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I have every confidence in my Hoover Auto Washer. So much so that i put it on most mornings before i set off to work & just leave it to do it's job. If i was remotely concerned which i am not i would not do it.
 
This is getting a bit annoying

Hoover, Candy, Indesit and Hotpoint all need to pull their fingers out and do a recall before someone gets killed! Obviously they've identified that machines made before September 2009 which should be the basis of recall, any machine made before this time (identifable by serial or batch no.) should be modified. Terrible shame about these companies

@optima- I don't totally hate hoovers, the one in your profile pic is from the last decent Hoover range (even though they were made by Candy, Candy did make good machines) a relative had that washer dryer for 10 years and got rid to get a new kitchen, I'd also never heard of the drying cycle failing, despite filling the machine to to brim to wash and dry!

@everyone having the barney about the postings-yes it is annoying especially these one liner posts, my posts are often mini blogs! I tend to stay away from the threads as it gets pretty heated up, maybe AW.org should consider opening a chatroom for live discussion instead of using the forum to communicate.
 
@aquacycle...

No, it was the WA110 Hoover Performa washer dryer, just a few minutes ago Optima had its picture up but must have changed it since then...
 
Candy

Ultimafan.

I just get a tad fed up with all the negativity on Candy machines. We sell Hoover -Candy products & we sell alot of them. On the reliabily front we have not had an exploding drum let alone a breakdown call out for a long time.

Oh a AW.ORG live chatroom that would be fun but it could get nasty.
 
AquaCycle is on the right track

That's right... 10 years ago Hoover had the 'Six' range which was replaced in 2004 by Hoover Nextra (the one I currently have). I don't have any experience with the 'Six' range but I have plenty with Nextra and I can positivily vouch for every cubic millimetre of its realms of existence... and I feel confident enough to say that it's a monster of reliabilty and performance.

That's the reason why I have hard time believing that contemporary Candy/Hoover machines (GrandO/Vision series) have degenerated so drastically in terms of quality and reliability... as some on this forum make out to be. I have seen and experienced some of these newer models in the act, but not on a daily basis, and still they haven't made a strong impression on me as being so different from my faithful little monster.

As for the drum explosions... the evidence we've seen speaks louder than words, it would certainly be nice to get a feeling of reassurance from a company about their post-sales practices... it would no doubt make an existing Hoover/Candy owner feel proud of their choice! Yet I personally feel I am not in possession of a comprehensive account of the state of knowledge and understanding behind these happenings... and possibly neither are most of you!
 
what would help candy would be a redesing of there model because there was lots of recalls a few years back with aus canadian model the maytag neptune washer until maytag redesing there model that look like this but i do hope for everyone in the uk that they do resolve these problems even if for me this brand is unknown but i do know that around the 70 i think hover twintub washers where sold in canada as 1 of my aunts own hover twintub.

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I had a Hoover H160E Six Washer & i loved it. Wish i had never got rid of it. My parents had a HNL7146 washer, one of The last Merthyr Tydfil made Nextra-Smart range of machines. It never hit the spot for me.
 
Chat Room

I think this would be a good idea too. It'd help get rid of some of the one-to-one conversations that've been going on and save clogging the forums up - the site nearly grinds to a halt (at least on my internet connection/laptop) when i open a thread with more than a couple of photos! Chat might get nasty but it's hardly been a barrel of laughs in here lately either!

HotpointFan - I think you're *fairly* safe with the OPH714D - the Optima range don't seem to have been affected from what i've seen, they were launched (in the UK at least) after the Vision HD's and Grand O's that seem to be in the press reports. There's rather too many for spares on eBay at the moment though, so how long it lasts before dying is probably more linked with luck than anything else, but an explosion of any kind seems unlikely.

I wouldn't be replacing it with a Hotpoint though. If you really want something like that then get an Indesit and save a hundred quid or so. There seems to be no evidence to suggest Hotpoint give you any decent amount of extra quality for the increased retail price over an Indesit, so just go with the cheaper option. Or just get a Gorenje with a 2 year warranty for the same price!

