Anybody recommend Beko?

[B160 AVE]

Evening Chums

I`ve got to get myself a new washing machine, ideally an integrated unit and the perfect candidate would appear to be the Beko WMI71441.

Now I`m not a brand snob, but have never had a Beko before and it appears to hail from Turkey which may, or may not be a good thing!

I`ve searched and searched, but cannot find a single review anywhere.

Does anyone have any experience of Beko, and any advice, good or bad?

Thanks in advance
Dave

[Laurel Green]

Never had one but, there are some recommendations Here.

[B160 AVE]

Laurel Green said:

Never had one but, there are some recommendations Here.

Thanks for that mate, bang goes the next 3 hours while I wade through that lot

[Fittster]

I've got a a fridge freeze, it's lasted as well as a Bosch one it replaced. Keeps things cold which is all I ask of it.

[deevlash]

I bought a Beko washing machine a cuple of years ago after my old hotpoint went phut. It's still going strong, no complaints here.

[eastlmark]

actually no worse than anything else in the price range, being intergrated it will not be cheap and whats underneath will be a very low end product. Must admit to never seeing the intergrated version but has to be better than the Indeste/Hotpoint.
Sometimes it comes down to customer service and warranty rather than the quality of the thing.

Having said that, intergrated washers are not a great idea, if you have a choice go for freestanding, save a bit of cash and have a far, far wider range to choose from.

Edited by eastlmark on Tuesday 8th March 23:06

[Simpo Two]

deevlash said:

I bought a Beko washing machine a cuple of years ago after my old hotpoint went phut. It's still going strong, no complaints here.

Still going after two years eh - you had low expectations then?!

[B160 AVE]

eastlmark said:

actually no worse than anything else in the price range, being intergrated it will not be cheap and whats underneath will be a very low end product. Must admit to never seeing the intergrated version but has to be better than the Indeste/Hotpoint.
Sometimes it comes down to customer service and warranty rather than the quality of the thing.

Having said that, intergrated washers are not a great idea, if you have a choice go for freestanding, save a bit of cash and have a far, far wider range to choose from.

Edited by eastlmark on Tuesday 8th March 23:06

I could go freestanding if something much better for the same money or less came up, but I spent a lot of money a few years ago integrating everything in the kitchen as I thought it looked better. It just feels like a backwards step to go freestanding

Also I`d have to move the integrated dishwasher into the washing machine spot and put a freestanding one at the end as there`s not enough width to get the freestanding one in the middle where it currently is (if that makes sense!)

[B160 AVE]

Fittster said:

I've got a a fridge freeze, it's lasted as well as a Bosch one it replaced. Keeps things cold which is all I ask of it.

Fair enough, if only all my customers said the same (commercial refrigeration)

[deevlash]

Simpo Two said:

Still going after two years eh - you had low expectations then?!

I do Judo, washing judo kits royally fks washing machines pretty damn quick because they weigh a bloody tonne when theyre wet. 2 years is pretty good going!

[samuelellis]

When I was looking for a washing machine and a tumble dryer for my new house i took a good hard look at the Beko machines and they looked to be pretty well built machines and from some web-hunting they appear to have reasonable spare part prices as well

In the end i went for a Gorenje washing machine and a Gorenje tumble dryer but i did think the Beko's were well built by the looks of it and i would probably buy Beko products in the future, the hotpoints and Indisits (same machines) just felt a bit week and badly put together in that price range

As another poster has said you will pay one heck of a premium for an integrated machine, personally I dislike any integrated appliance and cant wait until i can justify a kitchen re-model to get rid of the integrated oven

might be worth posting this question on www.ukwhitegoods.co.uk and see what they recommend

[Simpo Two]

B160 AVE said:

I spent a lot of money a few years ago integrating everything in the kitchen as I thought it looked better. It just feels like a backwards step to go freestanding

Agreed; so many kitchens are visually wrecked by what appears to be half a giant Star Wars Startrooper poking out from between the otherwise-neat line of cabinets.

[Morningside]

Off topic (ish) but I had a Beko portable TV and was surprised to find the CRT had "Toshiba" written across the back of the tube.

[hornetrider]

We bought one last month after a 10 year old Indesit finally gave up. It's very quiet in operation and hasn't broken down so far

[E36GUY]

Have a Beko fridge and freezer at our flat that we used to live in and now rent out. Nearly 8 years later they're still fine.

[Simpo Two]

So they seem to be OK but I can't get past the brand name. Now if they called it something German, like Schwerfweiler, THAT would sell - and for twice as much... strange.

[Percy Flage]

I think Beko machines are manufactured by a Turkish company called Arcelik (yes, really, but with a cedilla under the c). Arcelik branded equipment is everywhere out there, and considered pretty good quality.

[Laurel Green]

Percy Flage said:

I think Beko machines are manufactured by a Turkish company called Arcelik (yes, really, but with a cedilla under the c). Arcelik branded equipment is everywhere out there, and considered pretty good quality.

They manufacture in China, Romania and Russia as well as Turkey.

There is a Beko information video (six and a half minutes) Here for anyone interested in such.

[Sprouts]

Got a Beko dishwasher and it's still going strong and as quiet as a sleeping gerbil.

It's a month old

[Countdown]

I had an engineer come out to fix a Hotpoint Fridge Freezer recently. He specifically mentioned Beko fridge freezers as being quite unreliable due to the compressors being underpowered (compared to other FFs) and therefore failing sooner. I asked him which he would recommend and he said "Bosch but even there the quality has come down in recent years".

I've got a Beko freezer somewhere and my Sis has a big Beko Fridge Freezer which has been fine AFAIK.