New washing machine - Any recommendations?

[letmetalktomark]

Thank you guys.

Bloody minefield out there :evil:

 

[lewis1641]

my washing machine stopped working one day.

so i dumped her and went with her mate instead.

i thank you.

 

[IDB1]

Bosch, AEG and Zanussi.. imo.. high quality machines.

We had an AEG for a long time, I had to replace a pump in it and it went for a few more years.

For the past 5+ years we have been using a Hoover Performa, got it for £50 off ebay and it's been faultless (famous last words )....

 

[JohnH]

My Miele is still going strong...not cheap though.

Indeed. I've got a 1996 Miele Novotronic and it's built like a battleship. When I bought it, the dealer said "You can expect this to last 25 years". 14 years later, it doesn't seem like he was exaggerating...

 

[dyna-ti]

In my first flat ,id borrowed my mums old twin tub[Hoover] it was her mothers before her and was close to 50yrs old
It was still working perfectly when i left it there :shock:
These old twin tubs might be quite hard work to use ,manual emptying etc but they dont seem to have a design life :?

 

[pigman]

Keep it cheap and with simple programming. Concentrate on getting a good spin speed - say 1400, rather than going for a brand. I treat em as consumables. These days the electric control bits are fubared far before the motors or bearings. Any repair (unless its a diy job) probably costs more than a new machine. £200 absolute max.

 

[zigzag]

^ This is basically what a washing machine repair man said to me 5 years ago. Recommended I get a Beko, 5 years later and it's still chugging away.

 

[drcarlos]

A mate of mine is an appliance repair man (self employed and always very busy so must be pretty good) and he says if you have the money Miele as suggested by someone else are the ones to go for.
The rest of the traditionally high quality brands such as Bosch and Siemens are not as good as they used to be and like LGF said are made in the same factory as Hotpoint and Zanussi.
This doesn't make them rubbish though it just means that the premium they command isn't justifyable, so better to treat them as a consumable rather than an investment and just get the hotpoit and replace it in 5 years or when it packs in.
He didn't speak of the newer players like LG and Samsung but it would be interesting to hear his thoughts on them.
From personal experience the Bosch we brought about 8 years ago had new brushes last year and still lives on doing at least 10 loads a week (we have 2 young boys) so i can't complain about the longevity of that.

Carl.

 

[godders]

Have just invested in one of the new LG direct drive machines ,
very quiet has prety lights and makes nice pingy noises
when it starts and finnishes

 

[CAS]

Another vote for Zanussi here - have had mine years.