Has to be a Washer Dryer – Can’t Afford a Miele…!

Has to be a Washer Dryer – Can’t Afford a Miele…!

Hi,

Hope that got all y’alls attention. Basically I live in a small flat, with nowhere to dry clothes outside and not enough room to have two separate machines.
(Although I had toyed with the idea of banging a tumble dryer in the bottom of the airing cupboard, but that is just stupid and would require a condenser and an electricity outlet being installed.) Also to buy two separate good quality machines would be a lot more expensive than one all in one.

So I am looking around the 400 – 550 mark, there seem to be lots of shops and online stores offering the same kind of models for differing prices. What my choices seem to have boiled down to are these:

SMEG WDF16BA 5 Year Warranty Preferred Choice
BOSCH WVT1260 2 Year Warranty ( I think)
Siemens WXD1260 2 Year Warranty
FAGOR FUS-6116 5 Year Warranty

When I looked on Which comparison site a Zanussi came up as Best Buy as well I think. But I can’t remember how much that was or what it cost. Apparently they all seem to be poor at the rinse cycle in the main.

My preferred choice is the Smeg because of the 5 year warranty, Fagor has one too and is quite cheaper, but I have no knowledge of them as a brand, or compared to these. I have noticed a few posts on here about the SMEG WDF16BA, people having problems etc. I know they can be noisy, but my current rented washer dryer makes a hell of alot of noise and that is a crappy hotpoint, and I noticed the SMEG has a variable rpm anyway.

I suppose what I am asking is, is the BOSCH or Siemens a better bet even with 3 years less warranty? And warrantees can be quite expensive.

Are there any others out there? It is a shame that the ISE does not produce one. I think they should because more and more people are living and are going to live in places where space is at a premium, which causes idiots like me to go into long winded writing mode!!!

I notice there has been some discussion already on washer dryers.

here circled around the best washer dryer, and of course the miele came out on top and here specifically on fitted washer dryers, i want a freestanding one:

viewtopic.php?f=33&t=12247

Any responses would be most greatly appreciated.

Ta

N.B. I have had a good look around this site, learned alot of things, more than at Which anyway. Major kudos to this site, will recommend, totally agree with things not being built to last, which is so against the environment. What is the point in having an AAA rated machine by hotpoolset if it is going to be replaced in 5 years by another machine with the same carbon footprint in manufacturing terms………bleh.