Washing Machines

We have Whirlpool 7.5kg front loader and I love it. It has a digital countdown on it so you can see how many minutes remaining until your wash has finished, I'd recommend a model that has this because it is cool!

Previously we had a top loader, can't remember the brand - absolutely no regrets going to a front loader, clothes come out cleaner and so much more gentle. Main drawbacks are that wash cycles are longer (but you can choose a short wash which takes 1/2 hour if you're pressed for time), and if you forget to put something in the wash you can't open the door once the cycle has started.

Neither are big enough drawbacks to put me off front loaders.

Edited by Febgirl

We have the FP Aquasmart 7.5 kg and love as it has so many functions like a colour wash, blood, wine etc. It is bigger enough to put our duvet inner in it as it has no agigator and saves going down to laundromat.

We have a Samsung frontloader washer/dryer. Its 7.5 kg and its AWESOME !!
SHort was is 34 mins and still washes better than our old F&P.
Its got loads of different washes wool/cotto/handwash etc. I do a cloth nap wash every day and so far its gotton out all the pooplsion stains and thats on the short wash too.

Also because its dryer you can chuck duvets/pillows and stuff in there to refresh them without having to wash them. Kinda like dry cleaning.

I have the fisher and paykel 7kg aquasmart. Love it!! so easy to use and heaps of cycles that you can customise, has no agitator, even has auto re balance when i am lazy and just throw everything in and it gets unbalanced it fixes itself.

After living with the in-laws and their bosch front loader that took ages, and didnt seem to clean that well, its nice to have a wshing machine that actually cleans grubby socks etc

we've got a samsung front loader - one piece of crucial advice is to make sure you get the proper powder for front loaders (persil low-suds is the best) and only put in just under half a scoop per wash (the box says to put in a full scoop, but only put in a half)

I was putting in full scoops and the suds clogged the machine and the repair man told me they only need a very little amount powder

It is a great machine though

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr got my new washine machine today and was just going to put it on a empty cycle as per the user manual- problem is it keeps saying it has a door error but its closed!!!! im SO annoyed because it wouldnt even start!

DP fixed it all he had to do was open the door and shut it again so no idea what i did wrong!

must say now that its working i it. it cleans so much better then our front loader (got a stain out without even having to soak it or add anything, other then washing powder, to the load!)

Pleased to hear you love your new machine H!

Perfect timing for me for this thread! Our machine stopped working and we need a new one. Great tips! We are off to bargain with all the leading companies on Wednesday