| | I know this may be an 'each to their own' type question, but is there
any
| | particular makes of washing machine that are generally accepted as
being
| | better than others. (When I say better I mean more reliable)
| |
| | Cheers
| |
| | Jim
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| don't never, ever buy a Hoover.
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| I think with the cheaper machines you may be lucky and get a good one,
| but you may be unlucky and get something that breaks down regularly.
| Most manufacturers only offer 1 year guarantee, and you try getting
| SoGA invoked on a 2 year old cheapy. Bosch offer a 2 year warranty,
| but the purchase price is also higher. Hoover's 5 year parts warranty
| seems ok until you realise they charge £80 call out...that's where
| they make the money.
| A handful of manufacturers make most of the cheapy machines, and seem
| to cut costs where they can.
| Miele on the other hand charge a large initial amount, but have an
| inherently higher quality machine...read the brochures and see.
| We had a Hoover, and got fed up of it having one or two faults a year,
| and the repair guys not having correct parts etc etc etc
| As for £1000 Dysons...does anyone buy them at all?
|
| As an example, just bought a White Knight dryer. The old version model
| has a handle to open the drum door latch. The new model doesn't have a
| handle, you just pull the door to force the latch open. Perhaps this
| saves the manufacturer 50p per machine, but it makes that part an
| obvious one to fail quickly due to wear and tear. Even the sales
| person in the shop couldn't believe they had been so cheap as to
| remove the handle.

aamoi (as a matter of interest...is that a commonly used ab.?), i have a
white knight dryer in a care home used atleast 4 times a day...a little less
in the summer. it is over 5 years old and has had no faults. i am well
impressed by it! it has a auto shut off when clothes are dry rather than a
timer so i suppose this reduces the amount of mechanical things that cud
break i suppose. how ever i am expecting its demise at some stage so am
seriously thinking about getting a gas version.

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