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Our water broke, but we made a little dyke, | by klaranth | 2006-11-19 12:55:59 |
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Alternative: Washing /dryercombinations. | by klaranth | 2005-11-29 08:05:21 |
| Not for wash-dry but other "combo" |
by SciSSorS |
2005-11-29 08:31:21 |
things (everything-in-one audio thing, or in PC-land CD-dvd reader+burner, or in "hardware tools": one machine doing drilling + screwing + (forgot the third one) : you pay for the convenience of having one thing to store (or grasp), but when one is broke, three are gone. And repairing the broken "feature" is often more expensive than buying the single-feature tool.
For washing machines: I 'd say go with VoxWomans advice.
You needed the thing that broke now, when you bought it 15 years ago, and it "served its time". Most of the machines are "end of life" after some 15 years, if you make it last longer you had a very good one.
So what are your needs TODAY ?
I won't tell you to go "big spender" on it, but watch out.
You referred to a dutch site: there's the "consumentenbond" (www.-.nl) for more or less "local" info.
If your household has shrunken/grown in these 15 years, maybe you 'd better search a smaller/bigger machine. (They are more efficient when almost full)
Some brands have essentially the same machine, with a different sticker.
Think that applied to Bosh - Siemens , and of course Philips - Whirlpool.
In Belgium Test-Aankoop (www.-.be of course) has that kind of info as well, but I don't know which part of their side is "open" and which part is "members only".
The very cheap machines will often cost you more than some of the expensive ones, if you take in account their "efficiency" and "consumer cost" over the (expected) 15 years. If it doesn't last even that, it's always "cheaper TODAY but ..."
That said, I remember my mom talking about a washer she bought in early 60s: did over 15 years, and was one of the first "1000+ rpm" machines, so when it rained outside the indoors drying time was still reasonable.
She replaced it with a (convert from BEF ...) 800-euro machine when it broke in the (very) late 70's, then again started making a "washing machine fund" which she needed only some years ago. At that time, she was on a 2-person household, but with frequent visits of grandchildren: she spant almost 1000 euro on a Bosh washer (no dryer though)
But again: consumentenbond and test-aankoop (mind the dash which is NOT a washing powder brand) have lots of info. |
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THANK you. Very explainatory. :) | by klaranth | 2005-11-29 08:36:09 |
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