There are lots of depressing things that I could write about, but they’re, um, depressing. So, instead, I’ll go shopping! Friends, I need to buy a new washer (and dryer?) for the new apartment.
I’d like your help. Have you purchased a washer in Israel? Let me hear your opinions! I need a small front loading washer similar to the one in the picture. Nothing too fancy (read expensive) but a good, durable machine that gets our clothes clean.
8 responses so far ↓
Judy // Nov 9, 2006 at 11:59 pm
You always get eitzos from people you didn’t ask … I really recommend you buy a more expensive German machine– Miele, Bosch or AEG. And whatever you buy, one which has a good variety of cool wash and short wash cycles. I had a Bosch that did all that in my previous house, which I moved out of in the summer. It was quiet, economical, did a fantastic wash job and was hugely reliable. I was foolish enough to be tempted by the offer of the free washer-dryer in my new home and sold off my Bosch for what seemed a good price. Aarrgh. The machine I’ve acquired doesn’t have a wash cool enough to do silk or woollens, which I have plenty of. There’s no short wash and the main wash takes forever. The dryer function is awful, inefficient and makes a horrible chemical smell. It must use huge amounts of energy for not very good results. Think about that — you may end up saving far more in water and electricity bills if you buy a good quality high end machine. Plus the noise/reliability issue….This is the first and last washer-dryer I have acquired. I now realise why other people who have washer-dryers have an awful lot of washing drying over radiators. You can alway stack a dryer on a washer….
John // Nov 10, 2006 at 6:06 pm
Thanks, Judy. I seriously want to hear personal experiences - so thanks! Anyone else?!
Yael // Nov 10, 2006 at 10:05 pm
AEG definitely. Little workhorses. And definitely get the dryer if you can afford it and have space for it. It saves time, keeps your apartment from looking like a chinese laundry and best of all –sooooo best of all –is in the deep winter when it is colder inside than out and with such humidity that things that are dry feel like they are wet, tossing your clothes for a 5 minute spin in the dryer in the morning and pulling them on warm and toasty starts your day off on a much better foot!
Katherine // Nov 11, 2006 at 10:37 am
on the one hand, my mom has had aeg appliances since my brother was born - he’s now 28 - and she just chucked them out a year or two ago, not because they didn’t work, but because she was bored with them! dishwasher, washer and dryer.
on the other hand, we went to odafim - there are branches all over, and we also went to an electrical goods shop on a kibbutz somewhere near Kfar Yona (maybe Y recognises it), and we ended up buying a Zanussi washer for 900 sheks (because it had a ding - it would have been a few hundred more without the ding), and it has worked most faithfully for a year and a half now.
good luck!
J.P. // Nov 11, 2006 at 9:42 pm
Here is a october 2006 test of front loaders, first name and nr, second average price and third the score on a scale from 1-100 (prices are in Lowlands €)
Miele W3521 1050 66
AEG Lavamat 62800 600 64
Electrolux Washy Talky
EWF 1444 870 64
Edy W-212 330 63
Bosch WAE 28460NL 650 63
Siemens WM14E46NL 650 63
AEG Lavamat 64800 680 63
Indesit WIL 142 330 61
Indesit WIL 145 350 61
Marijnen CMF Florijn 430 61
Electrolux EWF 1420 550 60
Candy GO 126-14 400 59
ZAnussi ZWF 1410
Trentino 400 59
Indesit WIL 125 330 59
Whirlpool Senseline 1200 400 58
AEG Lavamat 52600 480 58
Bauknecht WAK 8666 700 55
LG WD -1238 FBN 400 44
One should not be too much fixated on a name, LG, Whirlpool and Siemens belong to the Philips-
pool, with all this competition the average machine is a combination of parts from all over the world.
Sharon // Nov 11, 2006 at 10:38 pm
We just baought a new washer this August. It’s a Crystal something something. Not so high end, but very good. It’s economic, has a good variety of programs, and a spin cycle of up to 800RPM, which saves us a whole bunch in drying time (and electric bills on drying). We bought it at some online auction and ended up saving about 30% of the store price. If you do buy things online, I recommend midday weekdays, because then there are less bidders and prices tend to be much lower.
John // Nov 12, 2006 at 11:35 am
Thanks everyone!
Lisa // Nov 12, 2006 at 11:54 pm
Hey,
Good spin is really important (they call it ’salat’ or something which made me chuckle). Go into a shop to choose and then buy it for cheaper on zap.co.il!
Good luck!
L x
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