Pros and cons but overall decent
4/5
If you have a Howdens kitchen this is one of the only models that fits (avoid Hoover that doesn’t!) so after initially ordering the Hoover then this, we had high expectations. Pros: extremely quiet, the flexi time settings - I can do a 90 degree towel/bedding wash in an hour, lots of different settings so overall impressed and it runs rings around it’s old Lamona (Howdens) predecessor in our kitchen. Cons: the dryer and I hate to say it as I had such high expectations after reading the reviews but there’s only one setting for 2:32 hours which in the current economic climate isn’t feasible for us so I give it 1 hour max then turn the dial to the top to stop it early (top tip haha you can do that on any cycle! - I suppose another pro) and when I did let it run for 2:32 with a light bedding load it came out boiling hot and damp so if you’re only spending the extra £ for the dryer feature like we did (tiny kitchen, no room for separate dryer and small house so no room really to air bedding & towels) maybe consider if you could sacrifice an extra cupboard for a dryer! Also worth noting if your knowledge of appliances is slim to none like me, you don’t need any extra water pipes or anything, as far as I can see and understand both the washer and dryer work from one pipe at the back (I struggled to find one info on that online - maybe it’s obvious?!) All that said I think a 4 star rating is fair, I was going to knock off another star for the delivery as we were messed around and I wasted a precious days annual leave where AO stood me up and I think it was quite poor how nothing was offered as an apology - even a 5% discount or small voucher would have been nice but anyway! Hope that helps someone as I scoured the net for all this info!
Sophie Durban