Hisense HWFS1015AB (10kg)

So far, so good. Updated – Update, December 2025 We’ve now had the machine for 20 months, and could literally not be any happier. There’s a big range of cycle options- enough to keep virtually anyone happy. The washing time is great- we mostly use cold water and a 49 minute cycle, as that typically does a great job. Occasionally we use other cycles all of which very work well depending on items being washed etc. Especially on cold wash, the machine is very power and water efficient. However if you have a big, dirty load there are heaps more options, and you can choose your water temp. There’s supposed to be a wifi connect option, but I didn’t see the need for it so haven’t tried it again- (first attempt on day one failed). Wifi strength in our laundry is certainly a bit iffy anyway. We occasionally use the automatic detergent dispenser, which works just fine - however my wife has gone back to adding detergent manually most of the time as she simply prefers that. Would we buy it again, (assuming it continues to be 100% reliable)? Absolutely yes, very happy with our purchase at this point.

Original review: We have had this machine for only two days, so I’d call this more “initial impressions” so far, rather than a full review. (It’s replaced a twelve or thirteen year old 7.5 kg LG front loader which was starting to regularly trip a circuit breaker, so not worth paying to attempt to repair. The old machine has done well, and done a lot of work!) We’ve done three loads of washing so far in the new Hisense 10kg front loader, and again, so far (ie: early days), my wife and I are very happy. I’ll update this review after a while. We liked the looks, the price, the features, the range of cycles, the water and power efficiency, and THREE years manufacturers warranty rather than the usual two, as with most other brands. There are a large range of cycles, with virtually all allowing options on temp and spin speed, and functionality includes UV for sterilisation, and steam, and auto detergent and softener dosing (which we will likely try later on).

Installation: dead easy, with four transit bolts to remove, one pressure water hose (cold water) to hook up, and one drain hose for the laundry tub. In my opinion, a good test is just diving straight in without reading the manual. My wife often struggles with “tech”, but had no trouble when she did this, and had NO trouble at all navigating around the controls. Once you set a particular cycle, you’ll get an initial rough time estimate and you can then adjust both water temp, and spin speed from the cycle defaults - not all speeds and temps are available on all cycles. (As with virtually ALL front loaders, some of the heavy wash cycles are quite lengthy, but you’d only need these for very heavily soiled items. Some cycles have up to 1500rpm spin, but we used the quick “49” min cycle initially for a load of four towels and four cushion covers, with a 800rpm speed. Results were excellent, and the towels etc came out needing only a very short line dry in the sun! At a wild guess, I’ll suspect we will use this cycle the most. (There’s also for example a very quick 15 min cycle.)

Whilst the first cycle was working away, I started reading the manual, and will hopefully finish that over the next day so I understand everything as well as possible, but initial impressions are that it’s all rather straight forward. Just one minor problem encountered at this stage: I’ve yet to succeed hooking up the wifi /app functionality, as the first attempt failed, (didn’t recognise the product bar code) so I’ll try again later, though that’s NOT a deal breaker, and certainly not a major reason why we bought the machine.