My Washing Machine takes forever !!! whats your machines shortest programme???

vanessa123

simbasweetie wrote:

Someone out there must be able to help me. My washing machine takes forever to wash a load. I have a Bosch 1100, and on a 40 degree wash the shortest programme is approx 1 and a half hours !!! I can do a quick cold wash which takes 30 mins, but it doesnt work on grubby whites and doesn't spin as fast so everything is really really wet, it's meant for woollies really.

I want to buy a new machine that does a 40 degree but faster. Only trouble is when I look at all the washing machines there is all the info on enconomy and water consumption etc. but no mention of programme lengths. i have to ask the salesman for the manual and they loo at me like i'm a bit nuts !!

Can anyone recommend a machine and model, (that is still available for purchase) and let me know what the programme length is.

thanks everyone

turn your bosch down to 30 degrees and help the environment, use persil gel tabs on your whites, they're amazing!!!!!!

sorry it's not more use, i have the same machine but i wouldn't swap it. it's fantastic at getting things clean and very quiet..........:j

PJ1

Hi,
My machine, which is a Servis, also takes ages and seems to vary on timings on the same wash cycle, I presume it is rto do with the weight of the load. However I use a lot of other machines in my job and find that most have a Qickwash of Fastwash or Lightwash option which still gets things perfectly clean. It only has a slow spin but I just switch it to a fast spin only once the machine has finished, I find these generally last 10-15 mins. HTH.

rubix_76

Sorry to tread on anyones toes, and forgive me if someone has allready said this (I have only scanned through all 4 pages), but it is not the TIME the wash takes that makes the difference but the power and hence energy rating of the machine.

For example (and these are only hypothetical figures) a C rated appliance could take 90 minutes for a wash, whereas an A rated one could take 120 minutes (2 hours). BUT because the C rated one uses say 200 Watts of power, and uses 20 litres of water, and the A rates one uses 150 watts and 15 litres it is more efficient.

To give you another example if I have two lights turned on, one for 4 hours which is a 100 Watt bulb, and the other for 8 hours but is a 10 watt energy saving bulb guess which one uses less power. It is of course the 10 watt energy saving one as it only uses a tenth of the power but is on for twice the time, so hence uses one fifth (20%) of the total energy - get my drift.

Some posters seem to think the longer the wash the less efficent or the more power the washing machine uses.

Hope this makes sense.

rubix_76

Even though I have gone on .. and on... and on about energy usage.

One thing I have always wondered is on our washing machine you can either use a low normal or high "soiled" setting. There is also a half load setting. Yet the time on the half load is more than when the soiled setting is set to low.

I would have thought it would be quicker to use less water than soak the clothes for less time ?? - Anyone who works for hotpoint may be able to answer this.

So which costs less, using less water, or less electricicty ?? Even though they give the energy usage for the 40 degree C wash (hence the energy rating), and the amount of water (or was that the dishwasher, I forget) it would be nice if they give you a table of water usage, and power consumtion for every programme. They have to declare everything else these days so why not that too. As consumers we deserve to know this before we buy.

Ok, Does anyone else need the soapbox :rotfl:

chutneyferret

I have an american top loading Maytag machine, it takes a whole set of beeding, with duvet covers, pillows, bottom sheets and I can wash it all in 20 minutes. Great. It is big and cumbersome so not suitable for in a kitchen but great for an outhouse or garage. I bought mine cheap from Comets clearnce webiste where you can bid for damaged or sale stock at very cheap prices.

John47

I bought a Siemens 147A, recommended by Which magazine for its short cycles and low energy use and its works fine. You should be able to email them for further details about the machine. It's a bit expensive though at over 400 quid. I believe that Siemens machines are made by Bosch.

Loop

Mine is a hotpoint WD86 summit washer dryer with LCD screen. The 30 degree wash is 30 miuntes, and it has timesaver opptions on most of the other settings. A 90degree is about 2 hours, just cant beleive a normal wash takes some of you that long, id go stir crazy with 2 kids!

Beans_2

I've got a Bosch Exxcel 1200 - had it for about 3 years now. Shortest 40 degree wash is 45 mins on easy care, but cottens and linens is 1 hr 6 mins. there are 30 degree washes at 35 mins too. Best bit is you can programme it to start up to 19 hours later, so it finishes just as i walk in from work - no more mouldy washing. I got info from Which and then bought it over the net - easy.

Rikki

liz545 wrote:

The washer in my house is a Bendix, and a 40deg wash takes at least 90 minutes, although I haven't tried it. It's a new machine, but it's the slowest and noisiest that I've ever used; the spin cycle sounds like a plane taking off and we can't use it after 8pm as it's just so slow and noisy that the flat downstairs complain! The quick wash doesn't get clothes very clean, and is no less noisy. If I were you, I wouldn't buy a Bendix washer!

Have you tried laying carpet tiles under the machine?
It made a big difference to the noise level of washing machine and dishwasher.

mech_2

On the subject of door seals: It's often possible to reuse the existing door seal. See if you can take it off and put it back on rotated so that the hole is at the top, thus avoiding leakage without having to buy a new seal. I've successfully done this on two different washing machines.