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Thread Number: 60587
/ Tag: Modern Automatic Washers
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Post# 832476 7/16/2015 at 07:59 (3,200 days old) by vacbear58  (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK) |
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One of my work colleagues was asking me about purchasing a new washing machine today.
She is looking for something reasonably straight forward but specifically wants a large capacity machine (9KG) so that she can wash her duvets (not just the covers) at home. She specifically does NOT want to take then to a launderette. For normal washes there is just her and her husband so I would not have thought there would have been huge amounts of washing although they do have their grandchildren to stay some times at weekends. She does not want to pay a great deal of money and does not particularly want such things as steam etc. I had a look on Which and the largest/cheapest Best Buy they had was the Zanussi ZWF91483WR which I have been able to find on line at £289. Reviews on this specific model seem good although there have been complaints about the siting of the filter on some other Zanussi models. The 40 cotton was cycle does seem long at 188 minutes but apparently it has a delay start so she could set it to come on at night to be ready for the morning if that should be a problem Any thoughts on whether or not this would be a good choice? Al | ||
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| Post# 832494 , Reply# 2 7/16/2015 at 10:22 (3,200 days old) by BoschExxcel () | ||
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Whirlpool or Beko for me, and maybe Hotpoint/Indesit at a push. | ||
| Post# 832498 , Reply# 3 7/16/2015 at 10:42 (3,200 days old) by aegokocarat (United Kingdom) | ||
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LG, Beko or possibly Hoover (personal preference) but probably Beko I'd look at, features and performance are all in their favour and the prices are good too | ||
| Post# 832526 , Reply# 5 7/16/2015 at 16:00 (3,200 days old) by paulc (Edinburgh, Scotland) | ||
Al
i have the Zanussi Lindo 300 10kg machine and am really happy with it. Yes, the wash times are long but the "quick" function will cut the cycle in half on some programmes. It copes with any size load from 1 to 10kg on cottons and the fuzzy logic adjusts the water and time on not only cottons but delicates and synthetics too. The machine is very quiet washing, a bit noisy on spin but I think that's more to do with our rubbish floors in the flat. I got my machine for £349 from AO.com. Zanussi offer an additional warranty which I took ( I would never usually) as this covers call outs invade the pump gets blocked as there is no pump filter access , that costs £3.12 per month. What I really like is the "finish in" function ( rather than a delay timer) so, if you go to bed at 11 and want the wash done for getting up at 7 you just set finish in 8hrs. The washer doesn't have loads of cycles you aren't going to use and you can set extra rinse as a permanent function ( necessary, especially if the water is soft ). With extra rinse selected there is no spin after the wash phase which reduces creasing on big mixed fabric loads . I could go on and on about my lovely Lindy!!! If you want to ask anything, feel free.
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| Post# 832527 , Reply# 6 7/16/2015 at 16:06 (3,200 days old) by aquarius1984 (Planet earth) | ||
Al
Without putting a hell of a lot of drivel and jargon and keeping it as simple as possible I think the only options at the moment are Beko - reliable, cheap, plenty of programmes for weekly washing in good time lengths plus 9kg capacity for the duvets. www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/household-a... Bosch - Personal experience of this model, does everything one needs it to do and that speed perfect button is great. Be wary of those cheap end Bosch machines, Im still suspicious about those. www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/household-a... I would personally steer clear of anything Zanussi have at the mo, they are just too hit and miss for reliability. Maybe the Lindo Range will pick up but they are far too new to see at this stage. AEG seems ok but costs a fair bit, Hotpoint Hoover et al very mixed reviews and opinions here. New models with loads of gimmicks but no real reliability results. Miele, well nuff said there. Vestel aka Servis, Swan, Russell Hobbs - Mike can fill you in on those. | ||
| Post# 832528 , Reply# 7 7/16/2015 at 16:11 (3,200 days old) by aquarius1984 (Planet earth) | ||
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Paul has a Lindy Lindo - sorry Paul to tread on your toes there - I hope yours is reliable. :D
Lindy certainly is a stunner .....
