In recent months, its and devices that appear in the vast majority of homes have been very focused, the Organization of Consumers and Users (OCU) has detailed this time according to its durability and reliability. Two key aspects to find the safest purchase, which promises years of good results and few problems in washing machines, dishwashers, refrigerators and dryers.
These are times of house changes, driven by the mobility effect of the pandemic, and the OCU also wants to be up to date to help as much as possible the thousands of consumers who in recent months have launched, and will launch, to buy an appliance with which to equip your new home.
Also for those who have reached the end of their useful life, finding the best replacement can give up to 15 years of peace of mind without that significant up-front expense. And it is that, in general, an appliance has a useful life of between 11 and 12 years, but there are brands that guarantee that discount of up to almost 1,500 more days.
For this reason, the classification that analyzes the best brands on the market, according to their durability and reliability. The first is a clear example of a fight against programmed obsolescence in certain components, while the second responds to the opinions of customers (almost 85,000 users from Belgium, France, Italy, Portugal and Spain) who are more or less satisfied with the investment they made. they did a few years ago.
Miele, the brand that lasts the longest
Thus highlighting both factors is without a doubt the champion of this particular list. With a great tradition since its foundation in Germany in 1899, this firm has achieved results that exceed 14 years of life in the four main appliances, with washers and dryers around 16 years of durability, as well as the best reliability on the market (87 and 86, respectively, out of 100). In its must, the reliability in refrigerators where it gets a note of 73 points.
A refrigerator business that presents, without a doubt, the great particularity between brands. Thus, while in other electrical appliances, in general, the firms with the longest durability also present the most reliable products, in refrigerators it only exceeds 13 years of useful life and the rating of 80 (83).
German companies with a presence all over the world are ultimately the best investment
From the Electrolux group, this Italian company also has a long history behind it (since 1919) with a presence in more than 150 countries. With outstanding authority in the four analyzed appliances, only in dryers does it not appear in those that exceed 10 years of life (12 in washing machines and dishwashers and 14 in refrigerators), while it is in dishwashers where it does not reach 80 reliability points ( 73), leading the tables in washers and dryers (87 and 86, respectively).
Finally, the institution reviews the implantation in European homes of other famous brands such as , and . The three Germans stand out in durability and reliability, the first and the third respectively, while the second glass analyzes in both aspects with always more than 12 years of useful life and always exceeding 80 in valuation except in refrigerators (73).
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