Fisher & Paykel CleanSmart WL1068P1 (10kg) (page 3 of 4)

Bought this machine 4 1/2 years ago. Control board replaced after 2 years due to failure. For the last 4 four weeks had to balance the load about 160 times, yeah thats correct an average of 20 times per wash. The cycle that is supposed to take 45 minutes takes 90-100 mins.
DON'T BUY THIS MACHINE, TERRIBLE. Piece of junk from F&P.
My previous machine was SIMPSON and lasted 12 years.

There is no selectable water level other than auto I guess for the weight. Should have stayed with the old model. The load has to be stacked around the sides as though there is an invisible agitator. Then blankets and sheets still get wrapped up in a ball across the top. Not enough water is the main issue on cold wash.

The Fisher and Paykel cleansmart 10kg was recommended to us by the workers at the good guys, they assured us it was the best on the market. Wow we’re they wrong!

Absolutely awful machine, clothes are always coming out still dirty, machine is constantly jumping around due to being off balance because of the clothes even after placing them in correctly. Never enough water covering clothing. I know it’s meant to be a water saving machine but having to wash the same garment 3 times because it’s still dirty completely takes away any water saving....

I have always used fisher & paykel washing machines but I'm extremely disappointed in this model. When washing bigger items like sheets & towels there isn't enough water level to clean the things properly. I hang the sheets out to dry & there are always dry patches where the water hasn't even touched the sheets. I feel fisher & paykel have let their customers down with this model, it does not wash the clothes very well at all...give me the Gentle Annie back any day!

WM getting noisy and always out of balance, wasting our time to distribute the clothes to different angles. There should be suspended roller on each four corners so that even it's not balance during spin time it will not stop and create noise. How can you avoid this noize and without stopping the spin.

Within 1 month of owning this washing machine the water pump needed to be replaced. After 4 years of owning it we needed the entire bowel replaced which Fisher and Paykel made a very difficult process. Dispute using the recommended detergent and trying many others clothes come out visibly dirty and if you have clothes that habe sand or dirt it does not wash this off and you have to vigoursly shake the clothes before you hang them out. When washing sheets they bunch up, the machine goes out of balance every time and half the sheets come out dry ...

No problems at all but died all of a sudden. Not allowing water into the bowl and not even a year old. Frustrating phoning around trying to get it looked at. Mean while dirty washing is piling up. Nothing seems to be made to last anymore. Should surely get 5 years of problem free washing or am I asking too much?

Clean clothes well and rinse great, water saving is a plus
After many wash, the wear on the clothes looks like it has not been affected by this washing machine.
Machine is quiet compare to others, and smooth when spin drying
Favourite features
Easy and simple to use
touch buttons great
clean clothes great
trouble free

Things I can't comment, due to its new product, which I only have had it for 2 months. ...

F&P engineers made major mistake with this one

NO water level adjustment

Jeez guys

What is so hard about open lid, toss in clothes and powder, close lid, set water level (and cycle maybe), walk away

NO not allowed! The wise F&P designers are smarter than the CUSTOMER!
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We purchased our fisher & paykel cleansmart as we have four kids and just needed a bigger washer. It's been pretty good so far. About 6 months ago we found it would stop mid -late cycle (during spin), shake and shuffle around, start beeping and stop. I called out a repairman who charged me around $200 for a new part but cannot recall what it was for.
Anyway it's been pretty good since.
My biggest qualm with this machine is I do find myself questioning its timing...it will say 30 mins left but I'm certain it takes longer for the cycle to finish.
Overall a good machine. It will do a large load quite easily. I have washed quilts in it also which is very handy. If you're looking for a large family machine definitely worth a look at.

This machine would make a great boat anchor only probably go off balance and I will be still be able to hear the beeper going off. Thanks for ruining my clothes with rips and piling and a 35 minute cycle taking a number of hours due to stoppages and yes we have balanced our machine a number of times with still no success with blankets or towels. Save yourself a headache. I brought a Bosch front loader after putting up with this machine for 3 months and I am thrilled with it. First and last Fisher & Paykel in this house.

This machine has no lint filter. It is so rough on the items washed and creates a lot of gritty lint from all of the items - especially when I do "towels only loads" - everything ends up very creased with lint all over everything - I dislike this machine immensely - our whole house has lint everywhere because of it - our clothes look unkempt with lint balls all over them. Worst machine. No lint filter ? How silly. Very impractical.

I have owned this machine one week, but it has not stopped since it's arrival. With 2 queen & 2 king beds, I've now washed all the pillows and bedding & saved on Dry Cleaning. A F&P loyalist, this machine has followed a Gentle Annie & 2 x 8kg Intuitive's over a 38yr span, with the latter being my most loved machine. I'm an avid washer ..... sometimes rewashing if not satisfied with the first wash (often discovered on the clothes line when I'm hanging things out) so I'm hard on w/machines. I do sort into the obvious whites, darks, sheets, towel...

