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Post# 205504 4/21/2007 at 20:01 (6,208 days old) by lavamat_jon (UK)
Checkrate/Likes We all knew this was coming one day! CLICK HERE TO GO TO lavamat_jon's LINK

Post# 205537 , Reply# 1 4/21/2007 at 22:57 (6,208 days old) by stratus ()
Checkrate/Likes *oh my* its a cross dressing washing machine!!

Post# 205556 , Reply# 2 4/22/2007 at 02:59 (6,208 days old) by hotpointwf220 ()
Checkrate/Likes yuk yuk yuk

Post# 205558 , Reply# 3 4/22/2007 at 03:47 (6,208 days old) by newwave1 (Lincoln, United Kingdom)
Checkrate/Likes Jon, I was fairly confident they'd look like the current ariston models in italy. I wouldn't be surprized if the drums followed suit when they are in the shops. Judging from that site, that is only a first edition model! Its not as bad as i thought, i thought they'b indenticalsits i mean indesits:D lol Darren

Post# 205573 , Reply# 4 4/22/2007 at 05:52 (6,208 days old) by sparkcymru ()
Checkrate/Likes I just came across this the other day cause Makro are knocking it out at �179.99 plus VAT from Wednesday, so i'll go and have a look at it and see what its like. Steve

Post# 205612 , Reply# 5 4/22/2007 at 11:28 (6,207 days old) by cbosch ()
Checkrate/Likes *oh my ... (in the style of Janice from friends)* words fail me YUK EWWWWWW YUCH

Post# 205780 , Reply# 6 4/23/2007 at 09:36 (6,206 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K)
Checkrate/Likes Oh my god! I hope they don't all look like this - this is billed as a 'First Edition' machine, which are always put together from the spare parts bin and come out looking like a right mongrel of a machine. So there is still hope - I hope! I am so glad my parents bought one of the current, soon to be old, series. Hotpoint's might not be what they used to be, but I really like the current styling. We will have to see how long their's lasts as it replaced an almond 95452 which gave 20 years sterling service - doubt it will last quite that long though. Merloni has to be very careful in the UK. It seems to me that the name Hotpoint still has a fair amount of respect. To affiliate it with, or replace it with Ariston, has the potential to alienate quite a few people. Call it badge snobbery (does Hotpoint have badge snobbery?), but I wouldn't and my parents definately wouldn't by an overt Ariston machine. Tread carefully Merloni - you could shoot yourself in both feet with this one! Cheers Paul P.S what they should do is reintroduce the styling themes of the machine below - a true Hotpoint stunner. Maybe though, to placate those who like to see what is going on, have a clear door. I jest - but I would by a machine from the 'Nostalgia Range'.

Post# 205787 , Reply# 7 4/23/2007 at 10:13 (6,206 days old) by northernmary (Huddersfield - West Yorkshire)
Checkrate/Likes its Vile ! Crossbreading between a hotpoint and a ariston....

Post# 205887 , Reply# 8 4/23/2007 at 22:02 (6,206 days old) by carlstock ()
Checkrate/Likes *Oh the humanity!* Jon, That is just... wait a minute� oh no� I�m going to be� throws up ;-) JON! Why�d you have to do this to us?! It�s terrible � it�s� throws up ;-) I always think someone was too hasty with their pencil when designing the control panels on these Aristons! God, they look awful! And that sort of model number is that?! LOL Comet usually has close-ups of products viewable online, so there must be some to look at there. I was so flustered after seeing that that I had to eat some crisps! LOL Oh, and I�m going to have a pink wafer biscuit in a minute� ;-) Take care. :-) Regards, Carl :-)

Post# 206019 , Reply# 9 4/24/2007 at 15:43 (6,205 days old) by sparkcymru ()
Checkrate/Likes *Italian Hotpoint* Well i've just been into Makro to look at these as they have about 20 of them. They are made in Italy like the Aqualtis is. Now do i detect a theme here???? 2nd Hottie not made in the UK. Whats next i wonder? I couldn't look inside cause they didn't have one open but the packaging is now stamped with Indesit Spa Italy all over it as well. Normally they just had a little bit on the box on a label but now its in big letters lol. i'm back in Makro Friday so i'm sure there will be one open for me to play with by then. Steve

Post# 206022 , Reply# 10 4/24/2007 at 15:48 (6,205 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)
Checkrate/Likes *Okay Jon* We're lost over here across the Pond. What is soooooo special about a Hotpoint FLoader??? Is it a cross breed??

Post# 206030 , Reply# 11 4/24/2007 at 16:33 (6,205 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill Home of the RailwayTrials Merseyside,UK)
Checkrate/Likes *Think................* Fridgidaire becoming WCI.....get the picture, get the pain!!!! Hotpoint WAS one of 4 main British Laundry Specialists here up until the 90`s, Hoover, Hotpoint, Servis & Creda... They have now been swallowed up by Indesit/Ariston of Italy...and this is an Ariston machine made to look like a Hotpoint...and least they are making it a premier brand and not ditching it.... Gonna be interesting to see how it pitches out etc.. Mike

Post# 206040 , Reply# 12 4/24/2007 at 18:09 (6,205 days old) by carlstock ()
Checkrate/Likes *I can feel a song coming on� ;-)* In the style of Barry Manilow�s Mandy: I remember all my life Raining down as cold as ice A shadow of a man A face through a window Crying in the night The night goes into Morning, just another day Happy people pass my way Looking in their eyes I see a memory I never realised you made me so happy, oh Hottie Well you rinsed and you spun without breaking but I sent you away, oh Hottie well you kissed me and stopped me from shaking I need you today, oh Hottie Sorry! LOL :-) Carl :-)

