Our new Zanussi ZWG7160P

[aeg03]

That's a good buy if U can get the machine cheaper in the January sales.

Comet had a promotion on the 1200rpm version, that one was £219 last week but I decided to go into Currys and get the 1600rpm version & took it home in the boot of the car. Luckily it fitted just nicely in the back.

 

[fl1012]

Good Prices....

The prices of the Zanussis are quite amazing. I worry that it's because they're gonna fall apart after 18 months, but then Hoover/Candy & some Hotpoint & Whirlpool machines do that and they can be a fair bit more expensive than Zanussi so i guess Zanussi still represent good value.

Tbh for the money they seem hard to beat, especially if you can pick one up with a 2 year warranty.

 

[aeg03]

FL1012 I agree. I'm sure the machines will be fine.

I did do a load this evening which consists of 2 x bedding set for single bed and a couple of towels and a few items, the machine struggled to balance the load and took ages and ages, I had to stop it a couple of times to manually balance the load, even if it was slightly unbalanced, the machine would stop and rebalance on and on. Do you think that this is because the machine spins at 1600RPM and needs to be balaned or is it because Electrolux know its a cheaper build so they have to take extra precautions as I remember when older Zanussi's would spin unbalanced and the drum would shake about but the machine would be fine. Just curious as to what you think. Thanks

 

[fl1012]

Type of load?

Might just be the load type (thin bedding with the odd heavy towel) fooling the sensors.

Zanussis havn't done much balancing in the past but maybe that's why the bearings on the newer ones havn't lasted. Keep an eye on it but perhaps it's just the new spin procedure that's incorporated more thorough balancing to protect the machine :-/

Liam

 

[splittub]

Are there any advantages to having the pump mounted on the outer tub and having the filter in the tub accessible from the inner drum (apart from making it possible to retrieve small objects from the bottom of the outer tub, obviously, as Rolls_rapide pointed out), or is this just yet another cost-cutting exercise from the Electrolux group?

 

[aeg03]

My view is that its easier to clean in case it gets blocked up, however the only way to empy the machine manually is to get the outlet pipe out and let it drain.

It most probably a cost saving design but does result in the machine having no internal pipe from the tub to pump to get blocked up by an item (which doesn't really happen anyway).

 

[fl1012]

Easy write-off

Thinking about it i'd imagine it'd make replacing something like the bearings (and possibly pump) even more expensive now everything is one-piece. I bet the cost of a replacement tub with bearings and pump included could be eye-watering.

It can't offer anything massively advantageous to the user (other than easy access from filter to the sump) otherwise they'd surely offer it on the more expensive models, which still appear to have the old setup, at least as far as the filter location is concerned.

Liam

 

[nrones]

It is good for water actually

The one more advantage is that there is no that fat pipe connecting the tub and pump (which fills with water with every fill in machine). So you don't have that "waste" of water that always goes in that pipe, without much use.. Considering that machine takes water in at least 3 times, I think it can make at least 2l of water saved per wash.

But there are some things I dislike, and it is that I really don't like anything opening in the drum (paddles, opening drums on H-Axis top load etc...), and the fact that there are 2 small, and 1 big paddle, so they're not symetrical. But I gues that's probobly just my "thing" xD

Dex

 

[ronhic]

Actually

Aquacycle style (or non Jet) Zanussi machines have a ball/valve arrangement to prevent detergent loss in the sump and pump, so that is a moot point really...

 

[chestermikeuk]

All In One

Congratulations AEG03 on your new Zanussi, I do like the sleeker taller look, with the sump outlet not being visible....my sisters got the washer dryer version and loves it...I would love Zanussi to go back to the larger induction motors, with every model release there motors seem to go louder and schreechier in sound...

I suppose it costs less to produce one moulded drum and pump unit than seperates with large manufacturing numbers, I looked at these the other day and did wonder whatever they where thinking, if you dont push that filter in sump fully home or by whatever reason it comes loose then imagine what damage it would do to the tub (we see what the effects of simple bra wires can do) also the snap shut plastic connector cover engages into metal pressure clips which is good, BUT look at those three flimsey plastic retainers at the back that holds it in place, with the ammount of turbulent force that say washing 7kg of towels would have bashing against it I do hope its robust enough to withstand the forces...

So get washing and let us know how you like it, Cheers, Mike

 

[nrones]

water

ronhic

I wasn't talking about the detergent saving, but water saving with pump directly on the drum. Ball system works with a ball in that big fat pipe, that gets up with water filling and when the pipe is full of water (that first one filling from prewash fill) it simply shuts the hole so detergent can't go out (link-video). So that means that machine is filling that big fat pipe with water anyway, unlike when it doesn't exist

 

[ronhic]

Good point, but as we all know, washing machines always retain some water in their pump/sump so the savings are very minimal.