Fisher & Paykel QuickSmart Front Loader

Firstly, wished I had read these reviews before purchasing my washing machine. Never have used / purchased a front loader, never again would I purchase one after using my Fisher & Paykel washer... I have had it for 4 months, when my laundry / kitchen flooded due to the rubber (bellow) at the door had torn!! My washing machine door was no longer sealed... Put a service call in, they arrived next day - great, but did not have the part to fix it in the van with them!! Now waiting for them to return... They could not find a more flimsy / thin ...

I bought this machine specifically for its quick wash function which is only 30 minutes. Its a great time saver and washes well. Easy to use dial for selecting the program want. I especially like the drum clean function which washes the machine through as super hot cycle. Great value for money and simple to operate. Would definitely buy and fisher and paykel washing machine in the future, this one hasn't let me down yet.

The washing machine has a lot of features to make your clothes clean and look great. The machine is not harsh on the clothes items provided you separate the clothes and choose the appropriate cycle. It has a 15minute and 30-minute option, and an everyday option which I use a lot for 1 hour, steam refresh for shirts, doona covers not a problem, the machine is so quiet on all spin dry cycles and no hopping around the laundry. I have had this machine for nearly 2 years and I'm very pleased, it was a good price.

Fisher and PayPal have continued there quality workmanship with this model. I speak with experience having had one for fifteen years now and still working well. The controls are simple to understand and easy to apply. If you are a bit on the lazy side and throw all types of clothes in it will still handle it ok. The machine will do delicates without any damage to clothes. At the end of the wash the clothes are almost dry.

This machine handles every thing from dooner covers, blankets, work clothes, along with all wool jumpers, so there really is great versatility with this machine. The spinning cycle is absolutely fantastic and if required can be ran as many times as you like, which is great for blankets.

This is a great machine! Never had any issues! Washes my clothes really well! Plenty of features and controls easy to use. I use the 30 minute wash cycle and if want something cleaned super well I pick a longer setting.

Got mine 4 years ago and wouldn’t recommend washing towels or bedsheets unsupervised. It will try to balance the weight by slowly spinning. Instead of stopping and provide an error code after a few tries like my previous F&P top loader does, it just rebalances until you manually stop it! Few times when I set the timer , it was still revaluing after a couple of hours!
The section for softener fills up with water or sometimes still left with 1/2 the softener after the wash.
Would change back to top loader once this one dies.

we are a family of 3 , machine used 3 times a week
started off well for a couple of years, quiet and did the job
after 3 years started getting noiser
after 5 years , lights missing of display and not switching between wash and spin cycles.. you have to stop and restart spin and rinse cycle manually
would expect better than 5 years from a mid range machine
too expensive to repair, won't buy F and P again.

reliable , I had a top load and current front load, both work well and quiet which was a sought for when i looked for a washing machine
another good feature i like is the front door it bigger than usual washing machine, easy to put in and take out clothes
i usually wash cotton made clothes, but it does have lots other options

Had the F&P WH9060J3 machine for about a month. Previously had a Samsung front-loader some years ago which was a POS and I swore I'd never have another front loader - the only reason I have the F&P front loader is that it was bought as a gift for me.

My clothes are usually only lightly soiled while my partner works in construction and his clothes are regularly heavily soiled. I am using quick, cotton, everyday, delicate and heavy load settings to wash our clothes, bedding, towels and other linen, and often setting water temp. to cold (except...

I've never believed front loaders clean clothes better than top loaders but have moved to tank water so thought I'd give one a go to save water. Absolute joke. NOTHING comes out clean although I am only using everyday cycle because 2+hrs for cotton cycle is ridiculous. Any water savings would be wiped out by extra power usage. I'm only washing normal clothes not really dirty stuff so as soon as house renovations are finished this piece of junk will be replaced by a top loader that may use more water but at least clothes come out clean.

From the start this machine vibrated horrendously in use, just washing the family clothes. It used to travel across the floor. I had to brace the underfloor to cut down on the vibration. After 5 years, the main bearing gave up. The repair tech said it wasn't worth replacing the bearing as the machines are too hard to pull apart and by the time we had covered his labour costs, we'd have paid for a new machine. So we had to buy a new machine (Bosch this time)

Extremely disappointed with this machine. It's only three years old and has serious rust and metal peeling issues on one side. Sitting beside a wall, we didn't notice until we were moving house and now we've been told it's outside the two year warranty. I would expect a washing machine to last more than two or three years. Feel like they should last ten! Especially at this price point. Very poor build quality.

Being a mum of three, I do a daily wash usually a 30 minute quick wash we mainly wear cottons, nothing is ever clean with three young children. My husband works in earthmoving so most of his clothes get dirty at times. Any spills dirt and marks come out and never had any issues with clothes coming back out uncleaned. I do my all my bedding and sheets every weekend, I usually do them on the heavy load which takes around 1.5 hours and sometimes prepare it for the night before with the timer to ensure my washing is done by the time I wake up, make...

I have had good luck with Fisher Paykel appliances and this continues that good trend. It works fine for washing clothes 2-3 times a week.

Amazingly quiet, I have it on some thick foam washing machine feet and I don't even hear it when I'm just one wall away. It's also very stable, you can leave things on top of the washing machine and they don't fall off during the cycle. Cleaning it is very easy, it's got a drum clean cycle which takes just under 1 hour, and the pump filter is easy to access at the lower right behind a panel.

This "J" model...