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Thread Number: 37258
Has anybody ever heard of a Blomberg brand washer? |
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Post# 554054 11/4/2011 at 11:20 (4,411 days old) by Tomturbomatic  (Beltsville, MD) |
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Here is the link to one on eBay. Ad says it's from Europe. Brand owned now by Arcelik. CLICK HERE TO GO TO Tomturbomatic's LINK on eBay | ||
| Post# 554063 , Reply# 1 11/4/2011 at 11:39 (4,411 days old) by whirlcool (Just North Of Houston, Texas) | ||
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If it breaks, who's going to fix it? | ||
| Post# 554073 , Reply# 2 11/4/2011 at 12:03 (4,411 days old) by laundromat (Hilo, Hawaii) | ||
I sell them here and they work great! We get ours shipped here from Canada (British Columbia) from Pacific Brands.We also sell their full line along with AEG gas cooking centers.All of the service companies here will go to the customers homes, if need be,to repair them. I was honored to go there and get training from Pacific and am scheduled to go back for training on laundry and dishwasher service next month. They pay all expenses and had me in a nice log cabin with a huge fireplace and sauna.
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| Post# 554105 , Reply# 5 11/4/2011 at 15:20 (4,411 days old) by whirlpolf () | ||
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oh and Blomberg is the name of some (cute) town as well although the "Blomberg washer works" were located in Aalen, Westfalia (not far from there). See this: CLICK HERE TO GO TO whirlpolf's LINK | ||
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Post# 554112 , Reply# 7 11/4/2011 at 15:54 (4,411 days old) by tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD) |
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Joe, Thanks for the details. I honestly don't remember ever hearing of this brand before. | ||
| Post# 554124 , Reply# 8 11/4/2011 at 16:58 (4,411 days old) by ronhic (Canberra, Australia) | ||
I owned a Blomberg ...when we lived in the UK from 2001-2004. Personally, I felt the quality of the machine then was equivalent to Zanussi or Bosch but for about, at that point in time, 80% of the price. I can confirm that we had absolutely no issues of any sort with the machine in that period and sold it with our flat.
I certainly regret not bringing it home to Australia when we returned.
Several years ago, I commented on Beko, Arcelik's more prolific brand. My comments then related to much of the negativity that was being spouted on here about the Beko washers and basically I stated that:
'be prepared for Beko appliances to progress in leaps and bounds in overall quality, technology and performance as Arcelik/Beko incorporate the quality of Blomberg appliances which they've bought into their own products'
I'd suggest that this has occurred and that Arcelik/Beko now split their range in a similar way that Electrolux/Zanussi, Bosch/Siemans, Electrolux/Simpson and various other manufacturers do with their 'Premium' line being Blomberg and their more affordable line being 'Beko'. | ||
| Post# 554790 , Reply# 9 11/7/2011 at 13:01 (4,408 days old) by Jsneaker () | ||
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to whirlpolf- NOT tiny, but.. Joe, I meant "tiny" as far as machines that have less than 3 cubic-foot capacity drum. My Samsung has a 4.5 cu. ft. drum. Jason | ||
| Post# 554811 , Reply# 10 11/7/2011 at 15:23 (4,408 days old) by newwave1 (Lincoln, United Kingdom) | ||
Blomberg | ||
| Post# 554812 , Reply# 11 11/7/2011 at 15:29 (4,408 days old) by ronhic (Canberra, Australia) | ||
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Thanks Darren | ||
| Post# 554814 , Reply# 12 11/7/2011 at 15:33 (4,408 days old) by newwave1 (Lincoln, United Kingdom) | ||
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| Post# 554843 , Reply# 13 11/7/2011 at 16:54 (4,408 days old) by ronhic (Canberra, Australia) | ||
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I agree....they certainly did a great job. I had no complaints about mine at all and would happily have another. I did write to Arcelik and ask why they don't sell in Australia given our significiant increase in front-load use over the past 10 years, and I got a reply very promptly which was great. Didn't tell me anything that I already didn't basically know - Fisher and Paykel rebadge BEKO as do Euromaid plus our market is not probably big enough to support another brand in the Bosch space....afterall, we have:
- Ariston (Basically UK Hotpoints) - ASKO - Bosch - Electrolux (Thai made Zanussi) - Euromaid (low end BEKO) - Fisher and Paykel (Mid range BEKO) - Haier (if you can find them) - Hoover (recently returned) - Indesit - Kleenmaid (Speed Queen) - LG - Miele - Samsung - Siemens - Simpson (again, Thai made Zanussi...but more in line with the former 'Tricity Bendix' range...basic machines) - Whirlpool (mostly European designed, Chinese made) - V-Zug
Not to mention the random 'Stirling' brand that Aldi sometimes sells.....
It's certainly a crowded market here when you consider our population is about 23 million, or 40% of the UK. | ||
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