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thanks guys for the feedback,yeah i must have picked up about 10 bosch's,they range from excel's to logixx and to be honest every one is either brushes or pumps thats faulty in them,ive a 1400 spin that the bearings are shot,

the bendix was in use until last week its dating 1983 working perfect,both philips are working every now and then they get a load put through,apologies for layout of pics ive more to come i hadnt the patience saturday to do it right next pics will be better and more detail,

yea its surprising the amount of machines that are dumped a lot would still be under warranties for major parts,mieles are apearing alot i must have 12 between 3 and 10 years all electronics or bearings,i come across machines all the times ive all my favourites in the sheds them pics are just the ones outside to recondition or scrap.the l5 just arrived last week so want to get it a paint job and ive to change the facia as its cracked
 
Non German-made Bosch

I think many people get taking in by the prices of the cheaper Bosch machines, thinking theyre German made for the price of most other mid-range machines. Reality is most of these cheaper Bosch machines are either made outside Germany, or are sometimes made on behalf of Bosch, so are nowhere near the quality people think they'll be. My gran had a Classixx dishwasher & the pcb failed on that after 2 years very light use.

Generally i think the Classixx models are the ones to avoid. If you want proper Bosch, go for Exxcel or Loggixx. Tho even some of them may not be German.
 
Looks like i posted at same time as Mark - on reading his post re Logixx & Exxcel, maybe theyre not much better either!

I don't think theyve ever been any better than Electrolux Group anyway, it's just the badge snobs that think theyre getting something better because it's German.
 
Shocked!!

If you want to be shocked come to the re-cycling centre i work at............

by far and away the most modern type of machines i see
are, Hotpoint Indesit washers and dryers........then Modern Zanussi, Bendix, Candy, Beko, Servis, LG, Candy, Hoover, seen about 4 dysons over the years

then old machines from Hoover (logics, new wave), Zanussi (split cabinets) Hotpoint (UK ones) Bosch (german ones), Servis (UK ones)

Ignoring the other cheap brands then its the very odd Miele (very old ones)

I am dismayed by the amount of "modern" machines that turn up, LG make me chuckle, always bearings gone nout special inside either...........too much emphasis on "technology" and gimmicky programmes and not enough put into good solid engineering (Miele,Asko etc excluded)

It is a shit old business now me thinks

anyway thats my view point from where i stand
 
Mickeyd's question

Ireland was rather the same as the UK in terms of washers - wringer washers were popular in the 50s and sixties - various manufacturers, but generally Hotpoint (known as Gala in Ireland) and Hoover models, as well as some american models - my Grandmother had a Speed Queen wringer-washer.

Twintubs were very popular in the 60s and 70s - the Servis Supertwin 70 (also sold by the local Electricity Supply Board as the ESB Multiwash) and the Hoovermatic being very popular. We also had what was probably a Rolls rebrand twintub, sold under the local Novum brand.

Automatics were very expensive, particularly in the 1960s, but they were sold - the Gala Automatic (i.e Hotpoint 1500 automatic - a top loader) being one of the most popular for the few people that had one, and the Hoover Automatic and Keymatics (wide-body and later match-box) were the most popular front-loaders. The brand choice depended on what part of the country one lived in as most dealers carried one manufacturer or another, and the average town might have only dealer! Top load washers were very popular, and for many years in the 1970s and 1980s the American GE Filter-Flos were sold in Ireland (probably again til they were discontinued. Occasionally other makes like Kelvinator, and Simpson models were sold, now it is generally Whirlpool or Maytag.

Automatics were considered VERY expensive in ireland until cheap Italian machines like the very Indesit and Candy machines Mark shows appeared in the 70s and 80. The Candy model shown was incredibly cheap and effectively saw off the twin-tub, and indeed dented sales on UK made machines. The Hotpoint Top-loader was one of the most expensive standard size automatics on general sale - I recall our 1980 machine costing over £400 compared to a Candy which could be purchase for about £200 at the time.

I dream of finding a Filter-flo set when I'm over there on holidays - oddly enough they were never sold in the UK - unless someone over here knows otherwise!

David
 
Bosch Maxx 5

My friend got the Bosch Maxx 5. Never seen a machine of poor quality. As I said before, Bosch told him its either made in Poland, or Turkey.

The only good thing about the machine is, its very quick at washing.

As for Miele, my partner bought me a Miele vacuum cleaner for Xmas, model no S7 210. It worked for 1 day then broke down. It just sounded like a plane taking off. We took it back to comet and the young guy tried to dismantle the underneath to check the brush roller, but was unable to do so. I said there was no way I was having the vac repaired as it has only been used once. He then gave us a another brand new machine.

Paul
 
mmmmm

The S7 series seems to have had a few teething issues when they came out, but I had thought that Miele had worked their way through them...

...they've just been launched here, but I have an S5000 'Revolution' with a proper agitator powerhead/light combination so see no reason to change...
 
Miele Vac

Hi Chris.

Yeah, I thought Miele vac would be very reliable, but the one I had was bad. I read up I think on Comet or Which website and a number of people had problems with Miele vac. The one they exchanged is great now, but very heavy.

Paul
 
Revolution

Chris

I too have a Revolution 5000 which lasted about 18 months before a board inside went "Snap, Crackle, Pop" and has not worked since. I will get around to getting it fixed some of these days but an 80's Tristar has filled in extremly well since. I have quite a lot of Miele equipment and for many years it has been my "brand of choice" but that cleaner was a BIG disappointment particularly since its predecessor 247i (18 years old) is still going strong. And in some ways is more convenient to use too

Al
 
Blimey Mark!

I remember seeing pics of your square door Bendix set, but you kept all these under wraps eh!

Fantstic machines you got there - particularly like the Philips 707. Brings back memories of a friends blue disk machine, when I was a nipper, but hers had a variable temperature too. Very cluttered facia, but very smart looking machine.

AWB082, matching Hoover A3108 and D6074 (being cheeky, but any chance of a piccy of these?) and a brown facia Bendix (what model machine is this?). Indesit L5 too.
That is one hell of a restoration queue you got there. All power to you in gently processing them and thanks for posting the piccies.

More more more!!!

Cheers
Paul
 
Seems Miele

....vacs can be problematic....

....without trying to shanghai the post, we've not had an issue in the 3yrs we've had ours....

...mind, the Nilfisk it replaced is now 6yrs and working a treat too
 
Hi Philip.

I was thinking 7133, but they made so many bloomin versions of the browns, sometimes its difficult to tell whats what.

Paul
 
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