Recommendations for a Washing Machine and a Dryer please

[Twiglett]

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Well there are commercial things like this , twiggy. I don't think you can wash a duvet in an ordinary household machine. (Ours go to the laundrette when they need it.)

Ooh twiglett, you want a dyson. If you could fall in love with a domestic appliance, I would do so. It's fab. Big enough to wash a king size duvet and with a special program to do so. My DS2 has been sick on my bed (why do they go to someone else's bed to do that?) several times, but with my dyson, I know longer care. They are more expensive than other machines, but you can get tons in them and they're very economical. They also have a handwash program, so no more of that. Can't recommend them enough. Kelkoo.co.uk will do a price comparison.

My LG washing machine - 7 kg - washes a single duvet.

Yes, thumbs up for the LG Intellowasher DD 7kg. Washes a single duvet, is very quiet and power efficient!

I've a Zanussi Jetsystem, which will take a single duvet. It also does a king size comforter. Have a Creda Condensair which will dry them. Having read about the Dyson, have told dh that's what I want next. He says to start saving now.

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LG Washers
LG 7kg dryer

Neither site mentions stacking but you could put a shelf above the washer and stand the dryer on that.

Am v v impressed at the 7kg load!

I used to work for a well-known consumer organisation and our research showed that Dyson didn't perform significantly better than other machines so weren't worth the substantial extra cost. I was a bit disappointed tbh as liked the whole Dyson story and my Dyson hoover... but there you go, apparently not worth the money, according to the lab.

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I dare not recommend a washer with my experience of breaking them. But I will tell you what to avoid and you'll find it hard to avoid. The washer's with the plastic paddles inside instead of a moulded drum are the latest thing. We've had two washers with these in and each time they've broke off within the warranty period and wrecked the element and in one case, the drum. We got a new for old replacement and refused their recommendation. We got a Bosh which was one of two that still use moulded drums. It's something to keep in mind. Especially if you like doing a full load.

twiggy, assuming edam means Witch, it's usually Bosch or someone. They don't generally test any machine with larger than normal capacity, Dyson would have been included because it only has a larger than normal capacity, if it had a smaller version they would have included that instead.

Part of Witch's criteria these days is reliability, and Dyson's is crap overall so even if performance is good - as in Vacs - they don't get recommended because they break down a lot.

If she means GH then their standards are different anyway.

Have just checked - Witch's last best buys were 2 Bosches, 1 Siemens and 1 Tricity Bendix - 5.5kg usual capacity, and you have to remember that you need to halve that for non-cottons (eg duvets) because they take up up more space for the same weight. If you must wash a duvet in a normal washer add a couple of towels. (Bashes it about a bit.)

I like Bosch.

AEG or Bosch.

After 3 Dyson hoovers died, and on recommendation from my friends DH (who is a Domestic Appliances engineer) would NEVER touch a Dyson product again!

and James Dyson has, I gather, just sacked a load of people at HQ and sent the work abroad.
I'm not saying where I worked (there are a couple of other possibilities...) but the magazine JanH is talking about is spelt Which? as in which product? rather than as in magic!

Well I know that!!!!

(Was being subtle....)

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Yes, can give you the numbers, but they are standard size, not duvet-size...

Bosch WFL2463GB Classixx 1200 (5.5kg)
Tricity Bendix AW1260 (6kg)
Bosch WFO2465GB Exxcel 1200 (6kg)
Siemens WXLS122GB (6kg)

Cheapest (Tricity) is £276, dearest (Siemens) is £569.

Don't, whatever you do, buy a bloody Hotpoint .

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