Recommendations for new washing machine

viktory

If I could afford it, I'd have a Miele, going on recommendation alone. However, I don't have that sort of budget so bought a Bosch. Really, really happy with it - they give two year warranty and I also have a Bosch drier. No problems with either machine. Unless I get a significant pay rise I think I'll stick with Bosch for now.

Tiddlywinks

I have a Siemens machine (so does my mum) which came with a free 5 year warranty - they are both 7 years old now and still going strong. I've just looked on the Siemens' site and it also shows fixed repair pricing if one of them does go wrong - £89 + parts with a 12 month guarantee.

All in all, I'd recommend Siemens, Bosch or Miele.

I'd also recommend buying from John Lewis or Co-op online - they have always proved really reliable with ordering and delivery and the Co-op is really competitive on price (and you get divvy points as well).

delain

building_with_lego wrote: »

Our repair guy says Miele or Bosch. (We have a Hotpoint, which is why we have a repair guy :mad:) I'll be pushing for a Bosch next time, as my pa gets a discount with them .

The thing to look at with capacity is which cycles have which capacity: ours boasts 6kg but that's only for the long cotton cycles, everything else is 3-4 kg, except the fast wash which relies on you putting in only 1kg :rotfl:Yeah, right.

I've got a Bosch, fairly basic one (classix) it is 4 years old and never missed a beat, and I do lots of washing

They come with a 2 year warranty, I'd have another one in a heartbeat.

Watch out now, if it breaks tomorrow I'm blaming you lot!

Slinky

We have a Bosch which has been going strong for 10.5 years. Bit noisy now but hardly surprising. Only annoying thing is the compartment the powder drawer goes into has got black mould in that is darned impossible to clean completely as it's all nooks and crannies.

We toyed with replacing the machine at the end of last year guessing it wouldn't last too much longer and thought we'd beat the VAT increase. In the end we didn't bother as I couldn't find a machine whose powder drawer didn't look like it would do the same thing so I ran out of enthusiasm for replacing it.

delain

Slinky wrote: »

We have a Bosch which has been going strong for 10.5 years. Bit noisy now but hardly surprising. Only annoying thing is the compartment the powder drawer goes into has got black mould in that is darned impossible to clean completely as it's all nooks and crannies.

We toyed with replacing the machine at the end of last year guessing it wouldn't last too much longer and thought we'd beat the VAT increase. In the end we didn't bother as I couldn't find a machine whose powder drawer didn't look like it would do the same thing so I ran out of enthusiasm for replacing it.

I use a cheap toothbrush, remove the drawer, soak in hot soapy water and clean with toothbrush. Job done

Jo_R_2

Thanks everyone. I think I'm going to go with a Bosch, I have two things now I'm wondering about:

1. The particular model I have my eye on is a 7kg. I'm wondering if having a slightly larger capacity is going to make an awful lot of difference to our standard (I think) 6kg machine, what with doing so many loads of laundry. I don't know whether to stick with the 7kg with a Bosch, or get something that is larger but with a different (maybe less reliable?) brand. Lots of people have recommended Bosch to me.

2. The model I want is available in lots of retailers online at a fair whack cheaper than the high street retailers, by £60 in some cases. Thing is, I've not heard of any of these and so not sure how to gauge which might be decent. Any thoughts?

peachyprice

pulliptears wrote: »

Avoid the cheaper Argos Beko ones, Mum's lasted just slightly over 12 months.

I bought an LG Direct Drive a few months ago and I love it, cheaper than the Meile I believe and the direct drive mechanism is guaranteed for 10 years. You wont find many poor reviews of the LG's online

Another LG lover here.

I had my last one for 10 years, that wasn't a direct drive, but was still faultless in the entire time I had it.

The one I have now is DD, with a large capacity and the timer function that I frequently use, especially in the summer so my washing is ready to go one the line when I get up. It's the best machine I've ever had, so quite too and at a much more affordable price than a Miele.

sunshinetours

Siemens for me also. try and get one that comes with the 5 years parts and labour warranty. Apparently not as good as the Miele's but at nearly half the price I couldn't justfiy the extra cost.
ISE machine's another one to look at if you have the budget but similar price to Miele. Big problem with Miele as somone alluded to earlier was if the Miele does go wrong out of warranty you will be facing a HUGE repair bill and any make however good can go wrong don't forget. Especially if as many repair people indicate, most people don't really look after their machines particularly well.

So depending on your budget I would go with a Siemens or if not in reach a Bosch.
Finally do try your local independent electrical retailer (not Currys etc) and see if they will price match. you are likely to get better local service and you are keeping your high street alive!

pollypenny

Keep away from Indesit! Bought one last year as bearings had gone on 8 yr old Hotpoint.

Choose the Indesit for its 15 min quick wash! Ha! That is basically for one garment.

Impossible to move the dial on, when you want to give something a quick spin for example. Soooo slow!

kathy206

Our Bosch has had LOADS of call outs under our D&G policy, new drum,new lid, new belt, new pump, bearings, 3x new seals new door........ and it's only 6 years old. Our old Ariston lasted 10 years and never missed a beat until it finally gave up the ghost.