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Originally Posted by orangebird
I'd go for Siemens/Bosch. I have a Siemens branded washing machine and it's fab.
As for LG - I have a Goldstar TV, still going well, an LG microwave, 4 years old, still as new, and a LG dvd/video combi - absolutely fine. LG are great IMO.  |
Siemens/Bosch/Neff (same firm, just charge more for the Siemens name on virtually the same product ) are just below Miele in terms of quality and considering the price of machines now and twenty years ago represent very good value for money, unless it is a Bosch made at the old Balay factory in Spain, not the same quality by a long way. The thing about a washing machine as opposed to TV's DVD players and even microwaves is that they do not suffer from the same use, misuse and general abuse that most washing machines get, by under/overloading, incorrect use of detergents and wash cycles, leaving coins, bra wires, penknifes, tweezers, pens, watches, necklaces, false teeth, dog leads, table cutlery, bottle openers, etc, etc in the washing. The more expensive and robust machines will handle this abuse far better than the £200 tin can. Last month I had an 18 month old Indesit with a stainless steel outer drum, ( as thin as tissue paper ) that had been sliced open like a sardine tin by a 10p coin, totally unrepairable at a cost of around £50 more than it cost new.
PS. I have pulled all those things and more
from the inside of customers appliances
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Originally Posted by andygrif
Is it not possible to just connect the cold (i.e. purposefully not connect the hot) or would that not work?
Just curious, doesn't matter to me as mine is cold only!
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No, because if the machine is recent (last ten years) mixed fill machine the the water is routed into the correct side of the drawer, using the hot fill valve to flush the detergent in, also some machines 'sense' the incoming water temp and switch the cold on and off to compensate if the incoming hot supply is to hot for the programme selected.