Our new (in 2008) Whirlpool is cold fill only. I mused on the wisdom of this until considering it can take 20 - 30 seconds for water in the kitchen to run "hot" anyway. Unless you prime the hot feed by running the hot tap first, most of the water going in the drum is still going to be cold.
Agree re insulation on modern washing machine doors, ours is fairly cool to the touch, even when doing a "service" wash at 60C.
As an aside, the Whirlpool lasted all of 4 months before chewing the drum bearing. Repaired under warranty and the contractor sent out by Vindaloo's reckoned the job cost more than the machine was new! New part has held up since mind and we've also put a fairly drastic de-scaling regime in place but I would add Whirlpool to the list of machines not to buy in future.
Agree re insulation on modern washing machine doors, ours is fairly cool to the touch, even when doing a "service" wash at 60C.
As an aside, the Whirlpool lasted all of 4 months before chewing the drum bearing. Repaired under warranty and the contractor sent out by Vindaloo's reckoned the job cost more than the machine was new! New part has held up since mind and we've also put a fairly drastic de-scaling regime in place but I would add Whirlpool to the list of machines not to buy in future.