Wahing machine brands

HardwareGeek said:
Unsupported rumour:

Washer repair man i know from work said the cheaper Bosch (sub £400 ish) are really just hotpoint inside, the real Bosch start from £400+ up

Not sure if thats 100% accurate tho, maybe even if its true i guess you still get better support and maybe longer warranty.
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There's someone on here with an infinite knowledge of washing machines who should have a little crown as the Don of ocuk washing machine knowledge.

Just wish I could remember who it was...
 
a1ex2001 said:
I've had an A+rated hotpoint one that I paid £150 for in a special offer with a matching dishwasher and neither has missed a beat in over 7 years of use, before that we had a real cheapo from a sale which I gave to my brother and he has used it fault free to this day. Obviously your millage may vary.

This forum will tell you that anything other than a Bosch will be dead within a weak, destroy your clothes, abuse your children and finally run off with your wife. They will then suggest stretching you budget to get a mielle. You can choose to follow this advice slavishly in which case there is a great thread about shaving around somewhere that you will love or you can just go and buy a reasonable price washing machine and be done with it.

The majority of white goods these days are incredibly reliable and if they do go wrong it tends to be straight away while they are still under warranty, all the consumer surveys back this up.
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This.

We've had a Hotpoint going on 8 years and it's worked flawlessly.
 
There's the Samsung WF0602NXW Washing Machine £249 at Comet. That's the cheap machine from a decent brand.

I recently bought an LG Direct Drive machine for around £400. It's a very nice machine. Simple to operate, very quiet, cleans well, spin leaves clothes reasonably dry.

Brands I favour are Samsung (Korean), LG (Korean) and Bosch (German). IMO all these brands offer superior build quality and design to the likes of Indesit (Italian Owned) and Hotpoint (Possibly Italian owned??). It's not unlike comparing the build quality of German/Japanese/Korean cars to Italian cars, the Far East is ahead.

Rgds
 
I know that Bosch do outsource the low end stuff... Sadly they're cashing in on their brand name, just like many companies do these days.

I got a Bosch WIS28440GB which is their higher end integrated one and it's been flawless... but it wasn't cheap. I'd be worried about buying a lower Bosch in case it's not really a Bosch. I'd rather go for a higher end maching from a lower tier manufacturer...

I'm a member of Which so I had a look at their scores on reliability for the various manufacturers, and Bosch comes out at 90%, most of the other brands are where you might expect, Miele is higher, Beko is 78%. One that stands out is Zanussi, at 86% which is better than you'd expect for their pricing. LG is just behind them at 85%.

Based on that I'd go for a midrange Zanussi or LG rather than a low end Bosch.
 
HardwareGeek said:
Unsupported rumour:

Washer repair man i know from work said the cheaper Bosch (sub £400 ish) are really just hotpoint inside, the real Bosch start from £400+ up

Not sure if thats 100% accurate tho, maybe even if its true i guess you still get better support and maybe longer warranty.
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He is taking rubbish then. The cheaper Bosch machines are made in Poland.
 
mp3duck said:
Miele is one of the best makes out there, but they are a lot more expensive
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+1. My parents won't scrap the washer and dryer they have for 20 years now. only thing needed replacing was the main bearing in one of them. My sister and rest of family have gone through numerous cheap ones, sometimes as often as every 2 years.
 
Hotpoint, Creda, Indesit and Ariston have all been made with the same dirt cheap parts since 2002 so if you're ****ging Indesit off then you have to **** the others off.
I know because I worked for the company for 27 years.
I'll leave it there.

Since when was that a swear word :eek:
 
godinman said:
Got a hotpoint, been fine for the last 4 years.:)
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According to Which the only brand less reliable than Hotpoint is Hoover. Regardless though they say 77% for reliability. 94% for Miele is the highest meaning you're around 4 times more likely to need to get a Hoover machine repaired than a Miele.
 
Daft point incoming...

Would a person who buys a cheap machine tend to overload it to save money? With the same thought process, a person who has the money to buy an expensive one tend to wash little amounts, often?

Would this make a difference to the reliability?
 
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