Do you LOVE your washing machine?

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We bought a washer dryer from John Lewis just before my 3.5yo was born for £720. Which to me is bloody loads of money. We were splashing out on a quality item or so we thought.

It's been absolutely shite since the start and I actually want to cry about it. But I won't. Now it is out of warranty (my fault, I put off calling them because they've been so horrible in the past, and let it go past the 3 year mark without realising. I'm so mad at myself). The dryer doesn't work, all our clothes smell and I have had enough. In order to claim under the consumer rights act John Lewis say I have to pay for an engineer to tell them it's broken. But I don't think I can bring myself to sink another £1-200 into this piece of crap from hell.

So I need to buy a new washing machine in the black friday sale. Quite scared of buying a bad one again, this one has scarred me for life.

Please tell me happy things! There must be an amazing machine out there that you love love love! Doesn't have to be a dryer, at this point I'll settle for a washing machine that, um, washes my family's clothes. Shock horror. Needs a quick cycle like 30 mins, the shortest on this one is like 3 hours. That's about it.

So yes I love my Bosch washing machine

My best one was an lg....it tasted for 15 years!!!! Full on family of four!!! I cried the day it finally died. Don't bother with a washer dryer combo.....as previous posters have said one bit is guaranteed to break. Also the clothes never smelt clean ehen they had been in the dryer....

Also pleased with our Bosch. I tend to go low to mid range, as long as it has the programmes I need. I see it as there is less to go wrong that way x

I don’t actually know anyone who has been happy with a washer dryer. Even those that reportedly dry stuff ok, it’s usually half the weight of the washing machine load (perhaps some people don’t realise this?)

anyway even when I had a small house I had a tumble dryer - kept it in a corner of my bedroom. The convenience outweighed the unsightly aspect.

current washer is the cheapest Miele - love it. It only has a few different cycles ones that people might actually use, including a 20 minute quick wash that can be made into 30 minutes if needed. Eco cycle is the longest but seems very cheap, possibly cheaper than the quick wash. Eco cycle is basically lots of soaking after heating it to 60 or 40 - and not much of the expensive swirling about and keeping it really hot.

It's current model is this one

I have hopefully good news for you. I have to be honest when I bought ours I wasn't looking for any features, I wanted it to arrive quickly, fit under the worktop, didn't want to spend a fortune, didn't want to waste hours of time searching for one, and didn't want it to keep breaking. My previous one was a Beko which had lasted about 12 years so got another one with a decent drum size as I now had 2 DC. It's still going strong 8 years on and the best news is they're relatively cheap! I've had one breakdown which was the for lock and that was replaced easily. I asked the repair man what makes were best and he said Beko, Samsung or Bosch depending on your budget, as all were easy to repair and parts easily available, and they're pretty reliable anyway.

I love mine. it has a 28 minute quick wash but the maximum spin speed is 1200 on that setting. It does allow you to tinker though, so you can adjust the temperature both up and al the way down to a cold wash, you can leave it to sit in the water and not empty the drum, you can set it to no spin. This is my preferred option, usually 30 degrees which is actually a 22 minute wash. I then choose drain and spin at 1600 speed and it takes another 22 minutes.

It also allows you to change the temperature and spin settings on a couple of other cycles and then has a lot of set cycles like hand wash, sports etc. It is a 9kg drum capacity Beko. The cottons cycle with a reduced time is 1hr 34 but I use the button again and it reduces it to 1hr 19 minutes for 1600 spin 40 degree wash. Our clothes are just worn, ie no baby bibs or toddler food slopped down the front.

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I've had no issues in 4 years. I moved during lockdown, and had to get what was available (I also ended up with a weird cooker with both gas and electric rings and a fan oven).

I love that it's big enough for divers.
Oh, and that it wasn't expensive.

*duvets. I'm in the bath and my glasses are steamed up!

Another one here veto-ing washer dryers. They're all crap and I've used several over the years.
Get yourself separates and stack them (if you can) or, get a dehumidifier and dry washing inside. It'll dry quicker than the washer dryer.

I've got a 15 year old Bosch washer that -touch wood- is still going strong. And a 8 year old Miele dryer which is fab.

I love my new washing machine, only had for 6 months though, but so quiet and has a light in the drum. Fisher & Paykel 9kg with steam care. Model WM140P2.

Oops, sorry OP.
Mine is this one. It's 11kg.
(My glasses have cleared, so I can post sensibly, now!)
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I'm going to stand-up for washer dryers

I have one and I'm very happy with it

It's this one - Hisense WDQA8014EVJMT

For the dryer feature to work properly it needs air flow so do not fill the washing machine up to the top then run the dryer after expecting it to dry - it won't that's just being silly

You want the dryer part ideally no more than half full to allow for air flow

I do not have any space for a separate dryer and I was fed up of having clothes drying around the house,

The few clothes that do not fit go on the radiators (mainly I do smaller washers and it's fine)

It takes about 2 hours to dry a load

We are a family of one adult and two children (one being a teen)

