Jump to content

Recommended SIMPLE washing machine

jenevers

By jenevers
in Boat Equipment

 Share

Featured Posts

swift1894 Proficient

swift1894

Posted
Posted (edited)

If your after a small one the Candy has good reviews here.

Thanks.

My old one is a Candy (full size) and it's been great for 14 years. I'd like another so I'll check their range. Can't get the link from your message though.

Nothing (except a dolly tub & ponch) is much simpler than a twin-tub, which also has the benefit of using a fraction of both the water and electricity used by an 'automatic'.

 

Worthy of consideration ?

Errr ..............nope!?

Edited by swift1894
Link to comment
Share on other sites
dor Veteran II

dor

Posted
Posted

I think the older Candy's were fairly tolerant of the waveform Model AQ600 I think. This is no longer supplied and its replacement, the AQ1100 is more sensitive having electronic components.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Nightwatch Veteran II

NightwatchDonate to Canal World

Posted
Posted

The Zanussi compact machine uses basic rotary controls and runs fine off our PSW inverter. No idea how tolerant of gennies it is, though.

Ditto. Works fine off our Sterling inverter. Cold fill only, but we fill from HW tap via short hose. Saves oodles of battery power.

 

Not cheap but very good.

Martyn

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Bettie Boo Experienced

Bettie Boo

Posted
Posted

I have a slime line Candy that is 2 & 1/2 years old, works just fine for me. 'im at the back insists that the engine is running when I do a load of washing, but it works just fine like I say, and will do up to a 7kilo load so all is good when it comes to washing his heavy work cloths and or the bedding.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
valrene9600 Experienced

valrene9600

Posted
Posted (edited)

I have a slime line Candy that is 2 & 1/2 years old, works just fine for me. 'im at the back insists that the engine is running when I do a load of washing, but it works just fine like I say, and will do up to a 7kilo load so all is good when it comes to washing his heavy work cloths and or the bedding.

Yes engine running it runs via pure sine wave inverter but with the frame genny on the inverter by pass kicks in and the w/ machine gets the modified wave or whatever comes from a cheap frame genny.

Edited by valrene9600
Link to comment
Share on other sites
Guest

Guest

Posted
Posted

Our candy aqua 1000t will not run on our frame genny. That is with cold wash so no heater and it just stops and starts. Sometimes just sits idle for a long time.

Likewise. It has a meltdown if we try to run on the genny. Great on the PSW inverter.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
mross Influencer

mross

Posted
Posted

This is as simple as they get and can be stored in the shower. Wash or rinse takes a max of 15 minutes and spin is 5 minutes. Fill with warm water from sink using bucket. Cheap at £94. see reviews on Amazon. Works very well and spin is very good. It#s very low power.

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00QHB2GW6/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Guest

Guest

Posted
Posted

This is as simple as they get and can be stored in the shower. Wash or rinse takes a max of 15 minutes and spin is 5 minutes. Fill with warm water from sink using bucket. Cheap at £94. see reviews on Amazon. Works very well and spin is very good. It#s very low power.

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00QHB2GW6/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I have met other boaters who rate these very highly.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Alan de Enfield Veteran II

Alan de Enfield

Posted
Posted

This is as simple as they get and can be stored in the shower. Wash or rinse takes a max of 15 minutes and spin is 5 minutes. Fill with warm water from sink using bucket. Cheap at £94. see reviews on Amazon. Works very well and spin is very good. It#s very low power.

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00QHB2GW6/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

I have met other boaters who rate these very highly.

 

 

Suggested in post No 3 and poo-pood by the OP

 

Certainly find our very useful - would certainly 'highly rate' it

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Claude Collaborator

Claude

Posted
Posted

The Zanussi compact machine uses basic rotary controls and runs fine off our PSW inverter. No idea how tolerant of gennies it is, though.

Which model is that? I have a Zanussi ZWC1300W which I sometimes run from a Honda EU30i. The generator is supposed to have a pure sinewave output but sometimes the washing machine hesitates for 20 minutes before it will start from the generator. Other times it starts straight away. I can live with it, but it's a real head scratcher...

Link to comment
Share on other sites
BruceinSanity Influencer

BruceinSanityDonate to Canal World

Posted
Posted

Which model is that? I have a Zanussi ZWC1300W which I sometimes run from a Honda EU30i. The generator is supposed to have a pure sinewave output but sometimes the washing machine hesitates for 20 minutes before it will start from the generator. Other times it starts straight away. I can live with it, but it's a real head scratcher...

That's the one, looks like it's not the answer, then.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Rendelf Collaborator

Rendelf

Posted
Posted

I have met other boaters who rate these very highly.

We have one of these, and it's the dog's bollocks, the bee's knees, the monkey's elbows! Can run from solar alone, and seems almost bulletproof given how our inverter is far from pure. Plus, when drained, weighs very little indeed.

 

Be sure to replace the supplied frain hose though. :D

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Capt Ahab Proficient

Capt Ahab

Posted
Posted

We have one of these, and it's the dog's bollocks, the bee's knees, the monkey's elbows! Can run from solar alone, and seems almost bulletproof given how our inverter is far from pure. Plus, when drained, weighs very little indeed.

 

Be sure to replace the supplied frain hose though. biggrin.png

We use ours in the shower tray, filling from the shower head and using the shower tray pump to get rid of the waste water. Its a bit more fiddly than an automatic but why go to all the effort of heating water in the machine when we have gallons of piping hot waste water free from the engine? The spin is surprisingly effective.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue.