[sjl]

washing machine has crapped itself tonight. bosch is highly recommended on this site but from my research there's 6-5kgs arround $1000 then there's a big jump in price for the 8kg ...no 7kg on offer which is what i'm use too. there 's only 3 in our family but intending to have one more child.

i wash heaps don't need bells and whistles just a good working reliable machine. should i look for an alternate brand up to $1200 in price or go for a 6-5 kg bosch? thoughts appreciated.

know any good deals in brisbane at the moment?

[belindam]

I got the 8 kg bosch last December - also had the argument with my DH who thought the 6.5kg would be fine.

Most of the time the 6.5kg probably would but I'm really glad I bought the 8kg - its a brilliant washing machine. Its more expensive not just size but for other reasons (which dont come to mind right now..)

There is only 3 in our family too.

[mumto3princesses]

Hi,

We got a new washing machine a few months ago. I can't help brand wise as we didn't want to spend the $$$$ and just went with a Fisher and Paykel one. Happy with it though compared to the ancient one we had.

Heaps of people were really surprised that we didn't go for a big machine though being a family of 5. But we actually just went with a 5.5kg one which is 500g more than the one we had anyway. I guess it depends on how much you wash but that works fine with us. I don't throw everything in together and seperate uniforms etc so wouldn't fill a big machine up anyway.

[Guest_keylimepie~_*]

We bought a FL Bosch years ago, for over $1000 & used it for about 6months until we got so frustrated with it. It couldn't handle doing more than 2 towels at a time, otherwise it'd jump all over the place. Not to mention the bed SHEET we could do one at a time. I felt like I was constantly doing washing as it was so small, we were only a couple at that stage, no kids!

By chance we were given a top loading fisher & pykel 8kg machine. It's worked brilliantly for the past 8 years (second hand as well).

I'd go a bigger less fussy machine. I wouldn't bother with anything digitally displayed either. I was chatting with a repair man recently who said that the new machines with the digital displays were keeping him in business. They do the same job as the turn dials.

[sammyv]

I would definately go with 8kg. I went from a 6.5kg Fisher & Paykel to an 8 kg Fisher and Paykel a couple of years ago and the size makes a huge difference.

I would highly recommend a Fisher and Paykel - the first one (6.5kg) lasted over 10 years, and 4 of those years where when my children were babies, and I was doing at least a couple of loads a day.

[iavy]

I got a 12 month old barely used current model Bosch on ebay for $300 last year. I did have to go without a washing machine for a few weeks to get the one i wanted but I am so happy. I could not afford the $1700 for a new one but did loads of research and thought a second hand Bosch was much better value than a new cheap machine

Good luck

[FluffyOscar]

My next one will be an 8kg. I'm looking forward to being able to wash doonas, quilts and underblankets myself instead of taking them to my mum's. And I only have 2 children.

[vonnegutesque]

I would say the 8kg as we recently bought a 9kg FL (ours is Electrolux though, not Bosch, but just love it). If you're planning on getting a good quality machine that will last past the time when you have more children, get the bigger one.

[ziz]

Definitely go for the bigger one - I lived with a 5.5kg FP for year and OMG the difference moving up to the 8kg is fantastic.....I can do two loads of bedlinen without the darn thing beeping at me to untangle it lol! Personally I love Fisher and Paykel too - we have always had great experiences with all their appliances and on the odd occasion something has gone wrong their repairs service has been great too.

Good luck!

[BlackWolf]

Hi

I bought a 10kg LG for around $1,100 and absolutely Love it, I can wash all the Towels at once, all the kids bed linen in one go, it fits my King size Doona Cover, both sheets and 4 pillow cases in one go.

It has options like Rinse & Spin Only (great for bathers, forgotten loads etc, Speed Wash, Delay option, Soak option with 15min increments, I can select a hot wash/cold rinse. Takes seconds to select options and is a quiet machine (purhased a 5yr warranty so I am extremely happy).

Good Luck - go the bigger size for sure!

This post has been edited by BlackWolf: 29/11/2009, 07:46 AM