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[Kevin Wood]

We live in a hard water area and when I stripped our 10 year old  machine down for a new pair of bearings a couple of years back there was no sign of calcium on the element or any other part of it.

I think these days the softening effect of the detergent plus the fact that not much water is heated, and normally only to 40 degrees C or so, means that the hard water myth is perpetuated only to sell potions to put in washing machines.

Probably be a different story if boil washing nappies every day, granted.

[albitz]

Agreed.I noticed similar when I stripped mine to put new bearings in it a couple of years ago.

[ninjapirate]

happys, i paid 225 for the washer, its now 400. washes my duvets, man proof settings makes it cool, so just have to see how reliable it is 

[Martian]

happys, i paid 225 for the washer, its now 400. washes my duvets, man proof settings makes it cool, so just have to see how reliable it is 

General rule of thumb for washing machines is every £100 you spend = 1 year over & above the 2 year EU warranty, so in your case it would be quite reasonable to expect the machine to give at least 4 years trouble free service.

As far as Beko themselves go, I'd say they are just as good as any other manufacturer when compared "pound for pound".

[Marks DTM Calib]

I ended up buying a Miele as I was totaly pissed off with fixing machines after a few years (had Hotpoint's and Zanussi's).

They do get a lot of hammer in our house though!

[Terbs]

A short while back, we rented a washing machine from Radio Rentals, now Box Clever. It was a whirlpool and cost £17 month to rent. Had no option at the time.
However, after 11 years...it started leaking, was going rusty in places and did not work right. So we told them to cancel and pick up the machine.
After 48 hours, they phoned to say the Manager was PLEASED to be able to offer us the machine for....£120
Swmbo went ballistic on the phone at them...peed myself listening

48 hours later they called again to say that the offer to purchase would regretfully end in another 48 hours. Swmbo off on another one
You will be able to work out the figures yourself

I chucked it in the garage, and after 3 months, a flea bitten rusty van arrives with two old boys well over retiring age. I offered to help them, but was declined, so watched a fantastic comedy show for half an hour while they tried to get in on the van
My only regret is not filming it for Youtube

[omegod]

Original problem is likely to be the pump filter being blocked, 5 min job and it would probably be fine!

[ninjapirate]

Original problem is likely to be the pump filter being blocked, 5 min job and it would probably be fine!

probably, however i did empty the filter think the pump had stopped working. it was running crap anyway, would take hours and hours to do a normal wash, spent most its time trying to break out the laundry room and didnt even manage to wash clothes very well so it was time it got recycled. 
I was going to bash it apart to have a look inside to see how much limescale was in it just out of curiosity but didnt get time before they took it away.
Next one is the dishwasher that i still havnt fixed/replaced lol 

[omegod]

usually a specific sump for the pump underneath as well as the filter at the bottom/front

[russ0205]

Beko are great machines worked on many during my time,very easy to fix unlike miele/bosch etc just to name a couple,
having been in the trade for some 30 plus years imo the more basic the better the less there is to go wrong,