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Our washing machine packed up after 13.5 years. It might've been fixable, but it's permanently grimy and quite rusty as well, and we were so excited by my recent new dishwasher purchase that we went all out and bought an expensive new one. I'm so excited!
It's got smart features, is 'graphite' instead of white, it has bubbles in the wash and it's even a washer drier! I can destroy the environment from my own home! NINE whole kg of washing!
I got one a new one last year, not flashy tho.
Do you get excited by a good drying day?
Don’t forget to strip your old one down to take the drum out as a log burner.
I inherited my Gran's old Bosch one that she gave to my parents when she moved into sheltered accommodation, then they retired and moved to a smaller house.
I'm quite enjoying having 4 different 30C cycles to chose from, as opposed to the old indesit one which had one 2x 30 cycles (ostensibly quick wash and delicate, best described as doesn't wash and doesn't spin), a 40c (which still didn't spin past 900rpm) and a 60 (which did spin, but who uses a 60 wash?).
Only problem is our water seems to eat the bearing holders on the back of the drum, the big aluminium spider bits have disintegrated on our last two washers. I keep meaning to get the earth tested and see if it's some sort of galvanic cell. The bearings have been worn, but the whole drum just falls off the bracket.
which did spin, but who uses a 60 wash?).
NHS workers.
but who uses a 60 wash?).
Wash my bedding at 60 degrees cos I sometimes sweat for England!
It’s got smart features, is ‘graphite’ instead of white,
Those daring faddy colours are harder to shift on down the line you know. See also Avocado bathroom suites.
We need a new tumble dryer...The excitement of browsing is off the scale! Condenser or heat pump?
Too many choices..
60 for whites
which did spin, but who uses a 60 wash?
I do bedding and towels at 90!
No mention of a "Sports Wash" setting. Is disappointed.
Kids school clothes at 120C!!!!!! If only!
If I can wash my socks and they come out not smelling and crusty at 30, then everything can wash at 30. Much better for the planet.
60 for whites
Racist.
NHS workers.
I suppose after 10 years of Tory austerity, a washing machine designed so it only does your work wear is at least a small victory over the rest of the population.
But still means all your 30/40 washes come out dripping wet.
I fitted a dishwasher last weekend. I thought the old one was still functional, clearly it wasn't 'cos these plates are amazing.
I might double down on a new extractor hood after next month's pay, the old one hasn't worked for years.
Main oven door hinges gave up the ghost the other day 😞 for the want of spending an extra £1 on some decent hinges at time of manufacturing, I'm now faced with either a big bill to fix or buying a new oven. Good god do I hate consumerist shit like this.
* don't seem to be able to buy just new hinges
I bought a new seal for my fridge door yesterday as the magnetism seems to have gone in ours. I take your rock and roll and raise you!
Graphite fridge too, seal is currently dark brownish, replacements only come in white, it's going to look terrible, but if it works I'll live with it!
Fridge is still old school. I can't bring myself to replace a working appliance.
Our old machine had a quick wash that was 30C and 800 spin. It also had the ability to create new programmes from old ones. But for some bloody perverse reason you could only LOWER the spin speed, not raise it. Why the f not? I mean if I want a quick wash, I clearly want it dry quickly, so why not let me do a 1600 spin? They're my bloody clothes, I'll decide how I want them spun FFS.
I fitted a dishwasher last weekend. I thought the old one was still functional, clearly it wasn’t ‘cos these plates are amazing.
I know! Stuff from the old machine looked clean, but somehow the cutlery from the new one is somehow cleaner, I can't quite describe why but it very clearly is.
It’s got smart features
Tenner says you're back for another one before the forum-bot has a chance to close this thread.
Do you get excited by a good drying day?
Hell yes, it's bedsheets washing day tomorrow and it's going to be a doozy.
Wash my bedding at 60 degrees cos I sometimes sweat for England!
Wash our bedding and towels at 60deg cos sometimes the Mrs sweats for England, and the towels are white. When it comes to washing I'm a racist, misogynist git.
Put both our dishwasher and washing machine through a self-cleaning cycle today with some, er dishwasher and washing machine cleaning stuff in them, and the soap drawer of the washing machine is out and will get a good scrub later. The lockdown fun never ends here.
I sometimes sweat for England!
I never made it past the regionals.
Don’t forget to strip your old one down to take the drum out as a log burner.
Top advice. Washing machine drum log burners are ace!
Put both our dishwasher and washing machine through a self-cleaning cycle today with some, er dishwasher and washing machine cleaning stuff in them, and the soap drawer of the washing machine is out and will get a good scrub later. The lockdown fun never ends here.
Someone advised putting a dishwasher tablet in the washing machine on a hot wash cycle to clean it, it did a good job of stripping out the gunk that usually sits between the drum and the seal.
This was prompted by having to unclog the pump 🤮
Well I for one am truly inspired!
*Goes to put some laundry on*
Well the first load is in. Made a noise like it was pumping out for the first ten minutes or so of the cycle, then I realised it's probably the bubble soak feature pumping air through the load. Although even without that it's not especially quiet. Our previous Hot point wqs silent to the point where you could only hear the clothes flopping around and even that was faint.
Some confusion over the wash cycles too. The 9kg only applies to the cotton cycle, which takes 2.5-3hrs. But most of my everyday tshirts are synthetic.. so do I separate them out, or just ignore it, or just run everything on a super eco wash which is only 4kg. But 4kg is about all we can dry indoors anyway.
Dunno, as above I've never seen the point of anything other than a lowest common denominator cycle.
30C so it doesnt knacker elastic, printed t-shirts or the environment. If it cleans socks and cycling kit it'll clean the cotton bedding.
1200 spin unless its woolly jumpers
Job done
I dont need the other 240 settings on the Bosch (rotary dial with all the main ones 15 ish, then options for lower spin speeds (x4 so 60), eco (120), extra rinse (240), god knows what else i never read the manual.
Always works for me.
My OH on the other hand seems to select a cycle at random. Sometimes that means boiled socks, and a nice cashmere jumper fit for action man, others everything goes in thebcotton wash and takes 3 hours and gets spun to oblivion. I've given up trying to understand it and now just do the laundry friday night before she gets to it on saturday morning 🤣
I think she may be cleverer than you think...