OT: Bosch Kitchen Ovens, Pieces Of Junk Options

[windforfun]

They're overpriced pieces of shit that even Bosch can't repair. Don't buy one.

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[wonkipop]

been specifying electrical goods for my houses for 30+ years.

one word. miele.

next peg down. asko.

then the rest, despite the german or italian names.
when it comes to that middle tier - the NZ brand fischer paykell is the equal of any of them at a lower price.

for domestic refridgeration. #1 = liebherr.

you get what you pay for?


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i have clients who still have their 25 year old miele washing machines, dishwashers and ovens still going strong.

in the few jobs where clients over-rode the spec and advice to choose other brands, the installed appliances bit the dust in less than 10 years. then i get called back to design adaptions for joinery to accomodate replacement items. all a waste of my time and their money.

[porschetub]

been specifying electrical goods for my houses for 30+ years.

one word. miele.

next peg down. asko.

then the rest, despite the german or italian names.
when it comes to that middle tier - the NZ brand fischer paykell is the equal of any of them at a lower price.

for domestic refridgeration. #1 = liebherr.

you get what you pay for?


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i have clients who still have their 25 year old miele washing machines, dishwashers and ovens still going strong.

in the few jobs where clients over-rode the spec and advice to choose other brands, the installed appliances bit the dust in less than 10 years. then i get called back to design adaptions for joinery to accomodate replacement items. all a waste of my time and their money.

Jeez don't mention F&P to me when they built them in NZ they were rubbish as I found out,they moved production oversea's and I was told quality improved...true.
Had good luck with Simpson over the years and purchased another washer as the old one died after 15yrs , turned out they moved production to China and mine was one of those ,started switching off between cycles after a month but would manually restart,service man came out and replaced control board after me telling him it wasn't that ,failed again so he replaced timer which worked fine.
This went on over a long period and he replaced the main drive motor ,@ this stage the parts cost more than the machine cost ,I told him I wanted a replacement and he said he would keep replacing parts (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif) ,I mentioned my original comment that I assumed the issue was with the drum ,he said he would have a look and found the drum imbalance switch was out of adjustment and shutting off the machine ..fixed.
My point here is there are techs who don't know how to fix them anymore...sad really.