howdens "lamona" appliances question - any good?

Smell79

Don't be fooled into buying these electrical goods,I bought my washer dryer a year and a half ago and the circuit board has completely gone!
Customer services won't help,they keep saying they will get back to me and don't! Meanwhile I have a 9 month old and our washing is building up!!!
They want £130 to come out and fix the problem which should never have broken in the first place after such a short period,I will never be recommending these products.
STEER CLEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jamyjane

Don't bother buying, the on off temperature control switch fused creating a power surge back to the fuse box taking out the supply to the trip. Parts hard to come by. Howdens don't care, only had product 16 months.

adamg

Howdens and lamona are crap. Tradesman will rip you off and the product has got worse over past few years

adamg

Kitchen_DesignR wrote: »

Well done Adam....

Because tradesman rip you off, a company is "crap"

Educational

no please re-read my post howdens is crap because the product has got worse.

ITtim

Wow, glad I saw this!

Would it be safe to assume Smeg or Bosch are the way to go?

Where could I get the best prices from reputable suppliers? Do which give you a good comparision?

cddc

ITtim wrote: »

Wow, glad I saw this!

Would it be safe to assume Smeg or Bosch are the way to go?

Where could I get the best prices from reputable suppliers? Do which give you a good comparision?

Bosch, though not quite what they were, are still good. Smeg, on the other hand, are all style and no substance.....

ITtim

Am I also correct in thinking that Siemens and Neff share Bosch components?

AEG presumably are another decent brand?

kwatt

Bosch, Neff and Siemens are all BSH Group products and there is a huge amount of shared components between them. Very little is actually German made now.

AEG is actually Electrolux and usually rebadged Lux Group stuff with a fancy shell and a price hike to boot. It isn't German at all.

K.

ITtim

So is the electrolux stuff comparable to the Bosch stuff?

cddc

kwatt wrote: »

AEG is actually Electrolux and usually rebadged Lux Group stuff with a fancy shell and a price hike to boot. It isn't German at all.

K.

But most of it is Swiss or German made ( if Swedish owned).... Up until last year I would have agreed with that statement but they have taken the brand back to its german roots and producing far better gear that they were. The new AEG stuff is certainly comparable with all but the top end of BSG group product, and are now worth the price hike over the other brands in the group. You are right in saying this has not always been so to be fair.

Would say that generally BSG are easier to deal with in the event of a fault occuring though.