Beko WY124854

[hoovermad]

Well, I've finally done it and bit the bullet and purchased the above Beko machine. It's a 12kg, 1400 spin machine.

I decided that it was no longer practical to have both the Whirlpool American top loader (now for sale if anyone interested) and the Miele in use as daily drivers, hence the purchase of a single large capacity front loader. Must admit, I am a little nervous about the Beko purchase as never had one before. It was a close call between this and the 13kg Hoover Wizard machine but price ultimately decided against my favourite brand.

Once I've had machine delivered I will post pics and update on performance but would be interested in opinions before hand

 

[washerman250]

I would of gone with the Hoover

I've tried both out at Currys the Hoover is much more advanced and has more flexibility and programming is way better than the hoover

 

[paulc]

I have had my Beko 12kg machine since the end of January. It's a great machine. The daily quick programme is brilliant for every day loads of lightly soiled stuff. The standard cycles aren't excessively long when you consider the amount of washing you can fit into it. The recirculating jet is deployed on most cycles and the machine also uses differing drum motions dependant on the cycle selected. The pump is quiet, as is the machine itself. What a surprising bonus is that the machine will add an extra rinse if there is a sudslock , even on the super quick and daily quick cycles, the machine also uses a decent amount of water to wash and rinse.I too looked at the Hoover machine but really couldn't justify spending an extra £200 for the gimmicky wifi connection, having said that the Hoover's drum is 81 litres verses the Beko's 72 litre. The plus point of the Beko is that the fast programmes work really well so you can get through lots of laundry quickly if need be. The Beko's build quality is pretty good , there are no buttons as such, just touch sensitive writing. Sadly my machine has developed a slight fault wher the door sometimes won't unlock after a cycle, I have an engineer coming out on Friday to fix the problem. Anything else you want to know just ask.

 

[robliverpool]

I got rid of my beko to buy the hotpoint s line washer. Totally regretted it and after five weeks I bought another beko but the 8kg model. They are great machines. As said previous the daily quick wash is brilliant and you can go right up to 90c which takes 91 minutes and the machine uses plenty of water as well which is great. In between rinses and spins it flushes fresh water through to clear any suds

I've bought all the top machines at some point over the years and unless beko drastically change their machines I won't be buying any other brand anytime soon

 

[hoovermad]

Thanks for the responses, it has put my mind at ease. I need a reliable large machine for all of us that rinses well due to my daughters' eczema.
I was very tempted by the Hoover 13kg Wizard but like you Paul I couldn't justify the £200 or so extra. I must admit I didn't notice the difference in drum volume though! Naughty me!!

 

[hoovermad]

On another note, if anyone wants a Whirlpool American top load washing machine in good working order then give me a yell

 

[logixx]

72 liters for 12kg, 81 liters for 13kg? °o° My Dreamspace is 93 liters for 11kg.

 

[liamy1]

Drum weight and capacity

In my opinion, selling washing machines on weight capacity is a total con. I have seen machines that have higher rated kg's and the drum is really shallow and visa-versa.

Even machines with the same weight rated capacity, drums different sizes/depths etc.

Of course in terms of laundry, it's not just weight, but volume of fabrics.

Example a few pairs of jeans can will be way heavier than say a king duvet, but a king duvet would fill a standard drum top to bottom, the jeans wouldn't.

I did see somewhere, I think whitegoods.co.uk, that the average washload in terms of real weight is 2-3 kg's.

And I saw, that when doing the weight capacity grading for machines, manufacturers are allowed to have the clothes professionally folded, stacked top to bottom and back to front, with the door OPEN - even allowing the use of the door boot! How does that apply to real world washing?

I also saw where Beko even encouraged this folding of fabrics before putting in the drum (in the link).

Large Capacity Washing Machines | Beko

Find out what bloggers are saying about Beko 9kg large capacity washing machines and why they are such a popular choice.

www.beko.co.uk

 

[liamy1]

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Link for the whitegoods advice

Washing Machine Capacity And Load Sizes

Bigger and bigger load capacities, are they true and is it a good thing? We explain from the perspective of the guys that fix them and a thing called science

www.ukwhitegoods.co.uk

 

[liamy1]

The whitegoods...

