Last updated on February 2nd, 2017
Advice and resources related to buying washing machines
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Washing machine drum sizes
Last updated on March 3rd, 2017
Washing machine drum sizes were the same for decades, but now we have several to choose from. You would think the biggest is the best, but not necessarily. Back in 1976 when I first started repairing washing machines, all the drums were about 4 ½ kg. By today’s standards they were painfully small.
Cold fill verses Hot fill washing machines
Last updated on February 2nd, 2017
Pros & Cons of washer dryer v separate
Last updated on February 3rd, 2017
This article is a pros and cons summary for my more in depth article asking – washer-dryer or separate washing machine and dryer – which is the best? The contents of this article were originally squeezed into the side bar of the first article because it was too big to fit in the main section, but I’ve now moved it here to make it more prominent and easier to read.
Washing machines to avoid
Last updated on March 31st, 2017
It’s hard to believe that anyone could make a washing machine these days that didn’t wash laundry properly. I can easily understand how they might make one that’s just poor quality and unreliable. But surely it’s very simple to make them at least wash laundry properly during their short life? It’s not rocket science, they just fill up with water, heat it, swish it around with detergent until clean – then rinse and spin. There can’t be anything remotely hard about that.
