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Hi,
I was considering buying a Bosch washing machine as I have heard Bosch recommended on here before and I have other Bosch white goods and have been happy with those.
This is to replace a hotpoint with failed bearings. I’ve read that newer machines have a sealed tub so you cannot change the bearings. Does this apply to any of the Bosch models? I think I read the more expensive models (logix) have split drums but the cheaper (classix) models have sealed ones. However this could be either out of date information or completely wrong! Is it?
Why si there sucha difference in price between models? I have seen the logixx was28761 for sale at £899 but the logixx was32760 is only £819. I thought the only difference between these was the spin speed and that the £819 model is 1600rpm and the £899 one is 1400rpm, so I would have expected the prices to be the other way around!
From £819 for the 1600rpm there is a big drop to £649 for the logixx was28462 which is 1200rpm. I’ve read on here that a 1600rpm spin is not necessary, so I wonder whether I could save £150 and buy this model instead?
But there’s an even bigger jump when you go from Logixx to Excel because the Exxcel wasq28461 is only £430, so £200 cheaper. It is 8kg rather than 9kg (the logixx is 9kg) but other than that the spiun and performance etc seems to match the logixx, so why the big difference in price?
Is the logixx really worth paying for or is the exxcel just as good?
Thanks.
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Stephen99 wrote:I’ve read that newer machines have a sealed tub so you cannot change the bearings. Does this apply to any of the Bosch models?
All those models you have listed have got split drums and the bearings can be replaced in each case, assuming they ever fail that is. 😀
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Thank you. I thought the logixx would be but I wasn’t sure about the exxcel. I am tempted to got for the exxcel unless someone can convince me of a better reason to upgrade to the logixx?
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I am getting very confused! Using the compare function on their web site, it looks as though the 9kg Logixx WAS32760GB would use more water and more electricity than the 8kg Exxcel WAQ28461GB, which makes sense if it has a bigger drum and holds more water and needs to heat that water.
But… I have downloaded the manuals from the Bosch web site and the 9kg model seems to use less water and electricity for every programme except cottons 60C; for that it uses 1.23kWh and 60L water, whereas the Excel uses 1.15kWh and 68L, so it seems to be swings and roudnabouts: one sues more water on ther 60C wash and the other uses mroe electricity.
Perhaps these are only small differences (less than a unit) and nothing to worry about; perhaps I should get the Logixx on the basis that it seems to use elss water and electricity for all the other washes and being a Logixx would be better built than the Exxcel?
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Stephen99 wrote:and being a Logixx would be better built than the Exxcel?
I enjoyed reading your analytical autopsy, loved the applied “Logixx” 😀 😀 😀
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Sorry for my spelling mistakes, I was typing too fast.
Just when I was getting somewhere, I looked at other web sites and I see some people selling a different range of Bosch products, including the max that has already been mentioned. What is this range and why aren’t they on the Bosch web site?
I have also found what I assume is last year’s models for sale on some web sites. Are they the 2012 models? The 9kg logixx look very much like the current Exxcel models in that they have led rather than lcd displays.
Does that mean the inside of an exxcel is teh same as last year’s logixx or is it only the outsides that are the same?
I’m now wondering about getting an old-style logixx to save some money. Are there any differences between 2012 and 2013 models except the display ane new stain removal programmes?
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