What size washing machine do you have?

[KatieRabbit]

Yes, what size (in kg)? And for how many people? And is it a good size, too big or too small? I currently have a 4.5kg which is too small for 4 and want an 8kg but worried it may be too big!

[allycat06]

We have a 7.5kg Whirlpool front loader for the 3 of us....we'll do about 3 loads a week plus cloth nappies every second day. I think it's a good size for our family and very efficient on water. Only qualm I have with it is the long washing times but I think all front loaders are like that. When I lived at home my folks had a 8kg top loader and that was the perfect size for a family of 4.

[~clover~]

My baby is a 7.5kg fisher & paykel smart drive. It has water saving features on it & you can choose different wash times.
It also has a button for soaking & you can set a timer to start in 1, 3 or 9 hours.
Its a great size for 5 of us & I'm sure it'll be fine for 6 as well. It fills just over the average washing basket after a full load.
I love it to pieces

My MIL has an 8kg Hoover. She bought it about 12 months before I bought mine, so its about 3 years old & she's had alot of trouble. The fill level plays up & it sometimes keeps filling when full & over flowing. I've used it a few times & I don't think it washes very well at all TBH. Every time I've used it there's always fluff or powder residue or something on the clothes (& she keeps it very clean) & it just isn't as good with the kids clothes, or dirty cloth nappies! There are 5 of them most of the time. They wash about a load a day, including all towels, sheets etc.

[baby09]

We have a Simpson 7kg Ezi Sensor for the 3 of us and it's a good size. We had a 4.5kg top loader but wanted to get a bigger one after we had DD. It is slower than the top loader but I find it definitely washes a lot better!

[Tinks]

I have a 9kg front loader and it doesn't fit a queen sized doona in it

[Visitor7]

We have an 8kg (8.5kg?) Fisher & Paykel AquaSmart and love it. But like Tinks, the Queen size doona is too squishy! Apart from that though, it's a fantastic size. I wouldn't go any smaller than an 8kg for us personally.

[~me~]

My baby is a 7.5kg fisher & paykel smart drive. It has water saving features on it & you can choose different wash times.
It also has a button for soaking & you can set a timer to start in 1, 3 or 9 hours.
I love it to pieces

:yeahthat: Only ever had one service on it in 15yrs and it just goes and goes.
When I had the man out to service it, (the cold water thingy went on it, only cost $80 to repair) he said these were great machines and better than the F & P Aquasmart ones. Although reading some of the other posts, people seem happy with their Aquasmart too.

[Antheia]

Ours is a 5kg top loader and works just fine for 5 people.

[*TripleJ*]

ours is 8.5kg and its great i love it it fits a queen doona and a king comforter obviously not at the same time lol for 3 of us its massive but i love that i can wash blankets really quickly i do nappies every 2 days and clothes about once or twice a week one or 2 loads

[UntoldAngel]

We have a 4.5kg front loader and it does 2 of us fine. Although we only have to do 2-3 loads a week currently, so I'm thinking it will be enough for when bub enters.
Ours is really good with water and you can adjust the temperature through a heater rather than using hot water. Only thing is they do tend to take a lot longer to wash, but everything always comes out clean

[Bathsheba]

We have a 6.5kg LG top loader. It's a good machine but too small for us now that we have king sized linen and now that there are 5 of us. i love it's washing ability and speed.

[*Ash*]

We recently bought a 5.5kg Miele front loader. Love it! We can fit more in it than we could with our old Simpson 6.5 kg top loader.

Our Miele fits a queen sized doona. Our Simpson didn't.

When we were looking at machines, I thought a 5.5kg would be too small for us (family of 5), but it has been perfect.

[Brotherly_Love <3]

I have a 7.5kg for me and the two boys. I find it just the right size to wash every 3-4 days, towel loads, linen loads and of course 2 days worth of nappies! Any smaller and I think I'd have to double the amount of loads I do!

[alioops]

We have a 7.5kg Electrolux FL. I like it. There are 5 of us and I do 1 - 2 loads per day.

[mako]

We have an 8kg Samsung top loader and love it. We are a family of 3 but we have HEAPS of washing including DH's work clothes (plumber so very very dirty) and everything comes out so so clean. It has the choice of a fast wash or a long wash and automatically senses the size of the load so no wasted water here either.