Beko WME7247

[aegokocarat]

Hello,
Just thought I would create this thread to give my opinions and views on my 3 year old beko wme7247s. The machine did have a bad habit of stretching my washing but I have since found out why this was happening and rectified it, the machines washing ability is very good, most stains come out first time with little or no pre-treating and the rinsing efficiency is very good also. The machines cycle times vary from being pretty long at nearly 3 hours to short at half an hour, the machines drum is rated for 7kg but it looks bigger than that and can hold 2 sets of sheets in one wash, its pretty quiet and unobtrusive during a cycle. the build quality is rather impressive (i.e thick hinge,ect) and the machine looks pretty nice as well, today I ran 4 wash cycles, the first was a 90*c wash with a prewash that took 2:55 minutes which I felt was pretty acceptable as the miele, zanussi, whirlpool and Samsung take a while on a boilwash when set with a prewash, the option buttons around the display feel a little bit plasticy but at the same time they don't feel like they would fall into the machine if they were pressed too hard. The other washes produced great fresh smelling results and the machine copes well with accidental over doses. The softener channel is slightly awkward to aim for IMO and sometimes a few drops of softener will end up in with the detergent but otherwise its fine, I have also found the options on the machine useful, the quicker wash reduces the wash time drastically but it compensates for having short rinses by adding in more water so that clothes still rinse out properly, the machines balance sensor isn't overly fussy and the machine manages to get the load balanced first time. Overall I would rate the machine 4/5 and I would recommend beko to anyone who is in a tight spot and they cannot afford a brand like Bosch and so on, my maths teacher recently got an integrated model and shes over the moon, she loves it and now Ive found out how to use the machine with no problems I am happy with mine too
Tom

 

[aquacycle]

miele, zanussi, whirlpool and Samsung take a while on a boil

I beg to differ. I had the base model 1000rpm Beko 5 years when I first left home. It belonged to the flat I as renting at the time. Whilst it washed well, it took FOREVER to wash anything. 2:55 for a boil wash is excessive. My Miele will do it 2 hours WITH a prewash.

I miss the days of 50 minute cycles and a mechanical timer.

 

[aegokocarat]

@ Aquacycle: Our miele takes 2:29 on cottons 90*c and that's without a prewash, and a normal 40*c wash takes the same time as well, the cottons 60*c wash takes 1:59 minutes.

 

[paulc]

Tom

I always use the short option on my Miele. A 60C cotton wash takes 85mins and everything comes out spotless. A full load of clothing on a 40C cottons wash takes 90mins, if it is not quite a full load the wash time drops to about an hour. I only ever deselect the short option if I have a very dirty load. For my laundry needs long wash times are not necessary.

I know someone with one of the new Hotpoint machines (8kg capacity ), the standard cotton 40c wash takes over 3hrs!!! I showed him the time saver button now the wash is done in half the time.

 

[aegokocarat]

Im the same Paul. The beko took 2:45 on cottons 60*c with extra rinse and a prewash as the load had tattoo ink on them, the machine got them spotless!
Tom

 

[aquacycle]

My Miele says it will take 2 hours 29 but then always drops down in the first 5 minutes of the wash to under 90 minutes.

Cottons 60 always drops down from 1:59 to 1:19 in the first 5 minutes.

 

[paulc]

Chris

My machine drops the time after 9 minutes.

 

[aegokocarat]

I cannot comment on the time dropping as ours doesn't show the remaining time on the display.

 

[henene4]

Our Panasonic shows its remaining time within 30 sec because of the spin&sense-system (called it now like this cause i dont have any idea how it is called exactly). And a boilwash (and it IS reaching 90°) takes 3:10 with prewash and 3 rinses, but as the drum is not that easy to fill with a whole 8kg load, it will drop to approx. 2:20. A short cycle with prewash but without extrarinse as I mostly use it for rags at 90° takes exactly 2:03, reaching 90° to. Mieles perform 3 rinses on a normal cootonwash under 60°, at 60° or more they only rinse twice.

 

[paulc]

My Miele does two rinses as standard on a 60c wash. 30,40,50,75 and 95c are all three rinses as standard.

 

[henene4]

Really? In all the online manuals is an chapter about rinses and it say 60°+=2 rinses. May be kind a bug, like our privileg sensation 9415 we had between our 2 mieles had a 40° cotton eco with short, which was not supposed to be indeed.

 

[paulc]

I stand corrected, just checked the instruction book, two rinses as standard for temps above 60c.

 

[rolls_rapide]

My Panasonic has a "Quick 60 minute" programme which is very useful. Small loads are done in about 40 odd minutes at the lowest temps. Larger loads / hotter temps are nearer the hour. Temp can be varied: Cold, 30, 40, 50, 60.

My previous Zanussi IZ had a time-saver button. e.g. 2hrs 10mins became 1hr 05mins.

 

[ozzie908]

Miele PW6065

On a 90 with pre-wash and 4 rinses takes 2.19 I set it to 4 as I found the suds were still in the rinse water if only 3 which is its default I can change it to more but have found 4 to be spot on.

