Recent content by lavamat_jon

Yes, you’re exactly right and that’s why I’m not sure if I’ll use it too often, as the Auto cycle will deal with the same soiling and use slightly less, although obviously will have a longer run time. I think what it might be really useful for, especially with the 3l fills even on the rinses...

Just unloaded this morning and the ComfortWash+ cycle has cleaned everything - macaroni cheese was burnt on (actually burnt on twice as I reheated leftovers for lunch) to the stoneware Le Creuset dish and has been removed completely. Remainder of the load was just light to average soiled midweek...

Curiosity got the better of me and I used ComfortWash+ tonight; prewash, 55°C wash, 70°C final rinse with extra dry, all in 2:15. Included in the load was an oven dish with macaroni cheese burnt on. Will see how it’s done when I unload tomorrow morning.

Maybe it’s because I’m of a younger(ish) generation, but I couldn’t be without Apple CarPlay or the reversing cameras and sensors. I will admit though it’s a shock when I reverse a car without one and I have to actually look where I’m going 😂.

Personally I think at £999 the G7865 is a steal for what it is, and if your family isn’t great at dishwasher Tetris (same as mine) then the Miele is probably more forgiving. Even my partner can load the Miele without major difficulty, it’s the first one we’ve had where he doesn’t complain 😂...

It is - 2 litres TDi, averages 60-70mpg on a motorway run (and we aren’t light footed). We had a petrol Audi before the Merc and that was almost as economical too, but not quite. We’ve also just got rid of a 2006 1.9TDi Golf, engine still running perfectly at 170k miles but unfortunately...

Generally Audi/VW seem to be very reliable over here, we’ve never had much trouble with several Audis/VWs over the years. Mercedes less so, which is why we got rid. Never had trouble with fixing VAG cars over the years, but then again they are more mainstream here, most garages will fix them...

Our 2023 Audi S3 Sportline is a brilliant car, has every feature you could possibly want - electric seats, heated seats, climate etc and we love it. However, it only has cruise as standard - for radar adaptive cruise (a standard feature on base VWs a few years back) you have to pay a...

I’d personally go for the G7655SCVi from the outlet with the extra height interior of your units will accommodate for it. We have a G7130SC which is just over a year old now, which replaced a 2022 Siemens IQ700 so feel like I can compare both quite well. First things first, my...

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.