It's everything you don't want, it's: temperamental, unexpectedly annoying, and an incessant time sink!!

5kg is a smallish bundle of clothes. This machine takes about 1/4 of that (it's lucky to take 2 pairs of jeans) - any more than this and it's going to constantly stop.

This wouldn't even be such a problem. But it keeps beeping for hours.

If you put a wash on before bed, or before going out, do not expect it to work. You'll get back to the machine and it will be stuck in the rinse cycle.

Don't buy it. The extra you spend on a decent machine will buy you reliability and time back.

Purchased in April 2012 from The Good Guys. Warranty for two years. Machine has stopped, no power. Repairman I used to use before we moved as he was cheap and reliable has suggested it is the electronic board. Have phoned Fisher and Paykel but they want to charge me $150 callout plus parts/labour. We bought this machine as our previous F&P lasted around 12 years with only a couple of pump issues, fixed by previously mentioned gentleman. Unfortunately, we now live too far away for him. Phoned The Good Guys and am awaiting call back. Trying to enact the Statutory Warranty with them. Machine is not overused, only two of us in house, still looks new inside and out. Not very happy with F&P either. Didn't want to know about consumer laws.

We have had this washer for about 5 or 6 years now, used weekly and it is still going strong. Never missed a beat. Put the clothes in, soap, press the appropriate settings and it washes as it should. Only issue, if I had to complain about something, is the final spin goes on for too long. But better than too short !

Previously I had a 7kg top load washer. I moved and unfortunately it would not fit in my new unit. Was loathed to buy a front load as I like to do a 5 min wash or rinse only on some things. After much fretting I bought the 5.5kg F&P MW513, which I've had for 3 months
Very happy I did.
Fits my queen sheets and 3 pillow cases much better than I thought. I put on heavy duty wash with good quality liquid and they are perfect. (Tends to unbalance if do one sheet at a time).

I've had one in my place for about 8 years and it works fine. Only purchased it as it was a great price on sale. I have since bought two others for properties I manage. None have given me a problem and they're all now over 3 years old.

No issues with lint and I have a lot of dark business shirts. It does occasionally get unbalanced, however no more than other machines I've used and only when washing bedding.

The only thing reason I gave them 4 instead of 5 is the agitator in the middle catches clothes when taking them out. A family member has an LG machine with no centre agitator which I really liked. In the future that is what I will most likely get.

I've had this washing machine for 10 plus years and its still going as the day I brought it, I do now need a larger washer as I now have a family but will keep it until it no longer goes. I agree If the load isn't even the spin cycle will stop but its not a big deal to even out the load @ press restart.
Reliable

Incapable of either washing a single queens sized sheet or a small load of infants clothing. "smart' sits there going beep when a small load cannot spin - poor design of the agitator & internals means your load gets stuck in a load of useless cracks & crevices. This poorly considered design means small loads get scattered & the spin cycle does not work - machine shuts down. Same goes for large loads.

Buy something else.
it's white?
everything else

Fits great in my small laundry. Its been a joy to use so easy and so quick with the cycles. Everything comes out very clean. Its very quiet. The only way I know its finished is when it beeps to tell me. I've only owned it 3 months but so far I would recommend.
size, ease of use, good clean wash

After having had a F&P 5.5kg washing macine for the last 14 yrs, with only one service call req'd, when it died, letting out the magic smoke, I decided to get another and not throw more money at repairing this old one. Due to floods in Brisbane we had to wait over a week to receive the new machine.

Wow this is so quite compared to my old one. It does an awesome job, the spin is so fast the clothes come out great, not wet like my mums old machine. After no machine for almost 2 weeks, the new one has done 8 loads in its first day, perfect. Very Happy with this for the price.
Easy to install and use.