Product review (5 stars): Solid German Engineering
I approached my purchase of this machine with a little trepidation but I have been pleasantly surprised how happy I am with this machine.  I would advise that this machine is not for everyone, if you are looking for a SUV sized machine that can handle laundry loads that require a forklift this probably is not your machine.  Our requirements were smaller, soon there will just be two of us most of the time and we wanted to conserve water, a precious commodity in these parts.  So on that basis I did not want the full sized, American washing machine that would take days for us to fill with clothes in order to justify using all that water.  I would say it holds about 2/3 of what our old full sized front loader did which works out for us.  Even at 2/3 capacity it is plenty, we even took a laundry basket of clothes to the store and filled the machine before purchasing just to be sure and it was fine.

I also have to say that I was taken with the size of these machines and the fact they could be stacked.  The washer and dryer stacked takes up less space than just the washing machine which means more space in the utility room.  Also, they are really quiet.

As for how it cleans I would say it does a great job, no complaints and the spin cycle leaves the clothes so dry that if we decide to air dry certain items it is no big deal they dry almost as quickly as they would have with the old dryer.  There is a variety of specialty cycles and I have even started doing woolens instead of taking them to the dry cleaners.

I realize these machines are expensive, the German company makes a fine product and they are rightly proud of it.  I have a Miele dishwasher, dryer and two vacuums in addition to this washer, so I am convinced.  When my refrigerator goes Miele will be the first brand I consider.