VZUG Adora SLQ - impressions

[foraloysius]

I actually made two. You see them a lot in white on a Swiss auction site called Ricardo.

http://www.ricardo.ch/kaufen/hausha...chinen-und-trockner/waschmaschinen/l/cn40375/

 

[ronhic]

That...

....looks completely indestructable...

 

[supremewhirlpol]

foraloysius,

Thanks a lot!! How common are these machines?

 

[foraloysius]

Quite common. At least in white. The Zug Adora is a machine you will find in many households in Switzerland. Until recently only in Switzerland though, they were manufactured only for the Swiss market. This blue one is the only one in color I have seen so far. I don't know if this is the only color they made or how many of it were made.

 

[bertrum]

Yes this Blue V-Zug looks really nice and very well made, never seen inside one mind.

With regard to buying one of the later models in the UK, my concerns would be, part availability, availability of technical information, after sales sevice (who are the repair agents in the UK?, how many engineers would be willing to look at one of these?).
Your really are taking a leap of faith buying a un-usual, foreign make.

 

[favorit]

@ Bertrum - V-zug.co.uk service / spare parts

Hope this helps
Cheers
Carlo

"UK service:
Tel: +44 845 050 8568 / Fax: +44 845 052 901
Opening hours:
Monday to Friday from 8.00am to 8.00pm
Saturday from 9.00am to 1.00pm

Spare parts
V-ZUG also provides guarantees of spare parts supply with durations between 12 and 17 years, which is rare in the industry and can be explained by the longer-than-average lifespan of the products."

cut and paste from :


http://www.vzug.com/global/gb/Service/Customer+service.html

 

[favorit]

@ Supremewhirlpool - V-Zug Unimatic spec sheet

As you're quite into commercial machines, hope you'll find this interesting - sorry, it's in french cause commercial machines aren't displayed on the english pages

note the huge difference in weight (and price) between frontloaders (SL-S) and HA TL (T)

cheers
Carlo

spec sheet :

http://www.v-zug.ch/v-zug/internet.nsf/PageID/FB57BBE8D05BCBC7C125733D003AAB44

 

[lavamat_jon]

Nice machines Mike - I love how detailed the display is with the programme stages.

What are the guarantees like with these babies?

Jon

 

[supremewhirlpol]

Parts availability is a big issue. From my research, parts for W series Primus machines are hard to come by in the US. Sure you can find most of the switches and even both timers for $600.00 and $397.00 respectively. My issue is bearing kits and seal kits. The second machine Primus W-10X^2 will need bearings in the near future. Oh sure, I can find parts for it in the UK, but currently that is quite a distance.

Since there are plenty of the Zug Adora SL machines around, they should be there 5-6 years from now. When I finally get out of college, I'm going to have to track this machine down and drag one back to the US with me. Geez, we have such crappy machines here in the US. Machines on the other side rock!!

Thanks Guys for the info!