Disappointed (Bosch WFF 1401)

Member Name: lillabelle

Product:	Bosch WFF 1401
Date:	22/03/01 (1615 review reads)
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Advantages: It has not actually broken down yet!

Disadvantages: Inefficient washing and spinning

I am very disappointed with my Bosh Wff1401. I bought it because it was voted Which Magazines best washing machine. I had had a Zanussi for 12 years and it was begining to not wash and spin as well as it had done. I decided to replace it with the Bosh. Sadly the Bosh does not wash or spin any more efficiently than my old Zanussi did after 12 years! The programmes are over long and it intermittently leaks from the door. The engineer I called out about this problem said it was because the door rubber was not clean (I do clean it regularly but obviously do then put dirty clothes in my machine!) and I was probably over filling it (at the time I had just tried to was a hand towel and a pair of light weight trousers)! It is also meant to be really economical by not using much water. This is a false economy in my view. As in reality the capacity of this machine is smaller than my old machine (even though according to the literature it should not be) I am doing at least twice as many loads of washing per week, and it takes at least twice as long for each wash to be completed. Clothes come out still dirty (cuffs collars etc), not well spun (so take ages to dry) and are wearing out much quicker. Possibly I just have a 'Friday' machine! By the way the engineers seem to think it is functioning normally! I shall not be buying another Bosh thats for sure.

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