New Panasonic washing machines

[richukbristol]

Has anybody else seen the new Panasonic washing machines. A client of mine showed me the advert in a copy of better homes than yours this morning, just had a look on the Panasonic website and I must say I do like the look of them. There are three models, boasting such features as brushless motors, tilted drums and invertor technology to name but a few. What do you think?

Regards

Rich

 

[newwave1]

Wow there really nice! I'd heard on UKwhitegoods that they were making them! Bet they'll come with a pricetag!

Darren

 

[brisnat81]

They look really cool, I wonder if they're made in Malaysia like the rest of Panasonics stuff these days, or if it's China? If they have the feel of quality most Panasonic stuff does they should be impressive units.

The seem well equipped and almost look like the door is attached to the outer tub ala Asko.

I got a chuckle at their 7kg capacity with a 55L drum, my Miele with around the same size drum is rated at 5.5kg

 

[ronhic]

But...

...did you look at the water consumption?

45 litres....

When Haier introduced the 1260 here as a 5 'star' water rating machine, it claimed it used only 39 litres per load and was found to be one of the worst rinsing machines choice had ever tested....now they have released the 1270, dropped a 'star' back to 4, and use more water. My guess is that the machine failed the rinse test that it has to pass to get a rating label.

While I am not trying to compare Panasonic quality of manufacture with Haier, pound to a penny the Panasonic won't get a very good rinse score when tested...

 

[chestermikeuk]

Panasonics

Look really nice machines, coming onto the books this month, it does look a cross between Asko door /drum, bosch/siemens controls.....

This will be a very interesting few months in Uk whitegoods, even more increases in trade prices are looming...they need to after the prices of the last 5 years, I only hope everyone increases at the same time or even more casualties will be seen!!!

It will be interesting to see peoples reactions to the "Panasonic" name on a washer as opposed to brown goods over here!!!

http://www.panasonic.co.uk/html/en_GB/2133706/index.html?trackInfo=true

 

[bertrum]

induction motor and anti-flood device! looks good, remains to be seen what the reliability will be like.
I wonder what price market they are aiming at. Im thinking top end. LG clones?

 

[jwilson00]

Prices

You can now pre-order one of these babies at comet priced £619.99 for the TOL one and are being launched 18th March. The 3D wash system seems very interesting.

 

[arrrooohhh]

Ooh these are nice.

Control panel is a new take on layouts too. A nice change from everything now being centre dial.

It would be cool if these were to come to Australia. Panasonic branded whitegoods have been sold here in the past.

 

[frapdoodle]

why

i daresay that they have out done themselfs again

bravo

 

[brettsomers]

Can anybody give a rundown of whats out there in the way of Japanese designed washers? What does the average household use in Japan?

 

[deeprinser]

Hello. Comet sold out online of this new panasonic last time I looked. Mind you I have seen some Japanese front loaders on Youtube. Space age or what !
Regards .Lou.

 

[rolls_rapide]

They are made in China

I spied one in a Panasonic dealer, 1400rpm model. The 'made in China' label is next to the round pump cover, beneath the exterior pump cover.

The door opens very easily - you press the catch and the door springs open (there are two spring-loaded buffers to make sure that it does open).

The door seal is minimal, in that there does not appear to be great expanses of rubber.

The outer-tub appears to be polypropylene, but with a steel flange in the vicinity of the drum - tub - doorseal area (must be something to do with anti-snagging of garments).

The drum is steel, tilted not unlike the Zanussi 'IZ' or the Hoover 'Vision'. I was surprised to see a plastic hub cover, right at the back of the drum, in the centre. Normally, drum back walls are completely one-piece steel (hope that doesn't cause problems later).

The paddles are plastic, but extend only half way along the drum depth - this will probably be to do with the water level of the inclined drum. The paddles are perforated for a showering effect.

There does not appear to be a jet-system pumped spray of any kind.

The programming dial twists easily in both directions. Programmes are the usual cottons, coloureds, delicates as well as a 15 minute rapid cycle for a few lightly soiled garments.

Get this!: the instruction booklet mentions cold water washing can cause bacteria and smells to build up, so that is why there is a 'tub clean' programme. This is done at 40 deg Celsius, for THREE and a HALF HOURS! (I saw the manual myself).

 

[launderess]

Cold Water Laundry

Is very big in Japan, indeed much if not all laundry is done that way including whites.

L.

 

[ronhic]

Cold water washing

Is very big here too....

...to the point that Choice, our consumer magazine, only tests washing machines and powders on cold cycles and applies a penalty to the ratings of machines that cannot do a cold or controlled cold (20c) wash.

They say it is because it costs more to run an appliance with hot water which is fair enough. But rather than apply a penalty which is a rather draconian thing to do, why not just make the energy efficiency component of the total score worth more?