We've been very happy with our Miele appliances so far.

In our last house we had a Miele dishwasher, washer and heat pump dryer. The washer and dryer were smaller than typical NA models but all that meant was smaller loads. No big deal.

What was a big deal was switching to a heat pump dryer. What a huge difference in the electricity bill! In the old house we had an electric consumption meter so I could see how many Kw an appliance was using. Our old dryer from from the previous owners used 6Kw to dry clothes. When we bought the Miele heat pump dryer it showed that we only used 1Kw to dry out clothes! Plus it did not need to vent outside.

GE and LG are not related.

GE Appliances WAS bought out by Haier a few years back.  But what I've heard is that Haier has mostly left the products alone, so they're still the same GE platforms as before.  Which were never great. 

I feel sorry for you Americans — top loaders are the worst. Over here in Europe they are almost obsolete

The same in Australia, top loaders use way too much water and we don't have a huge supply of that stuff.

So speaking about water hammer...I've installed about a dozen of the Sioux MiniRester valves near the problem areas. They really work well and I'd recommend them for a simple solution. I installed them with Shark Bite fittings...easy peasy.

https://www.siouxchief.com/products/supply/arresters-and-trap-primers/arresters/minirester

Years ago when they plumbed a house, they'd install a 2 1/2" vertical pipe in the system that was about 4'-5' tall and this became the arrestor that prevented water hammer because it provided an air cushion. Unfortunately, after a couple of years the vertical air chamber slowly filled with water and it then no longer served as an arrestor. It needed to be drained every couple of years to perform its service. Well this became a PITA for most people and here we are today.

In the last several years, I installed several outside hose timer valves on the hose faucets and they also have extremely quick acting shut off valves. Unfortunately, they have produced severe water hammer whenever they were turned off by the timer. The good news is that the installation of the Sioux MiniRestor has resolved these issues.