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I am not entirely sure why gas dryers aren't more popular in Europe. They are available here in Ireland, including some 230V Speed Queens that run on either natural gas or LPG in rural areas. There's really no issue with lack of availability of natural gas in Europe. It's available in almost...

While dryer sheets reportedly gunk up vented dryers, I wonder how European condensers and heat-pump dryers would handle them. There's a closed loop of air which is recirculated and dehumidified in a condenser. I wonder would the wax condense back out on those fins ?

To be perfectly honest, the price you're being charged for those machines is inexplicably high. The most expensive one on that list translates as €1185.03 !!! There's absolutely no way I would pay that for a machine made by Candy / Hoover. If I was spending > a grand on a washing machine, it...

Believe me, I had no influence over the purchasing decision as I would not have gone for a 12kg machine! It's really pushing the boundaries of what you can fit into a standard cabinet. Given that the tumble-dryer that accompanies it only takes 8kg (absolute max), the extra capacity on the...

A relative of mine recently purchased a 12KG Samsung EcoBubble washing machine and they are having serious problems with vibration during the spin parts of the cycle. The machine has been moving out of place and vibrating pretty violently during the spin. It is installed in their utility room...

A load of towels will cause the windows of the utility room to fog up! I opened the drawer during the cycle to see where it's coming from and it seems to be escaping up the drain that runs down into the condenser for self-cleaning.

Some steam escaping from the drawer! I was just wondering if this is normal, or if the machine has a problem. There's some steam / moist air escaping from the drawer. It's enough to actually create moisture condensation on the washing machine next to the dryer. Is that normal with these...

As outlined above, it's a marketing decision in the UK and Ireland market only. I wish someone would just introduce a good sensitive (with enzymes) detergent in this market and blow the whole bio vs non-bio myth out of the water! As for bio being a problem in septic tanks, if anything it...

It's an interesting design concept, but it isn't practical from the point of view of fitting it into the average laundry area in European homes. Not all that many people want to put their washing machine in as an 'objet d'art'. They're traditionally box-shaped because they have to fit under...

Ariel hit the UK and Ireland market in 1967, launching the first biological (enzyme) detergent. It was around for a long time by the early 1980s!

You basically need to kill the bacteria / fungus causing the mildew smell. That's why the disinfectant spray worked. Put a dehumidifier in the car for a couple of nights and park it in your garage. You can usually hire dehumidifies at tool hire places if you don't have one yourself. Otherwise...

Dryel was marketed in Ireland too. It was useless! Also, it confused he heck out of sensor dryers, many of which don't necessarily have a long-enough manual timed cycle.

Unilever's use of the Persil brand I'm still rather curious as to how Unilever (Lever Brothers) ended up with the Persil brand in the UK, Republic of Ireland, France and New Zealand. It's odd to have two major consumer products companies sharing a single brand-name for a similar product...

SpeedQueen and Miele tend to do no-nonsense designs with control panels. Miele's are a bit more sophisticated in terms of options, but they're relatively gimmick-free compared to some machines, especially some of the LGs and Samsungs which are more like a mobile phone than a washing machine...

The other rather disgusting habit I came across in my student days was people not comprehending the fact that clothes will become disgusting if left wet on a sink for even 24 hours. I had a housemate who washed dishes with absolutely disgusting dish clothes. Then again, most things he did were...

Where are Miele dryer's sensors?

Related - but different climate problem! It's odd actually, a lot of Japanese cars, and until recently cars from Italian manufacturers did not survive very well in the Irish climate and tended to rust to bits. Japanese cars have improved but, you still get the odd car that doesn't like the...

Explains how to clean the filters

It depends on how good your dishwasher's filter design is! In the United States, the traditional approach to dealing with scraps of food in dishwasher was to include a grinder. This resulted in a reasonable outcome, but it could also result in ground food being deposited back on your dishes and...

@washer111 Yeah, I completely agree with that one. I think some people seem to think that 'washing-up liquid' (dishwashing detergent) works by magic. You still have to scrape, rub, scrub and rinse! I know there are all these 'extra hygiene' versions with various anti-bacterials in them, but...