Programmes are very, very long
2/5
Long, long wash and dry cycles.
Pro's - It's very quiet, has a lovely big drum and washes and dries very well. The 15 min cycle is handy for the odd item needed in an emergency.
Cons - wash cycles are all very long. Apart from the 15 min wash all the others are 2 hrs plus. There is a wool wash at 55 mins but it only spins up to 600rpm so you'd need to do a further rinse and spin for 30 mins, so no better off really. Most machines today offer a 45 min wash cycle, which I much prefer.
Dry cycles are 3 hours plus so it takes around 5 hours to do a single load. Just as well it has a big drum but of course, although you can wash 10kg, you can only dry 6kg. I also note that you can't stop the dryer mid cycle, it won't unlock the door.
The wash and dry cycle take more than 10 hours so unless you do your washing overnight, don't pick this.
Apart from the inconvenience, I'm concerned about the electricity cost of this machine so wouldn't recommend.
I regret this purchase but I'm stuck with it now.
First item from AO that's disappointed.