Anyone else's wife faff about un-necessarily?

[djohnson]

We have a problem with the dryer in that it keeps coming up with an error code which is something to do with a thermostat problem. It’s less than a year old and so the manufacturer are really good at sending an engineer to fix it. We’ve had a visit again this morning, for the 3rd time. The guy asked if we were opening the door during the cycle to check the drying and then restarting it whilst still hot. Mrs J acknowledged that she was, and the repair guy noted that doing so can cause this problem with this particular dryer and that we should avoid doing this. He left, Mrs J then launched into a long waffle as to why she had to operate the dryer like that and why it really shouldn’t be a problem. I tried to suggest that she should really listen to what she’d just been told, otherwise it’ll keep breaking. This just resulted in another long waffle. I’ve given up, I totally get that it’s useful to be able to check progress but the reality is we can’t with this dryer. We’re off on holiday next week and I know it’ll be the end of the world if the dryer breaks again but she’s going keep doing it. It’s honestly like she wants to ignore the objective reality and act upon some sort of alternate reality.

[snuffy]

Let me guess, it's a Haier.

[djohnson]

snuffy said:

Let me guess, it's a Haier.

It’s a Hoover (it’s pretty good apart from this issue).

[snuffy]

djohnson said:

snuffy said:

Let me guess, it's a Haier.

It’s a Hoover (it’s pretty good apart from this issue).

It's just that from your description, that's what we had with a Haier. It would overheat and trip (and they tried to blame us) and 3 times in 2 years they came out to fix it and could not see why I was not happy about it. They seemed to think becasue they kept mending it, that was fine.

In the end, after many calls, it was returned for a full refund, and we bought a Hotpoint one instead.

[Gigamoons]

snuffy said:

djohnson said:

snuffy said:

Let me guess, it's a Haier.

It’s a Hoover (it’s pretty good apart from this issue).

It's just that from your description, that's what we had with a Haier. It would overheat and trip (and they tried to blame us) and 3 times in 2 years they came out to fix it and could not see why I was not happy about it. They seemed to think becasue they kept mending it, that was fine.

In the end, after many calls, it was returned for a full refund, and we bought a Hotpoint one instead.

On that note I was doing house renovations and the utility room wasn’t finished but we needed a dryer to make winter life keep going.
So stuck a cheap Beko in there as a temporary measure when the power was live, just whatever AO had that could turn up quickly… and yup 5 years later it’s still there because it works perfectly at drying clothes, doesn’t use much power and hasn’t given one sign of problems. Has really changed my view entirely on what exactly high end white goods do that’s better.

[HTP99]

Gigamoons said:

snuffy said:

djohnson said:

snuffy said:

Let me guess, it's a Haier.

It’s a Hoover (it’s pretty good apart from this issue).

It's just that from your description, that's what we had with a Haier. It would overheat and trip (and they tried to blame us) and 3 times in 2 years they came out to fix it and could not see why I was not happy about it. They seemed to think becasue they kept mending it, that was fine.

In the end, after many calls, it was returned for a full refund, and we bought a Hotpoint one instead.

On that note I was doing house renovations and the utility room wasn’t finished but we needed a dryer to make winter life keep going.
So stuck a cheap Beko in there as a temporary measure when the power was live, just whatever AO had that could turn up quickly… and yup 5 years later it’s still there because it works perfectly at drying clothes, doesn’t use much power and hasn’t given one sign of problems. Has really changed my view entirely on what exactly high end white goods do that’s better.

We have a Beko drier and Beko washing machine, sure the build isn't all that but they do the job, just checked the washing machine, there is a date sticker on the door; 2012, the drier was bought for us by my dad well over 10 years ago, neither have ever let us down.

[tribbles]

HTP99 said:

Gigamoons said:

snuffy said:

djohnson said:

snuffy said:

Let me guess, it's a Haier.

It’s a Hoover (it’s pretty good apart from this issue).

