Bosch WAA24161 W/M opinions?

[Apex]

Hello chaps!

Portway and D.A.D have been pushing this new Bosch washer. It is being promoted as Bosch’s entry into the budget end of the market.

Anybody had any experience with these machines? Are they up to the standard of the rest of the Bosch range or are they a cheapo machine being sold on the back of the Bosch name?

The only thing I could find on the Bosch site was a PDF of the instruction manual.

By the way, thanks to those of you who pointed me in the direction of Portway and D.A.D when I was asking about new suppliers. We are very happy with their service and their prices 😀

[nationalhomecare]

Re: Bosch WAA24161 W/M opinions?

The WAA machines are very similar to what was the WFD.
They are manufactured in both Spain and Poland, they can be distinguished between countrys by the serial number although my memory fails me on the numbers, although I will follow up on this sometime. One easy way though of telling country of origin is as follows, looking at the side of the appliance, if it has 3 large rectangular pressings its Spanish, if it has many long finger like pressings it is Polish.
Genarally I have found them to be very satisfactory for lighter domestic use, and certainly fair better against similar priced alternative brands.
The end user still gets the 2 year warranty.
The teething problems seen on early variants have now been solved with things like bigger bearings, reinforced drums and improved facia panels, BSH always take component failiure very seriously and insist on removed parts being returned for inspection, this ultimatly leads to improvement of components as any defect under warranty is charged to the factory concerned.
Information is coming out slowly and Quickfinder is updated regularly although the engineers are (usually) 😕 the first to get it before its stuck on the net.
As for suppliers, You many also wish to contact Denwood, they are from Calne in Wiltshire and are a rather competative wholesaler.
Hope this all helps! 8)

[Apex]

Re: Bosch WAA24161 W/M opinions?

Cheers for the info mate.

Sounds like this machine could be a decent one for us to stock.

[don]

Re: Bosch WAA24161 W/M opinions?

It`s the Spanish version, it has the stub handle as opposed to the arch one and as NHC says it has the three large cabinet pressings. Nice entry level machine usually sold in bulk to distributors and direct accounts.

Nice price too Apex, at DAD 😉

Don

[Bryan]

Re: Bosch WAA24161 W/M opinions?

don wrote:
Nice price too Apex, at DAD 😉

If you don’t mind me asking Don , what sort of trade price are we speaking about.
Is there a large mark up to be made on these ❓

Bryan

[don]

Re: Bosch WAA24161 W/M opinions?

Hi Bryan

June offer on, single units £175 or in threes at £169 each nett. We sell these delivered and installed and old appliance disposed of for £289. This gives the customer a good deal at under £300 job done and a nice little earner for ourselves.

Don

[Bryan]

Re: Bosch WAA24161 W/M opinions?

Thanks for that info. Don , as you say a very good profit margin on a sub £300 machine. Probably quite an easy sell with the Bosch name behind it and a 2 year guarantee :D.

Think I might give DAD a call , are there any delivery charges on top of the prices you’ve mentioned?

Thanks again

Bryan

[don]

Re: Bosch WAA24161 W/M opinions?

Bryan wrote:

Think I might give DAD a call , are there any delivery charges on top of the prices you’ve mentioned?

Thanks again

Bryan

Hi Bryan

Delivery is free on orders over £150 on UK mainland.

Don

[Seamy]

Re: Bosch WAA24161 W/M opinions?

UK “mainland” does’nt include Norn Iron 👿

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