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Interestingly I find the newer Fairy Platinum Plus much better than previous iterations for cavitating. I much prefer Fairy vs Finish for cleaning, and Fairy also seems to be the only detergent that doesn’t leave an iridescence effect on stainless steel pans. The worst I’ve encountered for...

The pump is cavitating from excess suds. Nothing wrong with the machine itself. I’ve found in my experience Finish tablets tend to be the worst tablets in the European market for sudsing and cavitating.

Haier have improved quality immeasurably in the past few years, and the latest range of Haier designed & made Hoover/Candy machines here in the UK that are just being released now have a design life of 20 years, and are a huge improvement over the previous Italian Hoover/Candy designs used over...

The parent company is Hisense, but the design itself is still Asko. Designed in Sweden still I believe, but built in Slovenia.

New Asko laundry range

Those deals aren’t bad atm, they are launching the new range soon so the deals on the outgoing models are brilliant. For less than the cost of a mid range Miele you’ve got yourself a really good set there for the money.

Great to hear you’re getting good results - I have noticed that this Miele gets stuff much cleaner and shinier than the Siemens IQ700 we had previously (although that was a lemon from the start, so not really a truly fair comparison). Interesting ref the Auto cycle - generally more times than...

They do have recirculation - it enters at the top of the tub rather than through the seal, not dissimilar to the original Zanussi Jetsystem machines. Asko Prowash

The latest Haier and Hisense laundry ranges sold here in Europe seem to be very well made - they still have split tubs, have 4 suspension legs rather than 2 or 3, and most have a 5 year warranty. Some TOL Haier machines have 10 years parts and labour warranty. Much like Kia, Dacia and Skoda...

I’ve always found Hisense to be decent for the money. Not appliance related, but we have a sub £300 Hisense TV in our bedroom which has a better picture and has been more reliable than our main LG in the living room which was 3 times the price.

I don’t think you can beat citric acid for descaling the kettle, coffee machine or the washing machine/dishwasher. It’s great at bringing the shine back on stainless steel sinks too.

All European dishwashers have a cycle that reaches at least 65°C, and heat their own water. I wonder if the Lidl product in the US is the same one sold here designed to be used with our dishwashers, not bearing in mind some of the American dishwashers that aren’t capable of this.

It didn’t on ours, though that was the least of our problems with that machine. Definitely got a Friday afternoon machine there, which is why we eventually got the Miele as a replacement through our retailer after getting to know our local BSH engineer very well indeed 😂. I never used the...

It’s a two step programme - the first wash uses the dishwasher cleaner, and then the dispenser opens on the second wash so you can dispense descaler (citric acid etc). The Siemens IQ700 dishwasher I had before was more particular with the cleaning reminders which wouldn’t disappear unless you...

Not sarcastic/facetious at all. Yes, they do. It will use a third more water and higher pressure in the wash to achieve the same results, with the trade off of using slightly more energy to heat the water, and ever so slightly more noise with the high pressure. Soils are still held in suspension...