Hoover WDM130

Advantages: Good value for money. Fast spin. It DRIES!
Disadvantages: It doesn't always spin. Drying can take AGES.

My Hoover doesn't suck, because it's a washer dryer, not a vacuum cleaner! Now THAT'S cleared up, we can continue. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Background and Introduction ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ As some of you may already know, I grew up in the States. Washing machines in the States are BIG - they are top loaders, and often have a room or part of a room (often the basement - oh, how I MISS basements *sigh*) to themselves. Next to the ...
...~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I bought a Hoover 6 1300 Express Combined Washer Dryer. It can wash 6 kilos of laundry and dry 2.5 kilos (I'd like to know, though, who weighs their laundry before washing?) It has a maximum spin speed of 1300 rpm. It can wash at 90, 60, 50, 40, 30 degrees Celsius, or you can use the Express Wash feature, which washes the clothes at the ambient temperature of the incoming water. It also has an extra rinse feature for ... Read review

Advantages: Washer and Dryer in one
Disadvantages: CRAP - COMPLETELY LET YOU DOWN

...was looking for and a Hoover WDM130. The Hotpoint one only had a small drum and didn't hold a lot of washing - no good with 4 kids. So I opted for the Hoover WDM130, knowing I would be walking out of the shop with it, (not actualy walking WITH it in my arms) but at least tonight I could do some of the mountain of washing waiting for me at home! It Cost me £349.99 and I got a managers discretion with a little haggling and go £40 off this price, I ...
...and have recently had call Hoover out for the 2nd time to fix the broken door hinge, this seems to be made rather cheeply and doesn't look at all very strong, so I suppose it will break again? I also had trouble in getting in touch with Hoover/Creda, as they did not seem to want to answer the phone at all and kept me waiting for ages on the line after pressing all sorts of numbers 1, if you want this option 2, if you want that one etc, eventually ... Read review

Advantages: Huge capacity, quiet spin, energy and water efficient
Disadvantages: Only the picky one mentioned above, but that could just be me...

...from the rest. The Hoover Six range are nice looking machines, and have very clear controls. However, the first thing you notice is the drum - it's MASSIVE! Big enough to take a 6kg load of washing, which is where the range gets it's name from. Doesn't sound like much, I know, but 6kg of dirty socks is A LOT of socks, especially if you consider that a king-size quilt cover weighs about 1.5kgs - yep, you guessed, I weighed it! It also has a quick ...
...a little concerned that this may wear the selector mechanism quickly, but I guess only time will tell. Like I said, only a very minor gripe, and as the machine is covered by a 5 year parts guarantee from Hoover I guess I shouldn't have anything to worry about. ... Read review