Washing machines ?
Discussion
I subscribe to Which magazine and have never been disappointed with anything I've bought on their recommendation.
The 5 washing machines recommended in the £250 - £320 price range are
The Tricity Bendix AW1260, The Bosch WFL 2067 Classixx, the Bosch WFO 2467, The Candy CL2127 Smart and the John Lewis JLWM1201.
I bought the previous model Bosch Classixx 4 years ago. It's been faultless
The 5 washing machines recommended in the £250 - £320 price range are
The Tricity Bendix AW1260, The Bosch WFL 2067 Classixx, the Bosch WFO 2467, The Candy CL2127 Smart and the John Lewis JLWM1201.
I bought the previous model Bosch Classixx 4 years ago. It's been faultless
Apologies in advance for the hijack, but:
I'm also washer/dryer shopping (the excitement never stops!), and have found an integrated Hotpoint from Ultimateappliance.co.uk for £360...now, I'm all for a bargain, but Currys want £550 (and that's supposed to represent a £150 saving over RRP) and even Sainsbury's are £500. Has anyone bought from them before? It's hard to ignore that kind of saving!
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I'm also washer/dryer shopping (the excitement never stops!), and have found an integrated Hotpoint from Ultimateappliance.co.uk for £360...now, I'm all for a bargain, but Currys want £550 (and that's supposed to represent a £150 saving over RRP) and even Sainsbury's are £500. Has anyone bought from them before? It's hard to ignore that kind of saving!
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t0ny99 said:
Apologies in advance for the hijack, but:
I'm also washer/dryer shopping (the excitement never stops!), and have found an integrated Hotpoint from Ultimateappliance.co.uk for £360...now, I'm all for a bargain, but Currys want £550 (and that's supposed to represent a £150 saving over RRP) and even Sainsbury's are £500. Has anyone bought from them before? It's hard to ignore that kind of saving!
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Combined washer driers are much more unreliable than stand alone washing machines and they don't dry your washing as well as stand alone driers.
I appreciate that people often don't have room for both, but you can stack them on top of each other
touchingcloth said:
Miele are the dogs build quality wise (not rebadged Bosch/Siemens) - another name is Asko, little known but on a par. Buy from John Lewis to get a longer warranty than you would from Comet/Currys.
The Miele machines are good but their performance is only very marginally better than those
I previously mentioned. They are however in a higher price bracket, typically £500 - £750.
So, if the German car analogy is to be considered. Do you pay a premium for the Audi (Miele)
or make do with the Bosch (Good ol' VW).
sparkythecat said:
Miele are the dogs build quality wise (not rebadged Bosch/Siemens) - another name is Asko, little known but on a par. Buy from John Lewis to get a longer warranty than you would from Comet/Currys.
The Miele machines are good but their performance is only very marginally better than those
I previously mentioned. They are however in a higher price bracket, typically £500 - £750.
So, if the German car analogy is to be considered. Do you pay a premium for the Audi (Miele)
or make do with the Bosch (Good ol' VW).
Yes if you mean performance as in quality of the wash, but I have it on good authority that they really do last that much longer due to superior build, think Mercedes quality (like it used to be in the 80's) compared to Audi of the same period and I think you have an anology more in keeping
Don't get me wrong, Bosch are still good and if you plan on moving in a few years and didn't want to take it with you then yes would be perfectly adequate....... ... god how middle aged do I sound.
.... got a good rate on your mortgage and are you going private education or sticking with state? 
Miele or Bosch ...
Hard water kills anything eventualy, my mums first Miele lasted 15 years with only 2 engineer call outs in that time (one for a door seal, and once as blocked due to hard water). The Miele dishwasher is 15 years old and has never gone wrong - they live in a hard water area.
My sisters got Miele, washing machine is 7-8 years old and still working perfectly, and that's with 3 children.
My relatives (most live up North with soft water) have had machines last up to 20 years, beat that ... Miele every time.
That said, they are a bit more, so I've got a Bosch (think some parts may be shared between the two) and can't fault it.
Martin
Hard water kills anything eventualy, my mums first Miele lasted 15 years with only 2 engineer call outs in that time (one for a door seal, and once as blocked due to hard water). The Miele dishwasher is 15 years old and has never gone wrong - they live in a hard water area.
My sisters got Miele, washing machine is 7-8 years old and still working perfectly, and that's with 3 children.
My relatives (most live up North with soft water) have had machines last up to 20 years, beat that ... Miele every time.
That said, they are a bit more, so I've got a Bosch (think some parts may be shared between the two) and can't fault it.
Martin
If, and it's a big if, you can find an old fashioned retailer who also repairs or reconditions machines then a second hand Miele would be a good buy.
Used to sell quite a few to the more affluent areas of fife/tayside usually to the BIG houses.
Get one with the cast iron weights though, they have started to use the usual concrete blocks in some of the less expensive new machines.
MoJo.
Used to sell quite a few to the more affluent areas of fife/tayside usually to the BIG houses.
Get one with the cast iron weights though, they have started to use the usual concrete blocks in some of the less expensive new machines.
MoJo.
Yep! My vote goes to the Germans too..... faultless. If they have gone to concrete block weights Mojocvh, then I believe that the "bean counters" at Bosch have made a big "Cheapy" mistake, and it makes you wonder what else they have ordered the "headshaking" engineers to do!........
To ANYONE who is listening!.......
BUILD IT RIGHT AND IT WILL SELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!........
Something that British Industry has forgotten years ago.....We went CHEAP, NASTY, and SURPRISED when it DID'NT sell!!!!
LISTEN TO THE ENGINEERS NOT THE FECHIN ACCOUNTANTS!!!.........
Still, With the wages we were on, it's all that we could afford, right?...:shakeshead:
To ANYONE who is listening!.......
BUILD IT RIGHT AND IT WILL SELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!........
Something that British Industry has forgotten years ago.....We went CHEAP, NASTY, and SURPRISED when it DID'NT sell!!!!
LISTEN TO THE ENGINEERS NOT THE FECHIN ACCOUNTANTS!!!......... Still, With the wages we were on, it's all that we could afford, right?...:shakeshead:
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