Got mine delivered on Monday. Seems like a nice enough machine. A vast improvement on my absolutely ruined idc75 anyway!
Fire risks prompt tumble dryer recall - Now washing machines as well!
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Got mine delivered on Monday. Seems like a nice enough machine. A vast improvement on my absolutely ruined idc75 anyway!
Ordered the replacement as well.
For some reason earliest delivery is mid March (repair was going to be July).
Soldato
It would theoretically take about 5 years to repair every one of these in people's homes. The scale of it is quite unbelievable.
The thing which strikes me having just received this replacement machine, and having repaired my outgoing idc75 many times, is just how utterly crap these machines really are.
The new one retails at something like £300, which seems madness for such a shoddy product. Everything is wafer thin, poor quality plastic, the fluff filter in the door jam opens in half for cleaning literally by just bending the wafer thin plastic back on itself rather than on any form of hinge, i can see it snapping in half in no time at all as soon as the plastic fatigues.
These crap products are really not worth the money people seem to pay for them :-/ Its merely "OK" at £99 i guess.
The new one retails at something like £300, which seems madness for such a shoddy product. Everything is wafer thin, poor quality plastic, the fluff filter in the door jam opens in half for cleaning literally by just bending the wafer thin plastic back on itself rather than on any form of hinge, i can see it snapping in half in no time at all as soon as the plastic fatigues.
These crap products are really not worth the money people seem to pay for them :-/ Its merely "OK" at £99 i guess.
It is when you consider how many have actually caught fire.
Products in the past were relatively more expensive, but considerably better built.
My Mum had a Hoover keymatic that lasted into the early 90's!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m40HI12gbPI
Good design too. In many ways much easier to use than modern machines.
(Much easier on the back than either a front or a top loader)
Pity they dont make them like that any more!
Soldato
I have a "recalled" one that has been about a year they've done nothing since recalling it.
I also know at least 3 people that have had their kitchens taken out by tumble dryers in the last 10 years.
I also know at least 3 people that have had their kitchens taken out by tumble dryers in the last 10 years.
Products in the past were relatively more expensive, but considerably better built.
My Mum had a Hoover keymatic that lasted into the early 90's!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m40HI12gbPI
Good design too. In many ways much easier to use than modern machines.
(Much easier on the back than either a front or a top loader)
Pity they dont make them like that any more!
Ha, that thing definitely looks from another age. I can feel the weight of it from here
Soldato
Well the repair on my old TCR2 was finished today. The back, the bearing and the drum were replaced, just as the engineer said they would be. We have a new crinkly drum! He jokingly said the old drums make good planters for the garden and he's got quite a few already lol.
200,000 repairs done so far and the recall has generated ~5,000,000 calls according to the engineer!! Holy hell. He was also saying some people have been setting light to their dryers to claim compo and people are buying old machines just to get the upgrade/repair done. Unbelievable.
200,000 repairs done so far and the recall has generated ~5,000,000 calls according to the engineer!! Holy hell. He was also saying some people have been setting light to their dryers to claim compo and people are buying old machines just to get the upgrade/repair done. Unbelievable.
Man of Honour
When the Indesit Company (Creda/Hotpoint/Indesit/Ariston) was closing down in Stoke in 2007 the Polish factory was already building our products and sending samples back to us to do our Lab tests and we were shocked by the quality. Like you said, dangerously thin panels, cheap plastic and cheaper parts.
Soldato
i thought it was a step up from the icd75. It's not going to win any medals but seems quite functional, panels arent any thinner than my Bosch dishwisher etc. The filter is a better design (fluff caught on the inside rather than a the outside where it can go everywhere) but agree, the catch to release the filter isnt brilliant... I'm more worried about how the two sides of the filter hinge at the bottom though- they are only connected by the filter material and i can see that going. Still, I'm happy with it 
Model is on the websiter now http://www.hotpoint.co.uk/appliance...oint-tdwsf-83b-ep-tumble-dryer-white/F100202/
Model is on the websiter now http://www.hotpoint.co.uk/appliance...oint-tdwsf-83b-ep-tumble-dryer-white/F100202/
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i thought it was a step up from the icd75. It's not going to win any medals but seems quite functional, panels arent any thinner than my Bosch dishwisher etc. The filter is a better design (fluff caught on the inside rather than a the outside where it can go everywhere) but agree, the catch to release the filter isnt brilliant... I'm more worried about how the two sides of the filter hinge at the bottom though- they are only connected by the filter material and i can see that going. Still, I'm happy with it
Model is on the websiter now http://www.hotpoint.co.uk/appliance...oint-tdwsf-83b-ep-tumble-dryer-white/F100202/
The filter aides hinging is what I meant above, very poor and I can see it coming in half quite quickly. Years warranty though
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Caporegime
Yeah they seem to really not give a rats ass.
Associate
I've just had ours in bits cleaning it out.
It's an Indesit IDVA 735 which we've had about 6 years. I noticed the filter wouldn't slot in properly and shone a torch down the gap and it was completely clogged with fluff. I hoovered it all out and took the back vent tube off to see if that was clogged and the entire bottom of the case had an inch thick layer of fluff.
The problem seems to be the filter is a loose fit so a certain amount of fluff gets past, then there is a black large bore pipe going from the filter moulding to the rear vent which is also loose so fluff gets to run wild inside, presumably reaching the heater eventually, and there's a helluva lot of fuel to burn.
I've cleaned it all out and modded the pipe so it's a tight fit so I'll probably get a roasting when the engineers do eventually turn up, but at least my house isn't going to burn down now.
It's an Indesit IDVA 735 which we've had about 6 years. I noticed the filter wouldn't slot in properly and shone a torch down the gap and it was completely clogged with fluff. I hoovered it all out and took the back vent tube off to see if that was clogged and the entire bottom of the case had an inch thick layer of fluff.
The problem seems to be the filter is a loose fit so a certain amount of fluff gets past, then there is a black large bore pipe going from the filter moulding to the rear vent which is also loose so fluff gets to run wild inside, presumably reaching the heater eventually, and there's a helluva lot of fuel to burn.
I've cleaned it all out and modded the pipe so it's a tight fit so I'll probably get a roasting when the engineers do eventually turn up, but at least my house isn't going to burn down now.
Soldato
I had an email from them the other day, stating the estimated date will be June 
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Caporegime
Then why are some people getting it done immediately as soon as they start piping up on things like facebook or twitter?
Soldato
They are probably trying to manage the situation i guess. Mine took 2 & 1/2 months, not exactly quick but it's done.
I doubt that very much to be honest.