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Thread Number: 34328
The future worryingly of elux products...... |
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| Post# 515239 5/2/2011 at 15:20 (4,739 days old) by newwave1 (Lincoln, United Kingdom) | ||
So...Kevins thread about machines in the Philippines got me to thinking once I saw a electrolux machine with the general sort of look of a normal zanussi washer but with a vestel drum...I know vestel have made some cheap machines for elux sold through independants etc...
So I thought i'd take a look at electrolux china's website with the help of google chrome translating and I found 3 basic models with the normalish style electrolux design so i've posted a pic..followed by a vestel. I assume this is the future so to speak of such a fantastic company slowly diminishing. Darren 
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| Post# 515241 , Reply# 1 5/2/2011 at 15:24 (4,739 days old) by newwave1 (Lincoln, United Kingdom) | ||
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| Post# 515251 , Reply# 2 5/2/2011 at 15:56 (4,739 days old) by aegokocarat (United Kingdom) | ||
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i knew elux were going down hill when my old zanussi would spin and and cause the drum to ricashet around and the door never locked. it was pretty mutch a shit machine to start with and the back plate was wafer thin plastic | ||
| Post# 515257 , Reply# 3 5/2/2011 at 16:03 (4,739 days old) by Haxisfan (Europe - UK / Italy) | ||
That Vestel looks like Swan in the UK
The washer on the second pic looks exactly the same as the 'Swan' washing machines sold on Very.co.uk
Check the link below. CLICK HERE TO GO TO Haxisfan's LINK | ||
| Post# 515263 , Reply# 4 5/2/2011 at 16:35 (4,739 days old) by ronhic (Canberra, Australia) | ||
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| Post# 515406 , Reply# 5 5/3/2011 at 09:37 (4,738 days old) by glenfieldmathk1 (Glenfield-Leicester-UK) | ||
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Electrolux may be going down hill, but with them releasing those brilliant new AEGs I am sure that only the lower end is going down hill! | ||
Post# 515565 , Reply# 7 5/4/2011 at 06:15 (4,737 days old) by chestermikeuk  (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Those | ||
| Post# 515582 , Reply# 9 5/4/2011 at 07:35 (4,737 days old) by ultimafan () | ||
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... and a more stylish black IKEA washer, why Zanussi still haven't bothered making a black coloured range I don't know... 
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Post# 515604 , Reply# 10 5/4/2011 at 09:58 (4,737 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Ohh | ||
| Post# 515605 , Reply# 11 5/4/2011 at 09:59 (4,737 days old) by aegokocarat (United Kingdom) | ||
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smart dangrous crap... is what these look like to me! | ||
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Post# 515609 , Reply# 12 5/4/2011 at 10:24 (4,737 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Based on.... | ||
| Post# 515620 , Reply# 15 5/4/2011 at 11:00 (4,737 days old) by aegokocarat (United Kingdom) | ||
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i have been swarn off them zanussis Matt. it really put me off it is my oppinion. i live in wales and iff hoover were still built like tanks you can bet ya boots i wouldve goten one! | ||
| Post# 515976 , Reply# 19 5/6/2011 at 08:49 (4,735 days old) by newwave1 (Lincoln, United Kingdom) | ||
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The lack of filter!
The flexidose model has a strange new filter system. the drum looks a little like the insight models with the wavey paddles...then there is one HUGE paddle that looks like a bosch paddle...you line that up with a line on the doorseal that says "filter" you undo the paddle and the filter is in the sump! crazy! Now the 1600rpm model that currys do has the same zanussi drum as were used to but doesn't have a filter! cost cutting perhaps? I have every reason to believe these are still 100% in house produced machines. as are the ikea machines. Now the models i've posted and the hidious comet special liam posted are outsourced crap. Sadly. Darren | ||
| Post# 515996 , Reply# 20 5/6/2011 at 10:45 (4,735 days old) by paulc (Edinburgh, Scotland) | ||
Darren | ||
| Post# 515997 , Reply# 21 5/6/2011 at 10:57 (4,735 days old) by aegokocarat (United Kingdom) | ||
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@Paulc i wonderd the same thing and new zanussi's have started to grow on me again! | ||
| Post# 516063 , Reply# 23 5/6/2011 at 18:16 (4,735 days old) by ronhic (Canberra, Australia) | ||
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Are we sure 'filter'.... is the right term?
I only ask, because having had cause to open and remove it once, it is certainly not normally capable of filtering anything 'fine', such as lint...that is, unless you wash something that almost falls apart....
I would have thought that 'button trap' would have been a more appropriate turn of phrase for filters in front load machines - indeed, no Australian made Hoovers ever had one.... | ||
| Post# 516067 , Reply# 25 5/6/2011 at 18:41 (4,735 days old) by Haxisfan (Europe - UK / Italy) | ||
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@ronhic
You're right... button trap or coin trap is a more appropriate term to describe this kind of contrivance in modern machines... in fact it doesn't ever need cleaning... hence the term 'self cleaning'!
I used to clean it in the Hoover (UK/EU) twice a year but now I've got to the point that I don't bother for a whole year or longer as it never gets dirty. I've included a link below where I perform some biannual maintenance with the washer... I take the filter out at time 9:00 in the clip. CLICK HERE TO GO TO Haxisfan's LINK | ||
| Post# 516143 , Reply# 26 5/7/2011 at 05:44 (4,734 days old) by newwave1 (Lincoln, United Kingdom) | ||
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Hmm we occasionally call the filter a coin trap..generally in the repair trade they do.
Liam: The zanussi without the filter, zanussi state on the sticker which I left on the machine that the pump is a self cleaning type but to check it occasionally for objects. Its not like old filters the the perforated plastic etc. Even my oldschool zanussi never has much need to be cleaned! But I dislike the idea of not having the option which would result in an unnecessary call out which was always the case with hoover and hotpoint machines. The flexidose model has literally a mainwash and a fabric softener compartment thats it! I did not see anything in the drum which would allow the use of prewash detergent. I find this a strange model in that if you use P&G you'd have to dose the gels in the drum. unless u use persil, surf or own brand liquids then you could dose via the drawer! I dislike the fact they can't even put progress indicators on the BOL models like mine. It drives me insane. I have just bought a new machine from another brand because the lack of extra rinse, progress indicators and time remaining and lack of 30degree temp drive me insane! Darren | ||
| Post# 516186 , Reply# 27 5/7/2011 at 11:55 (4,734 days old) by nrones () | ||
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I saw Zanussi Flex dose And I really don't understand it! Can somebody tell me what is that small detergent draw, like on Candy Aquamatics for? and how is it flexible? Dex | ||
| Post# 516316 , Reply# 29 5/8/2011 at 03:40 (4,733 days old) by Haxisfan (Europe - UK / Italy) | ||
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@FL1012
Hi Liam... I wasn't taking for granted the self cleaning factor of these newer filters (well, newer to an extent... my sister 18 year old washer has the exact same component as my 6.5 year old 'modern' washer... we can practically swap them). I was just trying to say that they really are low maintenance compared to the older ones: my parents old mid 70's model required a filter clean at least once a month. I attached a link below... if you wish to see it forward the video to 5.00 minutes.
As for a blocked filter, it's not always the case that the pump is blocked because of build-ups, the motor that drives the pump might occasionally be the culprit. I still believe that all washers should have a user accessible filter regardless. CLICK HERE TO GO TO Haxisfan's LINK | ||
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