What do you hate about your Daily Driver/Dream machine?

[aquarius1984]

We all seem to express the positive points mostly about our Washing Machines but what do we hate about them.

There are only 2 gripes I have with my Hottie

The Door Release Button

This does not belong on what is essentially a re-vamped 95 series.
I long for the door handle on the Hotpoint Rob created a thread for on ebay.

The On OFF Button

Again this does not belong IMHO.
What I wouldnt pay to be able to Pull On and Push Off........

Nick

 

[glamwales]

Hotpoint 1500 here and I love it

Only fault , Loss of ink on control panel ... There again it never seems to last these days on any machines. Im thinking its because of some detergents ? Can anyone confirm

 

[pulsator]

My dream machine is a Miele PW 6065 washer. The only things I hate about this machine are the price and the capacity. But the style and performance make up for it!

http://www.professionallaundry.com/model/laundry_168.html

 

[nickuk]

The Zanussi we have has lost some of the writing and `grey speckle' bits - and I watched this come off on a J cloth with a Fairy and water solution while I was wiping gently. I do not consider this good enough. Zanussi redsigned the control panel for this machine shortly after, without the grey speckle bits on it, similar to the one Jon's Mum had. I believe the fascia on that was sound, but the motor wasn't too hot. Or was too hot. Or the motor wasn't its hot point. Or something.......

 

[nickuk]

Oh, and what do I hate about the Zanussi?

The stupid balance / rebalance, then sometimes spins worse that if it had just sopan the first time 5 minutes ago and be half way through the rinse now - hell, there are 5 more loads lined up to get through before dawn!! >> Not with `Dawn', of course, that would be a bad idea. For UK residents - Dawn isn't an alternative Essex girl to Sophie, but a major US (P/G, I think) washing up liquid brand.

The on / off button sticks and is probably on the way out.

I wish I could do a `pre wash' with a `short wash'.

I would like a chlorine bleach dispenser.

Think that's it....

Nick

 

[lavamat_jon]

nick - I've actually always thought that true Hotpoint's, like Hoover's, should have door release buttons... all the Liberator models did
and only the top of the line models after that. Nothing better than popping the door open at a push of a button then turning a dial to programme whatever and pulling it out!

Only three minor little things niggle me about the Miele - firstly, the conditioner compartment is narrow which means if you wanna pour direct from a bottle it's quite difficult but never a problem for me as I always use a cap to measure - my general rule for dosing conditioner is always half a cap. Secondly, if you open the door halfway through the cycle, it won't start off from the point where it paused but it assumes that more laundry ha sbeen added so will perform a cycle suited for a full load... which means sometimes a 1h15 cycle can be upped to 1h40. Thirdly, is that sometimes if the spin has slowed down before it has frinished it will just stand there pumping out for up to 10 secodns and won't let you in until the pump has turned off... but that doesn't happen often and in most cases there is only 1 or 2 seconds between the drum halting and the cycle ending.

With the AEG, asides from it's bearing trouble and it's refusal to perform a 40*C cottons wash, I have some niggles with that too. The dispenser has a tendency to get mouldy really quickly - have noticed that happens with AEG machines in particular. Most AEG machines I've seen have had awfully mouldy dispensers... Darren can probably agree with me there. SEcondly, sometimes the constant droning of the Jetsystem pump really can get on your tits. When it spins, the spring level foot means sometimes it likes to bounce up and down - again another generic niggle with all AEGs I've noticed. Plkus, it has no separate easy cares cycle but easy cares shares the cottons part fo the dial and the machine alters the cycle depending what fabric it senses is being washed. It's alright, but it always seems to think jeans are synthetic and cuts out interim spins except for a short 800 one before the end of the cycle. Final niggle is that when it starts filling, it will dump all the residual suds from the pump that have remained from the previous rinse all onto the freshly rinsed laundry again... never seems to rinse as thorough as the Miele does and I have to run 5 rinses if I want equal performance to only 3 in the Miele.

But in conclusion, I love both machines despite their faults and I wouldn't change them for the world.

Neil - some manufacturers put plexiglass over the top of control panels not only for easier cleaning but so you don't wipe the text off. My AEG and Miele both have that... I think some higher end Zanussi's do too. My nana has a Hotpoint WF340 similar to yours - and already some of the text on the control panel is wearing thin.

What do you think to the tumbling on the Hotpoint? My nana's is quite strange... it only does 5 second tumbles or so whike it heats and only tumbles properly once it's heated for the last 5 or 10 mins of the wash. But even on the short 5 second tumbles, the paddles really do pick up the load and tumble it well. If it wasn't for them being owned by the Indesit Company I would more than happily try one out! I noticed too that the spin cycle takes something like 20 mins versus 8 mins like I'm used too... does that ever bother you? Have to say I do love the spin noise especially when it boosts up to 1400rpm!

Jon

 

[aquarius1984]

Um

Spending that money on a Miele does not put me off, but then im useless with money anyway so I guess thats why.

Yeah the graphics seem to be an issue these days.
On the Hotpoint WF000 similar to your washer dryer Neil in the house Sarah and myself rented for a while , my weekly kitchen hygiene regime (of which is described below) took some of the letters off the prog guide on the drawer.

