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Simpson Fluid Drive - Leon

Try ALDI TriMat....it's excellent.

I don't want to inflame this, so please don't think I'm trying to. My observance from travel in Europe and living in the UK and Australia is that the mould issues simply don't exist to the extent that appear to in the US. Australians in particular are similar in many ways to Americans - we...

Rabbits ears take me back, though my parents had a coil style aerial about 2 feet long. So, Canberra didn't get colour TV until 1976...Sydney and Melbourne were earlier. I distinctly remember going to Harvey Norman at the Woden Plaza on Saturday morning and my folks buying a Thorn furniture...

We average 6 loads a week and have done for years now. Whites - 50-60c Lights - 40c Darks - 30-40c Sheets - 50-60c Towels - 40-60c depending on which towels Dog bedding - 40c ....thankfully from dogs that don't moult and are groomed every 3 weeks(love a Wheaten terrier) Sometimes a load may...

We've the 6kg version of the Westinghouse dryer mentioned. The sensor side of the programming went about 3 years ago and was repaired by Electrolux at their cost even though well out of warranty. The timer side still worked. It started to 'clunk' earlier this year. The plastic guide cog for...

I bought my mother a Cylinda 12000 new in May 1988. Fabulous machines. I have a couple of questions about the screech. Where does/did it occur in the cycle? - during fill - during washing/rinsing action - during spin In my mind, turning something off and on again should only reset components...

I doubt it too All too often we read from Americans moaning on here about the quality of appliances. lack of choice, government interference...etc..etc.... Just because you have a bill of rights, don't think for a minute that you have more choice than other countries or more freedom or less...

...and here's the advert to go with it  

Australian consumer laws echo the UK in that warranty is really limited by 'reasonableness'.   It is reasonable to expect a $2000 product to last significantly longer than a $500 product.

My partners Grandmother had a Bauknecht top load tumble washer in Germany of about the same age judging by the control panel.   Was a fantastic machine.

Beko/Blomberg The good old Zanussi Westinghouse we had never failed to spin at whatever speed you asked it to....and never gave rope issues.   The Beko/Blomberg is a different beast with spinning though.   With sheets, if you wash two Queen sheets and a couple of pillow slips, then about...

Brandon They're a brushed motor and yes, this was the model that replaced the Zodiac 12.   They were very solidly built and have proved robust in usage, with Matts machine being at least 24 years old. Mind, they were also expensive when compared to a locally made Hoover top loader at roughly...

The Hoover advert is Australian, not a British advert.