Ariston Technologies AWD12

dryer a waste of time would not recommend to anyone

We've had it a few years now. The drier stopped working ages ago. The knobs cracked when it was nearly new. It's very noisy. The wool program doesn't rinse properly. I've taken clothes out with dry patches on! I wouldn't buy another as the drier broke very early on. Of course just after the guarantee expired!

We had an Ariston previously and it gave good service with no problems for over 12 years, due to its age when it developed a problem we decided to replace it. We decided to stay with an Ariston because of the good service life we had had from the previous machine so we replaced it with a Margherita 2000 AWD112 in February 2004. Towards the end of 2005 the control knobs started to break up, as parts were under guarantee we contacted the service dept. it would cost £90.00 call out fee/labour to replace the knobs (5 minutes work) - no way! So I purchased 2 sets of knobs (6 in total) at a cost of about £37.00. By the beginning of March 2006 both sets had gone the same way, we are now on the fourth set (including the originals) which were supplied as a goodwill gesture by Indesit.

Any one else had similar problems please, respond on this site so I can use it to argue my case with Indesit.

I will not recommend Ariston Technologies or buy any of its products again.

Claims to dry up to 4kgs, but after one year, the amount it would dry got less and less. Now my Ariston technologies AWD12 washer dryer doesn't dry anything. Service agents just say that's the way it is. Also, only one programme now works.

It is unreliable, and it doesn't dry anything once the machine a year old or so. Over complicated construction means agents don't know how to repair it.

My Ariston Technologies AWD12 seems to work well. solidly built. No problems after around 3 years owned. It does have quite a noisy pump though.

I have had the Ariston AWD12 washer dryer for just over two years, and in that time I have had a total of 6 visits, and it is still not working. I am writing a letter today to Coverplan, the alleged repair centre, after I had an engineer in yesterday who could not find a fault with the machine! The fault is that it doesn't work! As he left he said if it doesn't work call the call centre again and order these parts (quoting numbers). The seventh visit will be next week. I would not recommend this machine or the Coverplan service to anyone.

Bought the Ariston Technologies AWD12 because it came with 5 year warranty, so I thought "it must be reliable". How wrong I was! Bearing and drum cradle shattered within first year...3 week repair! Then main circuit board blew up in the third year...2 week repair! Now the bearing, drum cradle, outer drum etc etc have all shattered in this 4th year, and are being repaired as I write this. I don't expect it to last long after the warranty runs out. I'll be happy when I'm rid of it. It takes half an hour for their service phone to answer. They refuse to put you through to a manager. Luckily Ariston have honoured their warranty, but it will break down again as soon as the guarantee period runs out even though I only use it twice a week on half load. Will not recommend any Ariston products to anyone!!!