For the brief 3 months I actually had a modern Zanussi its daily wipedown with Cif Oxigel Solution never brought anything off and weekly when I cleaned the kitchen door fronts (of which is one of my obsessive things) I used to go round the whole kitchen unit set up, fridge-freezer, cooker, dishwasher, dryer, and backdoor which was UPVC spraying Domestos Bleach Spray.

Didnt damage a thing.

And I also like a good ol rough Kitchen Dishcloth and to buff with a clean tea towel.

Nick

 

[lavamat_jon]

Nick(UK) this time...

Forgot abotu the balance sensor... my AEG can be like that too and will sometimes take 5 minutes to distribute just for a burst, then end up bouncing about like crazy. It's actually jumped out Hotpoint style on me one or two times aswell...

I think they have updated the balance sensors though on Zanussi's. The balancing was very similar to a Miele on mum's - basically a 10 second distribution, quick check to see if it's balanced and then straight up. If it was unbalanced, it would just stop, distribute for 10 seconds again and so on. Plus, again similra to Meile machines, it didn't really care about balancing for the bursts just because a 2 second spin isn't really worth too much arsing about balancing for!

It's a shame about that Zanussi, it was good. Though another slight niggle I had with it was that it would sometimes (i.e. 1 in 25) leave clothes soapy Bosch style, but was nowhere near as bad as the Bosch was for rinsing.

But as with everything in life, every appliance has it's pros and cons.

Jon

 

[aquarius1984]

"droning of the Jetsystem pump really can get on your tits.

Jon speak for yourself but I lost my tits along with the weight from my stomach

LOL

Nick

 

[lavamat_jon]

Quiet you, otherwise the drain hose and bottle of Bold will be going your way!

 

[aquarius1984]

Kinky Jon, never had you down for some Asphyxiation!

Well anyway Jon I do believe door release buttons are nice on a Liberator but not on a 95 series.

just my opinion based on pining for what I grew up with

Nick

 

[lavamat_jon]

True... And nothing beats the door handle on the edge of the door!

One thing that always used to tease me abotu those hotpoints, though, was that on the lower end models they'd have squares marked out on the control panels where there should be buttons!! Cos our dryer was only basic we had low heat and full heat, but the one above also had the 2 buzzer buttons, and the door release button in the corner. Whereas ours didn't but those blocks just sat there teasing me! Lol.

Jon

 

[aquarius1984]

Thats the door handle im on about.

Not the efforty one they put with the circle in the midlle of the rectangle. Child lock or whatever it was.

Nick

 

[lavamat_jon]

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. In that case you're excused .

Talking of door release, tis a shame only a select few manufacturers have it nowadays. Off top of my head, only Miele (obviously), top-end Beko, and Gorenje machines here have door release buttons on the panel now. Handles are just so... boring I guess!

Jon

 

[newwave1]

oh contray my friend! the 9524 with spin slider was very much complimented with a door release! Buuuut my 9534 looked the part with the door catch i'd love 2 find me a spin slider 95 series used 2 love changin the spins up and down! lol!!

Well i guess you could say the AEG is my daily driver but i try to use my hoover and servis as often as i can too

rite i'll start with the aeg as that can bug me the most

My big issue with this machine...Standardly it uses hardly any water but spins at 1200rpm between the rinses....which i like.

So you program rinse + in and it does more rinses with loads more water...but tell me where the sense is in lowering the intermittent spins to 400rpm?! Surely it would make sense to retain the 1200rpm for better extraction?! I think thats the company trying to cut cost at the thought of burnt out motors n such...

I too like jon hate it when the jet dumps soapy water back onto the freshly rinsed clothes..i'm just like "what was the point in that!!!!"

I also get annoyed with the "balancing act" as my 2 other machines have no idea what a balance sensor means. Though its the best balance sensor i've had on a machine it still irritates me how it can be fussy about a not to uneven load and then spin a towel load where most of the towels are on one side of the drum!

Right now onto the logic. I love this machine to bits one thing that annoys me how it will distribute the load while it drains during the rinses and as the timer advances, it stops and redistributes the load...when it could've been perfectly balanced it could then spin completely out of balance! That bugs me!

Now onto the quartz; I would prefer it if it span longer in the intermitten spins as it spins right up to 1000 and then slows down immediately....and when its on a towel load it really struggles to extract the water as the spin care drum has no holes except slits around the front and back of the drum so it can make that sloshing noise while it spins and as it seems to disperse theres not to much time left of the spin!

thats about it i think!

Darren

 

[aquarius1984]

necks em back ....

I get emotional when ive had a drink and all this talk of real Hotpoints may release the tears.....LOL

That glass is out again you may notice..... that one where 2 glasses puts me under the table for some reason, only ever with that glass hmmmm LOL

Nick

 

[aquarius1984]

Darren cant say I noticed that with the logic at High School.

Yeah a good full spin on modern machines between the low rinses are what I would want.

Im very greatful that the Hottie also does not know what a balancing act is, only on Tuesday did my hooded sweater knock it OOB, the machine jumped forward at me and me being me jumped up from in front of it and only when I dared go near it did I switch it off....

It can be scary at times sat in front of the bugger

 

[lavamat_jon]

Yep... many a laundry day when I would run out the kitchen when the Creda would jump out 3 foot into the kitchen when spinning towels!

Jon

 

[newwave1]

lol i'll never forget bein sat infront of my 9534 n it jumped out n i was sat virtually infront of it after the inital fright i dived for the pull on push off dial lol n then quivered in the corner for abit lol