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£1500 for a Microtronic! Miele money by today's standards...a very interesting way of looking at it, Ultimafan - I've been playing with the online inflation calculator this morning as a result. Seems I need to spend £500 on an entry level machine to get something similar to my current Hotpoint...

Reconsider your washing practices Sounds like you need to treat your washing the same way you would when line drying: the aim is to not put creases into the fabrics.   From experience, the best way to avoid creasing at the wash stage is:   - Medium loads (not stuffed to capacity) - Lower...

"I did think my suggestion above was abit forward thinki Well, not necessarily, Liam! Indeed, I did drop you an email with my thoughts on the matter. I've often considered the possibility of a laundry equipment co-op. Trouble is just ironing out the whys and wherefores of shared ownership...

I'm certain that by the time the last of the Supermatics (model 9404) were sold in the late 1990s, the price had indeed risen to £400 - certainly in the home shopping catalogues anyway! One could argue that £400 is a fair price for a machine that would more than likely be pretty reliable and...

Tricity Bendix I'm pretty certain that once Tricity had been tacked onto the Bendix name the products were part of the Electrolux Group, hence the appearance of the Tricity Bendix Jetsystem in the vein of Zanussis by that name. Zanussi was also associated with Electrolux by that time...which...

[The Proline]'s not THAT bad, is it? ....nothing a petrol bomb wouldnt't solve, Liam!   (For a more reasonable precis of the Proline W850, you may wish to refer to my archived posts...)

I remember it well... Hass - I do remember exactly the ad that appeared on the back of those Persil packets. It was a top of the range Philips as you described circa 1987, probably with variable spin if not temperature too. Alas - no pictoral evidence!   Buzzman - welcome along! The box of...

For the sake of completeness... ...I'm pleased to report Repair Day II was a success!   The machine now has new bearings and whirs away the manner one expects.   The repair itself was done in under the hour plus an extra half hour for prep/testing etc. The old bearings and spider were taken...

They're part of the same group: Bosch and Siemens belong to BSH. Siemens is the more upmarket arm of the two; their output tends to have a more slick designer edge to it. It's also the pricier of the two and their washers tend to come with a full 5 years' parts and labour guarantee. I don't...

Service at the crack of dawn... I've no objection to a repairman turning up very early...I just wish they'd warned me it would be that early! Looking at the text message I received, I suspect part of it was missing (cock up in the service centre I imagine). And I was in bed at 7.40am with the...

So finally the Hotpoint repairman has been! Pronosis: repairable! Downside: did not have the parts on his van. These have been ordered and now I am waiting for another appointment. Whilst it might not be a machine they commonly repair, you'd think they'd load the van with likely parts given...

The worldwide perspective it seems! I think some of their features have been lifted straight from sites not meant for the UK - e.g. advice on dosing for High Efficiency and Top Loader machines. All our machines are HE and TLs must be used in all of 2% of homes if that; even then we still have...

Aquarius Ultima Scan from the 1995 brochure about the deluxe version of the Aquarius Wash System...just for interest!

From the brochure... I've managed to dig out and convert a scan of the Aquarius Wash System blurb from the 1995 brochure. This info stands for the 1st generation of Aquarius machines. Rob has it spot on: basically they just ran the programmes on what was previously the half load water level -...

Slow tumbles Whilst I can't claim to have access to the rationale behind the use of slow tumbles in Indesit/Hotpoint cycles, I'd put money on it being a better clothes care function: use in the early stages of the cycle enables the machine to saturate the load gently, rather than bash dry items...

If the long drain hose is in two parts you might want to invest in an anti-siphon device and use it between the two hoses secured with jubilee clips. You can get them in places like B&Q with the other bits for washer plumbing - usually grey plastic, look like a hose connector piece with with a...

Stuck in cooldown... ...sounds like a classic case of siphoning to me. Whilst the drain hose may be at the correct height, if there's no or insufficient air break - especially if hooked up directly into the sink trap - you may find the water is being siphoned. Try running the machine draining...

Now...when was the last time you ironed your Y-fronts? Or even wore a pair, for that matter...   What an interesting piece! Who'd have thought there would be housewives who preferred to handwash in a communal space over their autowasher? And how long was one supposed to stay there with drying...

Having watched too... ...I'd like to invite Anne Robinson and her crew to pop their hands into 60*C water and still describe it as "warm"! And as for the owners: pull your finger out and clean the damn door seal and dispenser more often! I don't think any of the team - including the...

Having watched too... ...I'd like to invite Anne Robinson and her crew to pop their hands into 60*C water and still describe it as "warm"! And as for the owners: pull your finger out and clean the damn door seal and dispenser more often! I don't think any of the team - including the...