jensteve

Just as expected our electrical items have started a mutiny, this week the washing machine gave up, splutted water over the floor and refused the spin cycle. Hubby wants to know is it worth while buying a cheap one and taking to Perth later in the year, or are those large top loaders still the best ones to get?
Any ideas gratefully received.

Jenny

I reckon the irons next, followed closely by the toaster
but as hubby just said what about the car:scared: :scared:

gelomaa

hello fellow scouser are you in oz?

jensteve

no still in slight murky,wet, gale ridden England!

Whereabouts are you?

Go Banana's !!

Hi too

I'm originally from Bromborough- drank in the Merebrooke.

:scared:

Jill

Go Banana's !!

Not scoucers - Wirralians - now that's a mouthful

Jill

gelomaa

im origionally from liverpool, wavertree but we live in sunny suffolk now, not so sunny at the moment though. we are just looking into the prospect of moving to brisbane, need to find out a bit more first though, but we do like the idea so far. how about you? are you thinking of working there yourself?

aussie bloke

try here for price


http://www.biriteelectrical.com.au/new/default.asp


I'd go for a front loader largest model

up to 70 % less water usage. compared to some top loaders

dobbo

hi there
i have justbought a 7kg lg front loader washing machine brilliant
very quiet and doesnt stretch the t shirts like a top loader
cheers
juliet

ABCDiamond

These 7kg Front Loaders are quickly becoming very popular out here. The days of the Top Loaders may be numbered one day

Waltzin_Matilda

Those top loaders are rubbish compared to front loaders I remember getting back to the UK and washing my clothes and they actually got clean!!

Nibbs

We bought a 5.5 Kg Whirlpool front loader from Retravision.

$775 - $150 rebate as it has a tripple AAA economy rating. Not bad if you're from the UK but pricey if your on Aussie dosh.

Now to be fair I don't use it a lot but the wife tells me it's better than the Zanussi we had in the UK and I've noticed it's a damm site quieter although that's probably more due to the concrete floor.

H also reckoned the top loaders are real trash. What they don't destroy they don't get clean. JMO

jensteve

If you could see my face when I looked at that sight you would have laughed. Expensive or what, sorry but LG is a poor grade cheap electrical range bought out for the person on a budget I should know I used to sell them and the prices $1100++++++ is amazing. I'm buying a new one over here and bringing it with me and yes I will pay the tax because its worth it. Thanks anyway

JoB

jenny,

It is a known fact that front loader are far more efficient at cleaning you clothes than top loaders. With top loaders clothes stay generally on top of each other and twirl around the dirty water stay at the bottom due to gravity then just adgitates the bottom clothes and top don't get a look in. Front loaders disperse clothes even due to the extra help of gravity when the drum is turning clockwise or anticlockwise.

My advise is go for agood front loader but make sure you can get the spare parts for it when in Oz.

Jo

ps If you can get spare for a Bosch which magazine reacon it is one of the best. I know I've got one but then again my whirlpool was brilliant till it died after 11 years.

Megalania

Fact or Myth? Facts can be verified, Myths merely repeated.

The principal advantage of some front loaders is that they are small - a dryer can be stacked on top.

Daffy

Your msg is interesting as every electrical shop we have shopped at have totally recommented LG goods. We are fresh pommies in Adelaide (arrived June '03) and came with nothing. We have had to buy all new stuff incl electrical goods. We have bought LG tv's, LG toaster, LG fridge/freezer etc, etc. All the people we have spoken to here (retail or locals) have recommended 'LG'. Have most of the population of Adelaide been brainwashed???

On the other hand our washing machine is a 'Whirlpool', 7 kg, front loader $850. With the water restrictions set in SA we would not have considered a toploading machine.