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Updated August 6, 2019 First Published May 6, 2016

What’s the difference between drum sizes in washing machines?

8 Kg of laundry

All drum sizes are not equal Before looking into different drum capacities, an important point is that you can’t necessarily assume that they are all the same. If you take a dozen washing machines with the same drum capacity you would think you could fit in exactly the same amount of laundry in them all.

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Updated August 29, 2019 First Published May 6, 2016

Washing machine drum sizes

Drum not turning

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. What are

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Updated October 11, 2019 First Published December 11, 2015

Cold fill verses Hot fill washing machines

Pros and cons

This is a summary of the argument about cold fill verses hot & cold fill washing machines. For many decades all washing machines were hot and cold fill. Now they are mostly cold fill only. Because of this many people are confused about why it has changed. The information in this article used to be

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Updated July 24, 2019 First Published July 2, 2014

Pros & Cons of washer dryer v separate

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This is a summary for my article asking the question – 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 one. But here it is in its own space, where it’s more prominent, and easier to read.

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Updated October 16, 2019 First Published April 9, 2014

Washing machines to avoid

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We all want to avoid buying a poor quality washing machine. One that may be unreliable, or not last very long. But believe it or not there are washing machines for sale that don’t even fulfil their primary purpose. According to independent tests and reviews they can’t even wash and/or rinse properly. It’s hard to

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Updated August 6, 2019 First Published January 24, 2014

Are Samsung Ecobubble washing machines any good?

Ecobubble

The short answer is that some models seem to be, but according to Which? at least one is not. Samsung have created a new technology for washing machines called EcoBubble, which they claim, “improves wash performance, reduces energy consumption and saves money”. How does it work and what are the main claims? In plain language,

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