Which Washing Machine ??

[Christian McArdle]

That water needs to be treated, pumped and heated, all of which produces CO2 and other pollution.

Christian.

[Christian McArdle]

Although spending the money on an ion exchange water softener instead will make even the mankiest washing machine wash well.

Christian.

[Helen Deborah Vecht]

Huge typed

Coo! I'm agreeing with you *again*! Am I ill?

[Huge]

No, just initially mistaken.

[Helen Deborah Vecht]

Huge typed

There's nothing wrong with my 'H'; you might have one too!

[djc]

Agreed. Looking at the state of the showroom model is always a good way to estimate durability.

[PeTe33]

Our Whirlpool thingy is into it's 10th year now, All I have had to do is swap around the control knobs changing much used ones for little used ones, though recently I had to "fix" the program knob with a blob of araldite. Apart from that, it's been perfect. Cost about £350 new IIRC.

Perhaps 2 hours DIY labour with no cost outlay on parts or call-outs.

It has over the years been used daily when we had numerous lodgers, though now perhaps 3 washes a week max are all it gets.

[The Natural Philosopher]

Thats the trouble. My *25* year old Hotpoints is still going..the *5* year old one got ditched for a Miele after it became a repairmans dream. Everything was breaking.

[PeTe33]

jumping slightly OT... When I were a lad I used to repair lawnmowers... Kept my old folks' "qualcast concorde" going year after year with the occasional re-grind of the cylinder and new bottom plate.

Now you can buy a new plastic one for less than a round of beers, I doubt there is much call for repairing them these days.... well, not judging by our local tip!