My New Hottie - Ultima

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Hey peeps -

sorry i've not been around for a while, been sorting out an extention on my house. So since our external laundry room has now been converted to a bathroom, it was time to get a washer dryer. i'm not a massive fan of them, but thought i'd give hottie a chance.

We grabbed the Ultima 5kg + 5kg dry (so it says) but one of the first things i found out was that is a complete lie, the clothes come out totally creased up, beyond the point of rescue with an iron!! THe other weird thing is, this dryer spins during the dry cycle?????? whats that about? i dryed some towels in it the other night, when i emptied the machine in the morning the towels were stuck to the drum dry, but a crumpled together??? anyone got any clues about why it does this?

Brandon

(also just thought i'd add, this machine does a spin rinse at the end for those of you that dont know, i'm obcessed with spin rinses... i nearly died when i noticed what it was doing lol!!! its so cool!)

 

[robm]

I've got a WD640P bought 6 months ago

Hi Brandon

You know, I've had exactly the same problems as you and I highlighted them in a review of this machine that I did sometime ago.

Bascially I really like my machine (although, I don't think it's that well made). I hate the spinning on drying feature, one of my tops was nearly ruined with set creases. If I use the dryer I use the synthetics programmes as this is still hot but does not spin. Here is my list of pro, and cons

Pros

Nice deep water level
Like the programmes and lengths
Generally stable
Nice and quiet (super silent) although noiser on top spin 1400
Nice looking and good powder drawer

Cons

Faffs on distribution increasing washing times
A bit plastic especially the door catch
Spinning while drying

Funny my machine doesn't do a spin rinse.

Rob

 

[destroyer]

How long does it do its spin rinse for, and does it go into a full spin ?

Whats the model number?

 

[tomturbomatic]

Are you saying that this is a combination unit that washes and dries in the same tub? Those are always rated at half the wash capacity for drying. Spinning during dry is a sign that something is wrong with the speed controller. Hope that you can get it fixed.

 

[cbosch]

hotpoint washer dryers

I have one of these machines although I can't remeber what model 5kg wash and dry. Whilst yes it does crease it certaily does not spin during the dry cycle and only does a spin rinse on the hadnwash wool programme.
I use this machine at m grandparents house and it is fine as I only dry towels and sheets in it

 

[foraloysius]

Tom,

IIRC these 5kg+5kg were actually had a 7kg capacity, but are supposed to handle a 5kg for washing and drying.

I don't know if this washer/dryer is supposed to spin during the drying cycle, but older Bosch models did this as soon as the laundry had heated up because then it was able to spin out even more water. I suppose that this Hoover does the same thing. If the towels are stuck to the sides of the drum, I think this is done way too late in the drying process. Design flaw?

Louis

 

[panthera]

what is "faff"?

Forgive my ignorance, but what, please, is "faffs on distribution?"
Sounds interesting, whatever it is.
Lots of the combi-machines used to do a spin after the wash had been warmed up - it really did speed up the drying time.
But the two I know, Bosch and Siemens (yes, I know they are the same) always then hit a really hard braking cycle and then tumbled the clothes in both directions for quite a while to peel them off the walls.
The last combi- I used in England made a big deal about only drying "half" the washed load. I did and the stuff came out perfect.

 

[glamwales]

washer dyer - hotpoint

Yes they do spin during drying

Mine does at least

neil

 

[maytagbear]

Capacity question-

in all my days I have never weighed a load of laundry, dry or wet. Do you lovely overseas people get out your kitchen scales as you load, or do you just go by the suggestions in the use and care book?

I mean, 5 kg of wet bath towels is a lot fewer than 5 kg of dry bath towels....

Lawrence/Maytagbear

 

[chrisbsuk]

spin during drying.....

i had an Ariston Machine, which is the same as the Ulitma but with the Ariston badge on it that also spins during drying.... and i still have the instruction book and here is what is says:
"A spin cycle is carried out during the cotton drying programme, and if you have selected a dryness level rather than selecting a time to run. This unique feature helps to remove extra water from the fabric, whilst also rapidly heating the fabric due to the speed of the drum"

.....however the reality is, that this "unique" feature is a pile of sh#t and only appears to ruin anything that goes through it.....

 

[robm]

I agree, the spinning during heat sets all the creases making ironing a nightmare.

Panthera

Faff by the way means to mess about without due cause. Someone might say "stop faffing about with that remote control" in other words "stop messing about with that remote control and get on with what you are doing/should be doing".

I think the way that machines endlessly think about doing a spin, faff seems to be a good word.

 

[sparkcymru]

faffing

Biggest faffing machine was my LG that took 7-10 mins to decide if it wanted to spin each time.

I think the spin on the dry cycle on Hotpoint Ariston machines was a good idea in principal but of course not in practise. I wonder if they ever actually put clothes in it at the factory or did they think no one would notice the creases.

Steve

 

[dascot]

When I had an Ariston combo machine, the only way I could get it to dry things decently was to never run a straight through cycle - do the wash as normal then take things out, shake them and put back in what i wanted to dry and set a time. The sensor cycles always did a spin which ruined what i'd done in shaking them out by sticking them to the drum again. Stupid feature, if you ask me.