hopefully not misdemeanour! Appearance is less important than the above attributes because I just want something that will wash, spin and last! Not much to ask for is it – and for £800 not much to get!
Incidentally, I’m a woman. But I’m sure that was apparent.
