Cheap to repair too, its no wonder that more vintage Hotpoin
Not wishing to spark controversy here, but I've always thought that the proper (i.e. square door and New Wave style) Hoovers were miles better than Hotpoint's... the A3110 we had was more reliable & better at washing than it's succeeding Creda 17029 and Hotpoint WM64 washers (bear in mind that's my mum's and nana's (who had the A3060) opinions, at that time I was too young to care about results and was only interested in watching LOL). Hoover machines were quieter, gentler, and better at washing, rinsing and spinning IMO, and from what I've seen of Darren's Logic recenty it confirms that. In terms of reliability, from what mum told me our Hoover broke down twice during 15 or 16 years, whereas I remember the Creda and Hotpoints breaking down constantly (they ate brushes like mad). However despite that, the old Hotpoint's are still great machines and you can't beat the growling motor noise, nor those dramatic spin cycles! I think Hotpoint would beat Hoover anyday in the highjump competition
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BTW - my great grandma had that Hotpoint with the chrome door and rocker switches - always loved that machine. We always used to see her on a Saturday, and she often had the Hotpoint growling away doing her weekly white wash with Radion. It went to my auntie's as a temporary machine shortly after that for about 5 or 6 months, until it was replaced by a WM74 (which was further replaced with an LG Intellowasher).
FWIW, Hotpoint was a GEC company until it was sold off to Merloni Electrodomescitti, now known as the Indesit Company - so Hotpoint UK was related to the US Hotpoint until 2 years ago.
Take care all, and merry Christmas!
Jon
Not wishing to spark controversy here, but I've always thought that the proper (i.e. square door and New Wave style) Hoovers were miles better than Hotpoint's... the A3110 we had was more reliable & better at washing than it's succeeding Creda 17029 and Hotpoint WM64 washers (bear in mind that's my mum's and nana's (who had the A3060) opinions, at that time I was too young to care about results and was only interested in watching LOL). Hoover machines were quieter, gentler, and better at washing, rinsing and spinning IMO, and from what I've seen of Darren's Logic recenty it confirms that. In terms of reliability, from what mum told me our Hoover broke down twice during 15 or 16 years, whereas I remember the Creda and Hotpoints breaking down constantly (they ate brushes like mad). However despite that, the old Hotpoint's are still great machines and you can't beat the growling motor noise, nor those dramatic spin cycles! I think Hotpoint would beat Hoover anyday in the highjump competition
.BTW - my great grandma had that Hotpoint with the chrome door and rocker switches - always loved that machine. We always used to see her on a Saturday, and she often had the Hotpoint growling away doing her weekly white wash with Radion
. It went to my auntie's as a temporary machine shortly after that for about 5 or 6 months, until it was replaced by a WM74 (which was further replaced with an LG Intellowasher).FWIW, Hotpoint was a GEC company until it was sold off to Merloni Electrodomescitti, now known as the Indesit Company - so Hotpoint UK was related to the US Hotpoint until 2 years ago.
Take care all, and merry Christmas!
Jon
