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Went back to have a look at Betta appliances on Sunday just to spend a bit of time before meeting friends for lunch, and lo and behold! a 10kg Teco (cheap Asian brand.),top loader with an actual agitator instead of the usual pulsator. It looked to be a reasonable machine, see through lid and the...

Apologies I must apologise and correct myself, I just did a quick search and discovered the Hotpoint Combination Grill, was in fact named the Hotpoint Vertical Grill. Sorry for any confusion.

Hotpoint in Australia Hi Guys, As best as I can remember Hotpoint didn't do washers here in Australia, they were known however for a range of small kitchen and heating appliances, most famous item I think was the Hotpoint Combination Grill, which was basically an upright grilling machine which...

Philips range Hi Matt, The Philips range were basically rebadged Hoovers the top loaders were clones of the Hoover 720 and 730 (I think), the F.L. is a rebadged Zodiac 12, however the t.t. was not a rebadged Hoovermatic it was very similar to a Hitachi or Samsung t.t. One of my previous...

20 year old F&P Washer 111, the amazing part of that story is how the F&P has lasted so long!, maybe F&P should recruit him to use in their next advertising campaign. The worst situation I ever came across was my neighbour's then 16 year old daughter doing the family wash for the first and...

Hitachi Hi Matt, That Hitachi looks like a beaut, I would love to have one like that too, especially with the 3 wash action selector, my Haier only has standard and strong wash action and I think from memory the other ones I mentioned earlier were the same with wash actions. It's a pity...

Whirlpool Ace Thanks for the link Matty, that Whirlpool ace 8.2 looks awesome, I think I want one!, did you notice the scrubber brush near the lint bag, how cool.

washplate action Hi Arbilab, Yes I neglected to point out that all the t.t.'s had pulsator wash actions, with the pulsator on the bottom of the washtub, unlike the old Hoovermatic's where it was on the wall. I vaguely remember Sanyo making a 3-4 kg model some years ago which had an actual...

I was browsing around a local Betta appliances store today, and noticed a few twin tubs now available, there was the Haier 6kg,(my one.). 2 Teco models 6kg and a big 8kg and an 8kg Palsonic,the Teco and Palsonic models looked very similar, wouldn't be surprised if they are made by the same...

We used to have a strange one too Many years ago, when I was a young bloke working at Woolworths,and detergents/cleaning aisle was mine, and one day a pallet of a brand new laundry detergent was delivered for me to put out on show this was it's name, "R.M. Gow's laundry detergent, powerful...

Happy New Year I wish everyone here at A.W.a very happy, healthy and fun new year.hope it is great for all of you. Cheers. Steve. P.S. Beautiful hot summer days here in Sydney, just like summer should be.

Abode lavender and mint Hi Chris, That Abode looks interesting might order some online and give it a try in the future. I know what you mean about overpowering scents in most powders/liquids, I think Fab and Surf are the worst offenders.I miss the old Spree brand, at least it came in normal...

Thanks Thanks Washer 111 I will be sure to cross Planet Ark Aware off my list, yeah I will probably gravitate back to standard detergents eventually when I tire of this one, the trouble with me is I am a bit of a detergent whore!! no brand loyalty from me I'm afraid, like to experiment a bit...

At the moment we have started using Earth Choice brand laundry liquid, it is one of these which is made of plant based cleaning agents and claims to be more environmentally cleaner than standard type detergents. Bough it just to try as in Choice magazine;s last tests on laundry detergents it...

Horseradish+Vitamin C+Garlic Tablets. I take a tablet containing Vitamin C, Horseradish and Garlic very beneficial in helping to ward off colds and flu, but as with some of the other remedies mentioned here ,you must start them at the first onset of the symptoms. And a hot Lemsip Max drink...

Consumers are partly to blame too I feel that consumers are also partly at least to blame for this situation, in my experience in retailing in nowdays the average consumer just wants everything cheap and yet expects it to last many years, in other words they want Miele type quality but want it...

A few more I remember Was thinking about this thread at work today and remembered these couple. 1.Castle laundry powder, nice fresh lemon fragrance. 2.The original Pine-O-Cleen range, in particular the Spice fragrance. 3.Solyptol antiseptic, similar to Dettol but a little milder. 4.Ajax powder...

My Favourites Here are some of my favourites, 1. Dettol antiseptic,everything just seems to smell so clean with it. 2. The old Rinso powder. 3. Air-O- Zone air freshener, rose, pine, etc,(no longer around unfortunately.) 4. the old Minit range of air fresheners and don't laugh but also Minit...

Yet another Aussie Australia, born and bred in Sydney N.S.W.,lived here all my life but in the next couple of years would like to shift to Adelaide, S.A. or perhaps even Brisbane Qld. Cheers. Steve.

Duo Linen Fresh We agree again Washer111,we have also used Duo Linen Fresh and agree with you on that one, have you ever tried the old Spree Linen Fresh?, quite similar fragrance to Duo and cleaning ability wasn't too bad either, mind you Spree seems to be hard to get these days, although I...