Servis W814W washing machine

[aegokocarat]

Hello all,
recently I became an owner of one of the new servis machines. My machine is a W814w (non hydrodrive), it has a massive 8kg drum and it has a 1400 spin. I love the machine all round, it looks nice, the results are fantastic and it isn't too frightened to have a water level and according to local engineers these vestel made machines have split tubs meaning bearing change is possible. The cycles for cottons are pretty lengthy but it gives brilliant results and the synthetic cycles are relatively quick (I est. 1:30 for a 40*c synthetic wash), the machines quick wash is brilliant at refreshing garments and it is one of the only quick washes that I have used the leaves the clothes smelling fresh.
Conclusion: its a fantastic washing machine with a huge drum, it washes to a near enough miele standard which is impressive.
Tom

 

[aegokocarat]

The option buttons aren't 100% self explanatory but Ive eventually memorised what they are for.

 

[aegokocarat]

The cycles

 

[aegokocarat]

Main wash on cottons 60*c with prewash

 

[aegokocarat]

The detergent drawer

 

[aquacycle]

Hi Tom,

Thank you for sharing. I believe you're one of, if not the first AW member to own one of these. Very intrigued to hear more. Any chance of some videos in the near future?

Thanks,
Chris

 

[aegokocarat]

Hi Chris,
it also does power stream washing, yes, I have some videos of it on my channel, the rinses are long so even if it rinses with a low water level, it gets excess detergent out well.
Tom.

http://https//www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTNZZR3NKpk&feature=c4-overview&list=UUNHBa4XYwpPTwEd3258LBeQ

 

[aquacycle]

Hi Tom,

Thanks for sharing, but the link isn't working?

 

[aegokocarat]

None of my links will work now, type into youtube servis prog.7 synthetics/delecates 40

 

[foraloysius]

Interesting looking machine. I like the temperature controls that has settings between 60 and 95 degrees. And what a big door!

This should be working.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTNZZR3NKpk&feature=c4-overview&list=UUNHBa4XYwpPTwEd3258LBeQ

 

[foraloysius]

The link was with http and https in one link. It seems to happen here more often if you post that in the URL link to share box. Just post a link in the text, the video will be embedded automatically.

 

[aegokocarat]

Thanks Foraloysius
the door opening is brilliant, the temperature selection is brilliant too
Tom

 

[aegokocarat]

Its been in for nearly a week and so far its been fantastic
The eco 40*c wash takes forever but it uses a lot of water and it produced results as good as the samsung and the miele.
Tom

 

[foraloysius]

Interesting that an eco cycle uses a lot of water!

 

[liberatordeluxe]

Yes it is. How come the Miele's for example be programmed for high level rinses yet still be graded A rated? Unless they are marked on A rated for low level water use on wash so the heater doesn't have as much water to heat?

 

[haxisfan]

"Interesting that an eco cycle uses a lot of water"

I thought so 2... perhaps they don't account for water usage when assigning a score/letter for the energy label. My Hoover Dynamic uses bucket loads of water on almost every cycle and it's rated A+++ for energy use. The only way to make it use less water is to set it on the 14 minute cycle or put it on a standard cycle with only a few items in! But that would defeat the object of using less water as 1'd have to do more loads to get everthing washed

 

[aegokocarat]

With reguard to water levels, if you select extra rinse it adds a little more water to some of the cycles. The machine is still impressing us and I highly recomend these machines, they look nice imo and dont look cheapy like the AM made machines.
Tom

 

[matchboxpaul]

Hi Tom.

Congrats on the new purchase.
As has been said by the others, it will be interesting to hear how your opinions of the machine develops, being one of the early owners of this new generation of Servis.

Paul

 

[aegokocarat]

Hey Paul,
So far its been brilliant, but time will tell. The only thing I would change if I could are the symbols for the options as they are a little confusing but there are only 3 main options I use anyway lol
Tom