Now Hoover, you got some catching up to do for load size

[brisnat81]

I've got a 5kg W2888 Miele with the Navitronic controls.

The only special cycle I've ever used is Shirts, it does very minimumal spins between wash and rinses and has a short low speed spin at the end. It has a med level wash and high level rinse. I've found that for cotton shirts, it reduces wrinkling compared to the Minimum Iron cycle.

I think the 6kg Miele would be perfect for people like me, I can usually get by with a load of Darks, Whites, Shirts, Towels and 2 of sheets each week in the 5KG machine, more often than not though, the load of Towels and darks are both packed full. The Miele takes 1.30 with 3 rinses on a non intensive cycle for a really full load, and if it detects high absorbancy it'll do high level rinses. For most of our moderate soil stuff it all comes out clean and fresh. If I've got a really soiled load, I'll underload, but it seems very difficult to reduce washing performance by putting too much in the Miele.

The response I've had for the miele techs in the past, is that for cottons, as long as the door closes without force, the machine isnt overfull.

If I had the 6kg Machine, it'd be just under full for the big loads, but I think I'll hold out for the Jumbo 7kg Miele before I changed for that reason.

 

[whirlpolf]

Stuffed animals programme?

...how rude is THAT? Personally, I find that objectonable.
Always put my teddies in the sink and bathe them carefully, using baby shampoo. After that I squeeze them a bit (just a tiny bit) and let them drip-dry on a cozy terry towel on the radiator....

(Ok, I admit to be a bit of an "Ãœbermama" here )

Seriously: A multitude of cycles IS worth the effort, but only with an according range of blinking lights or clicking (play fun) keys, with lights and beeps and all the stuff which makes washing machines so fun to us. Realistically one needs "sturdy" and "soft" and 3 temperatures only. But am I being "rational" or "sensible" about washers? No, they MUST be my personal splish-splash, raddle-daddle gurgle-click-hum-click-again jukebox.

Opinions?

Cheers, Joe

 

[hotpointwf220]

the black model

This is the black version in comet wakefield

 

[hotpointwf220]

The drum from the white model at currys wakefield,

well at least it aint like hotpoint models where the drums differ, btw the water jet is not at top now its on the right side

 

[deeprinser]

Hi .FL1012.......

You know I do like the look/styling of the new LG's and I would have one if they were built like a Miele !
Hope your neighbour opted for something more reliable .
I do like the Zanussi ZWF14791W-8KG .
If only it had an "old school" steel or chrome door .

Louis.

 

[fl1012]

Hi Louis

Yeh the LGs do look pretty nice but ive just not heard much positive about them.

Of all the machines she couldve replaced the LG with, she chose a Hotpoint! I was stunned. She & my Mum both had Hotpoint 95450's. When they broke in 1995, she went with another Hotpoint & Mum went to Indesit, her Hotpoint caught fire after a few years so she went to Bosch, which lasted dead on 5 years then broke, followed by the LG which lasted just a few years, then she got the latest Hotpoint.

In this time, my Mum had the Indesit for 5 years, then it went to her workplace, where it went on for a further 3 years. Then we got an Electrolux which lasted 7 years till the Motor went & took the PCB with it, or vice versa. Then in 2007 we got a Zanussi Essential (ZWF 14170W), which we still have.

So, in the same period, mum's had 4 machines & our neighbour is onto her 5th - and hers were more expensive! Just shows how you can save money by choosing carefully.

 

[aquarius1984]

LG rubbish?

On the other hand my Mums LG is 5 years old next week and has had no real problems requiring an engineer to come out to.

It seemed to have a period when it was new where the electronics would flash and the time remaining display would flicker but thats settled down and its perfect.

Im forced to have changed my opinion in this instance and would even consider an LG for myself based upon the fact its been reliable.

 

[lavamat_jon]

LG is a company I think I'd avoid personally. My auntie has one of the first Direct Drive Intellowashers, and it's been pretty good for them although it does make an awful scraping noise, but for 6 or 7 years old is pretty decent. My mate from uni's mum had the same model, and she said even though it's broken down a couple of time it's been pretty decent, washing for a family of 6, although no doubt because it's only ever used on Quick wash - but again that makes the same scraping noise as my auntie's does when it starts tumbling - and the few times I used it for my stuff it did an alright job, but nothing more. However, my grandma bless her had a later model (I think she bought hers in 2006 or 2007, something like that, she only had it a couple of years before she passed), and it was an AWFUL machine... wouldn't balance at all, took forever to do a wash, and even though it had a quiet motor the recirculation pump was noisy, certainly far noisier than a Jetsystem. So to me they seem very hit and miss in consistent quality.

On top of that, we've had an LG TV, DVD player, and I've had an LG phone and they've all died within months and/or have had poor performance. My touchscreen on my phone broke twice in 6 months, to the point that I simple didn't want to bother sending it off again for 2 weeks and have started using my old phone from the stone ages, which actually is much better. 3 other people I know with LG phones have had the same issues. LG weren't interested at all. I also know somebody who had a £1000 LG flatscreen TV which simply conked out at a year and a bit year old, and they weren't interested at all.

LG washers, in my opinion, like all their products, offer more style than substance. Shame, because on paper and even build quality wise (at least on the exterior) they're pretty decent. I think if I was spending LG money, I'd rather get a high end Zanussi/Elux or just fork out £100 more for a Miele, at least even if they did go wrong then you'd have a decent service network.

Jon

 

[hoovermatic]

I have an LG Cookie and am really happy with it!

 

[hoover1100]

my nana bought her LG in 2007

The 7.5kg 1200rpm washer/dryer. Cost her an absolute fourtune, she bought it without telling anyone (no way would I have let her replace her fully working Zanussi Jetsystem Turbodry 1200 from 1996). Firstly, you can imagine what an uber modern (read:cheap and tacky) silver LG looks like plonked between 1970s council issue kitchen cupboards. She didn't realise the drum was bigger than her Zanussi and she lives alone. As a result she can manage about 1 half load a week. With LG and their pathetic balancing act, it just cuts out after main wash cos it can't spin and leaves the load dripping wet. She tried to complain that Currys misold her it but they wouldn't have it. She phoned LG and they told her it wouln't wash such a small load. Now, she has to wash a load of old towels everytime she does a wash just so she can fill the drum. If she waited till she had a full load she wouldn't have any clothes left to wear!

On top of this, with such little use and mainly on the delicate cycles, the bearings are going at 2 years old.

Well done LG!

Matt

 

[jwilson00]

I actually quite like the LG brand of washers, I think this one would actually save me wash loads of towels anyway, not sure bout general clothes but towels definitely. Only problem would be when it came to the dryer, i'd have to separate the load.

If I had an LG it'd be the 9KG steam, was very impressed after seeing it on the Gadget Show.
Has anyone else seen the video on youtube of the 9KG LG balancing a single t-shirt or towel? It seems to now be able to recognize a small load and go about balancing it in a different way, its quite interesting.

Jay

 

[jwilson00]

LG Balancing

 

[ariston4life]

i like de new drum in the LG it look alot like the old ariston drum...only bigger