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Jon, Miele 5Kg models have pathetically small drums you sem to forget my sister and I have both had 5Kg Miele models. My sister now has an 8Kg Electrolux Insight both she and I are very impressed with its quality performance and capacity which is vastly superior to any domestic Miele model. My...

Why do you believe Mieles are overrated? Hello Carl, I believe Mieles are overrated because of my experiance as an engineer, my Sisters disastrous experience with her Miele W2652WPS which went to the tip after 14 months, and my own experience with a Miele W2888WPS which I returned to the...

Brand reliaability Hello Carl, Actually Which? state that Bosch is the most reliable brand for major appliances with the exception of vacuum cleaners nd fridge freezers although they do score highly with these products. AEG Electrolux and Miele are reliable brands but as an appliance engineer I...

Jon, Perhaps you should read my previous post again, I based my opinion on my personal experience of UK detergents not on the Which? washing up liquid report. I did feel however that it was worth mentioning the Which? report as there is a lot of snobbery towards P&G detergents and products. You...

Which? report : Detergents | 01 December 2005 Biological detergents We tested biological detergents to see how the big brand names compare to supermarket own-brands. We tested the leading powders and tablets on 15 stains – from fats such as butter, to proteins such as egg yolk, and vegetable...

P&G Detergents I have to disagree with the "Ariel sucks" remark. I have tried every detergent available in the UK and I have always found Ariel outperforms the competition. I am not suggesting that Unilever products such as Persil are poor but Ariel is in my experience better. Which magazine...

Specific heat capacity Lets not forget the specific heat capacity of water which is around 4.187 kJ/kgK, this means to raise the temperature of one litre of water by one degree kelvin requires 4187 joules of energy. In my house at this time of year there is an abundance of hot water because...

Fairy Snow - For Whiteness thats softer to wear. Fairy Snow is a P&G brand and has been on the UK market for at least 18 years. It is a non biological soap based powder with oxygen bleaching agents. I use it sometimes in my Whirlpool Top Loader for washing white towels and because its soap...

Awsome Action Hi Mike, Thank you so much for the pictures and video I thought I would never see a Powerglide again. My great Aunt had the exact same machine and I remember her boiling in it when I was a child, she used Ariel and the whole house was filled with the wonderful Ariel scent. David

Awesome Machine! That’s the way to distribute and no balance problems whatsoever. I just love the sound of the Induction motor very industrial. I remember some of the early Indesits (Also sold in the UK as Sovereign) used to drain and spin that way, the drain pump was driven by the main motor...

Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP Image Resizer PowerToy This PowerToy enables you to resize one or many image files with a right-click. David http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

Sorry for the delay. Hi Acerone, My Grandmother has advanced Alzheimer’s disease and she has been quite unsettled this past week so I did not get a chance but I will do them very soon. Thankfully she is a little more settled as her Doctor has prescribed a drug called Quetiepine and it seems...

Behaviour online. I am not here to argue about brands, bash brands or offend anyone; I merely voiced my sisters and my own experience of the Miele brand which was less than positive. I make my living repairing appliances and I see plenty of so called cheaper washers being thrashed doing four or...

David, if you cared to read the whole thread you'll see Jon I say it as I see it. I have read the whole thread and many threads over the years, and stand by my comments you defiantly have a tendency to bash other peoples washers despite the fact you don’t own the products you’re condemning. I...

Well Jon your Miele clearly operates differently from my sisters one a full 5KG load in her machine was not properly saturated even after 5 minutes I believe this was the problem but the engineer said it was working correctly. Graces machine did not vibrate on the 1600RPM spin yet my 2888...