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Europe has shifted to a combined unit - I can't remember the last time I saw separates in the UK

Unfortunately the combined units really suck. I haven't heard a good word about them from people who have them - reliability seems to be appalling and they usually have half the drying load capacity than washing capacity. Maybe your experience is better, but I have separates. They're front loading though [image]/images/icons/smile.gif[/image]


I've heard bad things about the reliability too - we have separates, the dryer is over 10 years old and only now are the bearings just going (probably BER).

My cousin has a semi-pro top-loading washer but then again she does have seven kids and run nursery school.

Gareth