Recent content by carlstock

Hi, guys! :) I am guessing a thread like this has appeared before, but in case it hasn’t, have any of you noticed how some household products – for example, bath oils, soaps, shampoo, etc. – smell almost identical to laundry products? I know that may sound like an obvious question, especially...

Yum! :) That bottle looks so nice I want to DRINK it! :D It looks like a nice smoothie! And, Rob, I like how you describe them as “flavours”. ;) Yum yum! :)

Happy birthday, Rob! :) I hope you have a great day! Best wishes, Carl :)

Rob, that’s the Crumble Dryer, as you have so eloquently put it, isn’t it? ;) For me, the worst washing machine we’ve had is the Bosch WFF… something or other from 1999. Mum hated it. It was slow, boring, very inflexible in terms of options, would not rinse properly and would leave undissolved...

Very nice indeed, Paul and Rob! :) Great photos especially, and such great condition! I really hope you manage to get it working, even if it takes a while or is something you come back to in the future. :) Thanks for this. :) I especially like it because I have in all honesty never really...

Thanks, Rob. :) I like TV Ark. :) You have just reminded me to have a look. :) I hope you are doing OK at the moment. :) I know I have been rather quiet lately, but I hope to pop up a bit more. Carl :)

Rob, Very smart indeed! Excellent close-ups especially. :)

Great stuff, Mike! :) This is indeed such a shame, though as many of you have said, the problem set in well over a decade ago with the Candy-fication of Hoover. However, for the (now ex-) employees, this is much worse, but having British manufacturing jobs, even if that largely means...

I, too, have to agree on the Ecover front, especially in terms of the fabric conditioners. :) The conditioners seem to perform well and do not contain overpowering perfumes. There is now more than one fragrance available now, too. Perhaps in some cases, Ecover products do not, at the moment at...

Hello! :) I use Simply products from a company called Aquados. We use the Pure one. Temperatures go up to 95°C, with 75°C and 95°C being used to disinfect items like dishcloths, etc. We use 40°C for daily loads in an attempt to make up for our detergent’s potential weaknesses in certain areas...

It is *so* nice seeing these machines and reading about them. :D Thanks for all the info, guys. :) The controls, if you’ll excuse the pun, instantly ‘click’ with me, as I remember seeing many a Hotpoint like these in the 1980s at neighbours’ and friends’ homes. :) Well, those and a sprinkling...

OI! STUBBS! :p Oi! Rob! You sayin’ me Mieles are “over-engineered”, eh?! LOL :p ;) Well, it’s true, but I do often look at my washer and think that some higher-end Hotpoints from yesteryear still managed to do a good job with good enough materials. As I’ve said before, we didn’t really need...

I am 29, but I will be 30 on 18th March! Eeek! :)

Very interesting photos, everyone. :) I looked at all of them. :) Rob, as soon as I saw the Hoovers, I knew it was you before I had even looked at your name! :) I collect anything with a plug on it, really. hehe :) I like computers and consumer electronics (DVD, TVs, hi-fi and other...

Congratulations, Darren! :) Darren, I had a Bosch like this until mid-2006. :) Mine was a WFF1401, or something like that. :) It was bought in late 1999. It was very reliable, though I wish I’d got a higher-end model like yours, as ours was a bit basic and was too slow without the option of...