It's a great shame about the Vision HDs as i always liked the look of them, but the press reports, plus i might add, videos available on YouTube of Hoover machines self-destructing without exploding do nothing for my confidence in them. I'm more of a Zanussi fan, but i'll quite happily say i'm far from impressed with their performance over the last 5 years either, would much rather by a 10 year old model instead, but at least so far they seem to just die after a few years rather than self destruct & take your work top & cupboards with them.

Liam
 
Just take the lid off a Hotpoint WML520 Aquarius & a Indesit IWC6125 Start & you'll find it's exactly the same inside & it's the same for a Hotpoint Aqualtis & a Indesit Prime. But you will find that your paying quite a bit more just for the Hotpoint name.
 
Optima....

The scary thing is so many people do pay that extra for the Hotpoint name, presumably because they don't know what you've just said!

Amongst my Mums friends Hotpoint is spoken of as if it's a really good brand - for example when a persons machine goes wrong, which seems to be more often than those people who own any other make, i seem to hear 'but it's a Hotpoint' - they still think theyre the UK built workhorses from the 80's. Im sure Hotpoints' sales figures live purely off their past reputation.
 
Interesting...

Bloody hell!! This thread got interesting in last few reply's!!!

I mean guys really, you should send all your oppinenons about Quality changes between years/models to Candy! I mean it would be so nice and gentle of you to inform Candy on what changes they made, cause neither I, who knows how a lot about Candy, neither Candy knows about..
For next time - The design change, doesn't necessarily mean a quality change..

I won't even dare to tell what differences in quality in Candy really are, because 1-My fingers would fall off because of excessive typing ; 2- Even if I wrote it, you would still belive some Woodoo guy, or anyone else you got that amazing info from.

Dex

P.S
Never be too curious! I found out here (has NO relation to my visit to Candy factory) something I am literally afraid to set in public, because of my personal security. I will just say it's bribery and corruption, where victims are manufacturers, and customers are being used as "instruments", and they don't know they are. I won't tell who exactly does the crime, and I suppose feeling of discussing explosions of Candy for 26549th time is much better then knowing me all this, but I can't escape it now, when I know the bad stuff 10x worse than this :(
 
Regardless of brands its Candy thats in the spotlight now

At the end of the day Candy/Hoover machines are exploding and its something that cannot be ignored or brushed off with a replacement machine and some small compensation, what if a child simply walking past the machine as it explodes was injured or killed imagine how that parent would feel knowing something that should be so safe and should definitely not explode and kill their child,

Candy needs to open their eyes and realize that these explosions are beginning to happen more regularly and they should begin thinking about major recalls/replacements of a new machine that will definitely not exploded,

i am not a fan of Beko or any of their products but i do admire the fact that they are actively doing something about their FF problem, we have one such FF that is affected and i have reported to beko and they shall be sending and engineer to replace the faulty component,

with regards to Indesit/Hotpoint explosions i have not heard of any in some time and i understand that indesit has had a better approach to solving the problem than Candy Did/Does!

again this is just my opinion but i would not like to hear of someone being seriously injured or killed when their Candy/Hoover randomly decides to explode, eventually it will happen and candy needs to take action now be for it does.

in regards to Hotpoint/indesit having the same internal parts, true however i do not buy hotpoint appliances because of the name or their previous history, what i look at is style and performance and for me the hotpoint washer meet that requirement for me, ive used candy washers i had a candy washer and i would go for a hotpoint of a Candy any day, in my opinion the last good Candy washers were the late 90's early 2000's Alise machines which i loved. Candy has definitely left my good books as a good washer manufacturer.

Luke
 
This is getting bloody terrible!

Hoover - Candy should definately recall (not think about) these machines.

The current situation is very serious - even I am not replying to this thread stupidly like it seems as I would normally!

Jacob
 

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