My "new" Miele Toploader

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I have moved recently, so I needed a TL because of place issues.

I did want a tank built washer but the 1450 € for the Miele W 605 in the store are way too much for my wallet.

Otherwise I didn't want to trash 300-400 € into Indesit/Candy/Whirlpool stuff that lasts just 4 or 5 years.

So I started the hunt on ebay.it and subito.it .... some day later I found a 19 y.o. Miele W794 : same 1200 rpm as the W 605, but I took it home with just 150 €.

 

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control fascia

push buttons from left to right

- lid
- half load (lower level rinses)
- rinse hold (aka "spuelstopp")
- short
- without prewash
- gentle cadence (from 12/3 to 8/7)

cycles are (clockwise) :
- boilwash/coloureds 95°-->> 30°C
- regular permapress 60 -->> 30°C
- delicate permapress 60 -->> tap cold
- woolens 40 -->> tap cold
- starching
- spin only
- drain
- reset

 

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inside

I enjoy the fact it can run a short cycle **with** prewash. My parents Novotronic performs Short OR Prewash not both in the meanwhile ( that is useful for dusty but not stained loads)

 

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cylinder

it has 3 real baffles ... most of current HA toploaders have just one fake, flat plastic baffle

 

[mrboilwash]

Congratulations, I think you have spent your 150 € very wisely.
Good luck with it !
I envy you for the full choice of temperatures, wish my modern Miele would still do a 50°, 70° and 80° Bollitura Colorata.

 

[bajaespuma]

Aferim!

What a pretty little machine! And what a great Italian lesson. I think I've learned more languages from reading appliance brochures that from many years in school. What does "Spento" mean? Stop? Off?

 

[bajaespuma]

I've used many of these machines in your part of the world and it amazes me, given the number of city dwellers here in the US, that there isn't a market here for them; they're great little washers. They're so much better than the lame-a@@ portable units they sell here.

 

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Yes, "Spento" means (switched) off

is the past participle of "spegnere", a verb that covers all of these cases: "to switch off" an appliance, "to turn off" a car, "to blow out" a candle, "to put out" a fire. This is one of the rare exceptions where italian is simpler than english.
Thank you : now I know what "to put out" stands for

BTW I'm very happy about this machine :
- it makes 4 rinses in every cycle (just woolens has 3 ones only)
- it does not wrinkle at all . Last week I I mixed polyester clothes with cotton ones in a cotton 60°C/140°F load. No matter the poly T shirt came out wrinkle free, thanks to the cool down and to the graduated interim spins. Actually the cotton cycle in this machine is pretty close to the permapress of the novotronics

Danke Herr Bollitura (opps Kochwaesche) )

 

[foraloysius]

That is a good buy! I love those rapid advance timers!

 

[vivalalavatrice]

I love those rapid advance timers!

Spettacolare!!!
Bel pezzo!

Have a nice lanudry!
Diomede

 

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Diomede, guarda un po' cosa c'è ad Alessandria !!

A TRUE Hoover made in Merthyr Tydfil, NOT in Brugherio ;-)

.... and it's a TWIN TUB !!!!

http://www.subito.it/elettrodomestici/lavatrice-anni-50-alessandria-18408394.htm

 

[toggleswitch]

Che bella!

spento=> "extinguished" as well?

 

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Yes Toggles,

"I pompieri hanno spento (or "hanno estinto") l' incendio (or literally "il fuoco") nella foresta" = "Firemen have extiguished the fire in the forest"

the little girl runs great load after load, have just washed a polycotton sleeping bag with some towels .... just dont' push her over 1000 rpm, otherwise it sounds more than a Lockheed rather than a Miele. After all she's 19 *LOL*

 

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the more I use her, the more I love her.

Just miss the Mini (now Express) 40°C programme .... sometimes when I'm in a hurry I need that half an hour cycle is veeeery useful *LOL*

 

[toggleswitch]

Quote: the more I use her, the more I love her.

FEH typical man! (ducks and runs)


Gorgeous machine

 

[mieledani]

I would like to do short cycles with prewash too!! But it is not possible in modern Mieles.

Congratulations!!

 

[mielerod69]

Yes you can do prewash and short option with modern Miele washing machines. I have a W 3985 WPS and W 5949 WPS LiquidWash and its possible with both machines. What models are you talking about Mieledani?

Cheers

 

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short and prewash

Hi Rod,
what you write is true for TOL models only as those you mention

Guess Daniel means the mid range Novotronic III models - eg W828 W844 W864 - and the Softronic W3264 W3265 W3201 W3205.

All these models have just one button to choose between short OR prewash OR soak OR no option
This is my sister's W844 :

 

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as a clue look at Jan-Eric's W961 (TOL Novotronic III model) : it has separate buttons for each option

http://www.automaticwasher.org/TD/JPEG/MODERN/2011/mielemondia757++1-3-2011-14-04-38.jpg