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Hotpoint Aqualtis AQGD 169 S - Photos
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Post# 271988   3/25/2008 at 07:33 (5,869 days old) by mrx ()        

Here are a few photos of our Hotpoint Aqualtis AQGD 169 S
1600 RPM
8KG

For some reason the camera's picking up streaks on the front. You can't see them in reality although, perhaps I should give it a polish :)





Post# 271989 , Reply# 1   3/25/2008 at 07:33 (5,869 days old) by mrx ()        
Door open

Here's what's behind the door. It opens rather like a dishwasher

Post# 271990 , Reply# 2   3/25/2008 at 07:34 (5,869 days old) by mrx ()        
Controls

Here are the controls (on the door)

Post# 271991 , Reply# 3   3/25/2008 at 07:35 (5,869 days old) by mrx ()        
Closer

Heres a closer view

Post# 271992 , Reply# 4   3/25/2008 at 07:35 (5,869 days old) by mrx ()        
Detergent Drawer

Here's the detergent drawer - hidden behind the door!

Post# 271994 , Reply# 5   3/25/2008 at 07:36 (5,869 days old) by mrx ()        
The drum

Here's the 8KG drum, it's slightly inclined.

Post# 271995 , Reply# 6   3/25/2008 at 07:37 (5,869 days old) by mrx ()        
Drum light!

Here's the drum light.

It's quite cool actually it dims the light smoothly off when it's not using it. All very fancy!


Post# 272001 , Reply# 7   3/25/2008 at 08:04 (5,869 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)        
Hotpoint Aqualtis - Deeply Different!!!

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Nice one Mr X, we are selling a lot of these and getting no complaints, just lots of positive feedback!!!! I see what you mean about the streaks better get the old polish out...LOL

Is this your machine or a customers!! reason being can you whip the top off to show the lads what little there is (other than the BIG DRUM) in the cabinet...everything looks pretty well neat and tidy in their!!!also can you select rinse & spin & tell me what the time display shows....

Cheers, Mike


Post# 272011 , Reply# 8   3/25/2008 at 08:48 (5,869 days old) by dj-gabriele ()        

Ahh, I didn't like the Aqualtis at first but it really looks like very good machine. And sturdy too! I'm happy that the Indesit reputation is getting better lol

Post# 272015 , Reply# 9   3/25/2008 at 09:18 (5,869 days old) by mrx ()        
I'll give it a polish :)

Yeah, it's weird it looked quite clean and shiny until I took a photograph of it hehe I'll polish it up and take another photo!!

It's a very nice machine though, I have had absolutely nothing negative to report about it. It's exceptionally quiet, our sharp microwave is significantly louder than the Aqualtis spin cycle at 1600RPM!!!! When it's washing it's almost totally silent, you hear a very faint splash.

The wash results are excellent, it's cleaning and rinsing as well as my old Miele and significantly better than a Bosch machine that we had before!

Also the platinum wool cycle is just the most effective thing you've ever seen.
You start the machine and it immediately ramps up to distribution speed i.e. the clothes stick to the side of the drum and it gets them all balanced.
Then it starts to fill!
The wool is not tumbled, rather it's driven through the water stuck to the drum.
This goes on for quite a while then it stops and allows the wool to soak for a bit. Then ramps back up to distribution speed and empties and spins at 600rpm. Then holds everything at distribution spin speed and re-fills with cold water and does a rinse (never stopping the spin!)
Ramps back up to full spin
and on to the next rinse(s)

The wool comes out actually fully clean and smelling nice and not like damp sheep!

It seems to manage to distribute and balance the clothes very effectively, much more so than the Bosch we had before and the powerful AC motor makes a huge difference, there's no "nonsense" i.e. it can just pretty much do anything with the drum as it can create huge torque and it uses it very effectively and can vary the speed from 0 to 1600RPM and anything in between pretty much at will.

I've seen one with the top off and yeah, I have to agree it's remarkable how little is in there!!! It's quite literally just a huge drum.

The control system is moved down to the back right of the machine and links up to the control panel on the door via a single digital connector about as thick as a USB cable. There are no wiring ribbons or anything like that that you find in older digitally controlled machines.

The 'box of tricks' that controls everything is just about the size of a brick with a large heat sink on it. That does all the switching.

I would assume the heat sink is for the inverter circuitry that controls the motor.

Having everything down there also means that there's very little wiring as the components are all located beside each other i.e. motor, pump, heater, thermocouples, level switch etc. So there is very little need to have many wires running around the cabinet.






Post# 272024 , Reply# 10   3/25/2008 at 10:48 (5,869 days old) by lavamat78800 ()        
Nice washer!!!

am wondering how long it takes to have a full washload...for how many persons do you wash?

Post# 272035 , Reply# 11   3/25/2008 at 11:44 (5,869 days old) by mrx ()        

well it's quite water efficient, so you can wash smaller loads without feeling that you're being an environmental disaster zone. It will adjust to the load volume.

A full load can take a while to build up, but it will hold an entire week's towels, facecloths and all the bed linen (sheets, duvet covers and pillow cases) for 2 people in a single "7 Day Bed and Bath" wash which uses a special 60C cycle with very long tumbling phases where it tumbles each direction for 20 seconds with a 2 second pause.

Results are EXCELLENT


Post# 272167 , Reply# 12   3/26/2008 at 03:03 (5,868 days old) by gorenje (Slovenia)        

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Wow, it seems to be a really nice machine with all those features. And it hase also a drum light. The wool cyle you described it's very interesting and it is sure gentler than the tumbling action. I also love the 20 sec. tumbling with 2 sec. pause, that is something you don't see so often. "The Indesit reputation is getting better" - that is good, because I heard a lot of complains about Ariston (Hotpoint) machines. Thanks for sharing it. Ingemar

Post# 272194 , Reply# 13   3/26/2008 at 08:12 (5,868 days old) by mrx ()        

It's not only more gentle, it seems to be much more effective. Its the first time I've had wool items come out of a machine smelling really fresh. Normally they had that 'wet sheep' smell :)

I must shoot some video of it doing some of its more unusual cycles and wash actions.

It really seems that Indesit have made a very good machine although, the Aqualtis range is not exactly cheap. I think perhaps some of these companies like Indesit get a poor reputation because they produce such a vast quantity of low end machines which are aimed at the lower end of the market.

It doesn't necessarily follow that their high end machines are the same build quality. The Aqualtis, the Extendia and the Moon seem to be getting really good reviews.

(OK, I know you guys all hate the Indesit Moon on the basis that it's a dumbed-down washer, but it does work rather well!)



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