My Washing Machine Is Broken, What Shall I Replace It With?

By Author: Zenil Shroff
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There are five models of washing machine which I would like to rate today. One model is the Electrolux Mediterranean blue washing machine which is front-loading with IQ touch controls. Another model is named the LG W15001CW, which is top-loading. Another model is the Bosch WFVC3300UC, which is front-loading. Yet another model is the Whirlpool WFW9050XW, which is front-loading, and the last model is the Hotpoint top-loader model, which may be called compact.

The prices of these washing machines range from inexpensive to moderate in expense. The Electrolux Mediterranean blue model costs £863.58. The LG W15001CW costs £585.80. The Bosch WFVC3300UC costs £679.01. The Whirlpool WFW9050XW costs £369.75. The Hotpoint top-loader compact costs £388.27. This is considering the exchange rate quoted on Friday, March 18th, 2011.

If one wanted to rate the efficiency, durability, temperature and quietness of the washing machines, Electrolux makes a brand claim that its washers emit the least noise. LG makes the claim that the agitator ...
... in its top-loading model W15001CW will allow clothes to be more balanced. The Hotpoint and Electrolux both make claims that the water temperature may adjust in subtle ways to clean light and white clothes more deeply. Whirlpool makes the effort to have Energy Star classifications on all of its washing-machine models, while LG has the 5.2 cubic foot capacity washer, the largest of all five models which I have rated. Bosch maintains the service quality of its motor and belts, whatever water temperature one may use most often in the washer.

Hotpoint stocks the greatest variety of washers; front-load washers, top-load washers, gas washers, and electric washers, even portable washers. The caution for readers on portable washers is to place them where gravity can assist the agitator, and allow the cycle to finish before interrupting it. Light, portable washers may not have the mechanical balance of other types. Many Americans like front-load washers, because one can see the dirty clothes washing through the transparent door. Even so, sometimes the rubber seals around a front-loading washer door may crack, so that water leaks, or burn as an aftereffect of an overly heated motor within the washer.

Top-loader washers have the effect that the clothes on the bottom attain to cleanliness quickly, but sometimes the user may pack the clothes in so densely that colors leak on white items or the agitator is unbalanced between heavy and light items.

The gas washers may not have a design which frees the lint which accumulates behind the agitator, so it is wise to buy a special lint brush carried by washer dealers. Also, check to see whether or not the closure around the top of the gas pilot light is loose and fasten that closure against the possibility of fire. The electric washers may not have a very secure door as the motor starts, or sparks from the motor may ignite the fan belt, causing some type of burning rubber smell. Please maintain the lint filter weekly, and check the motor and belts every year on a personal washer.