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| Post# 494688 , Reply# 2 2/7/2011 at 13:45 (4,676 days old) by keiththomas () | ||
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Thanks for that Matt, Yes I saw two machines in November at a Friends flat and they looked like large toys awful. | ||
| Post# 494871 , Reply# 3 2/8/2011 at 09:58 (4,676 days old) by robliverpool (england Liverpool) | ||
I totally agree the older servis washers were great machines. my nan had hers for 20 odd years and replaced with a newer servis in 2005 and the machine was awaful.
it would bounce across the kitchen on spin and the control board burnt out after 14 months of little use my friend who deals in 2nd hand machines had a load of them in stock a few years back and the door seals were all mouldy and black on them. prob as a result of not enough water in the drum to rinse properly (could be wrong just opinion) i had a servis millenium for a short time in 2004 and i had no probs with it at all. adjusted it to use more water and it was great. | ||
| Post# 494921 , Reply# 4 2/8/2011 at 13:34 (4,675 days old) by aegokocarat (United Kingdom) | ||
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my servis was from 2007 and lasted me 4 years without playing up apart from the crap drum and balancing | ||
| Post# 494927 , Reply# 5 2/8/2011 at 13:41 (4,675 days old) by nrones () | ||
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They still exist... Maybe Servis as name doesn"t, but I am sure that exact same machines exist here with name ARDO and ELIN in Germany and Austria ;) | ||
Post# 494946 , Reply# 6 2/8/2011 at 14:54 (4,675 days old) by foraloysius  (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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OK,
Here's my list again. Those Antonio Merloni turn up under all kind of brand names, partly they bought up old names in a lot of countries all over Europe. Here are the brand names I have seen so far on Antonio Merloni machines: Ardo, Nordland, Servis, Edy, EBD, EFS, Elin, Upo, Tecnogas, Baumatic, Elto, Bompani, Blücher, Eurotech, Clatronic, Novomatic, Philco, Selectro, WegaWhite, Nardi, Eudora, Studio, Atlantic and Thor. | ||
| Post# 495190 , Reply# 7 2/9/2011 at 10:39 (4,675 days old) by aegokocarat (United Kingdom) | ||
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Louis you fogot gala | ||
| Post# 495202 , Reply# 8 2/9/2011 at 11:24 (4,675 days old) by reversomatic (east anglia,england,u.k.) | ||
also sold in the UK as....
Here are some of the badged Antonio Merloni washers ive seen over my time ,and some big names as well.Bendix,Frigidair,Whirlpool,Sovereign,Caravelle,Phillips,Hygena in fact the only name ive never seen on one is Merloni.They were not a totaly bad machine they were what they were which was a budget washer and quality wise probably no worse than the Hotpoint machines being built in Poland today.Someone from Italy correct me if im wrong but werent they protected from going bust by some sort of Italian law ,so may still be buissines.I also once saw one badged as a Hoover down at the local waste recycling center,somebody could have brought it back from another part of europe.Anyway its a shame to see any manufacture close in europe as we will just end up getting even more Chinese Built washers.For example theres a Zanssi washer on sale in the UK currently ,made by a Chinese company called Wuxi Little Swan. Oh well ive had my rant.Regards Nige.
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Post# 495279 , Reply# 11 2/9/2011 at 16:10 (4,674 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Tom | ||
| Post# 495287 , Reply# 12 2/9/2011 at 16:24 (4,674 days old) by Haxisfan (Europe - UK / Italy) | ||
@Nrones
Mr Aristotele Merloni is behind the foundation of Merloni in the first quarter of last century who started off by producing gas boilers (I'm not sure about this though... I know they weren't washing machines) then the company was split between his 2 sons... I think they were together for a little while but what we know as Antonio Merloni nowadays has nothing to do with Indesit/Hotpoint/Ariston (of Vittorio Merloni) as they are two separate companies. These have recently been renamed from 'Merloni Elettrodomestici Spa' to 'Indesit Group' as the Indesit brand was the most popular amongst all the european countries. Hotpoint has a different history altogether.
There's a lot of info on their website... or just Wiki it. | ||
| Post# 495306 , Reply# 13 2/9/2011 at 17:54 (4,674 days old) by liberator1509 (Ireland) | ||
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Louis you fogot gala Gala is an Indesit (i.e. ex Hotpoint) brand - not Antonio Merloni... | ||
| Post# 495433 , Reply# 14 2/10/2011 at 09:29 (4,674 days old) by aegokocarat (United Kingdom) | ||
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here is a vid of an antonio meroloni gala (not hotpoint) CLICK HERE TO GO TO aegokocarat's LINK | ||
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Post# 495447 , Reply# 15 2/10/2011 at 10:39 (4,674 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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This video and the other one about the machine is useless for identifying this as a Gala machine from Antonio Merloni. The name is not visible in the video and furthermore I'm not so sure if this is an Antonio Merloni product. Could be an Ariston too (a Merloni Elettrodomestici product, later Indesit company)
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| Post# 495497 , Reply# 16 2/10/2011 at 13:59 (4,673 days old) by AquaCycle (West Yorkshire, UK) | ||
Gala is an Indesit (i.e. ex Hotpoint) brand - not Antonio Me | ||
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Post# 495505 , Reply# 17 2/10/2011 at 14:13 (4,673 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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| Post# 495511 , Reply# 19 2/10/2011 at 14:54 (4,673 days old) by nrones () | ||
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foraloysius This is an advert I found on the internet ;) In the video you might have noticed by the drum design in the spin, but anyway I understand not being so sure :) 
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Post# 495524 , Reply# 20 2/10/2011 at 16:14 (4,673 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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| Post# 495537 , Reply# 22 2/10/2011 at 16:41 (4,673 days old) by hotpoint9534 (UK) | ||
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Weren't Antonio Merloni machines ever badged as Electra in the UK? Electra being the UK electricity boards' brand name. Tom. | ||
| Post# 495626 , Reply# 23 2/11/2011 at 05:26 (4,673 days old) by dyson2drums (United Kingdom) | ||
Sevis... absolute rubbish before they went bust, I remember seeing the older servis from 80's I guess being quite good.
I had a servis m6115 1100rpm washer which lasted 6 motnhs in our house, with repairs more or less every few weeks. Finally it was written off and the Hotpoint aquarius WMA58 came which is still going strong after 6/7 years. | ||
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