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

srg123

i have an indisit omega 1200 i bought about 12or 13 years ago. I am lucky to have dual fill which cuts the wash time down and half load setting. Are our cloths as dirty as they used to be when most people done manual work and only bathed once or twice a week??? I have a typical 15 year old teenage daughter who will only wear cloths once even for a couple of hours or so, its wonders what a single rinse with no washing powder does. and its better to the enviroment, without tumble drying,

Smiley_Mum

I've got a Miele Premier 520 and the shortest wash is 31 minutes. You can also alter programme settings for other washes, bar the short wash. Soaking time etc, and you can add in a prewash or make most programmes short washes etc. I love the short wash for freshening up the kids uniforms, they usually come home with some gunk or other on their sweaters, trousers etc so its great, instead of over an hour and a half on my old machine which was a zanussi. The short wash is 31 minutes, 40 degrees and it states only 2.5kgs but if you add in an extra rinse in the programme when you set it at the start you can get away with a regular sized wash of lightly soiled clothes. Never had a problem, always washed everything fine.

jojilufc

HI I'm new on here, please be nice to me...

I have a hoover select 1500 which has a 7kg load so is great for my family. It has a 29 min 40degree wash for light soiling or a 45 min one for heavier soiling. It also has a 60min 60degree wash if needed for whites. I very rarely use the longer washes now as these work perfect for us and my two boys are mud magnets. It even has a special sport wash for those yucky pe kits and foootie kits...

Hope this helps

sarabob

gerretl wrote:

No they are not. check out https://www.washerhelp.co.uk to see why

Thanks for the link. I am now officially annoyed.

'Not much hot water gets used because we turn both taps on full'. So why not use just the flipping hot tap then? Add cold water if it's too hot ('your hot water is too hot and kills off the bio-enzymes') with... Hmm... A thermostatically controlled valve?

(My mum used to turn off the cold tap valve to the washing machine so it wouldn't do the 'both taps on full' routine, and run the hot water until it came out hot to avoid the 'your pipes are too long' nonsense.)

Excuse after excuse. It's really not rocket science. Your average washing machine has a pretty advanced computer inside, managing water temperature is really not that hard.

There are three reasons for not having a hot water inlet:

* It uses less water as you don't run the hot water away until it gets warm enough, giving you an A efficiency for water

* They don't have to put an extra hose in the box, saving 10p * 100,000 washing machines (every penny *really* counts in manufacturing)

* Having a furred-up heater means your washing machine will need replacing sooner.

:mad: :mad: :mad:

Oh, and my tip for a quicker wash is to use the quick wash setting. Bizarrely on our Bosch washer it only spins at low speed so everything comes out wet. Stick it on for another spin...

jubblinsm

simbasweetie wrote:

Don't get me wrong, it is a great machine, apart from the black gunk that accumulates in the roof of the soap drawer !, but I too remember that my old machine, hotpoint, which was pants by the way, was a much faster "normal" wash than this new one.

I want to be able to do all my washing in one day instead of taking the whole flippin' weekend !!

Just an idea - can you put a load on each night before you go to bed or get a timer and do a load on cheap electric (if you have economy 7), hang it up in the morning on rads etc. and repeat as needed.
As a busy fulltime working mum this is the only way I can keep on top of my washing and still have 2 -3 loads each weekend. Mine's a Bosch but about 10 years old and takes approx 1 - 1/4 hrs on a coloured wash, the white cycle with one prewash takes forever! Definately a night wash not one for the weekends!!

simbasweetie

Thanks lovelyjubbly and kal25. Will try the eco balls and will probably change machine to whirlpool 6th sense.
Interesting discussion everyone !!

OMR

Hello everyone- best site ever - first post, sorry it's a long one.
Very interested in this washing machine thread; we have a Samsung P1205J which we've had for almost 6 years. It's one cracking machine! Shortest cycle 35mins, 'normal' cycle 1hr 15mins. But the thing I want to say most is that we wash everything in cold water, have done since we got this machine & would never consider doing anything else now. It's a dual fill, but it allows you to choose the temperature you want for any cycle, so I can choose synthetic & then pick 0 degrees, or wool & 0 degrees etc. I use the cheapest powder I can find in Lidl & the results are excellent. I don't know why we hot wash in this country; my sister's machine in Australia has always washed in cold. I initially wondered about needing a cold water detergent, but on advice from someone in that industry, all our detergents contain the magic ingredient that allows them to dissolve happily in cold water, but they just don't tell you about it. (I should say that we did not have this choice on our old machine, but I checked carefully that it was possible on this one before buying it.) So try it! Stuff the electric companies!
Al the best.

pippo

I may be wrong but i think that it generally it is more energy efficient to use a modern cold fill washer -however I have dual fill & a combi boiler and tend to let my dual fill washer fill up immediatelyafter iI have done dishes & the water is running hot. Does any one know if I am saving money or not?? I have also been known to tip the remaing hot water from the kettle into the washer!

Isn't there something on old style thrift board re black gunk and white vinegar??

allean01

I have a Whirlpool.

BUT

I run the short wash at 40 deg, then stop it just before the final spin, as it is too slow, and wind it on to the fast spin of the longer wash. Total time = 56 minutes. (Short wash is 38 minutes, plus short spin time - don' know how long, never timed it.)

Good Luck:cool:

Justamum

Bogof_Babe wrote:

Try to find one that is not cold fill only (very rare these days). It's the cold fill that makes the programs long, because the water has to be heated before the washing even commences.

I am fed up of my cold fill Zanussi as it leaves streaks of powder on the clothes, even when only half filled.

Bring back dual fill machines, they were so much more efficient.

I bought a new washing machine last year, and the man who fitted it said that new machines are nearly all cold fill only these days, so it might not be easy getting one which attaches to the hot tap too.

I bought an AEG because my older AEG got zapped by lightning when we were living in Africa and wouldn't work properly. I must say I'm happy with it. I have recently gone from washing at 40C to 30C, and I usually press the "timesaver" button which reduces the wash time. I'm not sure how long it actually takes because I put it on just before I leave to walk the children to school, but it has usually finished by the time I get back about 40 minutes later. I don't really find any problem with the cleanliness, but that might be because I never put powder in the drawer - always straight into the drum (regardless of what the powder manufacturers might say). There's always a load of gloopy powder left in the drum, but my way whatever dosage I used actually washes the clothes!