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We are looking into buying a new machine (My wife and I).

We currently own the Indesit W103 and while it has served us well for the past 3 years (Moving in gift from the outlawz) it is now starting to cause more problems than it's worth. The belt has come off 3-4 times in 4 months. The pump clogged, it stopped draining properly and the programme select had a mid life crisis and decided it would do as it please. Though we are very fortunate that where we live, we have a genuine and reliable washing machine repair man. £10 call out and hardly any labour, so can't compain. I would prefer not to have to rely on his services to get by.

This machine served us well until about 5.5 months ago when our Son arrived. Now we (well my wife) uses the machine a lot at least once a day if not 2 or even 3 times depending on how grubby we are this is when we have started noticing that the reliability of the machine isn't quite what we had hoped.

From reading your reviews and thoughts on a wide variety of machines and looking at the Which reviews I would now not buy an indesit machine from choice.

I have read (and downloaded you video clips) regarding the Miele W3740. This does indeed look like a superior machine and I would say this is at the top end of our budget. Being £759.99 on Currys. I take it this machine would handle our washing load and ask for more

My questions are these:

Could you recommend a machine that would be suitable for a family of 3 around the £400 mark

Could you recommend a machine that would be suitable for a family of 3 around the £600 mark

I know spending less in the near future may mean spending more in the long term, just it would give us a range of options.

Basically I could spend a little now or spend a lot.

However with Miele offering an extended 10 year guarantee at the moment, is this just too good a deal to pass up?

You time and response is much appreciated.

(Much more in-depth than Which by the way)