It's just that from your description, that's what we had with a Haier. It would overheat and trip (and they tried to blame us) and 3 times in 2 years they came out to fix it and could not see why I was not happy about it. They seemed to think becasue they kept mending it, that was fine.

In the end, after many calls, it was returned for a full refund, and we bought a Hotpoint one instead.

On that note I was doing house renovations and the utility room wasn’t finished but we needed a dryer to make winter life keep going.
So stuck a cheap Beko in there as a temporary measure when the power was live, just whatever AO had that could turn up quickly… and yup 5 years later it’s still there because it works perfectly at drying clothes, doesn’t use much power and hasn’t given one sign of problems. Has really changed my view entirely on what exactly high end white goods do that’s better.

We have a Beko drier and Beko washing machine, sure the build isn't all that but they do the job, just checked the washing machine, there is a date sticker on the door; 2012, the drier was bought for us by my dad well over 10 years ago, neither have ever let us down.

I had a Currys / Dixons own-brand tumble dryer - bought it when I got my first house in 2000. It lasted just over 23 years and two house moves. It was one of the brands that caught fire - but only 2004 models onwards, and luckily I never had a problem with it. It was only the bearings that eventually gave way, and I had to get a new one. The only problem I had was that the door switch stopped working, so I was able to open it while it was drying (handy if a sock had fallen out and I hadn't noticed it!).

However, my wife (I'm trying to bend this into the right context ) still moaned that we can't really get a vented dryer any more, but we plumped for a heat pump one. That was quite a fun chat that involved sales assistants to convince her that the heat pumps were okay (I'd not used them before, but I could see that this is the way they are going; at the time, there were 6 vented dryers in their catalogue and 124 heat pump ones).

She seems quite happy with it - especially as the TV now tells her that the drying is done!

[Cobnapint]

Yep, Beko dryer and washing machine here. Still going but the orange led display illumination has failed on the washer. No biggy.

[dontlookdown]

Beko dishwasher here, bought as an emergency measure after our old Bosch one caught fire...

It has all the build quality of an 80s Lada but cleans the dishes fine and is still going strong 7 yrs later.

Like a Lada it is also fixable and parts are cheap. Last year the water heater went, I was about to just buy a brand new machine but decided to have a quick Google first. £30 later a new water heater was on its way to me which I fitted easily in about 30mins. I quite enjoyed it and the OH now thinks I am a domestic God

[paralla]

I recently moved house and the appliances had to be left at the old house so needed a new washing machine, clothes dryer and dishwasher.

I want more from my appliances than for them to not break down. I want them to be quiet, efficent, self dose their own detergent and be gentle on clothes, most of all I want them to not catch fire and burn my house down.

What I didn't realise I wanted was for them to be smart but now I have smart ones it seems like a good thing. I schedule all of them to operate overnight during cheap rate electricity hours that I get on an EV tarif. Whatever they cost in electricity to run now cost's me 1/3 of that.

[CivicDuties]

Do you get up to move the clothes from washer to dryer in the middle of the night, or leave them until the next night? That's the conundrum I can't solve when it comes to overnight laundry. I'm always glad to see the start of the outdoor drying season.

[paralla]

CivicDuties said:

Do you get up to move the clothes from washer to dryer in the middle of the night, or leave them until the next night? That's the conundrum I can't solve when it comes to overnight laundry. I'm always glad to see the start of the outdoor drying season.

I normally drape the clothes over a rack on the long wheelbase AGA so the dryer doesn't see much action, normally just for bedding.

[classicaholic]

Is this mumsnet?

[robinessex]

classicaholic said:

Is this mumsnet?

Yes, are you finding your split ends such a tragedy? As for nail varnish colors, don't go there.

[Antony Moxey]

paralla said:

I recently moved house and the appliances had to be left at the old house so needed a new washing machine, clothes dryer and dishwasher.

