Servis M6802W and large capacity washers

[Dusty321]

Hey all, this forum looks like it has people who know what they are talking about so I have a couple of questions for you lot 😀

Firstly, does anyone have an opinion on the Servis M6802W, granted its cheap but it DOES have a large capacity of 8KG which is what I’m looking to buy something I can wash a duvet in! Secondly, on my travels I found that although all these high capacity washers can wash duvets I’ve yet to find one with a large drum, the 6kg from what I can see is no bigger than the 8kg….? Is this right or am I talking rubbish?

Anyway, that it for now.

Regards Dusty

[iadom]

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Have a read of this. http://tinyurl.com/ypsvbs

And this. http://tinyurl.com/2ygeed

Then go and buy something decent, buy cheap and you get cheap, and in most cases you also get unreliable, throw away machines.

Jim.

[kwatt]

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And when you’ve read that one, have a read at this one 😉

K.

[iadom]

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your a bit slow tonight K. 😉 😆

Jim.

[suedehead1]

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here we go again are you guys ready, then i will begin there are hoover washing machines available in 6kg, 7kg and 8kg capacity.
which are not much dearer than servis but come with a 5 year parts guarantee.
dont take my word for it though as i am biased having been an authorised hoover agent (they dont pay me any money) since the ealy sixties.
they are bult in wales and in my opinion are a perfectly acceptable does exactly what it says on the tin washing machine.
oh did i say hoover are owned by the italians then again there are very few companies which dont have foreign input after all we are all europeans.
awaiting the bullets coming my way just trying to help,
these opinions are mine and should not be confused with the general consensus of this website.(disclaimer).
hoover increase the load size by making the drum deeper, not by increasing the diameter of the drum.( fact)

[Dusty321]

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Ah so you guys ain’t no fans of Servis 😯

BUT how’s about this, what I neglected to mention was this washer comes with a 5 year Parts Warranty included!!! 😀

Description/features: SPECIAL PURCHASE-LIMITED QUANTITY *Now with a 5 year Parts Warranty included* FEATURES: 1200rpm spin speed Large 8kg Wash Load SPECIFICATION: Wash Performance A Energy Rating A Spin Efficiency B Water Consumption: 78 Ltrs A Energy Consumption: 1.52 kwh/cycle A OPTIONS: Stain Action Button, Eco Wash Extra Rinse , Easy Iron DIMENSIONS (mm): H 850 x W 595 x D 590 COLOURS: White.

Price = £229.02 including VAT (special offer – in stock)

AND

This item will be delivered free of charge. Subject to stock availability from the supplier, delivery is estimated to be around 5-10 working days, subject to stock.

It may be a 2rappy washer but with 5 years warranty surly it cant be a bad deal?

[kwatt]

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Try this article now. 😉

With a five year parts warranty, if you’re being charged £90 a call, no it’s not such a good deal. You are, in effect, taking a chance.

But I’d have to say I’m shocked at that price, it’s way too cheap and therefore it is most likely a bag of spanners waiting to happen. There again, that’s pretty much the norm with Servis in my experience of them.

K.

[suedehead1]

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i have always wondered why people ask an experts opinion then completely ignore any advice given, i remember getting a phone call from an elderly gentlemanasking my opinion on a beko washing machine, i told him i would not take it as a gift, and really told him to buy any other machine if price was his only motivation.
i didnt even give him my hoover speech he would not have spent that much.
14 months later i got a phone call from him “that beko wahing machine you recommended has broken down there is a burning smell”.
i went round took the back off the motor had been on fire.
why ask if you dont act on information receieved.

[Dusty321]

Re: Servis M6802W and large capacity washers

suedehead1 wrote:i have always wondered why people ask an experts opinion then completely ignore any advice given, i remember getting a phone call from an elderly gentleman asking my opinion on a beko washing machine, i told him i would not take it as a gift, and really told him to buy any other machine if price was his only motivation.
i didn’t even give him my hoover speech he would not have spent that much.
14 months later i got a phone call from him “that beko washing machine you recommended has broken down there is a burning smell”.
i went round took the back off the motor had been on fire.
why ask if you don’t act on information received.

Calm down, calm down I ain’t gonna buy it!! 😯

I’m gonna take the advise and go for either a Sital B12 for 269.99 OR a Hoover VHD812 @ £296!

Someone must agree with one of those, surely!

[kwatt]

Siltal, nope. Big problems with leaks from soap drawers just now. 😉

Hoover, well, let’s say I’m not a fan. 😆

K.

[kwatt]

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I just had a look at those machines and 8.5kg and 8kg loads, do you really need a load size that big and if so, why? Beleive it or not many of these large capacity machines are not all that they’re cracked up to be, often we get complaints about stability problems and fierce anti-balance controls.

And, if you need it to do piles of laundry then nothing at that price is going to take the abuse.

K.

[Martin]

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Dusty321 wrote:a large capacity of 8KG which is what I’m looking to buy something I can wash a duvet in!

Even an 8kg capacity machine will be hard pressed to effectively wash a 15tog double bed sized duvet. A synthetic filled 5 tog summer duvet will fair better but even so it will only just cram inside the drum and hardly move throughout the washing process. 🙁

Duvets are best left to your local dry cleaner to wash them in all honesty. Always use a non-allergenic duvet cover and machine wash those regularly is the best advice to avoid the need for washing duvets altogether. Replace your duckdown and goosedown duvets ever 2 or 3 years as even commercial washing of those is costly and ineffective. 😉

[suedehead1]

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i personally prefer the 7kg machine hoover obviously but that is a good price for an 8kg hoover
i know that hoover is not everyones favourite but its much better than most of the machines in that price band.
whatever you buy someone will disagree with your purchase.
let us know what you get and what you think of it.
the hoover machines are well finished and in my opinion well built.

[Dusty321]

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Martin wrote:

Dusty321 wrote:
a large capacity of 8KG which is what I’m looking to buy something I can wash a duvet in!

Even an 8kg capacity machine will be hard pressed to effectively wash a 15tog double bed sized duvet. A synthetic filled 5 tog summer duvet will fair better but even so it will only just cram inside the drum and hardly move throughout the washing process. 🙁

That kinda ruins my hole idea 🙁

How much am I looking at for something that WILL wash a duvet?

Any idea’s…… ❓

[kwatt]

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Despite the advertising, I agree with Martin, the best way is still to have it professionally cleaned IMO as many of them are specialist items. reading through some of the technical specs for commercial laundry it would appear that they would likely recommend a 10-15kg load drum to do this properly!

What you have to bear in mind is that the loading capacity is given under absolute ideal conditions, I am relaibly informed that professional packers/folders are used to achieve the capacities claimed. In the real world, if you want your laundry actually cleaned then the capacity is WAY below the claimed load size. recently Which Magazine found that the average UK load size was about 2.5kg, yet there hasn’t been a machine that can’t take over 5kg around for years.

So I’d say that, if you really want to be washing huge loads like this, that you’d be far better off getting a big old US toploader from Whirlpool or the likes, but that isn’t cheap. It will however cope with large loads far, far better then any front loading machine.

K.

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