Hotpoint Aquarius WD420

Hotpoint Aquarius WD420: This is a GREAT washing machine! (225 words)
by Happy Shopper - written on 18/05/09
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This machine IS reliable and very easy to use!!!!! I think alot of people only come on to these websites to review products when something goes wrong!!!! I have owned my machine for 2 years now and have never had a problem with it at all. Its easy to use and has never ruined any of my clothes, leaked water or broken down! How many people do you think actually come on a website to comment on how great a washing machine is when they have had no problems with one and don't need a replacement!?!?! I have only searched the net for it because I was looking at washing machines online for my mom and thought I would see what the price of my machine is ...  Read the complete review

it washed my floor!!!!!!! (209 words)
by - written on 14/02/09 (Very useful, 108 readings)
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I was going to write a review to counteract the reviews that have already been written.... As up until 9am this morning my washing machine was fine. Owned it 2 years and never had a problem with it. However, this morning I found my kitchen and hallway under water. So now my laminate flooring is wrecked, only recently had it laid. Called a hotpoint engineer, but the money they wanted was crazy, so got a local bloke out who fixed it straight away, replacing the pump. £50 all in. He said these machines are always failing after a couple of years. Great! However, in general it is a decent machine. A monkey could use it, its easy to ...  Read the complete review

Hotpoint Aquarius WD420: Don't buy the machine and don't use comet (200 words)
by - written on 09/08/08 (Somewhat useful, 183 readings)
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Yep, another reviewer advising against buying this machine. They might as well have delivered it straight to the tip. We got this on special offer from comet at half the retail price. At the time we thought we'd found a bargain as it seemed to have everything we needed - including cycles for delicates and hand wash only items We'd had it about a week when the electrics went. It took comet 2 weeks to send out an engineer to look at it. The engineer said that we were very lucky not to be standing near it at the time, because the faulty electronics would have killed us as they blew. We decided to return it to the shop ourselves. ...  Read the complete review

Express Review on Hotpoint Aquarius WD420
by Tom J - written on 19/07/08
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DON'T BUY THIS MACHINE!
I bought one new for £350 and 18 months later it is going in the bin! After 3 months the electronics broke down and it refused to start a new program. It was under warranty so an engineer plugged in a laptop and reset it. Now after 18 months the electronics have broken again and its out of warranty. As its electronics only Hotpoint can repair it. They want to charge £160 to repair with a 1 year warranty. A quick look on the internet and talking to some independent repairmen shows that this is a very unreliable model. So who knows how long it would last after that year! I have decided to bin it and get a Bosch washing machine instead as the dryer function was useless anyway!

Hotpoint Aquarius WD420: I wouldn't recommend this (522 words)
by - written on 12/06/08 (Very useful, 803 readings)
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Oh my goodness! I have honestly never experienced such an unreliable machine! I bought my WD420 brand new, and had to call out an engineer within the first three weeks! Six weeks later, three more call outs, three new control panels, as it seems whatever goes wrong with the machine burns out the electrics, my machine was replaced. The handbook/instructions that you receive with the machine are incredibly vague, not even listing the most basic/common of fault codes. The main problem with this machine is that it has no external filter, so if it gets clogged, as it often does, as it seems incapable of washing dirty clothes or woollens, so it begins ...  Read the complete review