Cheap washing machines

I recently bought a Logik, which I believe is Curry's own brand. It was the cheapest with 1400 rpm spin and A rating, and meets all my needs. The only annoying thing is that after every 25 cycles it blinks at me until I do a 90C drum clean.

Siemens here as well. Have had this for about 9 years. Quick 15 min wash. Other programmes can be shortened to about an hour. Extra rinse /spin.. can also use a 90dg wash occasionally lasting hour and a half just to ensure the machine gets cleaned out properly and towels / tea cloths get a treat!

Before I moved into an establishment with a communal laundry facility, almost all my appliances were Zanussi, including my very reliable washing machine. It cost, at the time, under £300, though this has, I see, risen though still on the less expensive side. It didn't have the plethora of programmes I've encountered in my families' machines. Are all these programmes really necessary?

My first ever washing machine was an Indesit, which at the time was literally the cheapest machine on the market and pretty basic, but it was all we could afford at the time having got our feet on the first rung of the housing ladder with little money to spare for white goods. I always wanted to replace it with something better and my second washing machine was a Zanussi, I'd have stuck with that brand but for the fact at a later stage in life I had a Zanussi dishwasher that caught fire Since that time I've gone for Bosch, and, touch wood, have found them reliable, on the rare occasions they've been replaced, mid price range caters well for all my requirements.

Candy for me .Argos own brand. Think I paid about £229 5 yrs ago, has a quick 15 min wash, variable spin speed up to 1400
other programmes I rarely use, apart from the boil wash.

Have had Candy fridge freezer in the past ,lasted many many years until we moved and had to get rid.

Bosch for me. Happy to get 6 or 8 yrs as used so much and rubber pipes etc will degrade with age. Just use one cycle, 40 degree with extra rinse = 1 hr 11 mins.

Indesit. Bought it from Very £210. Also can buy it on interest free terms. Basic, but does everything I want it to.

I had an expensive Miele for 20 years and when it eventually went hubbie said we'd buy a cheap one - which lasted about 2 years - so never again, I have another Miele. They say buy cheap, buy twice.

I don't think that's necessarily true with white goods and appliances.

I've just looked up the cheapest "Best Buy" washing machine on Which.com and it is the Zanussi ZWF942E3PW which is available under £400 from several places.
Personally I'd never buy anything but a Bosch now, they've just proved to be so reliable for me in the past.

I've also had Miele machines which were just as good and lasted even longer but were a lot much expensive.

I've had a Bosch model for many years, lots of programmes but only use 3/4. Like it because it has a quick wash feature, around 20 mins for a 30 degree wash and slightly more for 40 degrees.

The point was that the op asked about cheap machines.
I'm sure the miele and so on are wonderful, but they're also expensive!

Although I did find one that was reasonable at one point, but couldnt remember where or how.

Beko.

Eight years ago when we moved here, we bought the cheapest possible machine in a DIY store and it is still washing clothes far better than former machines with expensive brand names ever did.

I don't know if the same can be said of every cheap machine, but at least if you buy a cheap machine and are dissatisfied with it , you have wasted less money than buying an expensive one that proves not worth what you paid for it.

I had a cheap Hoover with a small drum that was trouble right from the start. I have now replaced it with a Grundig, not too expensive, has short and eco cycles and a larger drum, and was slightly smaller in overall size than everything else and fits in my kitchen very well, has been an easy use.

My new Hoover machine seems to have a much bigger drum than my last machine, which was a hotpoint.
I'm amazed how much I can ram fit in there!

My Ariston Washer/Dryer served me well for over 25 years before honourable retirement. (The only repair I had done was to replace a circuit board). It was purely for cosmetic reasons - poor old girl was starting to rust badly, but she was true to the advertising slogan, Ariston did go on and on!

I had a hotpoint like that.
Given to me by a friend, who had bought it secondhand, and had a family of six, then I had it for over 25 years with just one repair ever.
It was still working, so I put it outside and hopefully it did whoever took it a turn, too.

There are companies which specialise in selling returned goods, end of line, ex display and unboxed white goods. I have bought several items including a high end double oven for £300 rather than £700. It had a tiny dink on the side. Of course there is always an element of risk involved, but our experience has been excellent. If you do a bit of digging there might be somewhere in your area? I have found that there are very transparent about any damage etc as I guess they want the repeat trade. Quite often there is absolutely nothing wrong with the items other than missing packaging. Just a thought…

I started with a Hoover - never again, then bought a Hotpoint, ok but didn’t last. I then went with LG and have never looked back - brilliant machine, easy to use and middle range for prices.

I recommend Zanussi; my last one was 18 yrs old when it died, so I have just bought another one from AO.

John Lewis is free delivery. Some in Argos are free to deliver too. AO.com charge £35. So worth looking around online. When you find one you like google the make/model to see if it's cheaper elsewhere factoring in delivery.
I had a basic Zanussi which lasted me £10 years then I gave it away still working. Now a Hotpoint which I've had 5 years.

It's another consideration; the delivery costs, where do they deliver to, do they unpack or install it, and do they take the old one away.

My Siemens is 10 years old and I’ve been delighted with it. The two Bosch machines that preceded it were surprisingly disappointing in terms of longevity, though the family were all still at home then and we had horses, so they worked harder.

I briefly had an AEG and the engineer said they are absolutely hopeless in hard water areas like this. My Hotpoint had a breakdown every nine months over the 9 years I had that one, never again, nor Hoover. Samsung are “Marmite” appliances and I hate them. Zanussi aren’t as good as they were 40 years ago.

Beko have a firm fan base for inexpensive machines but I haven’t used one.