Thread Number: 53100
Buying a new washing machine (Ireland/Europe) need advice.. |
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Post# 754664 , Reply# 2   5/3/2014 at 08:47 (3,617 days old) by AquaCycle (West Yorkshire, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 754689 , Reply# 3   5/3/2014 at 11:30 (3,617 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
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Do they sell Beko in Ireland? Couldn't find a national website for it. Here is the link to the general website:
www.beko.com/... |
Post# 754723 , Reply# 4   5/3/2014 at 14:22 (3,617 days old) by robliverpool (england Liverpool)   |   | |
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I've had my Beko two years now without any problems. It's the higher spec one and lots of choice with programmes. You can do a 60degree wash with 1400 spin in 59 minutes. It's quiet and just does load after load with no problems. I've never been a fan of them as they had a bad reputation in the early days but in my opinion they seem well built
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Post# 754829 , Reply# 8   5/4/2014 at 04:19 (3,616 days old) by Haxisfan (Europe - UK / Italy)   |   | |
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It's exciting moving into a new place... I've been trying to do that for a while but I haven't found anything suitable yet!
I'd have no issue recommending a Hoover but being careful to get the right model as some of them can be rather basic and restrictive in what you can do with them... yeah... I understand you just wanna wash your clothes! Had Hoovers for many years and they have been and still are extremely frugal (not meaning nonsense dry-washing and rinsing), intelligent/logical, efficient/effective and most surprisingly, reliable. Especially where wash times are concerned, Hoover often offers a wide variety of cycle lengths, by letting you select a stain level based on 3 program times, so basically, you get 3 different cycles for cottons, 3 for synth's and so forth, and you can customise them further by tweaking other wash parameters, like temperature and spin speed. In addition to all this, they feature pre-set cycles at fixed duration, from 15' (suitable for minute loads), 30' and 45' (suitable for medium loads restricted to a max temp of 40) and 59' (suitable for anything with a max temp of 60 and a long final spin sequence). Although I love Hoovers to bits, I think most modern machines do offer similar values anyway, just be wary of the extremely cheap models of any brand... but also bear in mind that you don't need to break the bank to get something decent. Maybe the article below is an eye opener ;-) CLICK HERE TO GO TO Haxisfan's LINK |
Post# 755247 , Reply# 15   5/6/2014 at 12:48 (3,614 days old) by iej (.... )   |   | |
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I'm very tempted by this one! But it's a bit pricy :D CLICK HERE TO GO TO iej's LINK |
Post# 755253 , Reply# 16   5/6/2014 at 13:10 (3,614 days old) by henene4 (Heidenheim a.d. Brenz (Germany))   |   | |
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The new range have and had some problems! They seem to have problems with spinning and rinsing. But it is a Miele. No review of reliability, but if you like it. |
Post# 755256 , Reply# 17   5/6/2014 at 13:35 (3,614 days old) by iej (.... )   |   | |
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What kind of problems rinsing and spinning? |
Post# 755260 , Reply# 18   5/6/2014 at 13:46 (3,614 days old) by henene4 (Heidenheim a.d. Brenz (Germany))   |   | |
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Rinsing does sometimes under certain cases not do a good job at all. And there seem to be some noises (knocking kind noise) during spin and some vibrations. |
Post# 755261 , Reply# 19   5/6/2014 at 13:51 (3,614 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)   |   | |
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Does a reverse tumble dryer really make that much difference? The reversing dryers are more prevalent in Europe but rarely seen in the US. I have a 16 year old Frigidare Gallery FL washer & dryer and one of the "big features" of the dryer is the "reverse tumbling". Personally I have seen no real benefit as sheets and such still roll up into a ball.
Thanks! Kevin |
Post# 755282 , Reply# 21   5/6/2014 at 15:14 (3,614 days old) by iej (.... )   |   | |
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Miele reversing vented dryer - sheets NEVER tangled. Bosch non reversing dryer - sheets come out like a football. |
Post# 755291 , Reply# 22   5/6/2014 at 15:44 (3,614 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)   |   | |
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Post# 755322 , Reply# 24   5/6/2014 at 18:11 (3,613 days old) by w5872 ()   |   | |
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One of the miele's is a slightly retro dialled novotronic... Just in case that tickles your fancy :) |
Post# 755435 , Reply# 26   5/7/2014 at 11:15 (3,613 days old) by logixx (Germany)   |   | |
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Post# 755444 , Reply# 27   5/7/2014 at 11:38 (3,613 days old) by henene4 (Heidenheim a.d. Brenz (Germany))   |   | |
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... now you made me curious! What component? How big is the work? And ,most of all, how? |
Post# 755463 , Reply# 28   5/7/2014 at 13:16 (3,613 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
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Post# 755477 , Reply# 29   5/7/2014 at 14:03 (3,613 days old) by logixx (Germany)   |   | |
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Don't know, really. I read the comment on Siemens's facebook page. It's from Josef, who used to post a lot on the German forum and also has an eBay shop and his own store, selling domestic and commercial laundry machines. He said that "there are technicians, who can reintroduce reverse tumbling by adding a small component". I'll link to to his home page: www.elektrocentral.de/...
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Post# 755527 , Reply# 30   5/7/2014 at 17:49 (3,612 days old) by iej (.... )   |   | |
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Miele dryers always did a very nice job of reversing. |