Cheap as Chips Machine that does the job (Beko WM5100)

Member Name: Surfbabe13

Product:	Beko WM5100
Date:	10/10/09 (193 review reads)
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Advantages: Easy to use, cheap to run

Disadvantages: none that I've found so far

My washing machine died about a month ago and with four adults in the house, two of which were getting ready to back to University I needed a washing machine quickly.

Now I'm not one of those people that believes that the more expensive the better and neither to I feel that the washing machine needs to sing and dance around the kitchen ............... I wanted a basic washing machine that would take a reasonable size load, had a 30 minute cycle (as lets face it most clothes only need freshening up), but could also do a hot hot wash for towels . It also needed to be at a price I could afford

So I spent the evening researching machines on-line including reading reviews on Dooyoo. I paid £169 from Co-op Online which included free delivery and I get Quidco Cash back as well.

The Machine itself is the white version. Its is wonderfully quiet and takes a 5kg load. However the 30 minute wash says to only load it with 2.5kg (whoever weighs their washing !) and so filling the drum only half full is quite easy and you are still using less power doing 2 loads like this than a full load at 40C.

I use washing powder that you just put in the drawer and fabric conditioner goes in the middle part. The powder doesn't always completely dissolve but I think that may be because the machine is a cold fill so it is cold water dripping on the powder not hot !

There are 16 different settings you can use - I have to admit that I have only used 3 of them and they all work perfectly well. Although the spin speed is only 1000 as opposed to some machines being 1200 or more, I have found that this is perfect for then being able to shake things and hang them on the washing line and they are not already creased from spinning.

All in all, I would recommend this machine if you are happy with a basic machine at a very reasonable price.

Summary: A cheap, basic machine that does the job it was intended for

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