Panasonic NA 147VB4

Its a very quiet machine compared to my old one.

Cycle times can be a bit long but within acceptable range.

Little known in the UK for their laundry products but easily in the same league as Siemens, Bosch, etc. The machine is easy to use, provides great results and looks good. Seems to be environmentally sound in both water and energy use.

build quality and good range of wash programs at good price with sale discount.

difficult to find a balanced load when washing small amounts of laundry, causing the machine to fail on spin cycle.

Large drum and able to wash several towels at a time

None found so far

Quiet during wash and spin cycles (even at high spin). Good choice of wash cycles. Advance Timer (able to set it to wash overnight during cheap rate electricty supply). Easy to use. Looks good. Good build quality. 2 year warranty.

A couple of wash cycles take quite a long time to complete.

It even has a visual countdown timer so you know how long a cycle has left

The machine looks good and is reasonably quiet. And it was discounted in the sale.

The automatic load adjustment/assessment for the spin is super-sensitive; as an example, it wouldn't spin when there was a single jumper in, I assume because it deemed the load to be unbalanced - yet one jumper is unlikely to set it off its feet. I am...

large drum

Energy efficency Range of programme Easy to use

None so far

This machine was a wonderful buy and as yet I have had no bad points that I can see.

No bad points.