I recommend washer dryers 😎

Ok. When I was getting married (aged 22) with barely any money, my MIL bought us a washer/dryer. She was a widow with not much money either so she pushed the boat out to help us. Some time later, the machine developed a fault. We got an engineer out who did fix it. However he told me the underlying problem was ... you wash your clothes but when the dryer kicks in the first load of time isn't drying the clothes but "drying" (getting rid of) the water still in the machine following a wash cycle using water so it never operates as a standalone tumble dryer. He told me if possible to get separate machines. When we moved house, this is what I did. His advice was spot on

I've got a £250 Indesit. Manual not digital and it's brilliant. The quick wash is an excellent 20 minutes so it actually is a quick wash😁 it was from Currys

It's fair to say a washer dryer is a compromise

(Like anything that has to do two completely different jobs)

But if you do not have space for a separate standalone dryer

They can be a very good compromise if you do not want racks of clothes around your house

We have a washer dryer and it's brill so far... I love it! It's quite new though (Bosch series 8) so maybe I'll reserve judgment for now in case it all goes horribly wrong 😆

Our Indesit washer dryer lasted 8 years (so 16 years of work really). I don't think you can complain about that. It's worn out and had to replace recently, just got a Hisense (WD3M841BWI), and really happy so far. It's so quiet in our open plan kitchen. Don't have space for a washer and dryer, didn't want to spend too much and this one had the settings I like. It does take a long time to both wash and dry but stuff actually comes out dry!

We've got an Indesit* and it's ok... We've had it 7 years and had to replace the heating element this year. I did that as a DIY job and the part only cost £13 on Amazon.

My main problem with the machine is the fact it takes bloody ages to add the water at the start of the cycle and never seems to add enough water. It can take up to 25 minutes to finish adding water and I then usually end up pouring another 4+ litres into the machine so that I can actually see some water in the bottom of the machine. To be fair, I always select the extra rinse option and it seems to be pretty effective at removing the detergent.

The water efficiency rules were tightened again in 2021, so I think all new machines will now have this problem - which is really annoying. I just want a machine that immediately fills up with enough water and then gets on with the job, but they've all now got 2.5+ hour cycles due to this micro dosing of water bollocks.

Anyway, it was £230 and is still working.

(*Hotpoint and Indesit are both owned by Whirlpool)

I bought a Haier fridge freezer because it was the right size and style for us. And love it so much that when we needed to buy a washing machine I bought the Haier one. I think it’s great. 3 years on and I’m still very happy. It was a punt, I didn’t know the brand. And it might turn out to be duff but I am very happy with its functions and aesthetics.

I love mine! It’s an LG direct drive, about 13 years old and going strong - it did need a major repair once but was still in warranty period then.

The best thing: it takes 11kg. This reduces the number of loads I do hugely. For example it can take 4 bathsheets & 2 bathmats, at once. Or a kingsize bedding set & two single sets. I literally only do 4 loads a week for family of 4: darks, lights, bedding, towels. (Occasionally delicates too).

I can also add things after the wash has started, and it does have a Quick 30 cycle. Also a tub clean function to kill mould & niffs.

I have a Samsung 12kg washing machine and a separate basic vented tumble dryer.
The washing machine is fantastic! Definitely the best one we have owned. It's so much better than the previous hotpoint and LG's we've had before. It has a surprisingly effective 15 minute quick wash, and a full 12kg wash at 40 or 60 degrees takes around an hour and a half. There's a hygiene steam function, and it has ecobubble for stains. There's a mixed load function too for slightly smaller loads that takes an hour. I think we paid £550 and I would buy it again in a heartbeat.

I was going to say I love my John Lewis own brand washer dryer, but can see the OP has had issues with hers. I got my first washer dryer 35 years ago. The JL is my fifth washer dryer. I've had Servis, Bosch, Hotpoint and Indesit. The worst was the Bosch - I had 13 call outs in 18 months and in the end, the company I insured it with decided to replace it as it was costing them so much moito keep it running! Apart from that one, I've generally found them to be fine. My current JL model has a 10kg wash capacity and 6kg dry capacity. I do three loads a week - clothes, towels and bedding. I may do an odd extra wash here and there but most of my stuff comes within those three categories. I do use the eco wash which takes a long time but is very effective. Drying is very good - it senses how much moisture is present, but I can set time manually. It has a decent selection of programmes and there are various tweaks than can be made to the main programmes. It spins very quickly which definitely helps when drying.

We have a Samsung eco bubble "add wash" machine. It's 7 years old now, so I imagine the newer models are even better. I love it. My jew kitchen was designed around it, as I wanted appliances hidden, but didn't want to trade it in for an integrated machine, because I love this one so much! Had to have deep larder cupboards built to fit it inside 😄. I love the fact you can open it and chick stray washing in after it's started, as I always find a lone sock on the stair, or someone spills something just after I put the wash on! I've had lots of different washing machines in the past, and this one is by far the best, and has lasted so well.

We've got this. It was a cheap and cheerful buy as the old washing machine broke whilst we were in the process of planning our extension with new utility. But it's been so good we haven't replaced it. We do almost everything on the 59 min wash!

There seems to be z them 9f praise for the H wash....