Washing machine brands? Cheap vs pricey

[Deleted User]

I paid £600 for a Miele with a 10 year warranty so £60 a year. If it lasts more than 10 years then that's a bonus. But in the meantime I have a quality product that actually cleans clothes properly without ruining any clothes.

saverbuyer

Deleted_User wrote: »

I paid £600 for a Miele with a 10 year warranty so £60 a year. If it lasts more than 10 years then that's a bonus. But in the meantime I have a quality product that actually cleans clothes properly without ruining any clothes.

Mines was £650 after £75 cash back and 10 year warranty. Great machine, really can't fault it. The washing is fantastic.

EssexExile

About the same numbers for me. But it's a washing machine, it washes clothes just like my 20 year old Hotpoint did before, no better, no worse.

phil24_7

And likelwise I can't fault my £200 washing mashine. Washes everything just fine, including chocolate/cola/wine/alcopop stains. Has been going 4 years so far with no sign of letting up so currently stands at £50 per year. A £600 Meile will have to last 3 times as long as my Indesit to make financial sense!

atrixblue.-MFR-.

The_Last_Username wrote: »

Whereas we are on our second .......... in over fifteen years!
First lasted over twelve years and still worked BUT needed brushes; we were replacing a few "bits" and got a good deal so ...........:j
THIS ONE is now over three & is great; used almost every day and works just fine - AND is A++ energy efficient to boot. For just over £200, it is amazing.

NOTE:- before the first Beko, we had an £1100 (then! :eek:) AEG - together with an equally-specified AEG drier. Neither of which were very reliable or (sorry, but being being honest) particularly good.
THAT is why we first tried Beko; we figured it was as cheap to buy these for what we thought would be a few years use.
:rotfl:

also note that things are not made the same or made in the same place 15yrs ago as 5 yrs ago production and quality has changed in 15 yrs.


So my argument to you longevity of a machine is that whilst it was well built then, they are not now.

[Deleted User]

I tend to prefer to pay more for something that's cheaper to run, does large loads (lots of washing) with good reviews.

About a year ago I bought a Samsung Ecobubble and found it was a tremendous improvement on my previous LG washing machine. My ex still sometimes brings his diesel soaked washing round, and it washes that better than any machine I've ever used (use lots of soda crystals with Ariel). I find I can use lower temp washes, do huge loads and my electricity and water bills have both gone down. I did have a five year guarantee as well. I tend to use the daily wash cycle which takes 1hr 3 mins.., my LG used to take over 2 hours to do a wash. Must help with electricity savings. As I said, I find the Samsung cleans a lot better in spite of this.

Make sure you search for the cheapest price for model you decide on. I usually manage to save at least a third doing that, and of course, there's often cashback. You might have to be more flexible on the model of washing machine you buy to get the real bargains though. I recently bought an £899 whirlpool heat pump dryer for £399 - think it was reduced to get them into the country, I don't know (there were very few available in online shops and most were advertised in Euro's except for the shop I bought it from which had a sale on). Electricity bills have already gone down by £20 a month since I bought it (three months ago). The bargains are out there.

Norman_Castle

deannatrois wrote: »

I tend to use the daily wash cycle which takes 1hr 3 mins.., my LG used to take over 2 hours to do a wash. Must help with electricity savings.

Longer wash cycles are used so that lower temperature washing performance can match higher temperature washes. 80+% of the energy use will be to heat the water so despite the longer wash time the cost should be lower.