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| Post# 832529 , Reply# 8 7/16/2015 at 16:21 (3,200 days old) by optima (Cumbria England) | ||
What choice
Highly recommended
Vestel Servis Hydrodrive, can't fault it. A fantastic well made Machine.
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| Post# 832532 , Reply# 9 7/16/2015 at 16:31 (3,200 days old) by optima (Cumbria England) | ||
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HYDRODRIVE | ||
| Post# 832584 , Reply# 10 7/17/2015 at 03:07 (3,199 days old) by Haxisfan (Europe - UK / Italy) | ||
Is 81l drum enough?
Good morning... I was mentioning the 81 litre drum of the new Hoover Dynamic Mega which are declared as 13kg machines... so... while 81l drum might not be big enough for such a huge amount of laundry, it might still be enough to satisfy your requirements.
To me Is Hoover hands down as from my consolidated experience they are smart, reliable and great performers... albeit a bit noisy especially if you land on a BOL or MOL model (this Is not the case with the Dynamic Mega as is a silent inverter model. I would also go with one of the Elecrolux Lindo range machines... based mainly on specs and looks: in fact I'm expecting delivery of one myself... I'm so itchy to see it in the metal and squeeze every possible cycle out of it ;-) | ||
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Post# 832588 , Reply# 11 7/17/2015 at 03:27 (3,199 days old) by marky_mark (From Liverpool. Now living in Palm Springs and Dublin) |
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 I'm sorry I don't have any specific suggestions myself but I think Henrik and Haxisfan make a really good point. If one of her main requirements is that she can wash a duvet, it's important to check that any machine she buys can accommodate it. If she buys a 9 kg machine then the duvet will presumably weigh a lot less than that, so no problem there. But will it actually physically fit?
Henrik, it sounds like what you're saying is that there isn't necessarily a strong correlation between the capacity in kg and the volumetric capacity. But when Alistair is helping her shop around for a machine, what's the best way to find out which machines have the largest volume for bulky items? I didn't think it was normally stated, but I'm not sure.
Last week I washed my king size comforter (which I use as a duvet). It dried easily in my Miele T1 dryer with its 120-litre drum rated for 8 kg. However trying to load it into the Miele W1 washer (also 8 kg) required careful loading to make it fit as the drum is obviously a lot smaller (I don't even know its volumetric capacity but I would like to find out). The cycle did need more water than normal. It used 35 litres for the wash and 115 litres in total. Some machine may not adjust and cope as well.
Alistair, I reckon you might need to take your friend and her duvet down to a retailer and see which machines it will fit into! Good luck and have fun! | ||
| Post# 832591 , Reply# 12 7/17/2015 at 04:16 (3,199 days old) by electron1100 (England) | ||
EH?
Why waste money on a 9kg machine just to wash two quilts.
I use two summer quilts clipped together in the winter, each one I can wash in my 4.5 kg machine without any problems what so ever, I normally do them on a D which is a cottons 60o wash. The only thing I ever think about Beko, is they are prone to maim or murder there owners occasionally............Beware Gary | ||
| Post# 832600 , Reply# 13 7/17/2015 at 05:49 (3,199 days old) by paulc (Edinburgh, Scotland) | ||
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I forgot
to mention, I can fit a 10.5 tog king size winter duvet in my machine. I've had lots of experience washing duvets from feather to acrylic to hollow fibre as my sister's boyfriend had a house fire , his oil fired central heating system caught fire, the house was terribly smoked damaged with thick black sticky smoke. I took all the duvets home with me to wash, all came up like new on the duvet cycle.
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| Post# 832888 , Reply# 15 7/20/2015 at 04:58 (3,196 days old) by AquaCycle (West Yorkshire, UK) | ||
Another vote for Beko here! One of the only brands to offer a quick wash cycle that will actually wash a full load. Daily Quick with Extra rinses selected (which will do a full 3 rinses and a full spin) takes 50 minutes. Brilliant for day to day clothes. Even a full cottons cycle on takes 1:58. 9kg, induction motor, very easy to operate and very cheap on parts and labour should anything go wrong.
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