Which washing machine do you recommend?

Horasio

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My son is wanting his washing machine back which means we won't have one.

We want to get one of those American ones but they need to be wired in. I'm not sure it is possible in a rented place.

We are looking for one that is A rated, does a short cycle (like the American ones), plus 30C, 40C , 60C and 90C and has a big drum (like the American ones). We don't want too many fancy features, as they don't get used and bump up the cost. The short cycle, A rating and big drum are our top needs.

As it will be with us for years, We don't want to buy a lemon or pay too much.

Any recommendations?

Many thanks

skinback69

bosch are good for everything id start here

mrcow

I've got a Hoover one.

I love it. It has a 14 minute quickwash and more cycles than you could shake a stick at. Also takes a massive 9Kg of washing. It's as quiet as anything and has a digital timer etc. A+ rating.

Normally about £5-600 but a bargain at £400 from Costco.

I never knew that you could get so excited over a white good until I bought that machine!

Rikki

mrcow wrote: »

I've got a Hoover one.

I love it. It has a 14 minute quickwash and more cycles than you could shake a stick at. Also takes a massive 9Kg of washing. It's as quiet as anything and has a digital timer etc. A+ rating.

Normally about £5-600 but a bargain at £400 from Costco.

I never knew that you could get so excited over a white good until I bought that machine!

Never sat on one during the spin cycle before then.


I like my bosch washing machine.

mrcow

Rikki wrote: »

Never sat on one during the spin cycle before then.

lol no! - should I stick it on my 101 in 1001 list then?

LandyAndy

Another vote for Bosch from me. The latest Which? magazine rates them as the best brand for domestic appliances. They also give an honourable mention to AEG-Electrolux and Miele.

cattie

Miele appliances are said to last 20+yrs, so worth considering if you are looking for long lasting appliances.

mikeandrach_2

please do not buy on the basis of what which say, they make so many mistakes it is laughable. bosch are nto bad but do not have big drums. miele are superb but again not biggest drums and crazy money. i work in the trade and have an lg. 9kg drum, under £400 on the internet, and silent, literally silent as there is no belt or pulley. i have sold machines for 10 years this year, never ad a faulty lg, one faulty miele. i get to deal with 1or 2 bosch per day and into double figures on hotpoint/indesit so avoid them no matter how good the price. hoover not bad but they don't get anywhere near the build quality of lg or miele. personally i would go for lg they tick every box for you and mine has been faultless. there is far less to wear out on them aswell

CKdesigner

Hi,

If you are in the market for a decent washing machine, for anyone in the know there is only one brand and that is Miele. As Cattie said they last 20 years, they wash better than any other washing machine, they are quieter, and more economical. These are undisputable facts. Miele build products without compromise. Something you cannot say about any other manufacturer.

mikeandrach_2

totally agree with the above, but lg are pretty much there. also miele tend to have small drums, and are mega bucks money wise. they are designed to last 20 years in normal usage, but this does not take into account consumables such as belts. i know i am pushing lg i swear i dontl work for them!, but they have an electro magnetic motor so there is no contact between the drum and motor, unless the magnets lose their magentism or there is a power fault an lg should in theory never go wrong. build quality not quite to miele level but to be honest they are pretty much there

benjo

I have been very lucky with washing machines, all have lasted for years so I havent had that many but.... my most recent buy (about 4 years ago) is a nice machine, does the job at a reasonable cost, but it occurred to me after a short while that I couldnt find the 'fluff filter'. All my previous (read older) machines had a little access point where you could access this filter to clean it, infact all the instructions told you to do this regularly.

I checked out the instructions for my new machine and no mention of fluff, fluff filters or how the eternal problem of fluff is dealt with. Perhaps my new machine somehow disolves the fluff?? Anyway, sure enough a while later the machine started to spew out water on the rinse/spin cycle - as you would if your fluff filter was clogged up. I rang Hotpoint who advised me that there was indeed a filter that needed attending to, but it was 'internal and you need one of our engineers' cost? £90.00!!!!!!

They refused point blank to describe where the filter was and so I set about the beast with a screw driver, dismantled it, found the filter, cleaned out the fluff and voila - a working machine, £90.00 saved.

The moral of the story - buy a machine with an easily accessible fluff filter!