Buy the LG.
I need a new washing machine...looking at 2, want opinions.
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Tbf i never really thought about that side of it i just assumed they'd all be broadly similar, luckily i don't think i own £200 of clothes full stop so not really an issue for the likes of me, i go a bit funny when the wife makes me spend more than £50 on clothes every few years.
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This year I definitely spent less than £50 on clothes. Probably less than £30. All my clothes are cheap crap apart from one jumper my mother knitted for me years ago and that's been through the wash hundreds of times in several cheap washers. So in my case I think it's not a significant issue. I dress for functionality. The most expensive item of clothing I can ever recall buying was a £30 coat, which I've been wearing for a fair few years now (and which has been through the wash in my ancient old Indesit washer many times). Maybe it was £35. The only item of clothing I buy more than very rarely is socks. Clothing isn't something I care about. As long as it protects me from the weather and from being arrested for whatever weird morality laws we have here regarding clothing, it's fine by me.
Have owned three beko fridge/freezers in the last ten years never had an issue with any of them including the one that had the fire risk fault that they came out and fixed (terrible piece of design) all have functioned faultlessly and we only flogged one as it didn't fit our refurbed kitchen!
We also got a beko washing machine 10 years ago we gave it to my brother after two years and it has spent the last 4-5 in one of my dads rental properties. Modern white goods are incredibly reliable and ridiculously cheap a lot of the premium for certain brands is nothing more than clever marketing!
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Well, I bought a Beko. £200. I had to guess at which one to buy because the names are useless and the spec sheets are apparently arbitrary. Yay. There is, for example, a WTG841B1W and a WTG841B2W. The spec sheets are identical. The washers look different, though, and the 2 is 10% more expensive than the 1. But there's no indication that the difference is anything other than cosmetic. Then there's "super quiet"...which apparently means that while the spin cycle (i.e. the loudest point, the noise level that actually matters) is equally noisy the average wash noise is 10dB lower. Yours for only 50% higher price!
What did surprise me was AO's insurance policy, which sounds suspiciously good. £5 a month and all repairs and replacement washing machines are covered. So if it breaks completely you get a new washing machine, no extra charge. Which seems better than paying £300 more for a longer manufacturer's warranty. I suspect the details of the policy will contain some creative exemption clauses.
What did surprise me was AO's insurance policy, which sounds suspiciously good. £5 a month and all repairs and replacement washing machines are covered. So if it breaks completely you get a new washing machine, no extra charge. Which seems better than paying £300 more for a longer manufacturer's warranty. I suspect the details of the policy will contain some creative exemption clauses.
Did you take that ? But the Beko has a standard warranty ? so you are good for two years for breakdowns anyway.
(if you did pay AO for years 3,4,5 to match a JL warranty that would effectively be £180 added to the Beko price, so matching the price of a more expensive machine, but, yes, you have to pay upfront )
As a former domestic appliance salesman (Been out of of that almost 17 years now, the firm I worked for went OOB last year) I have positively NO experience of selling or sold Beko products. The fire risk fault I heard/read about was the reason for my scepticism. In my day I would not have recommended Hotpoint/Indesit/Ariston/Whirlpool for reliability reasons, even though I did get sales incentives for selling Hotpoint back then. Samsung/LG had a reputation for being cheap & cheerful back then too. After sales service was part of the job I didn't like at the time due to having to deal with a few angry people when products broke down so that was also a reason for trying to avoid selling those makes. Samsung/LG as you may be aware have grown much bigger since those days & dominate their markets, but I doubt that Hotpoint/Indesit/Ariston/Whirlpool have changed at all in those years (All the same company now?) These domestic appliance firms are in business to sell you a new one rather than repair the one you have, not good for the environment in this day & age.
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I have the LG, or at least one very similar. It has been excellent and virtually silent so I would recommend.
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We have had a similar LG for no more than 9 months, started off great now it's Crazy loud. Apparently water has gotten into the bearings. 2 Separate engineers out that have basically written it off and is apparently a common fault, although not after 8 months. Really odd, basically LG are refunding us and we can buy any make with the credit note. Surprised they don't just send out a new LG. Newer ones may have had the fault resolved, but I won't be purchasing another LG.
None of the mainstream brands do anything more than aim to ensure a product will expire the day after the warranty expires very very few people even consider getting a domestic appliance repaired it is a sign of the sad times we live in so it matters not if they can be repaired or not which most can't think drums with built in bearings!