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What washing machine?

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merlotgran Fri 01-Jan-16 22:26:50

I bought a Hoover two years ago and I hate the horrible noisy thing.

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Ana Fri 01-Jan-16 22:25:13

I bought a Beko and I hate it.

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crun Fri 01-Jan-16 22:20:10

I bought an Indesit last year, and I hate it.

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Indinana Fri 01-Jan-16 14:28:17

Thanks all. M0nica thanks for your DH's technical knowledge - that is really interesting and I shall definitely be looking at Samsung now!

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hildajenniJ Fri 01-Jan-16 14:23:54

Indesit do a very good washer/dryer. My machine is an Indesit and I wouldn't have any other. Very quiet and quite quick.

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M0nica Fri 01-Jan-16 14:20:47

ditto. The music saved my sanity. My previous machine shed bits in the drum during a wash and shredded the clothes in it. One favoured garment I thought had avoided damage - until I tried to wear it. I was close too tears on discovering this, when all of a sudden a waft of music, a fragment from one of my favourite pieces, Schubert's song 'The Trout' drifted up the stairs from the washing machine. I started laughing instead.

DH insists that all major domestic appliances should be either Korean or Japanese. He is an engineer, has travelled out there on business and says the quality of their engineering and the fact that they manufacture in their home country means that they produce really good quality reliable machines.

At a push he will accept German but says the majority of other makes are made down to a price in countries and with staff with no tradition of quality engineering.

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Anya Fri 01-Jan-16 13:47:41

I had a Samsung EcoBubble which sang to me too so I think it's the same as miep's This I will definately be replacing when we move back home.

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miep Fri 01-Jan-16 13:36:31

I have a smashing one from Samsung. Sings when it's finished and spins things nearly dry, despite being 1400rpm is not the fastest. Has 3 quick wash programmes

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Indinana Fri 01-Jan-16 13:31:59

Our washer/dryer has finally given up the ghost. It won't spin so I now have a machine load of very wet washing that I've got to remove and take to my daughter's to spin tchangry. I said at the last repair about a year ago that I wouldn't pay out any more money on this machine as it is about 19 or 20 years old now.
So I need to buy a new one - a washer/dryer as we don't have space for separate appliances. I've been looking online and am astonished at the length of the cycles on many of the machines these days - it seems to be not uncommon for the average 40deg wash cycle to take 3 hours tchshock. Our one is about an hour, and has always washed well.
Can anyone recommend a good washer/dryer that has shorter wash cycles than this and is reliable? Or tell me which ones to avoid!

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