One is really interesting, in his opinion, with regards for weight ratings we are being had for a total con.

 

[liamy1]

And...

Thinking about the issues I have had with machines, it always been the higher capacity ones)..

12KG Samsung Eco Bubble - brand new to completely dead in 7 months.

12KG LG Steam Washer - made that much thumping in spin, neighbours must've thought I was always at it

8KG Hoover - outer drum cracked 3 times.

8KG Bosch- excellent machine, however one of the most sensitive out of balance protections I have ever seen.

9KG Samsung Eco Bubble (current one) - not overly happy with it.

Certainly not saying that there is anything wrong with the Beko's, they are brilliant machines, I had one a few years back and it washed better than a machine 3 times the price. So I am all for Beko.

Just saying we seemed to have been pulled into this bigger better thing and considering the difference in drum depths etc, feels like as always we get conned.

 

[logixx]

Capacity

Our consumer magazine had two or three dryers pop open during the cycle because the load (at max capacity) pushed the door open as it became drier and expanded. I'd like to see how wrinkled those fabric must have been once the load had finished.

In a later issue, the magazine said that it was now okay - to achieve the stated max capacity - if you leave no more room at the top of the drum and if you have to close the door with slight force.

*yikes*

 

[paulc]

I'm under no illusion that my machine will realistically hold anything close to 12kg or normal laundry. I can still do really big loads quickly and efficiently which was the selling point for me. The machine doesn't have a fussy spin either, again, that's a huge plus.

 

[liamy1]

Yes,

I agree a larger machine will take a larger load, hence me having a 9kg at present.

It's just the kicker of it, is we are being quoted KG capacities, but the drum volume differs vastly on the same weight rated load.

So you could have 2 machines with the same kg load, but find due to a difference in the drum depths, it won't be as a big as one model vs another.

Eg the 8kg Bosch vs 8kg Hoover, the drum on the Bosch looked one and half times bigger than that of the Hoover (hoover /candy machines tend to be a slim depth machine).

It would make more sense to me to be quoted the litre volume of the drum, as opposed to just kg rating. Well to me it would anyway.

I know some manufacturers quote it, but you generally have to be looking on the manufacturers website, which of course when you're shopping, not many people are going to do.

 

[paulc]

Liamy1

I agree, manufacturers should state drum volume as well as " supposed" capacity. Beko quote drum volume for all their machines, as do Bosch and Hotpoint. Other manufacturers are less forth coming. I think people in the UK get slightly confused by KG ratings as well, we still have a weird mixture of metric and imperial measures in our minds. For example, personally I have difficulty imagining what a 12kg load would look like but I know for sure my machine could not handle 26.45Lbs of laundry!!

I decided on the Beko machine after my sister got her 8kg machine, I was taken with how flexible the cycles were and how well the daily quick programme worked. I had a 10kg Zanussi Lindo for eight months but got fed up of waiting hours for it to do one load. A 60deg cotton wash with extra rinse ( an option that was really needed) took 4hrs 2 mins for a full load , where as the Beko will do a 60 deg cottons wash in 2hrs 12 and rinse really well without selecting extra rinse, so I can get two big loads of towels done in the time it would've took for one. Granted, the results in the Zanussi were impeccable but because the Beko uses more water the results are just as good.

I did consider a few other machines, what I found useful was to read the online user manuals for the machines I was interested in. They give a better indication of the machines capabilities that the advertising blurb on the websites. I then went to Currys to check out the machines in person, that way you get a feel for build quality , before coming home and ordering online. I'm slightly annoyed that now you can get the Beko 12kg for as little as £349, less than I paid for mine, but at least I've not had to wait hours for a wash to complete for the last two months

 

[mrboilwash]

There used to be a rule of thumb that each kg of dry clothes needs at least 10 litres of drum volume for proper washing.
If I had to choose between the Hoover and Beko I`d take the Beko but I always cringe a little when I hear about those vast kg-ratings in those tiny drums along with endless wash times. It seems that in favor of efficiency excessive creasing and wear on clothes is no longer important.