ISE and Beko: cycle times, noise levels

Re: ISE and Beko: cycle times, noise levels

Hi Terri, thanks as it was me that wrote that article. 😉

The big problem is that people often see what they want to see and not the reality of the situation. These days a machines that are AAA is something like 65{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} of all sales because that’s what people ask for, like any manufacturer ISE is driven by what customers want which doesn’t always fall with what they think they want as opposed what they actually want or need really.

That aside there is a kind of loose pact with the manufacturers that there is no machine that falls below a “C” rating, there are little, if any these days that are not “A” rated for water consumption due to the market pressures.

We have a similar issue with out of balance controls as well, everyone uses them now and they are more sensitive because of larger drum sizes. So small loads or washing single items is becoming nigh on impossible.

It’s all good fun. 🙁

On wash times, watch a lot of the quoted figures as often what is not mentioned is the temperature of incoming water which has a massive effect on the time taken obviously. One or two manufacturers, who will remain nameless, are reputed to test with a cold supply at 15oC. I’d dearly love to know who has warm incoming “cold” water.

For a full wash cycle, done properly, most A rated machines will take between 1:40 and 2:20 now from my experience.

The ISE times quoted I verified in a normal domestic household (two actually) under normal day-to-day use conditions and the ones Gegsy has posted are within 5-10{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} of the real world performance if not bang on. I like to be thorough and I like to be honest.

K.

Re: ISE and Beko: cycle times, noise levels

Hi, So I shouldn’t believe those avg. wash times provided by Comet?

And in regards to what someone else posted saying no one uses 60c any more. A great majority of the laundry done in my house and in many of my friends homes is done above 40*c especially towels and bedding. I wash towels and bedding at a minimum of 60*c regardless of it being coloured or not. I hate to think of the germs lurking in the towelling belonging to a religious 40*c user. I also wash jeans at 50*c as they can withstand it.

I generally wash whites at 50*c sometimes 60*c
Coloureds/pastels usually recieve 50*c
Jeans 50*c
Dark laundry usually 40*c
Bedding & Towels(inc. tea towels) 60*c MIN

Fabulously detailed article though! was a pleasure to read. Also you highly recommend Bosch? I’m looking for a new machine but want one with decent water usage. And Bosch machines are very stingy with water. I want to be able to see some form of water level during rinsing on cottons programmes.

Thanks for listening to my rant!
Any Help on a new machine is greatly appreciated as the Hoover washer dryer has just been repaired for the umpteenth time and has developed a really strange squeak now. I don’t know what to do!

Thanks