"Alan" wrote in message
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In message , Malcolm
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When Which test washing machines, they don't test hundreds of them, but
take a single example just as would the average shopper. I take a computer
magazine which does comparative tests. They test a single example of
equipment from each manufacturer. It's up to the latter to make sure that
their products are reliable enough to allow for this kind of minimal
sampling.

When you have researched something yourself and then taken a look at a
Which report you may find them sadly lacking in real world detail. They
often fall into the trap where a piece of equipment with, say, 100
features detailed on the box must be much better than equipment with only
50 features. In reality the user will only use 10 of the features - the
rest being pointless gimmicks.

Many years ago, in two reviews I read they scored one machine/box much
higher than another whereas the two boxes were made in the same factory
with identical electronics but just with a different name on the front
panel.

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Alan


'Somebody' knew 'somebody' over a drink at the 19th hole? ;-)

Mike


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