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Well I have said goodbye the Miele W3933 & T8633 after 3 years of faultless service and said hello to V-ZUG Adora SLQ. Waiting on the dryer to come in the next week or 2(out of stock briefly). Have so far run a standard cottons wash and also a shirts wash. Very impressed with the results and the thing is virtually silent. I'm looking forward to playing with all the different washes over the coming months.

For the guys (or gals) that have them, any tips or suggestions?

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V-Zug Adora SLQ Washer & Dryer

Congratulations on your new laundry set, I`m sure you wont be dissapointed over and above the previous Mieles. As you say Ultra Quiet and the 8kg 60ltr drum is cavernous, the 1600rpm is one of the quietest I`ve heard and the spin extraction is the best...The Wet Clean programme is great for those clothes that just need refreshing etc..

The Heat Pump dryer is again very quiet and uses far less electricity than other models...if you have been used to a vented dryer then any heat pump dryer will take a bit of getting used to!!

Just make sure if you have a fully pressurised water system, particularly a combi boiler that the in-line pressure pot it large enough to match the requirements and that any pipework needs to be fixed rigid to walls otherwise you could experience "water hammer" when the VAS system "Vibration Absorbency System) is in use..

http://www.flickr.com/photos/chestermikeuk/sets/72157623235136904/detail/
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V-ZUG...

The more people share this machine on here the more I am becoming fond of it...but little I know about it? Anyone care to explain the back story of this slick machine? Ie it's origin, etc...

Hass :)
 
V-Zug History

Hello Hass

Heres the Zug History pages, have a read & click round. Zug have been in business manufacturing since 1913, they prided themselves only building Swiss quality for their own, its only recently that we see them develop the brand elswhere...

Miele used to be the "Exclusive & Different brand, now every man & his dog have them.....so

If you Aspire to want the "Difference" then V-Zug is the New Miele....cost you around 3k for the washer & dryer....

http://www.vzug.com/ch/en/history
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Mike...

Hello Mike, thanks for sharing the info with me, yeah by the looks of it, this brand it does come across to be similar with Miele, ie the difference and suiting to your wash needs. Who would of thought Miele would be competing with another brand hey. Lol I would have to save my pennies to by these beauties Mike. Also the thing I like about these machines, is they have that modern look with a retro twist, maybe that's what's so appealing about it... Have they done any reviews on this machine? For example on 'Which'...
 
As Seen On UK Whitegoods

Market Position

The only way to describe V-Zug's market position is right at the top, almost stratospheric in price and quality. This means, not cheap by any stretch.

V-Zug are actually priced higher than Miele and ISE and billed as being better and/or longer lasting than either of the two. This may be open to debate but, the quality of V-Zug is not open to question really, the appliances are painstakingly well built.

Hass, they are the Rolex of the Washing Machine World - They Dont See Themselves Like Miele at all....LOl,

http://www.ukwhitegoods.co.uk/help/...cturer-information/3208-v-zug-appliances.html
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I like the look of the V-Zug

I'm just off for a quick trip up north to Newark Antiques fair for a few days I'll have a good look at this when I get back.

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That sums it up...

lol the Rolex of the Washing Machine World. I love the sound of that Mike!!! After seeing the prices ie the top price for the top model is over 4k, I can see why they don't compare them selves to Miele. Like I said earlier me knowledge of these machine is very little. I was impress with the 'wet clean cycle' after seeing it on YouTube...so the thought of not taking your suits down to the Dry Cleaners, make's me sway towards this machine...I give my thumbs up :)

http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=/&gl=GB#/watch?v=PjVDANhbORA
 
I introduced the V-Zug brand on this website after Launderess had seen a picture of it on some website. I had used a V-Zug in Switzerland before. That was a V-Zug Adorina, which at that time was a rebadged AEG. Nowadays unfortunately the Adorina series are sourced from Bauknecht.

I think I may say that I made more people interested in V-Zug washing machines and dryers. Fortunately they have become better available in Europe than in the past, when they were only sold in Switzerland.

The brand V-Zug, or plain Zug as many Swiss call it, is one of the many brands in Switzerland. It's amazing that so many brands are/were available overthere.

BTW, Zug has been discussed quite a few times on this website, or at least mentioned. Do a search on the Searchalator and many threads will come up.

In the summer of 2007 I was on holiday in Switzerland. I had the pleasure of visiting the V-Zug museum. I was granted permission to take pictures. I put them in a Webshots album. Here's the link:

http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/album/560649698JLmCDp
 
My congratulations for your purchase!
I am sure you will enjoy the set.