We bought the 10 kg Cleansmart and have been sorely disappointed. It is constantly out of balance, ineffective to the point where I have to wash most clothes twice, and leaves blacks covered in powder - despite trials with different powders and heat settings (I'm assuming the powder is on everything but just more visible of blacks). It constantly stops becuase of over sudsing, even when you use the recommended type and amount of powder. Overall, I regret this purchace. Washing everything twice continues to be extremely costly.

Due to previous experience with F&P we bought a 10kg CleanSmart - big mistake!
Can only half fill machine as lint & washing powder stays on clothes, unbalances all the time, sheets are tangled every wash & then unbalances. Have to top up water every cycle. Water does not cover clothes when washing.
Extremely frustrated & want a refund. Rang F&P & of course they had never heard these complaints before.... awaiting a technician to come & look at it. Takes me longer now to do my chores than with my previous 6.5kg one.

First wash was a load of towels on towels cycle, not enough water put into bowl to cover adequately and left lint on most of towels so therefore I assume the inbuilt lint feature is a myth and does not work! terrible, feel like asking them to take it back - very disappointed and I can assure you this is a genuine purchase!

I had a Kleenmaid top load washer previous to this machine. It's early days to tell if it will last the distance & I had my washer previously for 20 odd years. This washer cleans well but I had a bit of a time getting use to the little water it uses. It's nice & quite & spins excellent. I chose a low profile agitator because in my Kleenmaid the clothes with cords got caught around it & pull the cords out to my frustration. You do need to place the clothes around the sides as the instructions specify & you will get a good result. You just can'...

Clothes come out clean, no residue of washing liquid left on anything. Its extremely quiet compared to my last machine, Kleenmaid. I do not have any problems with clothes tangling or lint on clothes. I have washed towels with sheets and clothes and not had a lint or tangling problem. Very happy with performance. Dont listen to bad reports, perhaps they are not taking care loading the machine.

Whilst originally I was a big fan of this machine (purchased Aug 2016), the machine is quiet. Lately I've noticed that quick washes bend the underwires in my bras, and even more recently a handwash has been tearing clothes. I've tried to contact Fisher & Paykel but they have not been wanting to help.

The machine is nothing short of a headache. It WIIL COST YOU MORE in the end. I have followed all care instructions since I bought it and this is what happens:
1. Spin cycle didn't work after 2 years.
2. Dosen't wash clothes well at all.
3. Leaves lint/washing powder on your clothes.
4. Leaves small holes and damage to clothes.
5. Hot water hose sprays after 2 years. Power cut signal appears and dosen't start some days.
6. Off balance even with smaller loads and making sure machine is level. Jumps.
7. Agitator dosen't sit low enough s...

Lasted just over 2 years.
1. Excessive lint left on clothes.
2. Clothes tangled and stretched.
3. Out of balance often.
4. Developed a water leak that slowly soaked the clothes with clean water after the wash cycle had finished.
5. The main control unit & power supply burnt out completely and the machine went to the metal recycler where it was in its element at last.

Doesn't have a manual fill so there is not enough water to cover when washing things such as pillows & bulky items. Everything that comes out has to be ironed & I haven't had to iron for years with very good reason! I have to choose the Easy Iron option every time but things still come out creased & very wet as well. I washed a dog bed today which I do every week, but when I opened the lid the stuffing was all over the machine & bed needed to be put into the rubbish. This was a new bed so should not have disintegrated like it did for at leas...

It's looks good but that as far as I would go.
It's ruff on your clothes and you nearly have to iron every thing that you wash.
No manual water level so when it washers the clothes the water level is about 5 cm below the clothes.
It's the worst washing machine I have ever owned.
But I must say we got it from Harvey Norman Campbelltown and they were fantastic we told them the problems and they exchanged it with a new machine. We will see how the new Samsung goes.

It performs very quietly and doesn't have incessant beeping one reason for replacing another previous brand at under 1 y.o. As a water savings model, I knew that it would rely on harder agitating and require performance washing powder to clean the wash. So as a chemically sensitive user I was already worried . I use a sensitive powder suitable for front loader. I sort into loads into: sheets, towels, undies and lights (tees), and brights with darks which sometimes get combined with polyester tops in mesh bags and all items are washed inside out...

I bought this machine because my previous F&P machine broke, after 11 trouble free years. Unfortunately, I trusted the brand and didn't even look at the reviews here, especially, given that Choice magazine gave this machine a tick.

It turned out that the machine has no manual water level setting. It barely uses any water, resulting in clothes being pushed around by the agitator with a cupful of water on the bottom of the machine. As a result it doesn't properly wash anything and causes unnecessary wear on the clothes. I wouldn't bother desc...