Over loading your machine
I was always told that whenever you wash bath towels you should always only wash half the weight i.e. 3kg's from a 6kg machine. This is due to the large quantities of water they absorb
Bob loads bad
I am all for filling my machine to its utmost capacity but I draw the line at stuffing sooo full thust for the sake of it. By craming it full you loose all the majic of watching the tumbling action as it does not go anywhere. I like to see a half load of whites splashing around as...
Was surfing the web recently if you would like to see some seriously large machines in action click on the following link and go to the videos section
http://www.gabraun.com
Heating machines
As someone who does a lot of 90degree cycles I thought I would be more efficent with a hot and cold machine that would at least use hot water then heat it to the max temperature but now on my cold fill machine I have not noticed any difference in the amount of electricity I...
NEVER
I will not sacrifice my desire to see a 90oc wash in the nae of energy wastage. I turn of my lights don't keep things on standby but I will do my 90oc washes twice a week!! Already I have ahd to drop to 90 from 95 as bosch don't heat as high as hotpoint for some reason. Nothng can be a...
Persil years of perfect washes
My Gran used the old boxes of persil where you had a tin and filed up from te big cardboard boxes. Now I use persil liquid gel non bio (white one) and its super. I get a very good sudsy wash no matter what programme I use and have to use very little forthis to...
Great pictures
Loved the pictures. My Gran had a 1980's hoover. Unsure of the exact age had no dispenser drawer and only one dial with an A/B switch that altered whether or not the machine span at the end of the cycle if on min iron wash programmes. 7 wash options you had to push the dial in in...
line dried washing
I love to see my washing being line dried. Particulalrly on a hot day ( i know is Scotland we don't get too many of these) whe I do 6 or 7 washes and as one goes out the first ones dry. Smelling fresh and easier to iron. However come november I get lazy and put everything in...
videos in action
If you fancy watchingone of these in action along with some seriously large washingmachines go the ga braun website
www.gabraun.com
Select the videos section and enjoy
http://www.gabraun.com
uk wdryers
we have several washer dryers in the uk and they are not bad depending which model you buy. Hoptpoint, indesit, siemens, bosch and Zanussi all make combos as well as hoover/ candy. Only problem is creasing during the drying cycle
As a newby to the website I would lie to request ay videos of vintage front loader automatics. These are the achines that I am most interested in and although I have found the odd video I would greatly appreciate it if people would send me any
Many thanks
Many thanks and machine outlines
Many thanks for your kind words of welcome. I have a digital camera and intend to mae some videos of the various applinces I use but for just now I give my thoughs on some of them.
My grandparents have a hotpoint washer dryer. only 1 year old is actually not a...