A V-Zug washing machine would be a little dream come true for me :) (when talking about modern washing machines)
But I will continue to dream about it, because it's too expensive :)

It is really a Rolex or Rolls Royce of the washing machines.

Ingemar
 
Hi David,

Thats a very pretty machine, congratulations. :)

I looked at them when they first came out, but the price was around $4800 which was a bit scary.

I'm very interested in how the heatpump dryer goes in the aussie climate.

Cheers

Nathan
 
why I changed

Broke up with the partner and gave him the option of getting new Miele for himself or having the old ones and I'd get the Zug. Thankfully he chose wisely and I got to change!
Had been wanting to for a while but couldn't justify it (and no, not the reason for the breakup but may have contributed :p).
I ran the wetclean function on my work pants last night and they came out perfect. My biggest reason for getting it was the steam function it runs on the shirts wash, I don't iron so this solves that problem

Sure it's expensive ($4,300 in Aus) but it really is an amazing product. New Miele are being realeased in a week or 2 (in Aus, probably already out in Europe) at 8kg with steam function. $3,599 for the standard model and $4,999 (not a type, it really is that much) for the model with auto dosing detergent and touch screen.

I've never loved washing so much as I have this week!
 
Wow what a beaut! Waaay out of my price range! lol

Ooh MikeKLondon! Your coming up my way this weekend!? I'm in Lincoln :-) I LOVE those stainless miele's you have!

Darren
 
I went several times in Switzerland to have a look at these Vzug machines. All sales persons of several stores equally selling Miele,Schulthess and Vzug machines told me that nothing can beat Miele quality. Vzug only produces few models while the other washers on their catalogues are made by Whirlpool (you can recognise them easily). That said Vzug are excellent machines but still under Miele standards for what concerns reliability and solid construction.
 
"nothing can beat Miele quality"

They do only a few models, but that few models are sure exellent!

I believe that Miele as a brand is much more "commercial" then V-Zug.

I would say that it can't be such huge difference in quality standards between Miele and V-Zug.

Ingemar
 
"nothing can beat Miele quality"

It's early days yet, but having come from the second TOL Miele to the V-ZUG, I wouldn't agree with that statement. Just have a look at that brass fitting in the first picture as an example! I have nothing bad to say about the Miele at all, was very happy with it. But on first impressions the V-ZUG is a superior machine on most criteria.
 
Miele Supertronic on its way!!

I have decided to upgrade my W 3985 WPS to the new Supertronic. The Miele Gallery in Melbourne have just put these babies on display. I am setting up my laundry to have the AutoDos unit on a wall bracket so then I can stack the matching heat pump on top. I will post pics when I get it, but I did test drive it and it was impressive, especially the steam function. I washed 5 business shirts and one was good enough to wear without ironing. Of course it depends on the fabric type and mix.
 
I have both the Adora SLQ and the Miele Steam Care. My impressions:
VZUG:
pluses: more flexibility (thanks to separate easy care button etc), VAS gives perfect spin results (no dumbed down spin as a result of load imbalance), better rinses
minuses: build quality inferior to Miele (flimsy detergent drawer), some of the Textile programmes are useless (Jeans programme: exactly the same as Cottons, if I'm not mistaken, except higher water level in rinses, same tumbling rhythm, max spin after wash and intermediate rinses -- btw, is it true that intermediate spins are not good for denim?), not sure about fuzzy logic
MIELE
pluses: better build quality, more flexible steam programmes (the VZUG steam programme activates a default max 1200 spin and a cool down after the main wash), different 'specialty' programmes with specific tumbling rhythms etc
minuses: can be louder during spin, less flexible programming (except steam programmes), water miser (cottons), stain programmes are a question mark

The VZug adora has been tested by Choice Australia -- not sure about the validity of the test, though. Which? say they're not going to test it because it's too expensive and has a limited market potential.
 
comparision

Rudin,
So if you could only keep one, which would it be?
I haven't seen the new Miele with steam, I'm going to the launch next Tuesday here in South Melbourne.
David.
 
Choice test

They rated the Adora pretty low on rinsing ability, and that's simply just plain crap. It is the best rinsing washing machine I have ever seen, by quite some margin. 14,000 holes in the drum drilled by a ruby, gotta be a good thing.
 
Difficult choice.... I wouldn't want to let go of either :)
please let me know your impressions - textile programmes, fuzzy logic etc.?
Choice also rated the Adora quite low for washing ability, but they tested the 1:32 cotton programme (with default light soiling) to wash a load of heavily stained garments... Go figure :I
 

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