It is only the Eco cycles that have the lower temperatures, most brands still have their standard cycles which indeed do reach target temperature.  E.g. Bekos have seperate Cottons and Cottons Eco cycles (it states in their manuals that Cottons Eco doesnt quite reach temp), my Maytag-Asko reaches the set temperature regardless, AEG/Zanussi also have seperate Eco cycles so the default cycles still reach the full temperature.

It is sneaky in one respect how energy labels only test on the Eco cycles, but the flipside is that the standard non-eco cycles are as before and often use a lot more water for rinsing etc.

Jon

Pierre, the European LGs (as with most of our washers) are cold fill only and heat their own water.

Jon