Thread Number: 65048
/ Tag: Modern Automatic Washers
Modern Hotpoint Query |
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Post# 876747 , Reply# 1   4/12/2016 at 13:56 (2,906 days old) by robliverpool (england Liverpool)   |   | |
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Post# 876856 , Reply# 3   4/13/2016 at 03:30 (2,906 days old) by Haxisfan (Europe - UK / Italy)   |   | |
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All modern machines employ one method or another to dilute excessive suds... maybe the Hotpoint does it just during the main wash and that is deemed enough for whoever designed these machines. I had a Hotpoint too for a few weeks but it was driving me insane so I let it go... the behavior you described about the count down timer was just as you said. I don't like Bekos either as they operate in a very primitive way... each program is allocated a fixed amount of water which is loaded statically regardless of the absorbency of the load... so, small loads end up floating whereas big loads will get a fairly low water level: I am stunned to see this kind of behavior on a modern machine! I recently engaged in search for an ideal machine... and I was taken aback by the fact that such a simple task such as getting a washing machine proved more tricky than expected... there was always something so unsettling about each and everyone of them :/
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Post# 877150 , Reply# 5   4/15/2016 at 04:40 (2,904 days old) by Paulc (Edinburgh, Scotland)   |   | |
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operate in the same way. My Beko will top up the rinse water if it drops below a certain level. My machine has a recirculation jet which runs on all rinses apart from the conditioning rinse, that rinse employs a higher rinse level than the others. The machine will also add a rinse if sudslock happens, or in the unlikely event a load is not able to spin after the wash, even on the super quick 14 min cycle. My machine does recalculate the time throughout the cycle to compensate for any unusual occurrences, for example if the load takes a while to balance for a spin, once the spin has ended it will add a few minutes onto the cycle to account for the lost time balancing.
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Post# 877152 , Reply# 6   4/15/2016 at 05:01 (2,903 days old) by Haxisfan (Europe - UK / Italy)   |   | |
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Thank you AEG03... I just loaded your video, it's a nice little Beko you had there, it was a bit shaky as well as far I can see, but that was a basic model designed to get on with the job under ideal circumstances: these machines are programmed to deal with everyday loads and they get decent results provided that they're loaded loosely and with a measured amount of detergent: extreme laundry conditions such as bulky loads, particularly absorbent ones, detergent overload and even an underload of laundry are all scenarios not catered for in their pre-set programming. The Beko I had was a MOL model of the latest generation (the one with the oversized porthole door) and in my opinion it was unforgiveable and much worse than the older classic Bekos! When I say 'worse', I refer mainly to the fact that it was a machine that despite being conceived in the latest laundry technological era, still relied on fixed obsolete wash parameters... besides, it was not particularly cheap to buy (I paid about the same as the Zanussi Lindo it replaced). This machine wasn't time-filled as previous counterparts, it would manage a reasonable wash using contemporary sense-filling techniques during the main wash only, but the rinse was based on a fixed high amount of water loaded at once which would drop considerably (to a low inadequate level) as soon as the machine stopped filling and started to tumble with a full load, in the case of a small load instead, it'd just be a massive waste and the load would remain submerged in water resulting in poor tumbling. That said, the machine would yet do a decent job under non-extreme circumstances, but it wasn't suitable for me as my laundry requirements are extremely variable and I was seeking a machine intelligent enough to adjust to my needs... rather than the other way around ;)
I'm glad you noticed the Hisense, I had it for over 4 months now... and it's a little workhorse... unlike the Beko, it does make use of all the smart adjustments that a modern machine should be capable of making... and it's so flexible in terms of options and cycles. My only gripe with the Hisense is the impossibility of cancelling the interim spins (or lower them), but it's not a big deal... and a few other minor quirks not worth mentioning! The most incredible fact about the Hisense is its purchase price... it's the cheapest machine I ever bought... yet, one of the most advanced :) |