Three weeks ago a Miele steam oven arrived on my doorstep ready for a fortnight of vigorous review testing. It was a heavy great lump to lift onto the kitchen work-top but deceptively simple to use once I got going:
I’m not too proud to take a bribe of a beverage or two so when I was offered the chance of visiting a Miele factory with German cuisine and beer thrown in, I jumped at the chance! Bloggers from Machines that go Bing, Dust Fluff Grit, Cherrapeno and several journalists were flown over to Münster Airport where we arrived at 1.30pm. The first ‘fuel stop’ was courtesy of the Waldhaus an de Miälkwellen restaurant for a spot of lunch. Throughout the rest of the afternoon the coach meandered its way through the German countryside to the Miele Guetersloh factory.
During early March I was lucky enough to be lent a Canon EOS 7D for a trip to Brazil courtesy of the lovely people at Canon Camera Buzz. Having already reviewed the 7D once in January I was keen to see what Canon’s latest semi-pro camera could do in the hands of a semi-amateur!
Miele, the premium household appliance manufacturer will in April launch an all-new Combination Steam Oven — the Miele DGC 5080 XL — a fully-fledged oven and steam cooker in one appliance. The new oven offers a larger cabinet (39 litre) despite having a height of only 45 cm and demand in Germany has been so high that production targets have had to be increased. It will be available in April 2010.
See more articles in the 'home-appliances' sectionMiele have launched a ‘hybrid’ vacuum cleaner. No, it doesn’t have a gasoline engine but earns its ‘hybrid’ label because, like your laptop, it can be powered either by the mains or by a lithium-ion battery — and switches seamlessly between the two.
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