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[ninjapirate]

Yup me washing machine had enough of my socks and comited suicide, only about 4 years old but very hard water area stopped pumping out, was a bit crap anyway tbh. just ordered one from tesco a Beko, seems a good enough deal only 1200rpm tho but 9kg load.
anyone know much about Beko? 

[albitz]

Dont think Beko are up to much tbh mate,but as is always the way with these things, it depends on your budget at the time.
Weve had an LG direct drive for about 10 years now (gets a lot of use and abuse,and also very hard water area),but its had the death rattle for about 18 months now. Really need to sort another one in the very near future.

[ninjapirate]

Looked at a samsung and some other better makes, but it lives in a laundry room outside the house in the cold, only me here, if it lasts a year or two will be happy enough, was only £225 so im not expecting great things lol just never really heard of the make before, im not that hot on whats what in the white goods world 

[ninjapirate]

did notice they all seem to be cold feed only now? i think that suits me better, electric being cheaper then oil heated hot water.

[Radar]

In an attempt to aid its life you could run it with no clothes in once month on its highest temperature to "clean" the pipes out. You can also get some powdered stuff from hotpoint that you run once a month - i know the mrs. uses it and we live in a hard water area and not had any probs.

[albitz]

Seems daft tbh.Cant see the cost of usual methods of heating water being more expensive than running that big kettle element in the bottom of a washing machine.

[Marks DTM Calib]

Seems daft tbh.Cant see the cost of usual methods of heating water being more expensive than running that big kettle element in the bottom of a washing machine.

Trouble is that washing machines dont use much water these days so never realy start to pull hot water through.

That and it helps the marketing energy rating figures as water heating is 100% efficient!

[ninjapirate]

Seems daft tbh.Cant see the cost of usual methods of heating water being more expensive than running that big kettle element in the bottom of a washing machine.

maybe if your house has gas or electric heating up the hot water, but when you run on oil it must be cheaper to pay for electric to heat the element in washing machine. i think they might do it to get the A++ ratings tbh, other wise you wouldnt be able to rate it.

[Plomien]

Had a Beko for a good while and its still running without any real issues (door switch went after 4 years but was replaced easily)
If you are in a hard water area use the limescale remover stuff for washing machines (Calgon) it does work and help

[ninjapirate]

Planning on selling this place soon and moving, but of course that could take forever so whilst ive got the old washing machine out the way, (water comes into the house behind it) i might fit a water softener. To be honest, me actualy remembering to buy and use extra stuff after more then a month is pretty slim lol
aslong as beko arnt total junk!

[albitz]

Seems daft tbh.Cant see the cost of usual methods of heating water being more expensive than running that big kettle element in the bottom of a washing machine.

Trouble is that washing machines dont use much water these days so never realy start to pull hot water through.

That and it helps the marketing energy rating figures as water heating is 100% efficient!

Thats a good point actually.I was saying to Mrs Albs the other day that it might be an idea to run the hot tap to get rid of the cold water in the pipes before firing up the washing machine.On the other hand,we are on a water meter.

[Richie London]

My beko fridge freezer is 10yrs old. never a problem. beko cooker is now knocked after 9yrs
and my indeset wash machine is still ok after 10yrs. but not used like a family would. just me

[ninjapirate]

for some reason id never heard of beko, i thought they were a new company.......obviously a bit wrong there haha   
same here rich its only me, i prob do 1 or 2 loads of washing a week! hence getting one with a massive drum, see if i can make it once a week haha
worse washing machine i had was a dyson, bloody thing broke down 3 times even needed a new door after a year!
current one that died was free built in thingy looks cheap

[albitz]

Bought a topline chest freezer (Icelands own brand) almost thirty years ago.The bloody thing wont die.It stood outside for a whole winter after we moved house,until I built a shed to put it in.I was confident (and happy) that it would never work again and wouldnt be taking up space in the shed. Plugged it in, switched it on and the bloody thing started working.That was about 6 years ago and its still going strong.Ive used it as a workbench,spraypainted parts on it - allsorts really,but it keeps on chugging along no matter what.
Got a perfectly good new(and empty) freezer in the house which is so far redundant until the old cheap Iceland contraption decides its had enough. I suppose the moral of the story is - you dont always get what you pay for.

[geoffr70]

Bought a topline chest freezer (Icelands own brand) almost thirty years ago.The bloody thing wont die.It stood outside for a whole winter after we moved house,until I built a shed to put it in.I was confident (and happy) that it would never work again and wouldnt be taking up space in the shed. Plugged it in, switched it on and the bloody thing started working.That was about 6 years ago and its still going strong.Ive used it as a workbench,spraypainted parts on it - allsorts really,but it keeps on chugging along no matter what.
Got a perfectly good new(and empty) freezer in the house which is so far redundant until the old cheap Iceland contraption decides its had enough. I suppose the moral of the story is - you dont always get what you pay for.

It's supposed to be cold, it's from Iceland