The Miele cooktops I've owned have been nothing special, especially given their price. Good, trouble free units but not really worth a premium. Wolf's CT36 is a nice gas unit that is comparable in price, even though it's higher advertised price. For me it boils down to burner / control arrangement and the "feel" of the knobs or buttons.

First of all, take CU as a starting point, you will get more information from user reviews than a few machines tested in a mocked laboratory. The Electrolux allows up to 21 Minuets in the main wash cycle which should be sufficient in conjunction with a Pre-wash to get a load of laundry cleaned. Anything more than that is really an over kill. If you using the right amount of detergent and correct cycle, the job in a front loader can be completed in 45 minuets up to 2 hours. I've used both IQ and Wave Touch and both performed very well. Not one machine will have a major advantage over another unless you are competing with your neighbor trying to out do them in everything including doing the do in the bedroom! The reason I've brought the Electrolux is because of the largest tub size to wash king sized comforters. Most current washers can handle queens sized comforters, but I needed something larger to stay out of the Laundromat. My old 7.0 dryer can handle that comforter as long as I turned the comforter several time from the inside out to dry completely. As for reliability it will vary from brand to brand, machine to machine. As we all know, everyone load the machine differently and care will varies from family to family. Go to your local Laundromat and take note how these machines are used. Don't laugh, but it will make you think why some home laundry machine fails and looks like it has 20 years on them when in reality it has only 5 years or less on them.

I had a long and detailed post on my Liebherr experience which of course got deleted before I could post....SIGH. Bottom line-- I have mixed review on my happiness quotient after owning a Liebherr for 13 years. Overall-- yes, lives up to its claims for quietness, longevity of dual compressors, freshness of food, nice layout. I do like the little alarm for open door, and the temperature readout. Keeps temp well after all these years! But: some quality problems nonetheless make me less than thrilled. Some no big deal (replaced freezer bin and fridge bin which cracked after the years, but this was okay since they were not hard to find nor expensive to replace; but better would be not cracking at all!) Others I'm not sure how they compare--gasket/seals have cracked and split after this long in service and need replacing. But I didn't lubricate, do other people do this with theirs? They don't look that easy to replace as the ones I am familiar with from older fridges that can be screwed in, I have to investigate this further. This alone wouldn't be real cause for complaint at this age but read on... Problems that are harder to fix and make me wish the quality were somewhat longer lasting --- small piece of plastic on the front framing is chipped off and noticeable, hard to explain where this is, it is not the seal, not the stainless (obviously), but a silver plastic framing piece. Noticeable and hard to see how to replace, it looks welded on? No idea how this happened. But it is consistent with the not super quality of the plastic interior bins that needed replacing. Worse yet: small rust spots on the front of the 'stainless' steel. I haven't ever ever used weird chemicals on it. Seems like it is coming from within? Dealer I spoke with says this is rare. Yah. Well. I didn't *do* anything to it! Of course it is long out of warranty. I have no idea how to fix this--dealer (not my dealer, place I bought it from is out of business now) gave me the number of 'a guy he knows' to get on the list for fixing this, but I couldn't reach him, didn't return my message. I'll try him again, as the 'guy' route is usually the best if you *can* get ahold of 'the guy'. Also, small dent in front door (mop handle? no idea, but it could be because the door swing has always been a bit crazy, guests tend to fling/slam it too wide open) and scratches to front stainless from kids sometime putting letter magnets on it when they were little and moving them around. Should this type of activity cause scratches? Don't know, maybe so, but not terribly impressed. My kids are not rowdier than usual, but they did after all touch it with magnetic kid things at some point. Alls I can say is that the Miele stainless dishwasher looks like new after 13 years, the Miele stainless cooktop has taken a lot more pummelling and looks better than the Liebherr at this point 13 years later. So the very attractive styling of Liebherr, the gentleman (lieb-herr), is compromised at this point by rust pin spots, a dent and little scratches, chipped plastic bit on front. Yeah, it's old, but would a subzero or Miele look like this at this age?, I don't know, but I do know my Miele dishwasher, washer, dryer, cooktop, even vacuum look great after decade plus of service. And the vacuum gets flung and banged around, a fridge sits there! Liebherr looks...old. Also functionally-- the auto defrost is not super fantastic. As I said, it does work, and work after 13 years, that is something! But, the normal dripping down the back inside --can't let stuff touch that or it will ruin produce that touches it. Hole in back gets plugged and you have to jab at it with a toothpick. Not too glamorous l Freezer gets ice build up on bottom inside and needs too frequent defrosting. I'm not in love with all this. I take it mostly 'normal' function for Liebherr design. I didn't get an ice maker so that never failed. Not sure what is better, but I'd love to get something that captures the pros of Liebherr without the cons. I will be moving soon and buying so anyone with recs, please advise! I may start a new thread... but that's my Liebherr report from a longtime owner. I'll come back and post model if I find that info... but it's a freestanding 30 inch fridge over 3 drawer freezer model.

We are going with the Bosch Benchmark line, cooktop and wall oven with 800 series dishwasher. Seems well received and a great rebate program now thru November too !