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I’m a ‘low mileage’ user being single and living by myself (but hopefully meeting a lady in the near future!), I typically do 1 (occasionally 2) full load washes per week. I don’t want to buy cheap crap as I want it to last (as I do with many things).
I currently have a Hoover Select 1600 (given to me) which has a 7kg drum (drain pump packed up recently). I find a bigger drum would be handy for bigger loads and doing duvets.
So I’m mainly thinking of the Bosch 4 series (8kg drum), I heard it washes well, as well as Bosch being relatively well made (right?), and I’m wondering about the 6 series which has a 9kg drum. I’m assuming the latter would be overkill? Or is it? (and it’s quite a bit more expensive).WAN28108GB £479 (Bosch prices)
WAN28201GB £549I’m not really clear as to what the differences between them mean, the latter claims more sound insulation but is 1db louder! (Wth??) It also has ‘Overdosage indication’, is that any use?? Under the performance section they are the same (sound level aside). The latter has ‘Detergent dispensing: easy clean’, what does that mean?
Am I missing any other differences?Would it be worth considering the series 6 WAT24463GB? £629, 9kg drum, is it a bigger diameter than the series 4 or deeper? (asking because this one has a 1200 RPM spin speed, vs 1400 for the above series 4, would a slightly bigger drum make up for the slower speed anyway?).
I’m assuming a Meil in this range would be a lot more expensive?
Oh lastly (I think! 😉 ), is appliance insurance worth it for me??
i quite like the WAN series as they are still using the split drum which seems to be more reliable
the WAT series uses a welded drum assembly
Dave
Ah that’s interesting, I thought they were all a sealed drum now, good to know the WAN series aren’t! 🙂 (that’s what you meant right?)
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with any bosch machine you can go here
look up the Enr, then scroll down to the last suffix
then look at the diagrams. If you can but seperate parts of the drum then you can split itDave
I Just looked up WAN28108GB and chose the 1st one, didn’t see any listing for drum parts……
Going back to my op, what’s the differences between the 2 different Series 4 mean?
when you look up a machine you chose the last one as the increment the numbers as models progress
the first one is here
https://www.bosch-home.co.uk/supportdetail/product/WAN28108GB/01#/Tabs=section-spareparts/item 317 is the drum bearing seal, you cant buy that if they seal it
in contrast
https://www.bosch-home.co.uk/supportdetail/product/WAT24463GB/72#/Tabs=section-spareparts/
item 308 complete tub only so cant be split
Dave
Re looking up machine, when you say last one, do you mean the last digits in the number? (which they incrementally increase with newer models or better models?).
Got ya on the parts (didn’t see that you have side scroll the diagram).So is there any meaningful differences between the WAN28108GB and WAN28201GB?
Just found the listing for the WAN28281GB too, that seems a little quieter but is the lightest too, err :confused:. It’s missing the economy program for cottons though, but has vario speed and spin/drain for wash optimisation, whatever those are worth? (and uses 16{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} more power at the 40C colour wash).Ok, so between those 2 I should just chose the cheapest one.
Not sure if you’ve seen my edit to my previous post, what do you reckon about the 28281GB? (although no price shown for that one).
Well I’ve mentioned some of them in my op and post 7, I don’t know what some of them mean, or how useful the ones I do are.
short answer dont know
had a quick look on the bosch site but quickly can see the points you mention ( but am rushing a bit this morn )
Dave
I would not buy any Bosch! I notice you haven`t seen or mentioned the price of the spares. The sealed tanks can last as little as 4 years and the models where you can change the bearings the parts prices can, depending upon how trashed the fault ends up by the time the repair bloke is called, can easily be a wright off. Bosch are not that good but neither is anything else that good either!
Frankly if I was living alone ( as I soon will be-my other half is terminally ill ) I would go for an 8kg 1400 spin Lindo series Zanussi circ £300. That has a sealed tank but at least they put grease on the bearing oil seal so for your usage the machine should last and be a far better bet than a Bosch. Zanussi parts are not that cheap either but then if it is 200 quid less than the machines you have rattled off,well, your ahead of the game by 200 quid aren`t you?
As for your other Bosch questions I do not know either, you`d have to phone-up Bosch and ask them.
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