ISE 1607W - Asko

[optima]

Asko

James you pay £20 a month for your water rates, my god that's expensive. Maybe It's something to do with living in a hard water area. Here in Cumbria it's only £15. Oh you've got one new classy machine, have fun!

 

[northernmary]

Soft water

Optima am not in a hard water area at all very soft water around here, I have to be careful how much detergent I use or end up with suds lock
Northernmary

 

[zodawash]

Nice

Really nice machine.Congrats. I hope you keep this one. £20 a month water rates isn't expensive. Mine is £19 a month and that doesn't include sewerage cause we have a septic tank. At our last house it was £29.74 a month inc sewerage.

 

[zanussi_lover]

Amazing

I love this machine so much =]

Love the flat door with lack of door bowl, and the lack of door seal

Automatic door opening

And the clean minimalist control panel

The Ability to add a higher water level, so rinsing results should be perfect

And the short programme times so you aren't waiting 2.5/3 hours for a wash.

A question NorthernMary...does the time adjust itself, so if the machine isn't fully loaded then it shave time off the wash cycle? like fuzzy logic

And what does the Automatic programme do?

would love to see you do a boilwash in this with some whites..

looking forward to the videos.

Kyle

 

[zanussi_lover]

Also

Are you considering buying the matching dryer?

 

[northernmary]

Zanussi_lover

Auto This program automatically adjusts the length of the main wash and the number of rinses to the amount of laundry loaded in the machine. the machine does have "Fuzzy logic" up dates at three points in the cycle 15 mins in to the main wash then updates again after the main wash spin and the again after the final rinse, yeah am going to be getting the matching dryer.

Northernmary

 

[zanussi_lover]

wow

you've tempted me into getting one, better start saving up though =p

they look beautiful machines =]

I hope you make some videos soon x

 

[turnamat]

This machine is great,we cannot buy Askos in Germany.Maybe at the end of 2012,the austrian Eudora factory that sells exactly the same machines will offer them here!Think,this will be my next machine,too!

 

[bertrum]

Well done on buying a brilliant machine!

You probably will not have to buy another machine for another 25 years now!.

 

[northernmary]

chestermikeuk
Sorry it's taken me a while to do some dispenser shots I’ve been enjoying the machine too much … this machine is out of this world to use, when I get my torx set back I’m going to take some inside shots of the insides of the ise machine. chestermikeuk whats the inside of your dispenser like on the maytag ?
Northernmary

 

[northernmary]

fill shot 1

 

[northernmary]

fill shot 2

 

[northernmary]

fill shot 3

 

[petarp]

Looks like a good washer...

But a 3 digit LED display next to all modern tech? That's just unacceptable!

And for the quality... you'll see after a while: for example, if your bearings break quickly that means that they really didn't care for the quality of the WHOLE machine...
If they last long, the quality can be compared with a Miele or even Adora washers!

But, really, they should have put a better display on the machine...

 

[northernmary]

To be fair the machine is a commercial machine and it has ten years parts and labour which means if the bearings do fail which are very unlikely the machine will be repaired under the warranty. Ise will insure these machines in a high use environment for three years. The machine is an asko machine and its far better built than anything on the market at the moment even in my own opinion they are built better than a miele. I’ve had a miele in the past and compared to the Ise the Ise wins hands down. I think there is nothing wrong with the display it’s down to personal preference to me it doesn’t look out of place doesn’t look cheap neither. The asko model W6564 is exactly the same machine except the Ise is 8KG. Asko perform long life tests on their washing machines and dryers of 10,000 hours, which equates to around 20 years of domestic use. Just like miele.
Northernmary

 

[petarp]

Well, any machine will last a certain amount of time (depending on the brand, of course) if you do regular maintenance, do full loads instead of several small loads, if you think about the temperature and the spin speed (not always the max. spin speed)...

But the best thing about those Asko/ISE machines is that the tub is seperated and you don't have the rubber seal between the drum and the "outer shell" of the machine...

