Induction Hob Installation Install your induction hob correctly or you may well fry the electronics in it! Built in induction hobs are a thing we see installed improperly a fair bit, it’s more common than it should be, it causes them to break, and if a little care was taken reading …
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.
American Fridge Freezer Buyer’s Guide
Buying A Side By Side Big space, ice and water seems a great idea, here’s what to watch for when buying American fridge freezers Do you see what we did there? It was a magic trick (ha, not really) that if you blinked you’d have missed it. Okay probably not many people wou…
Why Parts And Service Matter
Will You Get It Fixed You wouldn’t buy a car you couldn’t get parts for would you? We will get this out the way first, we are a bit biased on this topic as we sell spare parts and you can read into that whatever you choose but what we will explain here is practical common sense advice…
Range Cooker Advice
Range Cookers Range cookers cost a lot of money, makes sure you buy a good one with our guidance Who wouldn’t love a big range cooker? If you cook then it is the default option to have for many people so long as you have the space in your kitchen and of course the money to buy o…
Are Robotic Cleaners Worth It
Robotic vacuum cleaners, taking away a chore that many people despise and some love to do or at least, that’s what the companies that make them will tell you but is there any truth in the claims? We’ve tested a few robotic cleaners now, we ignored the first round of them the old Elect…
Useless Washing Machine Features
Useless Features Don’t waste money on expensive features you don’t need and probably will never use Washing machines are workhorses, they are intended to save you the time and trouble of a manual, repetitive and laborious chore and that chore has not altered much at all in many decade…
Own Label Brands Explained
Own Label Brands Just what is an own brand label and are you getting cheated if you buy one? Almost every day we see people that have bought an own label appliance from a retailer completely unaware and unsuspecting that the brand is not a brand that is its own entity but is act…
Fridge & Freezers In High Temperatures
Refrigeration In Warm Environments Almost as bad a low-temperature environments, high temperatures can wreck your appliance A number of years ago we published an article that explained in some detail why most refrigeration products that will affect the following will not work in low t…
Buying Integrated Appliances
Integrated Appliances Explained The perils and pitfalls of integrated appliances and how to avoid them Integrated appliances are a bit of a problem for the industry for a good number of reasons and, all too often many of the reasons they can be problematic will not be evident t…
What Dishwasher To Buy
What Dishwasher Should You Buy Our essential guide to helping you choose a new dishwasher We get asked this. Not as much as we do for washing machines but, a fair amount. Just as is the case with washing machine the quality of dishwasher that you get can vary dramatically from one bra…