Brand ratings
One headline number per brand and category — the Durability Score (Ds), a weighted blend of five independent signals. Where a brand doesn’t yet have enough evidence for Ds, we show a general quality index instead, clearly marked as such. The Consumer Index and repairability are separate numbers next to Ds, never folded into it.
The most durable brand at each price level — a direct read on what your money actually buys.
| # | Brand | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Siemens Washing machines | 78.5± 6.8 | 54.8 60 products · 5 sources | — | Premium median 779 € 86 products | 10 Altroconsumo, coolblue, datart +8 more |
| 2 | Miele Washing machines | 76.6± 9.4 | 59.8 40 products · 6 sources | — | Premium median 1,299 € 82 products | 12 Altroconsumo, coolblue, datart +10 more |
| 3 | Bosch Washing machines | 75.9± 7.8 | 57.2 98 products · 9 sources | — | Premium median 700 € 137 products | 14 Altroconsumo, Alza (warranty returns), coolblue +12 more |
| 4 | Samsung Washing machines | 75.9± 7.5 | 53.4 120 products · 9 sources | 9.7/10 Washing machines · 30 products | Mid median 612 € 95 products | 15 Altroconsumo, Alza (warranty returns), coolblue +13 more |
| 5 | Haier Washing machines | 75.5± 7.2 | 48.9 47 products · 6 sources | — | Premium median 524 € 13 products | 13 Altroconsumo, Alza (warranty returns), datart +11 more |
| 6 | AEG Washing machines | 74.9± 7.9 | 50.9 153 products · 9 sources | — | Premium median 679 € 70 products | 13 Altroconsumo, Alza (warranty returns), coolblue +11 more |
| 7 | LG Washing machines | 74.2± 8.6 | 46.0 103 products · 10 sources | — | Premium median 546 € 98 products | 16 Altroconsumo, Alza (warranty returns), coolblue +14 more |
| 8 | Beko Washing machines | 72.8± 10.8 | 45.6 60 products · 9 sources | — | Budget median 427 € 52 products | 15 Altroconsumo, Alza (warranty returns), coolblue +13 more |
| 9 | Hisense Washing machines | 71.9± 9.6 | 43.3 17 products · 5 sources | — | Mid median 419 € 22 products | 9 Altroconsumo, Alza (warranty returns), dTest +7 more |
| 10 | Indesit Washing machines | 68.5± 11.8 | 48.4 3 products · 2 sources | — | Mid median 449 € 9 products | 6 Altroconsumo, dTest, heureka_sk +4 more |
| 11 | Whirlpool Washing machines | 67.1± 14.3 | 35.8 59 products · 6 sources | 9.7/10 Washing machines · 5 products | Mid median 418 € 42 products | 11 Altroconsumo, Alza (warranty returns), coolblue +9 more |
| 12 | Candy Washing machines | 67.0± 11.2 | 49.9 51 products · 5 sources | — | Mid median 387 € 35 products | 8 Altroconsumo, Alza (warranty returns), datart +6 more |
| 13 | Zanussi Washing machines | 75.8± 4.2 | — | — | Budget median 367 € 3 products | 3 dTest, OCU, Which? |
| 14 | John Lewis Washing machines | 74.8± 7.7 | — | — | — | 1 Which? |
| 15 | Hotpoint Washing machines | 72.4± 14.2 | — | — | — | 3 indice_durabilite, OCU, Which? |
| 16 | Blomberg Washing machines | 72.1± 13.0 | — | — | — | 2 dTest, Which? |
| 17 | BALAY Washing machines | 66.6± 14.1 | — | — | Mid median 410 € 11 products | 1 OCU |
| 18 | EDESA Washing machines | 64.6± 13.9 | — | — | — | 1 OCU |
| 19 | Teka Washing machines | 64.6± 13.9 | — | — | Mid median 319 € 3 products | 1 OCU |
| 20 | Sharp Washing machines | 63.2± 13.7 | — | 9.7/10 Washing machines · 5 products | Budget median 320 € 3 products | 4 indice_durabilite, OCU, UFC-Que Choisir +1 more |
- We rate the brand within a category, not one model. Each row rests on every product of that brand the labs tested.
- Ds and general quality are not the same thing. General quality is one of Ds’s five inputs (15% weight) and is also published on its own, since it covers far more brands. A brand can be high quality and low durability, or the reverse.
- "Limited evidence" means one type of proof. The result stands, but rests on a single pillar — read it more cautiously than one confirmed by several sources.
- The Consumer Index is relative to the category average. E-shop ratings are heavily compressed, so we publish a brand’s position within its category rather than a raw star average.
- Repairability partly overlaps with Ds. For categories the French index covers, repairability is already inside Ds at 10% weight — the number here is a more detailed look at the same evidence, not new information.
Agreement between independent signals
supplementary viewThe Durability Score and the Consumer Index measure two different things — lab evidence and how products actually fare on the market. They correlate weakly (ρ ≈ 0.28, n = 162, p = 0.0003) — enough that agreement is not chance, too little to merge the two into one number without losing precision. So this shows no new score, only whether the two signals agree on a given brand.
Methodology note
We treat a signal as "conclusive" here using a narrower band (±1 standard deviation, roughly a 68% confidence level) than the 95% confidence interval on the numbers above — at the 95% level only 15 of 170 dual-signal cells were conclusive, too few to test agreement at all. At this narrower band, 41 brands are conclusive, and agreement is well above chance (permutation test, p = 0.0016).
| Brand | Agreement | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Siemens | 78.5 | 54.8 | both above average |
| Miele | 76.6 | 59.8 | both above average |
| Bosch | 75.9 | 57.2 | both above average |
| Samsung | 75.9 | 53.4 | both above average |
| Haier | 75.5 | 48.9 | no conclusive signal yet |
| AEG | 74.9 | 50.9 | no conclusive signal yet |
| LG | 74.2 | 46.0 | no conclusive signal yet |
| Beko | 72.8 | 45.6 | no conclusive signal yet |
| Hisense | 71.9 | 43.3 | no conclusive signal yet |
| Indesit | 68.5 | 48.4 | no conclusive signal yet |
| Whirlpool | 67.1 | 35.8 | no conclusive signal yet |
| Candy | 67.0 | 49.9 | no conclusive signal yet |
| Koenic | 62.7 | 37.3 | no conclusive signal yet |
| Bauknecht | 61.1 | 42.7 | both below average |