Ic. Yup u are right. But so far ok. Those I bought, still new models, only tv changes, washing machine, built in oven etc the models do not change so far, so it is still ok.

And I bought earlier I save money too becos electrolux electrical appliances etc like washing machine etc price all are just up 1 to 2 mths back.

I bought getha king size harmony mattress last year at rm3800 after discount nett price. This year is rm4200 after discount nett price. Some of the things buy earlier are still good.

This post has been edited by westlife: May 8 2014, 12:19 PM

Size depend on how often you wash and what is the largest item you gonna wash (example comforter),

7 to 8 kg for 3 person is more than enough unless you change a lot of cloth everyday

If you want to wash queen or king size comforter then at least 10kg or more


normally front load use less water, more gentle to cloth and heater function (make detergent to work harder)

top load wash time shorter, can throw in extra cloth any-time, cheaper and few model also have heater function.



*sorry the other way round edited.

This post has been edited by mcloudteo: May 8 2014, 09:35 PM

When my WM was new, I tested with my company's decibel meter only register 20dB.
But now when it is spinning ~75% load, the noise are quite loud.
Any WM when new their spinning noise are minimum.

oh... that's good news
i dowan to have loud loud once. how about now? borrow me decibel meter can ah

once when WM reach and once when its 1 year from the first date

I can't as I no more HSE engineer now

kidding oly la bosssss

If can sure I will borrow. Industrial grade equipment I have more trust as they are calibrated every 3 months, so the accuracy can be 99%

can test
1. WM
2. fans
3. aircon
4. ambient noise in each room

repeat these every half annually to see what has degraded most!

1. degrade faster when you put close to full load all the time.
2. gets dirty and turn slower, after clean will still more or less the same.
3. blower unit won't really generate much noise, but the compressor unit may.
4. my house are quite far from main road.

For 2 and 3, as the motor are running on constant load, so won't really have effect much.

that's why
1. i only run full load once a week. is that more savvy than partial loads more often? it terms of water and electric savings and machine wear and tear?
2. if keep windows closed = less dusts. if wipe weekly then its good
3. hopefully stays that way. my old lg starts creaking (the swivel blades)
4. mine near factory

1. my water bill only rm5-8 every month and wash 1 time partial load take about 1 unit.
2, 3. can only say regular cleaning is the only way.

I bought the panasonic top loader eco navi NAFS16G3 for RM1800 plus RM320 for 1+4 extended warranty. Reason is, I am scared the board will burn after 3 years and I dont have warranty...

Anyway, the reason I bought was the control board at the back of the washer instead of in front. For a top loader, the control at the back makes more sense as you wont wet it when you load in presoaked clothes and when taking out clothes to dry.

I was looking around for toshiba but did not see any at RM1600 for 16kg! Most units I saw are rather expensive.

Been washing 4 comforters since I bought it.... saved Rm80 dobi fees...lol... It is awfully quiet...I keep forgetting it is on!

What u said abt top and front load terbalik liao....

Ya, top load use more water, front load use less water.
But top load's water won't cost bomb to ur water bill one la.. unless u wash it everyday few times for whole month.

homedec!!!

the land of deals! i saw a massive 17kg one (older model) for 1750. but then i gian want super direct drive

toshiba is so quiet that it needs a massively loud beep to tell you to dig out its internals

Yea I know I typed it wrongly anyway edited.


btw I know it won't cost a bomb as I used to have 3 Top Loader, Panasonic, Toshiba and Hitachi and 2 Front Loader National and Hitachi WM


TL 1 at my family 2nd house, 1 my mom currently using and another 1 when I was studying.

FL National(now called Panasonic) my mom previous old long lasting WM and my own house Hitachi


btw I did calculate how it cost at my previous post can refer to here TL vs FL running cost (post 1372)

This post has been edited by mcloudteo: May 9 2014, 02:15 PM

Front load always use lesser water compare to top load WM.
But for the same price you are going to spend, FL's max capacity are always smaller than TL's max capacity.
Seen the most reputable FL WM, it do uses lesser water compare to cheaper models and even perform better than TL by 0.5l. But you need to pay extra rm1200 just to safe 0.5l of water each wash

Sellers always comparing the WM based on max load and will take a 10KG TL compare to 8KG FL.
Also, FL uses more power compare to FL. If each day a FL uses 1-2 unit more, 1 month already 60 units. You can do the maths on this.

Is it
Before I commit a purchase, minimum shops I visit will be 10-20. Usually Homdec will put MSRP and then give some discount for it which still 20-30% more expensive than those no name shops

i love convenience and would pay for it

example

i visit 10 shops (minimum) and spend RM5 on petrol to and fro from each shop. That's RM50 doing research.

then the time-value

I spend 15 minutes haggling, and average 30 minutes travelling to and 30 minutes travelling back. 1.25 hours.

x10 that would be 12.5 hours.

so to save a maximum 30% on the 1600 offered or RM480, i would need to spend RM50 in fuel and 12.5 hours of research.

if i go to homedec

using the same methodology

i visit 1 shop with similar petrol = RM5. i spend 1.25 hours, and i get 15.7% discount (1899 - 1600) or RM299.

Well, nobody asked you to visit the shops individually.
The shops that I visit most of them are fall on half way to my place to my mother's house, place to take lunch. Even Courts are nearby my house and I always pass by there.

Yea same to me, I will pay for the convenience too as long as it's in my acceptable range. lazy to travel here and there, visit here visit there, waste my time and energy to talk to sales