Ladies, can we talk washing machines please?

denisiw

We bought our first Miele Novotronic Premier W800 in 1994 for £666, it expired in 2010. It gave us 16 years of almost trouble-free use. The heating element was replaced once. It didn't have an easy life, washing for a family of six for a lot of the time.

We replaced it with a Miele Novotronic Prestige Plus 6 W562 last year, this one was £676. I expect it to last as long, if not longer than its predecessor as there are only two of us at home now so this one will have an easier life.

I regard Miele so highly that we bought one of their tumble driers too.

Denis

Savvy_Sue

mildred1978 wrote: »

I have an all seasons superking duvet. It has 2 layers that join together to make a 13.5 tog duvet. This house is so warm I only ever use the 9 tog one. That fits in my 11kg LG easily.

So now you'll have her buying a new duvet, I don't know I thought we were meant to be SAVING aj's money?

pavlovs_dog

would a decent antibacterial cover (as already suggested) and regular airings be a workable compromise?

or, if it's a real issue for you, buy cheaper duvets and replace them more frequently? (I'm sure homeless shelters, animal rescues etc would be happy to take the old ones off your hands).

Am I a dirty minger for never dreaming of washing a duvet? I cant be the only one

aliasojo

pavlovs_dog wrote: »

Am I a dirty minger for never dreaming of washing a duvet? I cant be the only one

Yes.

Big 'foam finger style' pointing at you, you clarty so and so. :rotfl:

*kiss kiss*

Still no washing machine ordered but got a brill bargain from Ikea today in the form of a modular sofa thingy that they were selling off in store with 80% off. It's not on the website as it was a store specific discontinued job lot. We've been sat on camping chairs for ages as our suite wouldn't go through the doors of the rental place, so I'm delighted I will have a comfy place to plank my dainty derriere very soon.

I can mull over my washing woes in comfort.

pavlovs_dog

we bought a klobo sofa (with a MOV, so it was even cheaper still) when we were living in IL's loft conversion as it was big enough for us to have a very small lounge area. It moved house with us, tided us over until our proper sofas arrived and now lives in the bay window in our dining room. Considering it cost us all of £70 and is basically a piece of furniture mechanno, it's bloody comfy Had it for two years now and it's still as good as new, despite pretty heavy usage. It's not all to my taste, but Ikea is hard to beat for quality on a budget.

twiglet98

pulliptears wrote: »

My mother had a Beko. day 366 of ownership it tripped all her electrics and refused to work again. I wanted to fight Curry's over it by Mother preferred a quiet life and replaced it (she said she'd never liked it anyway).

My last Bosch had a 2 year warranty and broke down in the 25th month. It was fixed, expensively, broke down again and replaced with the only Bosch in stock in our small local appliance shop. That one has now broken down for the second time this year, it's 3 years old. Very disappointing, as the Bosch dishwasher lasted 15 years and its Bosch replacement (used, from ebay) is fine after 6 years.

Used to have a Hotpoint WM and it needed a call-out every 11 months, for 10 years, before being declared not worth repairing. Only time I've ever thought buying a 5 year warranty would have been a good idea. I like the 5 year warranty on even low range Siemens.

Main considerations for me are delayed start (current machine lacks this), and the shortest possible wash time (current - broken - one is v slow).

I will probably go for Zanussi or Siemens, probably from ebay. Adult offspring do their own washing and are bad about emptying pockets, also wash horse and dog stuff, and football kit, and we have horribly hard water.

I've never washed any duvet bigger than cot size - they go to the launderette, or the professional cleaners, but synthetic duvets are almost as cheap to replace with new.

aliasojo

pavlovs_dog wrote: »

.......and is basically a piece of furniture mechanno, it's bloody comfy .

Lol, excellent description. Applies to my purchase also. As does the term 'office furniture' :rotfl:as it's very modular with no arms. (The range did have arms at one stage but since it became discontinued they clearly didn't make any more so we will remain armless.) Hey ho, functional and cheap, (and it included a sofa bed) what more can you ask for?

twiglet98 wrote: »

My last Bosch had a 2 year warranty and broke down in the 25th month. It was fixed, expensively, broke down again and replaced with the only Bosch in stock in our small local appliance shop. That one has now broken down for the second time this year, it's 3 years old. Very disappointing, as the Bosch dishwasher lasted 15 years and its Bosch replacement (used, from ebay) is fine after 6 years.

I wasn't overly impressed with my Bosch either, nor my Siemens tumble dryer tbh. The dryer has useful add ons like a trainer dryer shelf (static shelf you put in the dryer, the drum rotated around the shelf and also a similar flat garment shelf) but for a machine costing £600, the sensor wasn't great, things still felt damp even on the dryest setting and it didn't have a reverse tumble action on it and I used to have to fluff the sheet up (1 in each load) every 10 minutes or it would end up in a very tight ball, creased to heck and soaking wet in the centre.

I bet I wouldn't have had this with a cheapo White Knight.

delain

My mum had a cheapo white knight, used it daily for ten years, got things dry, no problems

beverley1296

I purchased this machine last December from my catalogue costing £619 plus £15 to connect, opened it up today as it was making a lot of noise to find that the paddles within the machine had snapped off and my clothes had been ripped on the sharp edges, totally unsatisfied with a not yet 9 month old machine which I have read is a fault known by Hotpoint but they are just ignoring and by all accounts charging people to have them replaced as they supposedly do not come under their guarantee....only telling you what I have read online will know more when they answer the phone been holding all morning and everytime the phone sounded like it was being answered it went dead!!!! not happy. By all accounts a lot of Hotpoints have the plastic paddles inside now, so be warned.

aliasojo

I read numerous bad reviews about the paddles, I figured there were too many to be ignored. Sorry you're having problems with yours.