RollingJ

Thanks for this advice. It looks as though I may have encouraged my current machine to hold on a little longer so I will hopefully have more leisure to look at my options - and more time perhaps to save up for a machine with a longer life expectancy. Thanks again, Peter.

I've spent a fair amount of time looking around for a new machine. My current Bosch WFG2420 is a bit broken and may need replacing. One of the things which I'm seeing repeated is that the current sub-300 pound Bosch models are potentially lower quality than they used to be when they sold for more. The question is; what about machines which are being sold for less than 300 but have been reduced by 70+ quid? Should these be considered as (for example) £280 or £350 appliances? Or is that perhaps not a big enough price difference to be relevant? Cheers, Peter.