Do Not Buy A Washer Dryer The best advice when considering buying a washer dryer is not to! We don’t like washer dryers. In fact, we’d strongly advise that you don’t buy one. There’s honesty that you don’t see every day from a buying guide and probably a strong hint that this g…
Category: Buying Guides And Help
Appliance Buying Advice
This area of our site gives you extensive knowledge about choosing and buying new domestic appliances including washing machines, tumble dryers, dishwashers, fridge freezers, cookers, ovens and more.
If you need help picking the best washing machine or any other appliance these guides are designed to help you do just that and learn about what to look for and what to avoid. And some, you really should avoid!
You will find a section for each of the major appliance groups and buying guides and help for each within each section. However before you buy please look up the brand/s you are looking at in our manufacturer section to find out what you are really buying and from who as many are own label brands.
If you still need more help please use the forums to ask the expert people in the trade for their opinion.
Should you not see an article that you think should be in this section then please feel free to email a request to us on admin@ukwhitegoods.co.uk and we will do our best to accommodate your requirements.
Price Comparison Sites, A Warning!
Very often we hear people talking about price comparison websites about how cheap they found something on Kelkoo or Pricerunner etc. as if it’s some sort of game or contest to find the cheapest possible supplier of an appliance or, well pretty much anything these days. Recently in the UK Whitegoo…
Dishwasher Buying Guide
Buying A Dishwasher Our essential guide of the things to look for when you are shopping for a new dishwasher Once again in this article we’re not going to name names so as to keep this article independent and unbiased. It is designed to help you and at times some of the comments may c…
Cheap Appliances
Cheap Doesn’t Stack Up Originally this article started off as being an explanation of how appliance repairs was a far more environmentally friendly option to replacement but, as we wrote the piece, it became more evident that we had to first explain what we have had to explain to hundreds of peop…
Consumer Rights Myths
Consumer Rights Info We explain the basics of how consumer rights work practically in the appliance industry Consumer rights can be a bit of a nightmare with mixed messages from retailers and manufacturers through to government and the media. Often the plethora of media and informatio…
Fridge Freezer Buying Guide
Buying A Fridge Freezer Our essential basic guide to buying fridges, freezers and fridge freezers This guide, like its sister articles, isn’t intended to be an advert for fridge freezer sales, it is designed purely to allow you, the customer, decide what you need, what you don’t and w…
Washing Machine Buying Guide
How To Choose A Washing Machine We give you a guide of things to look for and what to avoid when buying anew washing machine This guide isn’t intended to be an advert for washing machine sales, it is designed purely to allow you, the customer, decide what you need, what you don’t and …
Why Hot Fill Is A Waste Of Time
Hot Water Fill Washing Machines Another article explaining why for most people hot fill is a waste of time and money All the time we get asked what machines have a hot fill and, to be perfectly honest, many engineers will struggle to understand why people want this feature as, …
Restraint Of Trade And Technical Information For Appliances
Technical Information Is witholding technical information morally correct or even legal? On a daily basis we are asked by email, phone calls and in the UK Whitegoods forums what the fault codes on many machines mean. The simple fact is that, in many cases, it’s nothing short of miracu…
Cheap Kitchen, Cheap Appliances
Cheap Products With Kitchens We often see people that think they bought good machines only to find they didn’t Having to deal with appliance repairs over many years we’ve become more than a little jaded about cheap appliances and, the all too often, subsequent complaints about them fa…