I have Miele DW, Hood, Oven, and Vac. SubZero UC Freezer (3rd in 2 years). Refrigerator is a Kenmore (ran out of $$). The Miele products are engineered brilliantly. Miele (or Liebherr) would get my vote.

I have a miele freezer and refrigerator. What do you want to know?

Me too. Love them. Happy to answer any questions but do do a search on this as I wrote an extensive review in the last few weeks that should answer lots of Miele questions

I am new to this website and cannot find the review written by "Loves2cook4six".
I am interested especially to learn about the reliability, repair record and any sense of comparison with SubZero. I have heard some concerns as noted above by "cooked" about the frequent need for servicing of SubZero. Still, it is a known brand and Miele's larger refrigeration products are made specifically for the US market and are still without much history. I really would love to hear how satisfied people have been with their Miele Refrig or Freezer purchaces as well as hear from people who have SubZeros. THANKS!!

Thanks for the link. It seems that there is significant satisfaction so far with the Miele products.

Do yourself a favor and go with the Miele. Either way you are going to get the independent refrigerator / freezer cooling system that Sub Zero has been known for.

Also, check out the Thermador and Bosch (you may get a close-out deal on the Bosch, as they are discontinuing a lot of the models and making them exclusive to the Thermador line) as they are all pretty much the same thing on the inside.

The Guru has Spoken

Here is a link that might be useful: The Appliance Guru Reviews and Commentary

So what is wrong with the current new BI Subzero's? I bought one and think they are great. It was thousands less than the Miele, my wife can reach evey shelf and it holds a ton of stuff. Like the soft close on the bottom 3 drawers and the 3 drawers hold a ton of fruuits/veg.

I'd go with the Subzero. I spent several months house sitting for a friend who had the 42" side by side with custom doors. I don't know the exact model because it was almost 20 years old. It came with the house when he bough it, and after owning it himself for 10 years he remodeled his kitchen, kept the fridge, and just replaced the door fronts. Five years later it's still running fine. It was well lit, held lots of stuff, was quiet, and looked great. My own Miele KF1801Vi, on the other hand, has been the source of many service calls for two different problems. I'm so fed up with it that I looked into replacing it with the 30" SubZero, but the door panels and cabinetry won't fit. Seems I'm stuck with it but I really wish I weren't. Go SubZero I'd say.