Category: Washing Machine Buying Advice And Guides

  Understanding Quick Wash If you think fast or quick wash gets stuff clean, think again!   Many, many people get sold on the idea of a fast wash for their new washing machine and think, for some reason, that there’s a magic shortcut and that some machines can even wash clothes com…

  Price Expectations What you can expect for your money when it comes to washing machines   All too often we hear cries that a washing machine, irrespective of the brand, has broken and that it should have lasted much longer than it did. Then, the conversation invariably swings tow…

  Cheap Washing Machines If you are looking for the cheapest washing machine you better read this before you buy one   It is not uncommon that we get people looking for the cheapest washing machine, the cheapest dishwasher or the cheapest cooker on the site. Generally what people a…

  Introduction At the time of writing this article, or at least publishing it here on UK Whitegoods, the core of the story below was written over two years ago. In fact it was conceived and much of it written at the very end of 2005, completed early in 2006 and then internally published…

  Washing Machine Cycle Times An explanation of why washing times are so long now We are asked all the time if a certain program time is correct or we get the complaint that a washing machine is taking too long to wash, these days that usually means over two hours to complete a wash pro…

  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…

  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 …

  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, …

  Washing Machine Load Capacity Loads of people think buying the biggest capacity they can is a good thing but, maybe it isn’t   There’s really only three ways that most washing machine manufacturers have attempted to woo people into buying their brand or products, price (obviously…

  Washing Machine Spin Speeds Before you spend money on a super-fast spin machine, think about these points   Back in the late 70’s, the fastest spin you ever saw was 1000rpm, but 800rpm was far more commonplace then, with far slower spin machines being available readily. Nowadays,…