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 ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review

First i would just like to say before i write about this machine that the people at Currys where very helpful to me in getting my machine replaced. 8 months ago i bought a indesit w123 washing machine within 2 months the powder draw leaked 2 months after that the metal top cracked 1month after that the door leaked, so after that problem i decided to get round too phoning there repair centre. I was given a date for the repair man to come round and look at my machine, and on that date he did so. I was told that he would need 2 weeks to get replacement parts and would give me a date when he could come back, the date was 2 weeks from that day. So my wife took the hole ...  Read the complete review

Well, luckily I have never had to have any involvement with Indesit/Merloni. I have had my machine for some 6 years, and (I hope I'm not tempting fate saying this) I have never had any problems. The settings all seem to produce perfectly good results and the spin speed is enough that shirts can be dried in the air within an hour. All in all I have no complaints with the exception of the cycle length, which could do with being a bit shorter. But I am happy, especially for the price that I paid. ...  Read the complete review