Beko appliances

Jackmydad

TELLIT01 wrote: »

Beko make appliances which are then labelled for other brands. To be honest, it's close to impossible to know who makes what these days as even the 'big brands' often have their stuff made by third parties.

Yeah, and not always the other brands you'd expect either!
I'm very suspicious of anything these days that has a big price on it for no better reason than the name.
But it's very hard to tell!

Dedekind

I think the warrantee is a good point. Eventually even Miele or whatever brand can have issues, and similarly the cheapest ones can last as long as any other. Samsung with 5y warrantee is definitely better than anything with 1y warrantee.

NaughtiusMaximus

We've had positive experiences with Beko appliances, so far we've had:

A combined fridge/freezer bought in 1996, sold in full working order in 2012 when we remodelled the kitchen and replaced it with...

A separate fridge and freezer, still working fine after 2 house moves and 7 years. The freezer spent 9 months living in a garage (when plugged in and working) a couple of years ago when the night time temperature dropped to -5 with no ill effects.

A washing machine bought in 2013 and lasted 5 years (longer than the Hotpoint, Indesit and LG machines we had previously). It died the second time we used it after a house move so it may have been damaged in the move. Replaced by another Beko.

neilmcl

jimbo6977 wrote: »

In our case we bought a Beko because it was by far and away the largest capacity washer-drier for a reasonable price (it cost £400 and nothing came close capacity-wise for less that £1,000).

We had an out-of-warranty breakdown which was dealt with well by Beko (they supplied the part foc and we paid £40 labour for fitting).

The repair guy advised us the machine was actually made by Panasonic.

I doubt it. Beko are part of a Turkish company that also manufacture brands such as Grundig, Flavel, Blomberg. There are certain budget models of other brands such as Panasonic, Bosch etc that are also made in Turkey but I think from a different company.

DigForVictory

We had a Beko fridge for almost a decade. I was a bit upset that the folk buying the house wanted it too, but my husband promised 'new toys!' & we ended up with a stable of Hotpoint appliances that meant the hotpoint engineer saw my too small for school children more often than the health visitor..

Next I have any say, it'll be Beko or the 5 year warranty option!

NaughtiusMaximus

neilmcl wrote: »

I doubt it. Beko are part of a Turkish company that also manufacture brands such as Grundig, Flavel, Blomberg.

Yes, the wonderfully named Arcelik whose parent company is Koc Holding, and no I'm not making any of that up.

Jackmydad

Dedekind wrote: »

I think the warrantee is a good point. Eventually even Miele or whatever brand can have issues, and similarly the cheapest ones can last as long as any other. Samsung with 5y warrantee is definitely better than anything with 1y warrantee.

The warranty is only of any real value if it's used. So if an appliance lasts longer it didn't "need" a warranty.
Breakdowns on virtually anything follow a graph called a "bathtub curve" because, fairly obviously the curve of failures against time looks like a bathtub shape.
So most failures happen in the early hours of use, when any faulty parts etc show up, followed by a relatively long period of very few failures, and then rising failure rates as the item reaches the end of it's design life.
That's hours of actual use of course. In the real world one person's actual use will be much more than anothers' over a period of years.
So personally, I'll have a cheap or free extended warranty, but I'm not going to pay more for that, or for that matter for a "premium brand"
I'll do what I've always done, buy inexpensive machines with decent reviews, and replace when they break and it's going to cost more than a few quid.
The 12 month warranty you get covers most "early failures" on the bathtub curve.
FWIW, we have spent less on washing machines in 42 years (next month) than one "ten year" machine would cost.

datostar

We bought a rather expensive Bosch washing machine 14 years ago with a 3 year John Lewis warranty. When the warranty ran out they offered a new insured scheme at £80 a year (then). We declined that and have instead put aside £80 a year into a 'Washing Machine Fund' ever since. Fund now stands at £880 and we have never needed any kind of repair.