I can also change how long it washes once at temperature and its set at 20 mins seems to be plenty for all I throw at it )

Austin

 

[aegokocarat]

The beko has a daily quick wash which covers all temperatures on the machine, a boilwash can be completed in an hour and thirty three minutes with three very deep rinses, this cycle diddent half come in handy when the hot water pipe going to the bathroom sink burst on tuesday.
Tom

 

[henene4]

Our Panasonic finishes the 50 Minutes fast wash (the time has been shortend on the 3rd and 4th generation) in 50 minutes on al half load at 40°. 60° Take 56 min, prewash adds 20 mins like on every cycle. These new generations of Panasonic have a time saver option either that cuts a 2:01 8kg 40° wash down to 1:08 with 8kg still usable, but i recomend not more then 6kg. The tumbles are way more intensiv, the whole cycle seems to be compressed as the spray intervals are shortend while the tumble duratinos are twice as long and the pauses are halfed again.

 

[robliverpool]

my beko

I can't fault my machine at all. 61 minutes to do a 60 degree wash which is 7kg and comes out great every time. Good water levels. I've had virtually every make machine and with exception of the early 80s hotpoint washing machines I've not been happy with any of them

 

[aegokocarat]

40 and 50 washes on daily quick are brilliant but I do wonder what items can be washed at 80*c as this is also an available temperature..
Tom

 

[henene4]

Items washable at 80°.....

Everything you would usually boil but that isn't that dirty. A friend of mine just owned a Beko, no idea which modell, but one with PetHairRemoval. How long have you got yours? Here in Germany, a seller at MediaMarkt told me that at least 10 persons a month come to the store and complain about their 3 years old Beko...

 

[aeg03]

Our 2011 Zanussi ZWG7160P Flexi Dose used to reduce the time after around 10 minutes starting but it still ended up taking ages to complete as it was overly sensitive when it came to spinning. The machine would sometimes take 3 hours to finish.

The current 2012 Zanussi ZWH7122J Jetsystem we have, doesn't reduce the time at all (it also has static fills and only ever increase water on rinses). It always takes 2h 10min to complete a 40 degree cotton programme and 2hr 20min to complete a 60 degree cotton programme. Still quite a long time, but non of the frustration involved with the machine being too sensitive to spin.

I like the look of that Beko machines. The drums are of genuine 7kg size unlike a lot of other makes that claim to have a 7kg but the drums are quite small.

 

[logixx]

Mine is also slow. It does have a 60-minute Daily Wash cycle at 40C but it's only good for smallish loads of four kilos. If I put a larger load in there (the manual says up to six kilos) it won't fully heat up the water. Instead, it just drains after the fixed main wash time is over.  I wish it had a more powerful heater like washers used to have.

 

The TOL Beko even has recirculation. The Panasonic as well, of course.

 

[lavamat_jon]

You really can't beat the current range of Beko machines for value for money.  Well built for the price, my mum has the 9kg version and my nana the 7kg, and they are both very happy with the performance.  Very quiet machines too (as quiet as my Miele), and after invesitgating inside mum's 9kg model is supported on 3 shock absorbers and heavy duty springs.

 

They aren't the best machines, but for the price and their decent performance you can't go wrong in terms of value for money.

 

Jon

 

[lavamat_jon]

My nana's machine

 

[aquacycle]

Jon, I completely agree. Whilst I would always encourage people to go for higher end machines if they can afford it, such as Miele, Bosch/Siemens, AEG or top end Zanussi's, for someone in need of a machine and on a budget, you cannot go wrong with a Beko. They wipe the floor with everything else in the lower end of the price range, especially Haier and Vestel made machines.

My best friend's Beko will be 5 years old this year and washes for 2 adults and 2 young children (5 & 3 years old) and *touch wood* has so far not missed a beat. It's the lower end 1200rpm variable spin model and was £189 new. Cannot go wrong for that price!

 

[aegokocarat]

Hey guys, I will only say that the one problem I have with my beko is a cosmetic one and otherwise its fine, the 7kg drum in my beko is very generous as I have managed to fit in a king sized duvet inside it (though that will be the first and LAST time I ever do that again). It ploughed through mountains of washing in just a few hours which is very impressive
the indesit which shares its lodgings with the beko is very audible and can be heard when standing in the kitchen, the beko, I have to actually go out side to make sure I've started it, its that quiet

 

[aegokocarat]

this is my 3 year old beko.

 

[aegokocarat]

The cycle time for a mixed fabric wash.

 

[henene4]

Which TOL Bekos have recirculation? Never seen one....
And how did you get that insane waterlevel on th 9kg one? You have adden some manually, don't you?

 

[logixx]

I'm writing this from my phone so don't know if the YouTube link will work.
That model has recirculation. It's the one with the chrome door. The video is called BEKO WMB81045LC.mp4

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZYs8Rv6CM8

 

[lavamat_jon]

Henene

I believe the models with the inverter motors also have the jet system, as on logixx' video.

 

No, that is the standard rinse level.  It will fill halfway up the door if you select either the quick wash with a standard cycle, or on the Daily Quick cycle.

 

Jon