Cheap washing machines

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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?

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!

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.

I have a Siemens too. Recently I couldn't open the filter to give it a clean, tbh I haven't checked it for ages. It was stuck, so I contacted a Washing machine engineer to say could he help.. He did it was a metal collar stiffner from OD shirt had jammed it.
He was telling me how much easier this type of machine is to work on, just by the processes of design they hardly go wrong and worth every penny, he tells folk don't bother with cheaper ones.

I had a hotpoint for around 25 years.
In the end, it was a bit like Trigger's broom!
It was secondhand when I got it too.

I have had one Hotpoint washing machine - and would never have another. The drum disintegrated mid cycle and ruined over £100 of clothes.

I’ve always had Hotpoint washing machines since the 1970s, the current one is 14 years old and still working perfectly

Cheap, over expensive, limited budget. For me always been Indesit, washer dryer, moved a couple of times, lasted 12 years, now another Indesit, basic model, very good, very quite, Eco and quick wash settings.In use hopefully another 12 years.

Siemens for me. 59 minutes for nighties and tops and 1 hour and 15 minutes for bedding, towels, and trousers. There is an economy programme on it but it is over 3 hours.

I would buy it again.

When buying a washing machine I used to find one that had the programmes I wanted, then divide the cost by the assumed life of the machine. Such as a £400 machine was £80 per year for five years, a£350 one £70 and so on. Anything after 10 years was a bonus. Several makes are from the same manufacturer.
Our new house had a built in washing machine, AEG, left by the previous owner. Needless to say it broke after we moved in. We went to John Lewis for the replacement because we knew they could fit it. It’s a Bosch.

I’m another Samsung owner, purchased in 2009 in their 50year anniversary sale for £169 (should have been £250) so doing really well!

3 washes a week - hot for white bedding, tea towels and dishcloths and 2 shorter, cooler programmes…dark colours and light colours.

I indeset has lasted and a candy washing machine lasted me and my friend years would buy both again.

Samsung for us probably 10yrs old, never misses a beat, washes really well even on quick wash setting.

Mine is John Lewis own brand. Very good. Has 14 min wash ,extra 10 mins spin. Use both regularly. I use programmes with shorter running times to save electricity eg instead of 2 hr ones use 1 hour or 30 mins. The 14 mini wash perfect for tights and delicates and hand wash only items. Once a month use Dettol washing machine cleaner but at 40° not 60° as the bottle says and on a setting that takes 1 hour.

Should be some Easter deals appear soon . Some companies take away old machines for free and either free or small cost for hooking up. Take this into account when pricing the machine you want.

My white goods are all either Beko or Indesit. Cheap models and are excellent.