Incredibly quiet and with many useful functions

With this machine, the latest generation Bauknecht we replaced our old Bauknecht 3573 after 16 years. This has never been broken, but ran through the years reliable. (And probably would not raced for a while.) If the holding new as long, I would be satisfied. Supplied the machine from service HMSHB Hermes. A day before came the announcement of the delivery, 45 minutes before the actual delivery once a driver's call. Two men carried the machine in the cellar to the destination. Connect only I had. But it was all so available. The assembly instructions are without text, but unmistakably. In particular, the transport locks (long screws) must be removed, otherwise nothing is a rotating drum.

The one negative is the same, that there is no manual included in the German language. Very probably a booklet of Ariel with tips on how to wash, but it is an instruction manual in English only. And that is kept quite short, in my opinion. For me, the language is not really a problem, but there is no doubt users who of English or are only rudimentary powerful. In turn, is positive that the customer service on an online inquiry responded the same day and sent a detailed instruction manual (> 50 pages) in German e-mail and in PDF format. So I then found out that the machine language can switch to German. The find intuitive but not out.

Visually, the engine is a looker and no more compared to the model from the late 90s. In particular, the large door, which is larger with a diameter of 50 cm a total of about 10 cm when the door of the old machine is, optically very successful with the black enclosure and the handle. In Natura I feel the machine as beautiful and noble than on the product photo. Behind the door lies a large drum, which is easier to load and unload than the previous.

Very positive is the low noise level, causing the machine. Well, our machine is in the basement. When the door is closed to the laundry room and the door to the living room, then single decibels are not critical. But it can just as well close to the value of the processing. (I hope so.) Behind this whisper stuck according to the manufacturer a special direct drive and silent sidewalls. During the actual washing hardly hear the machine during the spin cycle, it is at 1400 rpm a little louder, but still very under. This also helps that the device even with this speed of rotation is like a one.

In each of the programs I'm a not very detailed, which form the starting what is now expected of a washing machine: cotton, synthetic, colored and delicates, woollens. All programs can "operate up to a maximum cold. In cotton are the 95 °, while" in the temperature of mixed, at Cottons or Synthetic 60 ° for delicate fabrics and wool 40 °. Plus, there's special programs. For example, an "eco cotton-wash cycle, and minimize any water and electricity consumption. A wash cycle then runs up to six full hours. But because the machine is so very quiet, which can also be at night, or to program the end time with the. Can you pick up the freshly washed clothes not the same out of the machine in accordance with the function "Freshcare makes regular drum movements that the laundry remains up to six hours wrinkle free. A very useful innovation.

It is worth mentioning a special stain program called "patches +. This is lingerie with coffee or Erdflecken (to name two examples), treated with a targeted soaking that will help to treat these stains. Test I could not in this form.

On the panel you can see at a EcoMonitor directly, will be how much water and electricity consumption according to their settings. (Not exactly the liter or watts, but schematically.) This helps, especially at the beginning, to find the ideal settings.

Toll is also the so-called dosing. One gives the laundry into the drum, selects a program, press the button "dosing and then calculates the machine with just a few revolutions of the drum, the laundry amount and are then the optimal dose of detergent in ml. So you can lower or especially avoid (for environmental reasons) overdose.

Votes may also be that you can interrupt programs. A pause, so to speak. If the water level is low, and the door can then be opened. Similarly, one can stop a program and another.

The machine must be switched on before use. If you forget to switch off the machine after washing, it switches itself off automatically after 15 minutes.

Overall I can say that this machine, your money's worth in the medium price segment for washing machines. Energy efficiency paired with an attractive design and sufficient functionality. If I miss something, that there is a temperature level between 60 ° and 95 ° or equal to a continuously variable temperature. But you can not have everything. Strong buy recommendation so far.