[moepstar]

> Its Siemens, Bosch and Miele, but mainly Bosch which doesn't command Miele's high price and reliability/features are OK for us.

From my experience, you can't go wrong with either of those - and, just in case you didn't know already, Siemens and Bosch are basically one - even operating under "BSH", Bosch/Siemens Home Appliances: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSH_Hausger%C3%A4te

That also means that each company basically has their own version of each product - i.e. the same fridge with slightly different features (different tray combinations/heights/...) are available from both (varying model # of course) - and one may be even a little cheaper than the other...

[denton-scratch]

With Bosch, I was told by the installer that the only reason for paying for top-of-the-range models was for additional features. The underlying machinery is the same in all models.

To my reasoning, more features means more things to fail, means less reliable. And I've always disliked feeping creaturitis - I always use the same settings on appliances. And I get to pay less if there are less features; so I win both ways. What's not to like?