Westinghouse WWF8024M5WA (8kg)

I don’t often get excited about doing the washing, but I recently discovered the “extra dirty” setting on this machine and it’s basically miraculous. I avoided it at first because it’s 3 hours long, but decided to try it out one day when I ran out of laundry soaker. Usually I soak white socks, the toddler’s filthy daycare clothes, and my son’s… Read more

skid marked undies (separately!). For the modest price of three hours, this machine does the job of an overnight soak. The stains disappear with ordinary detergent! And so far hasn’t ruined the clothes, though I do use mesh bags for less hardy items. For what is a pretty cheap machine, it’s pretty great.

Upgrade after 20 years with old Westinghouse – I just went with another Westinghouse washing machine because my last one lasted so long and I’m so far not disappointed. I’ve had it for a couple of weeks only but it’s already impressive. I only use a cold wash and so far it’s all looking good. It’s much quieter than my old washing machine and it does have shorter washes but I can’t make them… Read more

cold so haven’t used them yet. It’s 8kg which is the perfect amount for my washing line and also means I’m doing one less wash per week. It only uses cold water and for the hot washes it heats up the water which is the same as my old one too. It has a bigger door so easier to load and apparently can easily fit a doona which seems appropriate. The settings seem easy to use and not complicated, I’m pretty happy so far. Hopefully I’ll get 20 years out of this one too!

Very good – It’s a great machine washes well especially diesel mechanics clothes on extra dirty wash. But I like to do fast loads when the clothes aren’t dirty or when I’m pushed for time and want full water level but not possible for mediums or full loads and you can only do low small loads on fast and you can’t use high spin so the clothes aren’t as dry of course when the fast load is finished. Show details

So far so good – Have only had this machine a short period now but seems to do the job it’s designed for. Unit is cosmetically pleasing with a rotary easy use dial for the different wash settings with an adjacent LED screen which shows time of wash plus the current status. The soap dispenser comes out easily for cleaning, as yet we haven’t removed the drain pump… Read more ·  1

section. Very quiet compared to our dinosaur top loader, spin cycle seems reasonable as well. Can choose temperature of the different wash programs and if you want to advance the process. There’s also a feature where you can pause the wash and add more clothes during the cycle Installation took them 5 minutes, from start to finish, very happy with our purchase so far

Great machine Westinghouse 8kg – Great machine great price working brilliant i recommend it very very quiet running had to go check it was actually working its that quiet better than my old simson top load that I had for 17 years

Bad design, poor quality control and a litany of diabolical supply errors – I bought the Westinghouse 8kg F/Loader, Model WWF8024M5WA to replace my Electrolux Front Loader, Model EWF1074 washing machine. Big mistake. This washing machine had defective feet that were seized solid into the chassis housing on each corner. It was impossible to adjust the feet unless one raised the machine off the floor. Even then, the poorly… Read more

designed, flimsy, supplied spanner was useless so a full sized spanner had to be used. The rear left foot was so tight the foot broke from the shaft / spindle so the washing machine had to be returned and exchanged for another. This was a brand new machine that had not been connected. Second machine – same issues but this time Good Guys Joondalup refused to exchange, and organized a warranty callout with a pathetic wait time of 10 days. According to the technician, on newer Westinghouse washing machines, the adjustment height range was limited to around 15mm. I managed to achieve a sort-of okay level. I also noticed that the machine top is uneven as depending where a spirit level is placed, levels varied. But the problematic REAR LEFT foot had been adjusted out to maximum of ± 6mm - any further outward adjustment would see the foot breaking off the spindle - just like the first machine. The technician said it (washing machine) should be okay as installed and left. Over the next few weeks, problems continued as the machine kept crawling away from the installation point when in use. So I ordered a set of 4 new feet. I was appalled as what they had sent was the two front feet and somehow, what was supposed to be the back feet, was a set of stove or oven switches. (See photos) After many calls and photos, I finally received the correct feet for the back and found they had considerably less adjustment leeway – about 10mm. Without installing the new feet, I finally managed to get the washing machine level enough so that it remained static in a washing cycle. Because I have had to adjust to maximum, I anticipate future issues so kept the supplied feet as a backup. Also, these feet are flimsy, poor quality and under-specified for a washing machine this heavy. And most importantly, one has to virtually dismantle the entire machine in order to replace the feet. The next issue was the white plastic caps that are used to fill the holes from the transit bolts. Impossible to fit as either inner or outer caps are oversized. Even after machining the retaining lips of the inner caps with a Dremel tool, I still had to push them in with a block of wood – nothing like what is shown in the manual. The supplied owner’s manual is riddled with paradoxes and misleading. Installation cannot transpire based on the instructions as set out - period. Clearly there is a production-line issue. Electrolux are aware of the issues and are fobbing us off. For a large company like Electrolux, service and after sales service is diabolical. As far as the Westinghouse 8kg F/Loader, Model WWF8024M5WA goes, it’s a noisy machine that makes odd noises throughout the various cycles and temperamental to load placement. One has to pack this washing carefully or the drum will move excessively and at times, appears to be out of balance and or out of round. Overall, highly NOT recommended.