New Washing Machine Advice Please

Good morning @NigelJ my friend bit more expensive but I always go with "Bosch" for our white appliances

 

Hi @NigelJ we also have a Bosch and are happy with it. The current 'best buy' from Which? is the Bosch WAT2840SGB

 

Bosch without question - if you can, try and go for the models a wee bit further up their range, as they are made in Germany still, and are built like brick outhouses; having said that, even the cheapest Bosch will knock spots off other makes in the same sort of price bracket.

Siemens are also good (essentially Bosch machines with a different badge), and Miele are also top notch in terms of reliability, albeit their designs are a bit staid.

Hoover seem to be coming back up, which is nice to see - that will of course be dependant on their product quality though, which slipped significantly for a while. DO NOT buy Hotpoint, Indesit or Creda (all the same company, all the same rubbish), and I personally wouldn't touch Beko with a barge pole.

Oh, a left field choice - Samsung. Their 'feature' where you can open a hatch and shove something in whilst the machine is washing is a bit of a gimmick, but they do machines without it, and to be fair to them their stuff is generally very good.

 

One of the Samsung range has the highest rating by 'Which?'.

 

Well @NigelJ I am a Zanussi fan myself, this one I have here is 17yrs old and still going great.. only thing I have had to have replaced was the rubber around the door and that was because a nail was left in a pocket..! The Zanussi before it was 22 yrs nearly..

 

Take a photo of it, as it could be unique!

Oh, and keep a fire extinguisher VERY close to hand.......

 

Sadly @Marley Farley, Zanussi are a shadow of their former selves - they have been a part of the Electrolux group for a long time now, which in itself isn't a bad thing (Electrolux were a good brand at one time), but over the years they have cheapened their range considerably, and lost some of their legendary quality.

Early Zanussi products where incredibly robust - almost hewn out of granite - so hopefully they will return to prior form at some point.


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