I had this washing the Hoover HNWL7146 washing machine/dryer in my house in my second year at university. It came with the house so i don't really know how much it cost but it was an extremely good washing machine for a year. It was run around 20 times per week as we had 8 people using it to both wash and dry their clothes. As you can imagine being a student, the amount of dirty clothes per wash is roughly a bedroom floors worth and the hoover dealt with them brilliantly. It has no digital display but a dial instead which has 15 different programmes to choose from, even though most people will only ever use one or two. You can wash at 90 degrees all the way down ...  Read the complete review

When my tumble dryer packed up, as it would happen it was roughly the same time that my washing machine packed up. It never rains but it pours! Well, I've always been against the idea of a combined washer/dryer as opposed to a separate washer and dryer. Two main reasons... 1 - If you have a washer/dryer and it breaks, then you're stuck without a washer or a dryer (mind you, if the washer is broken there's not much point in having a dryer anyway!) 2 - I wash a LOT. So when the first load of washing is finished I want to be able to put another load of washing in straight away - and not have to wait an hour or whatever while the first load goes ...  Read the complete review