Washing machine broken glass!

LilElvis

Mr_Singleton wrote: »

Of which over 40% where from that well known quality brand.... Beko!

Other quality brands i.e. Miele use a plastic shield in front of the (no doubt high quality) glass to help prevent any potential injury. Not that I'm suggesting that it never happens to quality brands. Unsurprisingly when your catering to the cheap and nasty end of the market plastic shields are too much of a drain on profit margins to implement.

Possibly Beko have a higher percentage of the failures because they have a commensurate share of the number of machines in use. Miele would have a very small market share so one would expect they would have a similarly low failure rate.

Aylesbury_Duck

On the point of spin speed, I believe that anything above about 900rpm is unnecessary anyway. I think I read a test report that said that the difference in moisture between 900 and 1400 was minimal, and the greater drying was achieved up to 900rpm. Higher spin speeds seem to feature heavily in marketing for machines. On my latest machine (a JL branded one) I dial the spin down to 900 for half the year and 700 in spring and summer. Saves energy but more importantly, probably extends the life of the motor, belts, bearings, etc.

stragglebod

Yes, low spin on the washing machine, high spin (2800 rpm) in the white knight.

Mr_Singleton

LilElvis wrote: »

Possibly Beko have a higher percentage of the failures because they have a commensurate share of the number of machines in use. Miele would have a very small market share so one would expect they would have a similarly low failure rate.

If the comparison was specifically between Beko & Miele you might have a point but it isn’t. Unsurprisingly Beko doesn’t have a monopoly on cheap and nasty as it’s competing with (from memory) the likes of whirlpool, Hotpoint and Indesit etc.

Mr_Singleton

Aylesbury_Duck wrote: »

I think I read a test report that said that the difference in moisture between 900 and 1400 was minimal, and the greater drying was achieved up to 900rpm.

The residual dampness @ 900rpm for a cottons load I believe is 65% whereas @ 1600rpm it’s 45%

Your comment regarding spin speeds being a marketing gimmick is probably true at the cheap & nasty end of the market with machines spinning far too fast for the build quality of the machine.

Aylesbury_Duck

Mr_Singleton wrote: »

The residual dampness @ 900rpm for a cottons load I believe is 65% whereas @ 1600rpm it’s 45%

Your comment regarding spin speeds being a marketing gimmick is probably true at the cheap & nasty end of the market with machines spinning far too fast for the build quality of the machine.

Thanks. Yes, a unit manufactured to tight tolerances and well-balanced will cope with higher speeds than one built to lower standards.

unholyangel

LilElvis wrote: »

Possibly Beko have a higher percentage of the failures because they have a commensurate share of the number of machines in use. Miele would have a very small market share so one would expect they would have a similarly low failure rate.

115 of the 280 incidents (41%) were beko, with which estimating their market share to be somewhere between 10% and 20%. So rather, it seems to disproportionately be present in beko machines.

Although those 115 reported incidents were from 3 million machines sold since 2010 - likely over billions of wash cycles.