It'd suit me to have a washing machine that would take more than a nominal
5kg. I'm looking in the range of 8 - 12kg, using JL's site for research, but would like to know a couple of things.How does a machine that has the standard cabinet (60x60x85cm approx.) manage to take twice as much? The ISE machine has a drum volume of 60li for 8kg and my present AEG a volume of about 50 - 55li (not easy to know how much is available when the door is shut and small child not available). It just doesn't gel on these figures.
There's also the matter of small quantities: 3kg in a 5kg machine is one thing; in a 12kg machine...?
Now, the old question: what make, and possibly range (Bosch springs to mind) would be OK? Miele go to 8kg and the Siemens are also 8kg. Most of the others - AEG, Bosch, LG, Samsung do 9 - 12kg. I'm happy to spend £500 (probably a bit low for a good machine) to £800 or so. Won't look at less than 5 years' warranty - and here ISE begings to look like £300+ for an extra 5 years.
Thanks.