Panasonic
I've currently got the NA-168XR1. Made in Slovenia, by Gorenje.
My peeves of my machine:
Length of cycles is bloody awful - no wonder the fabrics wear out. The time recalculations are just weird. For example, a small load flashed up as 1hr 50 at the start of the programme, and I presumed it would reduce as the time went on. Nope, ten minutes later it re-adjusted to 2hrs.
Filling time isn't bad, it does top up as it goes.
Rinsing: virtually every load, interim spins are deemed unattainable, so extra rinses are inserted instead. I'm sure that on at least one occasion it did 5 rinses! And in most cases seems to do 3 or 4 rinses.
That Woollens programme is thoroughly useless - virtually no turnover. If it wasn't for the pumped jetsystem, the garments would still be dry. And whoever heard of spinning woollens at 500rpm? Hoover of the 1980s had the right balance of woollen agitation and 800rpm spin.
Spinning is completely crap as previously mentioned.
I have a conventional clear see-through glass door, but the champagne matt plastic door trim looks decidedly underwhelming.
The drum metal is very thin and tinny - it rings like a bell when knocked.
I don't hold out much hope for the drum bearings. Several times, at the end of the cycle when unloading clothes, as I rotated the drum, I've felt a slight vibration and felt and heard a faint 'clunk'.
The old tilted drum Panasonic was NA-16VX1, made in China. It was a smoked-door machine, with a weird plastic cover over the drum bolts (inside the drum itself). The 'fresh-water' spray jet on it, was dire to say the least. Woollens was crap. But at least that machine span well when commanded.