Washing machines in Lebanon: how to choose (2026 guide)

1. Capacity: buy 9 kg unless you have a reason not to

Capacity is dry laundry weight. 8 kg covers one or two people. 9 kg is the right size for a Lebanese family: weekly bedsheets, towels, school uniforms in one load. 10 kg is for large households or anyone who refuses to send duvets and curtains out. Do not fear the bigger drum: with load recognition, a half-full 10 kg machine uses roughly what a full 8 kg machine uses. Under-sizing is the common mistake; it doubles your cycles, your water and your electricity.

2. Front-load. The question is settled

Top-loaders are cheaper and need no bending. That is where the list ends. A front-loader uses a third less water, spins at 1,400 rpm so clothes come out half-dry (which decides whether indoor drying works in a Beirut winter), cleans measurably better, and takes a dryer stacked on top, which in a Lebanese apartment is the difference between a laundry room and a laundry corner. Buy a top-loader only when the space physically cannot take a door swing.

3. Power: the machine you can actually run

A front-loader draws 1.8 to 2.4 kW with the heater on. On a 5 A subscription (about 1,100 W) that trips the breaker. The fix is the programme: a cold or 20 degree wash never switches the heater on, so the draw drops to the motor alone. Here the motor type decides everything. A cheap universal motor spikes at start-up and trips small generator breakers and solar inverters; an inverter motor ramps up smoothly. Miele's ProfiEco motor runs a cold wash on 5 A, a warm wash on 10 A, and holds the programme in memory through a power cut, resuming exactly where it stopped. Full model-by-model numbers for washers, dryers, dishwashers and fridges are on our page on running appliances on a generator or solar in Lebanon.

4. What separates a 15-year machine from a 7-year machine

Spin speed: 1,400 rpm, nothing less. Motor: brushless inverter, not universal. Drum: Miele's honeycomb drum floats laundry on a film of water so fabrics do not grind against drilled steel; it is the reason customers bring us 15-year-old machines for a bearing and nothing else. Counterweights: cast iron on a Miele, concrete or plastic composite on most machines under $1,500; it is why a Miele does not walk across the floor at 1,400 rpm. Dosing: TwinDos measures liquid detergent to the gram; overdosing is the main cause of grey whites, residue and dead heaters in Lebanon's hard water. Programmes: QuickPowerWash cleans a full 4 kg load in 49 minutes, which matters when your generator hours are the limit. Water: Miele load recognition takes 45 to 55 litres a cycle; when water arrives by truck, that saving is on every single wash for 20 years.

5. What each price tier really buys in Lebanon

Read the last column. A Miele WWA120 at $1,711 over 18 years is $95 a year. A $700 machine replaced twice in the same period is $117 a year before you count three deliveries, three installations and the weeks of nuisance in between. The cheap machine is more expensive. The premium machine is a Miele that you replace once. The only buyer who should not choose Miele is the one leaving the home within three years.

6. Miele vs Bosch: what the comparison sites do not say

Miele is sold and serviced in Lebanon by one company, us. Comparison sites call that a Miele weakness. In Lebanon it is the opposite.

A Miele in Lebanon gets repaired by one of six Miele-trained technicians, 16 hours a day, 7 days a week, with the genuine part in stock in Beirut about 90 percent of the time and the rest by DHL from Miele in 3 to 4 days. A full repair closes in 1 to 2 days. The warranty is 2 years, extendable to 7, from the same company that sold you the machine. That is not a weakness. That is one phone number for 20 years.

On the machines: below its top Serie 8, every Bosch washer has a plastic tub. Miele builds its own motors, its own electronics and its own drums, tests every model to 10,000 hours, and has done so since 1899. Choose Miele if the machine should outlive the kitchen.

7. The Miele washing machines we sell in Lebanon

Model	Capacity	Price	Energy per 100 cycles	Highlights
WWA120	8 kg	$1,711	43 kWh	CapDosing, honeycomb drum, AddLoad
WWB360	8 kg	$2,256	38 kWh	QuickPowerWash, Miele app, CapDosing
WWG880	9 kg	$2,757	40 kWh	TwinDos, SteamCare, QuickPowerWash
WWK360	10 kg	$3,057	52 kWh	QuickPowerWash, pre-ironing, honeycomb drum

All four: 1,400 rpm, energy class A, ProfiEco inverter motor, 2.1 to 2.4 kW connected load, stackable with the TWA520 and TWD640 heat-pump dryers. Delivered, installed and connected anywhere in Lebanon by our own team, serviced from Beirut for life. Our pick for most families: the WWG880, 9 kg with TwinDos.

8. Before you buy

Measure the space including the door swing. Note your generator amps and, if you have solar, the inverter kVA. Decide whether a dryer stacks on top now or later. Check drain height and water pressure at the laundry point; a roof tank with low pressure slows every brand. Then come and open the door, turn the dial and listen to the spin: a machine you will own for 20 years deserves ten minutes in person. Miele showroom, George Haddad Street, Saifi, Beirut. WhatsApp 76 444 664.