Washing machine makeing funny bearing noise, think its about to die.
Its 14 years old and an indesit, so owes us no favours.

Whats good out there to replace it with?

Want something that is well built with excellent engineering rather than one that has 300 settings and an OLED display built in.
We live in Yorkshire and don't have a water meter so water conservation is not a concern.

Suggestions?

They all wash clothes, White goods n all that…

And cars all have four wheels and an engine of some type. Your point is?

😉

AEG – well built, simple controls, high spin speed..

You've just specified a Miele.

Our local non affiliated washing machine repair man advised us to buy bosch as they are reliable, well built and parts are easily available…

Also not to bother with fancy features as their not worth the extra cash.

We have the classixx 6 1200 and it does the job, had it around a year now with no problems.

lol i had this problem a few weeks ago ( wow if you,ve had your machine for 14 years then thats a massive bonus….. my washer died after just 3 years. it started with gently banging noises then few weeks later huge banging noises like thunder…. my particular machine had all integrigated parts and was going to cost 150 pounds or more to fix it…
so we got a new washer from 'B & Q warehouse' it was an Indesit …in the sale for 179.00 great bargin…hope it lasts 😉

We have an old £190 Servis from Curries iirc.

Still making no ill noises after 2 children in washable nappies and 9 years. Apart from not having much in the way of features (ours is the old sort with a huge rotary 'switch' that ticks its way round rather than anything remotely computerised), we also mostly use the slower of the 2 spin settings which I suspect has slowed the process of shaking itself (and the kitchen!) to bits.

When that one packs up I'll be shopping for as near as I can to the same thing.

We looked at these http://www.iseappliances.co.uk/index.php?id=1186065672
when ours died last year and nearly splashed the cash but then inherited the mum in laws old clunker so may look at them again when it goes belly up .
had 5 washing machines in 25 years so have spent a similar sum as a new one of the above .

We have a Miele and it is very good quality.

Best washing machine?

A wife

(someone had to say it 🙂 )

My Zanussi recently died of broken bearings, aged 10. So I got another Zanussi delivered today.

Having lived in a few student houses I would say NOT a Hoover, Candy or Hotpoint. AEG in current house died recently, but was very very old skool. Now have a £130 s/h Zanussi and seems to be ok other than a failed door catch. Not bad testers given 5 users w/ wetsuits, bike kit, rugby kit etc. maybe Which? should hire us…

Another vote for zanussi

bosch although i have only had it 2 months What every you get don`t get a candy they are a POS

LG works a treat.

LG works a treat.

Agreed.

Trout, that looks brilliant. Anything with brushless motors and Volvo bearings gets my vote. Shame about the cost! The LG direct drive ones look interesting.

Miele. Mine has a 10 year warranty.

miele +1

miele buy once and buy quality, think it will be cheaper as well in the long run

OK, miele is tempting.
So is LG.
My dad used to repair washing machines and fridges, so I know what I want, and its a well engineered machine that has great bearings, good quality motor and other components.
The option of delaying wash by an hour or three sounds good, as does something with a bigger load capacity.

Beloved wifey thinks any more than £200 is a waste… I need to educate that we NEED to spend more. Am currently trying comparisons between my mates rover 216 and her Volvo V40! Good engineering costs money.

Specific model numbers that people have/recommend would be most welcome.
Thanks.

We just got a Samsung washer/dryer with our wedding money. All good so far, though we only use the dryer occaisionly.

We have had our LG for 4 years,And its been excellent.Me biking and my Missus and daughter horse riding,Its kept busy,Mud and horse hair.

Maytag,Miele,LG.
Depending on budget.

We've got a Indesit, was the cheapest one in the shop when we got married at £220. 11 years later it's still charging away, silent as the day we bought it despite having 4 house moves, tons of filthy cycling kit through it and no love at all during our ownership.

I did buy an integrated washer/dryer when I refitted the kitchen as I thought it would look better. It lasted 2 days then I took it back out and dragged the old Indesit back into service as the new one was total crap in comparison.

Miele again.

Miele swamp the top 10 Which Best Buys. Pricey, but by all accounts the best clean and the best reliability.

Got a 12yr old AEG which stopped working for the first time last month.Repair man fixed it for £70(just needed some new bushes).He said the new AEG's are not a patch on the old ones so if I were going to buy a new washing machine it would be a miele.

Miele, end of debate. Buy one up from the cheapest in the range and ignore all the whizz-bang "features". Everyone use 40C cotton, and a spin of over 1000 RPM.

Ours has been faultless for over 10 years (the standard warranty). Now if you'd asked about tumble driers…

You asked for models… This one…

One of the things about recommending Miele is that they last so long that you can't buy the ones people already have! Mine was first generation honeycomb drum.

Buy cheap, buy twice… Your wife will be more annoyed by one that was cheaper and breaks down.

Loads of people will recommend Bosch. I have a Bosch and all the complicated bits like the electronics have been fine for the best part of 4 years. However the front door has broken twice in this period. Not catastrophically and cheap and easy to replace, but its such a p poor design It amazes me.

I would get one of these personally:

I asked Mrs R how old our Siemens washing machine is this morning as I was surprised it's still as quiet as it was when it was new. She said 10 years. It's never gone wrong, and if it ever breaks beyond repair I wouldn't hesitate to get another. She was washing a door-mat in it at the time, which didn't seem to faze it at all.

Had 2 Bosch and one Miele.

When the Miele died, I bought a Bosch which lasted about 10 years before needing a set of brushes, then the driver board burned out a couple of weeks later.

Still bought another Bosch as it was cheap. I was also mindful of the fact that modern machines aren't engineered to last and that the missus canes the life out of these things day in day out.

LG sounds promising. Might give them atry next time.

Hotpoint Aqualtis.

If anyone wants a Hotpoint, Indesit or Cannon (cooking stuff not cameras) appliance at discount rates then get in touch.

im going to jinx myself but our 7 years old Beko cheap as chips bottom of the range one form currys still going strong

Had my hotpoint Aquarious washer dryer for just over 6 years. Nout special, cost me £200 for a B grade one with a slight dent in the side which you dont see sandwiched between the kitchen units. Asthetically pleasing and matches the rest of my kitchen applience suite in graphite, unlike some of the quite frankly ugly miele stuff at 5 times the price.

Runs almost daily with either the usual laundy, dirty bike gear, or the fury vet bedding from my fiancee's guinne pigs.

In 6 years, the drain pump blocked once with fur, and the heater cutout thermostat needed re-setting when we used the dryer function for the first time in 12 months. (fan was a little sticky). Neither cost anything to fix other than an hour of my time and were due to what could be considered abuse.

Sorry I saved £700+ on a miele or the likes……err Nope.

Still I guess you pays your money and takes your chances.

My mums cheapy 8 yr old hotpoint needed its first repair last month too. A new door seal after her pet chewed it. £19 delived of ebay + 30 minutes to fit. 8)

Miele here too. Anything cheap is false economy imo.

Although I did have a hotpoint in the 1990's which lasted 14 years and only broke down once.

Our current Bosch is around 10 yrs old & gets used 2-3 times every day
I've replaced the motor brushes twice but nothing else has needed attention

I'd buy another