Well i have recently bought a hotpoint w960 and i would lke to share with you my opinios and how it compares to my miele navitronic which is 3 years old now.
well i am very happy with the price i paid about hotpoint which is a third of miele. However i find it much slower and boring than the miele. washing ability especially white wash is just not so white. But it has a very effecient long spin on cootons cycle even better tha mieles 1800 spin.
My hotpoint doesnnt do a spin rinse at end of final rinse and i dont know why. does anyone know how to activate that? i have seen vidoes here of exactly the same machine which does that. its very silent at wash and the pump is very silent. however the spin is very noisy and its not just motor noise but noise from suspension which is total crab compared to miele. i gues its at that point of cycle where u can tell the difference in quality.
the miele just purs effortlessly at 1800 rpm keeping vibration and noise to minimum while the hotpoin at 1600 rpm is as if its strugling and going to fall appart soon. I dont think it will last long but it just a holiday machine.
anyway i think the only point which i likeon hotpoint is the spin effeciency. washing and especially risisng is of low quality. My cloths dont come out soft as with the miele which does two really deep rinses with the extra water function selected.
if anyone has idea how to activate spin rinse on the hotpoint i will appreciate yoyr help!!!!!!