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Title: Does everything have to be connected to a smartphone ?
Post by: Miss Demeanour on June 04, 2019, 08:10:02 PM
So at the weekend our washing machine died after a long period of suspecting this was going to happen at any time soon.

So the search began for a new one.

The man started to look online and there then followed a huge tirade about why on earth a washing machine needs to be connected to your network or smartphone ...as many of them offered this 'feature'  lol:. This then escalated into a torrent of abuse about the NASA type controls on some of these machines and the 3001 options to get clothes wet , churn them and whizz them fast .

Anyways I take over and ordered what I thought was a happy compromise in terms of quality and the potential for confuslimication.

Next day delivery and installation all went without a hitch.

He has just put his first wash on , managed without a grumble.

But then the greatest of sins was committed. At the end of the ever so quiet cycle the machine announces it has finished by playing a little tune.

You would have thought Air Force One had landed in our garden from the reaction of the man  lol:

Storms off into the utility room and starts swearing at the thing for daring to be cheerful and providing a feature he had not asked for and according to him is "totally fffing pointless"  " how much extra does that cost " etc etc etc

Bless him  lol: lol: lol:



Title: Re: Does everything have to be connected to a smartphone ?
Post by: Nick on June 04, 2019, 08:12:17 PM
Can you programme it to do fanfares or annoying earworms?  whistle:
Title: Re: Does everything have to be connected to a smartphone ?
Post by: apc2010 on June 04, 2019, 08:14:31 PM
So at the weekend our washing machine died after a long period of suspecting this was going to happen at any time soon.

So the search began for a new one.

The man started to look online and there then followed a huge tirade about why on earth a washing machine needs to be connected to your network or smartphone ...as many of them offered this 'feature'  lol:. This then escalated into a torrent of abuse about the NASA type controls on some of these machines and the 3001 options to get clothes wet , churn them and whizz them fast .

Anyways I take over and ordered what I thought was a happy compromise in terms of quality and the potential for confuslimication.

Next day delivery and installation all went without a hitch.

He has just put his first wash on , managed without a grumble.

But then the greatest of sins was committed. At the end of the ever so quiet cycle the machine announces it has finished by playing a little tune.

You would have thought Air Force One had landed in our garden from the reaction of the man  lol:

Storms off into the utility room and starts swearing at the thing for daring to be cheerful and providing a feature he had not asked for and according to him is "totally fffing pointless"  " how much extra does that cost " etc etc etc

Bless him  lol: lol: lol:

Why is he worried  rubschin:  surely it's your job .... rubschin:
Title: Re: Does everything have to be connected to a smartphone ?
Post by: Miss Demeanour on June 04, 2019, 08:25:37 PM
 lol:

I'm sure it comes under the technical department and therefore a silly ol wumman like me wouldn't understand such things  lol:
Title: Re: Does everything have to be connected to a smartphone ?
Post by: apc2010 on June 04, 2019, 08:41:12 PM
lol:

I'm sure it comes under the technical department and therefore a silly ol wumman like me wouldn't understand such things  lol:

True don't worry your little head ..... Thumbs:
Title: Re: Does everything have to be connected to a smartphone ?
Post by: Steve on June 04, 2019, 09:03:26 PM
So at the weekend our washing machine died after a long period of suspecting this was going to happen at any time soon.

So the search began for a new one.

The man started to look online and there then followed a huge tirade about why on earth a washing machine needs to be connected to your network or smartphone ...as many of them offered this 'feature'  lol:. This then escalated into a torrent of abuse about the NASA type controls on some of these machines and the 3001 options to get clothes wet , churn them and whizz them fast .

Anyways I take over and ordered what I thought was a happy compromise in terms of quality and the potential for confuslimication.

Next day delivery and installation all went without a hitch.

He has just put his first wash on , managed without a grumble.

But then the greatest of sins was committed. At the end of the ever so quiet cycle the machine announces it has finished by playing a little tune.

You would have thought Air Force One had landed in our garden from the reaction of the man  lol:

Storms off into the utility room and starts swearing at the thing for daring to be cheerful and providing a feature he had not asked for and according to him is "totally fffing pointless"  " how much extra does that cost " etc etc etc

Bless him  lol: lol: lol:

LG?


