Indesit IN TS-1610

Advantages: Good value, good variety of washing programmes, energy efficient
Disadvantages: Noisy, unimpressive manual, long wash cycles, unreliable

...UPDATE on reliability at the end, but a quick synopsis is "don't buy an Indesit washing machine". This is the third Indesit washing machine I have owned which may be considered stupid – why have I needed three and why did I even consider a third? It’s not all doom and gloom. The first one, I sold to a friend, as the second one was on offer and had more functions and a faster spin speed. Nine years later the second one started to play up, not always spinning properly. I commented on PhilRoots’ Hoover washing machine opinion that mine would not last much longer, but I didn’t actually expect to be ordering a new one only 2 weeks later having mopped the floor about 20 times that week. I couldn’t complain – it had given me nine long years of good service. •• THE HUNT FOR THE WASHING... Read review

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Advantages: None
Disadvantages: Its Broken

...After 18 months my WD12X Indesit washing machine gave up the ghost, a repairman came, took one look at it, and said, it's an Indesit, they're always going wrong, it's not worth repairing. Searching on the web rapidly confirmed that indeed Indesit washing machines are always going wrong. To add insult to injury, my Indesit cooker (also 18 months old) went wrong the same week, which cost £60 to repair, and my Indesit diswasher is giving me cause for concern too. Indesit offered the usual fob off excuses you would expect, and in short showed no concern for the fact their machines break down so shortly after the guarantee expires. My advice, avoid Indesit like the bubonic plague, their machines are a waste of money.... Read review

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Advantages: none
Disadvantages: lasted 2 weeks before breaking down!

...I bought this machine as my previous one was a Hotpoint and I had nothing but problems with it, having it fixed a total of 7 times in the first month decided to buy the new Indesit upon recommendation. Within a couple of weeks things started going wrong with the machine, in total we had the engineer out 9 times in the first 3 months most of which were for different faults, we were on first name terms! I found out that Hotpoint had taken over from Indesit much to my disgust before my machine was made which may explain the problems! After ringing and writing and threatening customer services at Indesit/Hotpoint a total of 19 times I finally recieved a replacement machine which has worked ok for the first week fingers crossed! Unfortunately having no washing machine for the weeks inbetween waiting for parts/engineers I had a total of 6... Read review

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