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I’ve been on holiday and the place I was staying in has a Hotpoint (Ariston) washing machine of a pretty high spec. (For those of you unfamiliar, Hotpoint / Ariston is a middle of the road European brand(s) with a long history, most recently owned by Indesit, and now part of Whirlpool.) The...

I bought a few boxes of Miele dishwasher tablets recently and also a bottle of their powder detergent, which is made by Claro in Austria. I'm just wondering if this is normal Claro powder because it is an absolutely fantastic product. I was having issues with quite a few brands of tablet over...

I'm just curious based on the accents in this ad I'm thinking it's possible from the US or Canada and redone for P&G Ariel in Europe ? Is this familiar ?

It seems Whirlpool has inherited a lot of issues from their acquisition of Indesit (including the Hotpoint brand in Europe) with yet another fire risk recall; this time involving washing machines. This in addition to previous recalls involving tumble dryers of the same brands. It impacts up to...

I have some fairly heavy handed individuals in my household and I have noticed some minor bumps and dents on the interior of the Miele dishwasher door. They're just cosmetic but they're annoying me. Are these normally something that happens? I don't remember them on my previous Bosch machines.

I just had a new set of Miele Ultraphase 1 and 2 cartridges delivered and they're now in the new format packs with the neater looking design and foil top, but the scent has also changed. I'd argue it's a lot nicer as I found the original one had an OK scent, but it had a somewhat bitter...

I have a Miele dishwasher and decided to give Miele Dishwasher Tabs a try and honestly haven't found them very good at all. They wash OK but they're leaving plastic items like chopping boards and also the dishwasher's upper plastic cutlery tray, detergent Despenser and plastic components quite...

I thought I would just start a thread on the TwinDos Miele machines and their Ultraphase detergents. I’ve been using the system for approximately a year at this stage an I have to say I am very satisfied with it. The detergent packs are working out as *cheaper* than typical top of the line...

A friend of mine needs a narrow fridge-freezer to slot into a very tight space, replacing an existing one that's only 490mm wide. There's at absolute most 500mm available and even that's a pinch. We looked around online and the only brands that seem to do that width are all really low-end -...

It took a while, but I finally assembled my Miele W1 and T1 stack and it's up and running! WKH120 8KG 1600RPM Twin-Dos washing machine. TKG840WP - Heatpump Dryer The kit was actually pretty easy to assemble and a lot more solid than it looked when it was put together and the machines are...

I've just ordered a couple Miele machines for a refurb of part of my house and I'm fairly surprised at the flimsy stacking kit that just arrived. I was expecting some kind of solid device which would have a pull out drawer. Instead, it seems to be a piece of plastic with probably the most...

An old Unilever Persil advert from the early 1990s for Persil Micro System detergents. I just thought I'd post it as it was quite 'out there' :P Detergent ads are so boring these days!

Interesting to see that the HSA here in Ireland is beginning to actually inspect stores to ensure that they are compliant with new rules on detergent pods. http://www.thejournal.ie/poisoning-detergent-capsules-launched-2758956-May2016/ Under new EU-wide rules, the pods have to be in complete...

I'm just wondering what's going on here. When the Allerwash option is selected on the cottons programme, my W1 seems to go into a period of steam smoothing during the rinses? Is that normal? I'm assuming it's zap dust mites? I'm just not sure it's wonderful for less robust cottons? Although...

I just stumbled upon a few youtube links to what look like 819 line French standard monochrome television set from the 1950s/60s being fed with a 1960s recreated 819 line signal. This was the first broadcast HD! Check out: (And skip to 1:45 for the presenter in vision continuity. Amazingly...

I've a mid range Bosch dishwasher that's getting to to about 5-7 years old (I've lost track) it's still similar to the current machines. I usually use the "Auto Daily" sensor cycle but when I used intensive I noticed I got poor results. Checked the filters, spray arms and nothing was blocked...

I was browsing around for a new washing machine for a relative, and I just noticed the Aqualtis range seems to be very much reduced / less available than it was ? Is Hotpoint / Indesit dropping it in favour of the Ultima? I always though the Aqualtis was a bit of an iconic design, shame to see...

Well, I finally had it with the Bosch EcoLogixx 7 - it's taking it more than 4 hours to dry a normal load of towels spun at 1600 rpm (Not overloaded). It also started to constantly display the clean filter message despite the fact that the filters were definitely clean so, I am assuming the...

I'd a bit of an interesting mess this morning. Our drains were backed up and we had a camera survey done to figure out what was going on. There were little mountains of washing powder residue built up over the years which had formed baffles in the sewer pipes on my property and had actually...

I'm a bit baffled by this.   We've a Bosch dishwasher, fairly middle-of-the-line model, which is suddenly not producing very good results.   The rinse water doesn't look clean. It's white and kind of gloopy even though the dishes weren't particularly greasy or anything like that.   We're...