New washing machine - options please

veryintrigued

Hi all - hopefully the right section.

Our 13 year old washing machine has just given up the ghost - a broken belt caused by a collapsed drum caused by a collapsed bearing.

We're on a tight budget but looking for a decent washer at a decent price. The previous one was a Hotpoint First Edition WM52. There is only two of us so we dont have it on much.

Any tips of a place to get a decent but cheap reliable washer and a make thats decent too please.

Thanks as always for your assistance.

flashg67

Do you have a budget in mind - I've seen washers in Asda/Comet/Currys etc for around £190. I've just replaced my dead Hotpoint with an Indesit from https://www.appliancesonline.co.uk

From a service point of view, I can recommend them - ordered last Friday night, delivered (free) on Sunday! £10 to take the old one away and a small amount of cashback too, via Top Cashback.

There are user reviews on there too. With a family of 5 and a water meter, I looked for one with A ratings & a decent spin speed, as the savings should add up over the life of the machine.

The one I chose was this one - http://www.appliancesonline.co.uk/product/IWC6145-Indesit-Start-Washing-Machine-White-15780.aspx

I checked around and couldn't find it cheaper. Only had it a week, but it washes well and is quieter than the old Hotpoint!

veryintrigued

Many thanks for the replies so far.

Affordable would be £300 at the very maximum but if it could come in a lot less than that it would be very welcome.

We're on a water meter too -so efficiency should be on the ticklist too.

markandkate

You could also try comet auctions we bought a new Siemens machine and it had a scratch on the side and was £200 cheaper than the shop price. Ok if you can hang on a bit but not if you need to do something straight away

ormus

tesco were doing indesits for 199 quid recently.
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hethmar

My latest is an AEG washer/dryer and its been wonderful.

Have a google, find a washer you like and then google again for the best price. Then use a cash back site to see if the merchant is on there offering some cash back.

For information, Which give Miele as the best followed by AEG.

Just_landed

http://www.dixons.co.uk/gbuk/washing-machines/106_1026_10026_xx_xx/xx-250-criteria.html


scroll to the bottom. Zanussi every time for me.

eslick

once you find the model you are after try this search engine for the best price.

http://www.whiteboxdeals.co.uk/

oh and avoid hotpoint, they are terrible, their customer service as bad as santander is for banking, now part of indesit group, hopeless

browniej

veryintrigued wrote: »

We're on a tight budget but looking for a decent washer at a decent price.

A washing machine service man told me that he would recommend a Bosch washing machine over any these days.

He also said to avoid Hotpoint (and therefore Indesit as they now own Hotpoint) at all costs. I would agree with him on that having had 2 Hotpoint machines give up on me after 3yrs and 2yrs. My previous Hotpoint had lasted 14 years.

Rolandtheroadie

flashg67 wrote: »

£10 to take the old one away

In this day and age? :eek:
We just leave them out the front and the appliance fairies have them away in no time.

ormus

as the OP has a had a hotpoint machine for 13 yrs, its a bit silly to tell em they are no good.

as for indesits, ive had 3 of em. they have lasted an average of 7 yrs each.
for 200 quid, thatll do for me, tommy.