 

[lavamat_jon]

Petarp;

 

This is the bottom line model.  If you want a model with a fancy display, then you can go for the high end model as with any other brand.

 

The display is not a sign of modernity; this is of equivalent specification to the low end Miele (or any other brand) with the same display style.  Personally I think there is nothing old fashioned about this design at all; as with a lot of other Swedish engineering it seeps simplistic style.

 

As much as I like the big display on my machine, as long as I know how far the cycle has reached/has left to go, and this purpose is served, then it is perfectly sufficient in my view.  The worst are some new electronic machines which only have an "on" light, with nothing else telling you how far the machine is through its cycle!

 

Jon

[this post was last edited: 2/20/2012-16:40]

 

[electron1100]

Qaulity

Well done on another member getting a high quality machine, no worthless gadgets or wild claims about its performance and thankfully no loud garish display this is quality it doesnt need to shout like lesser makes do.
Technology is cheap high build quality isn't

Well done

I hope it serves you well and you enjoy it

 

[chestermikeuk]

ISE

Hi James, was curious to see how they had specked the dispenser as the older Askos had the smoothest sides and powerful spray jets that flush the complete drawer very well..., this looks like they have replaced the middle jets with larger holes to form bigger but less plumes of water!!

Is the cotton spin a continuous ramping up at the end of cycle??

 

[northernmary]

Hi mike,
The fill jets do a very good job at keeping the dispenser clean and free from powder residue, the Drawer is nice and deep I’ve given up on using softener as I’m not good enough at aiming in the hole for the softener, the cotton spin a continuous ramping up to 1600. The machine is worth its weight in gold! I’m one very happy owner! What’s the dispenser like on your model?
NorthernMary

 

[qualin]

I may consider getting one of these for my mother.

How do you find the vibration on spin? Would this do well on a wooden second floor?

 

[chestermikeuk]

Dispenser

Hi James, dispenser very similar but no cover on the fab con dispenser, does it lift up to fill??

Heres the Maytag Asko model...from left to right - main Wash, Pre-Wash & Fabric Conditioner - Just noticed on yours that the positions are reversed, the main wash powder is in the middle....

 

[chestermikeuk]

Vibration

With its 4 legged suspension vibrations are kept to a minimum, but no washer has the god particle factor - saying that the Asko`s tend to carry on spinning with uneven loads, they just power through it!!,

If you have this on a wooden second floor you would need to make sure the wooden joists are as best supported and bolstered...you could also sit it on a thick metal plate or a concrete paving flag or cast like they do for shower basins - there are a number of factors to aid where its fitted but again you would have to spec the individual needs!!

 

[northernmary]

Fabric Softener

Dispenser

The Flap doesn’t life up mike you have to be very careful to aim for the little hole to get it in the conditioner compartment; it’s the only flaw in the machine to be honest, I don’t really see why they have done it? But there must be a method behind the madness I just love the hydroactive drum I just keep admiring the quality and engineering that’s gone in to the whole machine

NorthernMary

 

[robbie5]

ISE

What a great looking machine you have Northernmary, the styling looks so elegant and the build quality looks strong too.

Any chance you could make a vid of this fab machine in action?

Rob

 

[bewitched]

Dear DJ Gabriele, instead of making azardous sentences about machines you never had you should buy one and try for yourself. That would be simply fair...
The fact the Asko seems so goodlooking doesn't necessarily mean it is as good as a Miele (or better). Let's not forget Asko brand belongs to Antonio Merloni...
Perhaps your judgement is based on the fact that your fabulous indesit machine (I tried several instead...)comes out of the same family factories?

 

[foraloysius]

"Let's not forget Asko brand belongs to Antonio Merloni..."

Actually not anymore. Asko belongs to Gorenje since 2010.

 

[glenfieldmathk1]

I love it!

That looks like a brilliant wash machine, just when I was about to come on autowasher.org and ask about these machines, has someone got themselves one.
Are the wash results good and what's the noise like?
I cannot wait to see some videos of this machine!