Post# 207262 , Reply# 13 4/29/2007 at 22:41 (6,200 days old) by bongobro ()
Checkrate/Likes *We have Whirltags...so now you have Aripoints? or Hotdesits?* That new "Aripoint" front-loader looks like a bloody television set! I keep looking for rabbit ears where the water connections belong! Oh, well...since Frigidaire makes front-loaders for GE in the U. S., if the American Hotpoint line develops an FL, we could call it a "Frigipoint" or...more appropriately... "HotAire!" Charlie bongobro

Post# 207662 , Reply# 14 5/1/2007 at 12:40 (6,198 days old) by irishwashguy (Salem,Oregon.............A Capital City)
Checkrate/Likes *Oh my!* I guess that do not know what to say, it sounds like some of the companies care about the bottom line rather than costomer loyalty, it sounds very Maytag to me, or in its present tence, Whirltag...........and what can be said for building a crappy machine, just wait my friends.......when they have an appliance scandle the likes of what we have seen here across the pond, well, they will be wishing for purple doors!! Maybe they will even try it, all they will be out in is the purple rain!

Post# 209306 , Reply# 15 5/10/2007 at 04:44 (6,190 days old) by aquarius1984 (Planet earth)
Checkrate/Likes 1 *Who remembers this?* I used to love this advert as a kid. Even Mum always says Ariston whenever we hear the tune to it. Will they use the old Ariston Adverts though? I doubt not..... that would be dum dum dum! Or will they prefer Gabrielles Dreams to this classic from TRIO Rob CLICK HERE TO GO TO aquarius1984's LINK

Post# 209307 , Reply# 16 5/10/2007 at 05:12 (6,190 days old) by aquarius1984 (Planet earth)
Checkrate/Likes *Ariston* and the really crap one that wasnt as good CLICK HERE TO GO TO aquarius1984's LINK

Post# 209315 , Reply# 17 5/10/2007 at 06:07 (6,190 days old) by newwave1 (Lincoln, United Kingdom)
Checkrate/Likes *Range Update...* If you download the brochure on the hotpoint site. You will see the only new additions to the range are: TOL Aqualtis is SILVER with a now 8kg drum. And the hybrid aristony-hotpointy first edition 1100. n a couple of different dishwashers that i didnt take any notice of. Wahoo least now i can decide what im going to get. Darren

Post# 209389 , Reply# 18 5/10/2007 at 11:29 (6,189 days old) by peteski50 (New York)
Checkrate/Likes *Ariston* Being I had such a disaster with my LG washer dryer combo - I was thinking of purchasing another combo. I do know Ariston is sold in America. Can anyone give me a insight on the relalibility rating of Ariston. Of course I would need to find out about service. Thank you Peter

Post# 209408 , Reply# 19 5/10/2007 at 15:00 (6,189 days old) by seamusuk (Dover Kent UK)
Checkrate/Likes *"We test and check....* Our Ariston- for 10 years normal use to run" PMPL....... Seamus

Post# 209409 , Reply# 20 5/10/2007 at 15:13 (6,189 days old) by peteski50 (New York)
Checkrate/Likes *Ariston* Is that a positive or negative. Fill me in. Thanks Peter

Post# 209410 , Reply# 21 5/10/2007 at 15:17 (6,189 days old) by lavamat_jon (UK)
Checkrate/Likes Great machines, fun to watch and the modern ones perform well according to people on here... but reliability/longevity/quality isn't what Ariston (or it's parent company Indesit) is known for :-(. Shame cos otherwise they're smart machines!

Post# 209412 , Reply# 22 5/10/2007 at 15:24 (6,189 days old) by peteski50 (New York)
Checkrate/Likes *Ariston* Thanks for the information. I will have to check out other brands because relaablity and service are the most important things to me. Peter

Post# 209420 , Reply# 23 5/10/2007 at 16:13 (6,189 days old) by liberator1509 (Ireland)
Checkrate/Likes *Ariston and on...* I know Ariston have a mixed reputation on here, but it worth pointing out that we inherited an Ariston that was from the late 1980s here and worked fine until last summer, when the pump impeller finally shredded down to nothing (having pumped many a foreign object I guess), at which point we decided to replace it. The bearings were worn too (very dramatic grating noise at wash speed), but it still worked, and indeed washed rather well....perhaps it was a one-off Still a shame that 'Old Hotpoint' is dead though...

Post# 209487 , Reply# 24 5/10/2007 at 21:54 (6,189 days old) by carlstock ()
Checkrate/Likes *Rob* Hi, Rob! :-) That's brilliant - thank you! :-) It's taken me all day to get around to watching those videos, but what a treat! :-) The first one is definitely the better of the two, and I do love the way "Britain"/"Briton" is pronounced - so funny! LOL :-) "Bri-ton!" LOL :-) The detail in the track on the first video is fantastic, although I must also confess to liking the Central Television (now ITV Central) theme tune added to the end! LOL :_) Ohter membes will know what I'm talking about! :-) Very goods ads, even today, anf I certainly remember them fondly. :-) Just look at some of the dire ads we get today. The fact that those ads stick in many minds even today shows that they worked, even though the product iself is not quite what it used to be, although I have to echo wha Jon has said about Indesit Company machines being very nice but ultimately unreliable. I shall come up with some new words for the first ad very soon! :-) Take care. :-) Regards, Carl :-)

Post# 211160 , Reply# 25 5/20/2007 at 15:45 (6,179 days old) by liberator1509 (Ireland)
Checkrate/Likes *I saw it today...* I was in Comet today and saw it - how depressing...so cheap looking - most sad.

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