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Saturation Could it be following the same idea as Miele, to wet the load but not have loads of water in the drum?

Try running the machine on a different programme. Instead of 'Darks', try 'Easy Care' or 'Cottons'. Or try the automatic programme. (According to the manual, there seems to be an awful lot of programmes which basically do the same thing!). What temperatures do you use? I noticed with my...

"It never displays the error in normal user mode and I had no idea this was happening until entering its fault reading menus." Ah that might be the clue! The machine, if it is anything like the Panasonic, might keep a Service Menu tally of the last programme it successfully completed, and any...

Does the machine behave normally when run through a full programme empty, with no detergent? Is the sump/pump filter clear of any debris? I was wondering whether the sudslocks have been registered in the memory as the E10 faults. Try using less detergent, or switch to a different brand (less...

I think that is possibly a Comet Electrical Store exclusive model. Probably made by Hotpoint-Creda in the late Eighties or early Nineties.

I surmised as much: you get a more hygienic and cleaner wash with a bleach-containing powder than not - even with low temperatures. The downside is coloured items will probably fade that bit quicker. However, you could use a non-bleach detergent (powder or liquid) for some of the time on...

"Never heard of Miele detergent." Really? That's the stuff supplied in the plastic bottles for the modern auto-dosing Twin Dos machines. They also do manually dosed powder and liquid versions, as well as the capsule one-shots. https://www.mieleusa.com/e/miele-detergents-1022154-c Regarding...

No, I still think the old Pifco/Noma filament bulbs cast the nicest glow, with red, blue, green, yellow, and magenta colours. And they had a nice variety of styles of shade on the lamp holders. The LEDs are too garish. They don't seem to come with much variety of styles... just bare lamps or...

Machine complexity These days it doesn't matter - it's all controlled by electronic microchips. Where you could say there has been an increase in complexity, is in the motor controllers of modern machines, where they have brushless motors. The amount of copper wiring in a modern machine has...

Different wash rhythms They're there for a reason. Different fabrics require different wash processes. Cottons, linens, some polycottons: all require maximum agitation, low water level. Temperatures of 40°C and upwards, depending on dye colour fastness. Fast spin for efficient water...

Rinse aids P&G's rinse aids probably appeared around the same time as the detergents. I'm assuming that, since the likes of UK Kenwood and UK Swanmaid sourced their detergent from Procter & Gamble (P&G's 'Freedom' detergent, under one name or another), it could well be the case that P&G also...

Reply #18 Lidl W5 dishwasher pods Regarding the Lidl W5 Dishwasher pods: I've managed to get through the pack of 'diagonal style' pods - but all is not well. These pods leave a dull powdery film over everything - dishes, cutlery, dishwasher door/walls/floor. Crockery doesn't feel squeaky...

Wash arm action Probably switchable between various different modes - if it is anything like the older models. In the older models the initial 'Prerinse' part of the programme is usually both arms turning at the same. Probably a load saturation/water level check phase. Then, after a few...

Lidl's 'Formil' powder has changed - it is now manufactured by Persan. Persan is a Spanish company, with factories in Poland and France. Ingredient names SODIUM SULFATE SODIUM CARBONATE SODIUM C10-13 ALKYL BENZENESULFONATE SODIUM CARBONATE PEROXIDE SODIUM BICARBONATE AQUA ZEOLITE SODIUM...

"either dropped it or it goes by another name..." I wondered about that too as I couldn't see it listed either. However, SOMAT Gold 12 Lemon & Lime seems to have two instances of Protease, and one Amylase enzyme. As does SOMAT 10 All-in-One:  PROTEASE  PROTEASE  AMYLASE Wikipaedia...

Dated from 2019: https://cen.acs.org/business/consumer-products/Updating-innovation-cleaning-product-industry/97/i8 'Henkel’s first prize for laundry and home care innovation went to a new enzyme, licheninase, that the Danish enzyme maker Novozymes developed for Henkel’s Somat automatic...

Clover Don't get rid of clover, it fixes nitrogen into the soil by way of symbiotic bacteria. Thus you end up with greener, healthier grass. And the bees like clover too.

Store brand detergents It can be quite annoying when a store changes supplier. And some of the detergents can and do smell vile. I bought a pack of the new Lidl dishwasher pods (these had a diagonal pouch of powder, with two small triangles of liquid in the opposite diagonal). The smell from...

Non-Bio Powder Even the UK supermarkets sell their own 'Non-Bio' powders, so it is not really a duopoly between P&G and Lever.

I suspect that the only way to get away from the cheesy smell, is to radically change your detergent. Switch the TwinDos function firmly off. Try switching to a conventional powder (one which has an oxygen bleach built in, like Persil or Ariel) for a few washes. See if that improves your...