Its smaller, but its just 2 of us now, so we don't need to do large loads of things.
I'm going to give the TwinDos detergent system a try, and see if its economical.
Couple of questions and observations as a long time Miele owner.
The up front cost on these has absolutely been worth it in terms of performance and savings over time.
Do you sort your laundry or just throw it all in the machine on cold?
How do you do your sorts?
How often do you air dry vs machine dry? - the incredible spin speed of these machines allows for hang drying in a timely fashion saving more energy and allowing longer fabric life. Even heavy items like area rugs, blue jeans, thick towels can be rack dried in reasonable time on a line. I dont like running a dryer in the middle of 100 degree weather, nor do I like what they do to my textiles - dryers destroy your textiles.
Some stuff cant really be line dried easily, like bedding and I dont really like scratchy towels day to day so I do use a dryer on wash cloths, shower towels (pool towels get line dried) , kitchen towels, and bedding- just not so much on actual clothing.
Care must be taken as not everything can take the full 1600 RPM.
On Twindos - in my experience consistent reliable dosing is the key to economical detergent use. I can do "about" a years worth of laundry with basically 4 jugs of detergent. Some of this has to do with the fact my water is soft so I can turn down the dispenser 19ML (1.2 TBSPN) for full loads is more than enough and the machine lowers the amount when lighter programs or " light" options are selected.
To be fair my favorite detergent is still powdered Persil Megaperls from Henckels (not unilever) , but since that got hard to get, and I have a liquid dispenser - the Miele brand and liquid persil has been very acceptable if not down right great and the convenience is awesome aside from bi-yearly reloading of carts which to me is worth it.
The drum makes a difference - you wont notice this right away- but it will become apparent over time.
These machines SS drum and importantly SS ladles in the drum are gentler than any machine I have ever used and have lengthened the life of my clothing by a notable amount. I have silkscreened shirts that are almost 2 decades old now that still look great.
Things like business polo shirts rated for 50 washes last over 250.
The internal heater = consistency and performance. Few if any machines can touch your Miele on this front.
Basically you'll never have to buy bleach for laundry sanitization purposes again.
Most loads are 85/105/or 120F
There are no smelly Mieles - 140/60C kills all trace of molds and prevents any buildup.
60C is recommended by many orgs as the gold standard of cleaning.
If, and only if you need it, you have the hydrogen bomb of washer heat - 170.
Capable of annihilating any trace of oils or greases, and living organisms - this is an amazing tool in your toolbox you wont use often, but when you do, it will deliver in spades.