I want more from my appliances than for them to not break down. I want them to be quiet, efficent, self dose their own detergent and be gentle on clothes, most of all I want them to not catch fire and burn my house down.

What I didn't realise I wanted was for them to be smart but now I have smart ones it seems like a good thing. I schedule all of them to operate overnight during cheap rate electricity hours that I get on an EV tarif. Whatever they cost in electricity to run now cost's me 1/3 of that.

You don’t need a smart anything for that. Our washing machine’s got a simple timer on it so SWMBO sets the timer when she loads it just before she goes to bed such that it’s finished its cycle just before she gets up the following morning. We can do the same for the dishwasher, so the smart function is irrelevant - just set the timers when you load the appliance.

[nuyorican]

Wife, faffing about? Unnecessarily? No. No I can't see that happening at all.

[Speed 3]

Antony Moxey said:

paralla said:

I recently moved house and the appliances had to be left at the old house so needed a new washing machine, clothes dryer and dishwasher.

I want more from my appliances than for them to not break down. I want them to be quiet, efficent, self dose their own detergent and be gentle on clothes, most of all I want them to not catch fire and burn my house down.

What I didn't realise I wanted was for them to be smart but now I have smart ones it seems like a good thing. I schedule all of them to operate overnight during cheap rate electricity hours that I get on an EV tarif. Whatever they cost in electricity to run now cost's me 1/3 of that.

You don’t need a smart anything for that. Our washing machine’s got a simple timer on it so SWMBO sets the timer when she loads it just before she goes to bed such that it’s finished its cycle just before she gets up the following morning. We can do the same for the dishwasher, so the smart function is irrelevant - just set the timers when you load the appliance.

Welcome to the 1980's, we've been doing this without apps for donkeys years.

[donkmeister]

Speed 3 said:

Antony Moxey said:

paralla said:

I recently moved house and the appliances had to be left at the old house so needed a new washing machine, clothes dryer and dishwasher.

I want more from my appliances than for them to not break down. I want them to be quiet, efficent, self dose their own detergent and be gentle on clothes, most of all I want them to not catch fire and burn my house down.

What I didn't realise I wanted was for them to be smart but now I have smart ones it seems like a good thing. I schedule all of them to operate overnight during cheap rate electricity hours that I get on an EV tarif. Whatever they cost in electricity to run now cost's me 1/3 of that.

You don’t need a smart anything for that. Our washing machine’s got a simple timer on it so SWMBO sets the timer when she loads it just before she goes to bed such that it’s finished its cycle just before she gets up the following morning. We can do the same for the dishwasher, so the smart function is irrelevant - just set the timers when you load the appliance.

Welcome to the 1980's, we've been doing this without apps for donkeys years.

I remember my parents utility room had a set of sockets that were only live during off-peak electricity costs. Economy 7 possibly? There was a second meter for those hours, so Mum left the dryer and washing machine plugged into those apart from the rare occasions something would need laundering in the daytime.

I love smart things, but sometimes it's not actually an improvement over non-smart things. For me, a smart tumble dryer would be good simply because it's in another building and somewhat fickle in its predictions of time remaining. I'd love for my HA to know the time remaining and when it's actually finished (could do that with an IP cam and the seven segment display reading add-on). Instead I find myself trudging back and forth a few times to check if it's finished and I can stick the next load in.

[Dr Murdoch]

Sorry to continue down the washing rabbit hole, but in terms of energy, would if be best to wash in the evening, and then set the dryer over night? Rather than wash overnight and then need to use the dryer during the AM peak?

[Speed 3]

Dr Murdoch said:

Sorry to continue down the washing rabbit hole, but in terms of energy, would if be best to wash in the evening, and then set the dryer over night? Rather than wash overnight and then need to use the dryer during the AM peak?

Tumble dryers are a safety hazard, wholly inefficient and wreck clothes - I wouldn't want one running when I'm asleep.