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| Post# 514975 5/1/2011 at 17:34 (4,605 days old) by servisslimline (England, Brighton & Hove) | ||
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| Post# 514990 , Reply# 3 5/1/2011 at 19:01 (4,605 days old) by servisslimline (England, Brighton & Hove) | ||
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nexus | ||
| Post# 514995 , Reply# 4 5/1/2011 at 19:18 (4,605 days old) by aegokocarat (United Kingdom) | ||
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way better! well, water level wise | ||
| Post# 514996 , Reply# 5 5/1/2011 at 19:23 (4,605 days old) by hoover1100 (U.K.) | ||
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hmmm... I'd personally say no. I think the later machines are a lot more refined and a lot of the problems with the earlier machines had been ironed out. They seem a bit more stable on spin too. Other than that mechanically I don't think they're that different. Matt | ||
| Post# 515091 , Reply# 6 5/2/2011 at 01:34 (4,605 days old) by Haxisfan (Europe - UK / Italy) | ||
Memory lane with Nexus!
Hey... I never knew that Zanussi Nexus came in that colour! I had a white Nexus till 2004, my friend bought it in 1997 and we sold it on eBay in 2004.
Some1 suggested water levels... yeah... no problem when it comes to that! However, depending on the model it might be more or less suitable for a headache when it happens to deal with an unbalanced load on spin. Mine was horrid… not just for that… it was totally inflexible as to programme choice, however, it was fairly faithful and it was sold fully working. It only developed a problem in the last year of ownership (approx 7 years of age), a small plastic dowel from the programmer designed to push a mechanism to move the water jet between the 3 departments in the detergent drawer had snapped, so it was no longer possible to prewash (not that I ever did with that washer) not to add fabric conditioner in advance. However this issue was solved simply by the insertion of a self tapping screw in place of the missing plastic pin. Is what I see in your profile picture a Bendix washing machine? I had one of those... indestructible! | ||
| Post# 515106 , Reply# 7 5/2/2011 at 04:53 (4,605 days old) by servisslimline (England, Brighton & Hove) | ||
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is that a bendix | ||
| Post# 515114 , Reply# 8 5/2/2011 at 06:09 (4,605 days old) by hoover1100 (U.K.) | ||
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wash times and softner If your machine is adding softener before final rinse then there is a fault. The wash times will be shorter, but the result of that is the wash results are probably not quite as good. Matt | ||
| Post# 515120 , Reply# 9 5/2/2011 at 06:26 (4,605 days old) by Haxisfan (Europe - UK / Italy) | ||
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I might know the model number...
You can download the user's manual for that Nexus you're looking at, I'm not 100% sure what the model number is but you can find the manual for FL1084AL on Zanussi's site (link below) which is probably very similar or it's the very one.
That machine is a hot and cold fill model, virtually the same as my old Zanussi except for those lovely options that my model didn't have. The wash times would be quite flexible because you have the Economy feature which boosts your cycle choice. This also has an added cycle at the end of the synthetics section which lets you spin your items gently: in mine instead it stopped and I had to use the manual spin cycle. The softner should be taken on the last rinse provided that everything is in order. The only thing you might find disappointing (on top of the other issues suggested above) would be the fact that you won't have the use of cold or cool cycles (30 degrees) as the only programme at 30 degrees is totally useless due to the extremely short duration of the main wash. The 40 degrees cycles are on the short side too but they seem fairly appropriate, especially for a load of dark garments. Bye now. CLICK HERE TO GO TO Haxisfan's LINK | ||
| Post# 515162 , Reply# 10 5/2/2011 at 09:53 (4,605 days old) by optima (Cumbria England) | ||
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| Post# 515174 , Reply# 11 5/2/2011 at 10:27 (4,605 days old) by AquaCycle (West Yorkshire, UK) | ||
We had a Jetsystem in this style from 1995 - 2006. 11 years and no repairs isn't bad at all by todays standards. Wash results were excellent, but as Matt said it did become very shakey in the end and the bearings went eventually. This was after 11 years of constant use for a family of 6, mind you. I still say that was the best washer my parents ever had
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| Post# 515176 , Reply# 12 5/2/2011 at 10:50 (4,605 days old) by newwave1 (Lincoln, United Kingdom) | ||
I would rather have a zanussi nexus than the zanussi essential I have now! My friend had that same model in the pic the FL1084/al which was gorgeous in person. I've always loved that oldschool colour. It washed day in day out for a family of 4 and they replaced when it started to leak with a Hotpoint WMA in that metalic sort of shelly modern version of almond which was only around for the first range.
These zanussi's would spin regardless. However when my older zanussi with the solid drum paddles would spin majorly out of balance the machine wouldn't move. My later jetsystem from the range before the nexus range did tend to walk slightly. Darren | ||
| Post# 515353 , Reply# 17 5/3/2011 at 00:37 (4,604 days old) by FL1012 () | ||
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Replacement.... After the facelifted models like the FJS1397W shown in my second photo, the range was completely revised, which was when the FLA1002W range of machines was introduced (around Year 2000), complete with Yellow power button. Hope this helps, Liam | ||
| Post# 515445 , Reply# 19 5/3/2011 at 13:18 (4,603 days old) by optima (Cumbria England) | ||
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The FJ1296 That was the washer i had about 7 years ago. Very mixed views about it the things i loved about it were the Styling , Extra deep soap dispenser which was easy to remove & clean. The Boil wash programme combined with the quick wash button the way it bypassed on the timer to save time. Loved the spin sequence on the cotton washes. The things i did not like were of course the 90% unbalanced noisy spins very rare the sensor cut in. The Worn Once programme very boring hardly any drum movement & no spins in between the rinses. Heavy soil button just basically turned off the hot water solenoid valve & filled with cold water was expecting more from this button. The static fill without tumbling & jet spraying i always thought the Jetsystem would benefit more from filling & jet spraying & tumbling at the same time. The button i am not 100% sure on is the Economy button did this button just knock the 95deg temperature down to 60deg. All in all a good machine with just a few annoying features.
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