17-07-2013, 07:01 AM
(This post was last modified: 17-07-2013, 07:16 AM by Radio Fixer.)
Well David this time you gave an example but before it seemed like a general whinge!
" I was referring mainly to my daughter in law's Bosch machine. There are five in their household so the washer is in regular use, but that's neither here nor there - the handle would stand up to that if it was more robust ... "
OK: fair point. I should have started a thread entitled "More great stuff"
"As to too much 'ain't it awful' on the forum, in a thread entitled 'more duff stuff' in the 'general chat' section, it's inevitable that posts will be about personal experiences with naff products"
So your daughter is doing more washing than my lady (is she the only one using the machine? or do the kids work it? Often a cause of excess failures) ... just had a look on the handle of ours: its an Advantix 7. looks perfectly strong enough to me. Has very limited travel and the actual catch part is metal. Not broken yet and looks like it will go on for a long time as she is very gentle. Put a tiny scratch on any of her appliances and I'm in deep trouble!
So you don't like Bosch: what do you recommend that's better? For me I will stick with them as had good life, few troubles and the price is about right. Could go for Miele but they are usually much more expensive and who's to say better.
Just had a look at two more machines in the Utility area (a rare area for me to take much interest in). There is a Whirlpool (Philips?) Fridge Freezer and a chest freezer. Both > 10 years old, no probs, no breaks, just keep on going.
Most amazing washer we had was a Zanusi that was 15 years old when it went due to leaks I couldn't be bothered to fix. In that time I bypassed the door interlock (don't need one), replaced the door seal and maybe a coupla hoses.
Cheers Gary
" I was referring mainly to my daughter in law's Bosch machine. There are five in their household so the washer is in regular use, but that's neither here nor there - the handle would stand up to that if it was more robust ... "
OK: fair point. I should have started a thread entitled "More great stuff"
"As to too much 'ain't it awful' on the forum, in a thread entitled 'more duff stuff' in the 'general chat' section, it's inevitable that posts will be about personal experiences with naff products"
So your daughter is doing more washing than my lady (is she the only one using the machine? or do the kids work it? Often a cause of excess failures) ... just had a look on the handle of ours: its an Advantix 7. looks perfectly strong enough to me. Has very limited travel and the actual catch part is metal. Not broken yet and looks like it will go on for a long time as she is very gentle. Put a tiny scratch on any of her appliances and I'm in deep trouble!
So you don't like Bosch: what do you recommend that's better? For me I will stick with them as had good life, few troubles and the price is about right. Could go for Miele but they are usually much more expensive and who's to say better.
Just had a look at two more machines in the Utility area (a rare area for me to take much interest in). There is a Whirlpool (Philips?) Fridge Freezer and a chest freezer. Both > 10 years old, no probs, no breaks, just keep on going.
Most amazing washer we had was a Zanusi that was 15 years old when it went due to leaks I couldn't be bothered to fix. In that time I bypassed the door interlock (don't need one), replaced the door seal and maybe a coupla hoses.
Cheers Gary
