Indesit W123

The Indesit W123 is the first brand new washer I've ever owned. I previously had a reconditioned Hoover Logic, which was wonderful when it worked, but was proving more and more unreliable as the years went on. My washer is shared with a working archaeologist, so it needs to be reliable. Believe me, you don't want to be washing Iron Age mud out of overalls by hand. My main criteria were healthy spin speed, quiet operation, energy efficiency, and price. The Indesit W123 has a maximum spin speed of 1200rpm. This was the minimum I was prepared to accept, since I live in a small flat with no drying facilities other than a pulley over the bath. The drier ...

Indesit have been making washing machines amongst other items for many a year now and so when choosing a new washing machine in November 2001, I had no qualms in choosing from this manufacturer - my only wish is that I had been active on DooYoo to check out reliability . ~ Machine Specifications ~ Front Loading washine machine . Loading Capacity 5 Kg dry weight Volume of water used in typical cycle 59 litres Construction type : Freestanding Spin Speed 1200 Min Wash efficiency classification : A Energy rating A Year of introduction 2000 . Dimensions : Width 60 Cm Depth 54 Cm ...

I bought one of these about 20 months ago from Currys. For 1st 18 months no problems (although normal 40 degree wash takes about 1hr 40 mins) but then strted to get very noisy on spin - I realised the main bearing had gone. I have to say that I would expect a main bearing to last at least 5 years. I called Indesit (Merloni) to arrange a repair and was told it would be £69:99 plus parts, I asked how much a bearing kit would be and was told £35 so total repair should be £105. Made an appointment and was very specific to make sure they told engineer it was a bearing problem. Day of appointment arrived and at 10am rec'd call to say engineer sick and appointment ...