Kitchen appliances chat

Thermomix or go home.

We have a Joseph Joseph totem.

It's nice, but I'd feel a bit mugged off if I'd paid for it (it was passed on to us from someone who switched to integrated rubbish bin)

Cheers. For some reason I thought they were a fair bit cheaper than that. Maybe I'll look at how much it is to get my Dyson refurbed before deciding.

How do you find this out? Might do the same thing instead of buying new

Good question. I'm sure someone on here has mentioned it. Although it does look pretty simple to take to pieces and switch a battery so maybe I'll just give that a try first.

Got one and it’s awesome.

Yeah, I don't think I would have gone for it at that price either. I went a bit crazy looking at YouTube vids and it seems like anything that's half decent and has replaceable batteries is £££. That one's a bit more as well because of the special pet hair roller it has but from what I remember all of thier cordless models are pretty much the same unit but with different attachments and number of batteries so you can find cheaper options if you don't need them.

Now I know the right place to ask.. What's good in washing machine and tumble dryer world? I've never bought either as I've lived in rentals until now. Budget of under 900 for both ideally. App support to tell me when a load has finished would be nice and the option to chuck bits in mid cycle when you forget a sock.

Also fridge freezers, budget of 800 top really if we need to spend that much. Ice and water would be nice.

Anyone got and brand recommendations or ones to avoid?

I can't say what's good but we have a Von Haus motion sensor one from Amazon and it's terrible (rubbish?), it's always seeing ghosts and opening on it's own, sometimes constantly unless I turn it off. Also it takes massive D batteries which I haven't seen in about 20 years. It wasn't even cheap.

our Shark vacuum detonated after 2 years. (700 something)
Floor unit part broke at the front, where the rollers mount.

Sharks 5 year warranty doesn't cover it, as it was "wear and tear" apparently.

It was relatively good for the time we had it, but I would expect it not to fall apart after a couple of years domestic use.
Will not be replacing with another Shark

I recently replaced ours with an LG, 10.5kg load. Decided against the 'smart' versions.
I rate the 5 year warranty (quite common with the Korean LG & Samsung brands) and 10 year warrantied direct drive motor (no belt).
Spent about £400.

For the tumble dryer, we have an integrated vented type. Not very energy efficient, but does a brilliant job.

I work at a uni so I can get 20% discount off Samsung appliances which makes them quite appealing..

10.5kg wifi connected models from Samsung look to be about £599 before your discount.
Samsung tumble dryers seem to be pretty pricey compared to the washing machine models though.

@Señor_Bear had one he was going to sell. IDK if he did, maybe message him.

Yeah I saw that the tumble dryers seem to be more - Will have to chat budgets again.

@hugo7 we're going to have to buy new and get it delivered I think. I'm in London now but moving to Lincoln so will be getting stuff sent straight there.

I don't own one, yet, but a mate, during the late Summer '20 opening up,
seemed to prepare a vegetable curry and separate rice, with minimal effort
whilst we chatted over a coffee.

I'm told the older, non-connected version is good enough.

Had my Samsung w/machine for a couple of years now and pleased with it. :)
This model

I have the non connected one and it’s a workhorse in the kitchen. I use it like a second cook, it can make hot emulsion sauces (bernaise, custard etc) risottos, and then do grunt work like making rice flour, crushing ice and making butter too.

Do you mean flavoured butters or actual butter?
And is it worth the effort of making your own compared to say, Kerrygold or a fancier Normandy butter?

Normal or flavoured. Home churned tends to be softer and less dense so spreads well. It is useful to be able to buy large pots of cream and then churn what’s left to make butter.

Definitely worth it and not just for bragging rights.

Looks like Samsung only do heat pump tumble dryers, which are much more efficient.

Having said that, looking at the energy C rating vented models and A+++ rated tumble dryers, the vented model uses 377 more KWH per year, over 160 drying cycles. Using 15p per KWH, thats about £56 saving per year on electricity.

It would take me about 9 years to recoup the additional cost of a £800 tumble dryer on a purely energy saving comparison.

I appreciate you doing this calculation for me. I think I'm being dazzled by the wifi and the appliances "talking" to each other so the washing machine tells the dryer which cycle to use then they beep me on an app when they're done. Just need a little robot to go switch the load between the machines and I'm in IRL the Jetsons.

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Awesome! thanks @giles337

I really wish my washing machine would hassle the shit out of me when it's done so that I remember to move loads as creases are so much worse when it's been sitting wet for ages... also the tumble dryer. Just gone to load it and found some stuff in there.