Hotpoint WMD 960 Pre-wash

[paulc]

Pre-wash

You could always use the Fast 30 as a pre-wash cycle.

I pre-wash white loads that are exceptionally dirty, however this doesn't occur that often.

 

[aegokocarat]

I quite like my Samsung in all honesty, you don't need a lot of detergent and I found mine rinses and washes to the same level as mums miele, I also find my bosch classixx 6 does a smashing job too. The bosch doesn't muck about balancing, most of the time it distributes after draining and it will spin first time, the SpeedPerfect option is brilliant! I use it for my brothers clothes (wears something once and puts it in the basket after 5 minutes).
Tom

 

[aegokocarat]

oh! and on the mention of Gorenje, I have a Gorenje condenser dryer, its very good! thick hinge and a sturdy carcass, its very very very quiet too so definantly look at Gorenje washing machines

 

[hoovermatic]

Panasonic NA147VB5

I bought this machine about 2 months ago and am completely over the moon with it! It is a 7kg 1400rpm machine which is plenty enough for me. The water levels are far higher than I ever imagined they would be on a new machine and it washes like a dream, as well as being very quiet. It is the first new washer I have ever bought having only every had hand me downs, Ebay or charity shop machines. I have always coveted the Panasonic machines ever since they came out but waited until now and am so glad I did. We are all after different things from machines feature/programme wise and will have our favourites but I cannot speak highly enough of the Panasonics. I bought it online from www.thehydroshop.co.uk and it was delivered fast and was the cheapest price I could find online at the time.

http://www.thehydroshop.co.uk/p-330...gb-a-rated-7kg-1400-spin-washing-machine.aspx

 

[MrX]

Samsung Ecobubble:

We have one of those machines and it's pretty mediocre.
It washes pretty well to be fair to it, but it's default rinsing isn't good enough. You need to do about 4 rinses to ensure the clothes are adequately rinsed, but you can select up to 5 rinses on any wash cycle.

The bubbling aspect of it seems a bit of a gimmick to be perfectly honest and it doesn't really foam any of the detergents that I normally use.

I'm not impressed with a few issues on it:

1) It vibrates a lot on wooden floors. We never had that issue with our Bosch or the old Miele that was here for many for years before that. At times it will shake so violently that the dispenser drawer opens (especially if it's lightly loaded.

2) The door hinge is plastic!

3) The door lock is an old-fashioned bimetallic strip type system so you cannot add items when you pause the wash without waiting about 3 mins for the door to open.

Positive stuff:

Pretty flexible wash cycles with quite a few options.
Washes very quietly.