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by Ao7bei3s 2212 days ago
In Germany, there's Stiftung Warentest ("Product Test Foundation"), with the best domain: https://www.test.de :-D

They are a non-profit with a 55-year history, a stellar reputation and a track record of calling out any issues found. Their test results are broken down in a detailed way, and they have useful graphs like price vs rating. They actually buy their products instead of taking prototypes or commerical samples. They report the real-world, online consumer prices. Their own prices are reasonable (8€/month for all access, incl. PDF downloads).

Washing machine tests are actually one of their staples. See https://youtu.be/6Oke76VZiRw?t=48 (0:48 long term testing, 1:04: standardized lab prepared detergent, 1:56 standardized test clothing and loading schema, 2:15 waste water analysis, 2:36 analysis of cleaned cloth via light reflection, 2:49 power/water usage, 3:31 acoustic test lab, 4:05 useability)