Hoover HNWL7166 > Reviews > Hoover washing machine

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Performance
Ease of use
Durability
Noise
Value for money

Advantages:	Energy efficient, can handle big loads
Disadvantages:	Can make a few noises some times, but nothing mager at all .

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

Full review

Not quite a year ago me and my family needed to purchase a new washing machine, so we ended up looking through quite a few
brands, as you do.

We wanted one that was energy efficient, not to complicated and could handle a vaste amount of washing, as are other one
gave out the ghost from over loading and living in a hard water area.

So in the end after swaying from one brand to another we ended up on this Hoover brand and i have to say it really has
fulfilled all our washing needs.

First of all most importantly it can handle a good 6kg to 7kg of washing, which is great where my family is concerned!

It doesn't have a fancy LCD display which is actualy a good thing as the controls are less likely to go wrong because you've got less technical things to deal with, it also
features a handy balancing mechanism which stops it from vibrating across your kitchen floor and just basicly helps to spin
your clothes more evenly, which i think is great!

The one thing i love about this washing machine is not only does it have a sleek design, but you can also customise your
wash, simply by choosing what wash programe you would like as well as, the speed you want it to be spun at, which is great
if you have a lot of washing that you don't want to be spun to fast. Plus you also have three time indicators which range from one hour, 45 minutes and 15 minutes, which is handy as you can see how long your wash has left to go.

You can also choose the 15 minute spin cycle, which is good if you have some wet hand washed clothes and the weathers not
looking to good out side.

I have noticed that the 15 minute spin cycle in my experience actually only seems to take about 7 minutes, but i think this is because i haven't spun a very heavy load of washing yet. Although when i have spun any colthes that i have hand washed in the past this machine has always got a lot of the water out, even when i've spun my jeans and big fluffy dressing gown together! Which is great as i've noticed due to it spinning the clothes so well they take less time to dry. And like for most of us any thing that saves time is most definitely worth it's weight in gold!

Plus this machine has a whole host of other functions, such as a stain blaster, which seems to be pretty effective,
delayed start and being able to stop the machine whilest in full flow, It also has a temprature dial which ranges from as
low as 30 degrees all the way up to 90 degrees, but to be honest i find that my clothes are just as clean at 30 degrees,
which is great as it uses less energy.

Also another handy function that this machine has is being able to choose from three different time settings if you wish to delay the start of your washing. The times range from 3 hours, 6 hours and 9 hours. This would be most usefull if , one you had to go out some where or sort the kids out and just didn't have the time to start the machine up there and then, plus two, say if you were to tired then you could just delay it to the 6 or 9 hour settings and the machine would automaticly start by it's self when you woke up. Basicly in some cases this could be a great time saver.

There are also energy efficient programes, which are just as effective at getting your clothes clean as all the others are.

Basicly in my expirience this machine is a lot easier to use than others i've expirienced in the past, hence the dials as opposed to an LCD display as i said earlier
in my review and the fact that you can customise it to your own specifications, as i've found all this really does help to
speed the whole process up.

Luckly we managed to get this machine for just under £280 from Tesco online, which i think isn't bad for it's capabilities
and the fact that else where it tends to coast more.

The only down sides i can think of and it's a very minor one, is it can make a few kind
of squeeky noises at times, but having said that you soon tune that out and plus it's much quieter than some washing machines
that's for sure!

So in all i'd definately say it was well worth the money and time that we spent looking for it.