Thread Number: 43226
Indesit on Watchdog again |
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Post# 635747   11/1/2012 at 16:32 (4,165 days old) by AquaCycle (West Yorkshire, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 635861 , Reply# 2   11/2/2012 at 05:22 (4,165 days old) by glenfieldmathk1 (Glenfield-Leicester-UK)   |   | |
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There have been more reported cases of Candy in the UK than Indesit, so I wonder why they haven't shown Candy/Hoover. I think worldwide its about equal both Indesit and Candy. One of the customers have replaced there machine with a Hoover, while the other replaced it with another Indesit. |
Post# 636408 , Reply# 5   11/4/2012 at 11:28 (4,162 days old) by AquaCycle (West Yorkshire, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 636628 , Reply# 8   11/4/2012 at 22:37 (4,162 days old) by qualin (Canada)   |   | |
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I love the sound effect the BBC uses to illustrate the explosion.. Kind of shocking what it did to that one mans counter though.. |
Post# 636656 , Reply# 9   11/5/2012 at 04:38 (4,162 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)   |   | |
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"I`d love to know what mainwash programme she was using to get to the fast spin 20 mins after loading??"
You can understand the inertia and G force produced by a large spinning load can affect the thin metal spinning baskets that produces these explosions.... Its not new, in the 70`s & 80`s when all the country was on strike and steel was in short supply there where similar faults then with drums exploding due to thinner inferior steel being used - the one benefit then was that the outer drum was enamel coated thick steel which contained the explosions and torn drums... These outer plastic drums on cheaper machines are so cheap and thin it doesnt take much to break them... Its about time manufacturers started cutting down on the mega range of appliances produced and start making few models of better quality!! |
Post# 676785 , Reply# 11   5/2/2013 at 10:04 (3,984 days old) by HotpointFan (United Kingdom)   |   | |
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Post# 676886 , Reply# 12   5/2/2013 at 18:49 (3,983 days old) by optima (Cumbria England)   |   | |
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Post# 678142 , Reply# 14   5/8/2013 at 10:49 (3,978 days old) by AquaCycle (West Yorkshire, UK)   |   | |
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I think Hotpoint and Indesit FAR outsell Hoover and Candy. It seems these days, every other house has a Hotpoint or Indesit in it.
Go onto a house selling website, such as Rightmove or Zoopla, and have a nosey at the kitchen pics. It's incredible just how many Hotpoint's and Indesit that are out there. |
Post# 678189 , Reply# 15   5/8/2013 at 17:10 (3,977 days old) by electron1100 (England)   |   | |
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Post# 678208 , Reply# 17   5/8/2013 at 18:27 (3,977 days old) by optima (Cumbria England)   |   | |
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Dejan that was the first thing i noticed @ the start of the programme was that replacement was a Hoover Dynamic just like when Watchdog did the first report last time & also the dates don't add up because towards the end of the programme they mentioned the model numbers that are effected & 2 of them are very recent models
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Post# 678228 , Reply# 19   5/8/2013 at 20:37 (3,977 days old) by optima (Cumbria England)   |   | |
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Post# 678272 , Reply# 20   5/9/2013 at 04:45 (3,977 days old) by ozzie908 (Lincoln UK)   |   | |
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It's time the classic Hotpoint brand was brought back to be made in the UK.
Will this ever happen due to the cost of setting it all up it would be good if it did and it would be great for providing jobs etc but would people in the UK stump up the extra cost of the machines somehow I doubt it and lets be honest the one thing that has brought about this catastrophic turn of events is penny pinching and cutting back on materials used in production just so us the customer can buy the cheapest on the market. OK so not us who know better but the average washer user on the street...:o) Austin |
Post# 678319 , Reply# 22   5/9/2013 at 07:32 (3,977 days old) by electron1100 (England)   |   | |
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Post# 678338 , Reply# 24   5/9/2013 at 08:57 (3,977 days old) by AquaCycle (West Yorkshire, UK)   |   | |
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"but it never shakes and is nice and stable"
That's because it has an induction motor. "Apart from the issue highlighted it seems Indesits are very reliable machines though" What!? That's like saying "apart from the fact that he killed thousands of people, Hitler was a nice bloke!". Constant reports of exloding drums, bearing failures, PCB failures, brush replacements and repairs due to poor construction such as dials and detergent drawers coming loose ALL on machines that are under 5 years old. Sorry, but there are no excuses for it. |
Post# 678341 , Reply# 25   5/9/2013 at 09:34 (3,977 days old) by AquaCycle (West Yorkshire, UK)   |   | |
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For those interested, here is the info from last nights clip regarding Indesit and Hotpoint machines exploding
CLICK HERE TO GO TO AquaCycle's LINK |
Post# 678391 , Reply# 29   5/9/2013 at 14:06 (3,976 days old) by HotpointFan (United Kingdom)   |   | |
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