Mrs K and I thought the tune was quite good
Title: Re: Does everything have to be connected to a smartphone ?
Post by: Miss Demeanour on June 04, 2019, 09:41:33 PM
 Samsung
...and I didn't mind the ditty either  lol:
Title: Re: Does everything have to be connected to a smartphone ?
Post by: Steve on June 04, 2019, 09:51:14 PM
Samsung
...and I didn't mind the ditty either  lol:
:thumbsup:  the LG had a good tune but kept failing.
Title: Re: Does everything have to be connected to a smartphone ?
Post by: Barman on June 05, 2019, 03:45:08 AM
Samsung
...and I didn't mind the ditty either  lol:
:thumbsup:  the LG had a good tune but kept failing.

Miss A has an LG direct drive jobby in Sarf Africa which seemed to work a treat... She asked me to stop it playing a bleddy overture every time it stopped but I couldn't find the manual...  whistle:
Title: Re: Does everything have to be connected to a smartphone ?
Post by: Nick on June 05, 2019, 06:13:55 AM
My new washing machine doesn't play tunes. I feel cheated  sad32:
Title: Re: Does everything have to be connected to a smartphone ?
Post by: Barman on June 05, 2019, 06:19:34 AM
My new washing machine doesn't play tunes. I feel cheated  sad32:



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Title: Re: Does everything have to be connected to a smartphone ?
Post by: Nick on June 05, 2019, 06:23:30 AM
I used to have one of those  redface:
Title: Re: Does everything have to be connected to a smartphone ?
Post by: Steve on June 05, 2019, 07:48:58 AM
Samsung
...and I didn't mind the ditty either  lol:
:thumbsup:  the LG had a good tune but kept failing.

Miss A has an LG direct drive jobby in Sarf Africa which seemed to work a treat... She asked me to stop it playing a bleddy overture every time it stopped but I couldn't find the manual...  whistle:
Both of ours were combined washer fumble dryers and everytime it went fumbling it left more fluff in it's drying pipes and eventually it shut down.  Engineers various sucked teeth and went  noooo:

But as a washine machine it were brilliant
Title: Re: Does everything have to be connected to a smartphone ?
Post by: Just One More on June 05, 2019, 08:30:37 AM
So at the weekend our washing machine died after a long period of suspecting this was going to happen at any time soon.

So the search began for a new one.

The man started to look online and there then followed a huge tirade about why on earth a washing machine needs to be connected to your network or smartphone ...as many of them offered this 'feature'  lol:. This then escalated into a torrent of abuse about the NASA type controls on some of these machines and the 3001 options to get clothes wet , churn them and whizz them fast .

Anyways I take over and ordered what I thought was a happy compromise in terms of quality and the potential for confuslimication.

Next day delivery and installation all went without a hitch.

He has just put his first wash on , managed without a grumble.

But then the greatest of sins was committed. At the end of the ever so quiet cycle the machine announces it has finished by playing a little tune.

You would have thought Air Force One had landed in our garden from the reaction of the man  lol:

Storms off into the utility room and starts swearing at the thing for daring to be cheerful and providing a feature he had not asked for and according to him is "totally fffing pointless"  " how much extra does that cost " etc etc etc

Bless him  lol: lol: lol:

 happy001  happy001  happy001

I likes him  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Does everything have to be connected to a smartphone ?
Post by: Miss Demeanour on June 05, 2019, 10:43:09 AM
My new washing machine doesn't play tunes. I feel cheated  sad32:

No worries

It can't last too long the luck that you have with such things. We can then recommend the whistle while they work variety to you  lol:
Title: Re: Does everything have to be connected to a smartphone ?
Post by: Nick on June 05, 2019, 10:46:02 AM
 evil:
Title: Re: Does everything have to be connected to a smartphone ?
Post by: Grumpmeister on June 06, 2019, 12:42:54 AM
My new washing machine doesn't play tunes. I feel cheated  sad32:

No worries

It can't last too long the luck that you have with such things. We can then recommend the whistle while they work variety to you  lol:

Customers as accident prone as Nick are probably the target audience for smartphone connected washing machines as they could automatically send a message to the plumber when he inevitably breaks it..  rubschin:
Title: Re: Does everything have to be connected to a smartphone ?
Post by: Barman on June 06, 2019, 02:40:14 AM
My new washing machine doesn't play tunes. I feel cheated  sad32:

No worries

It can't last too long the luck that you have with such things. We can then recommend the whistle while they work variety to you  lol:

Customers as accident prone as Nick are probably the target audience for smartphone connected washing machines as they could automatically send a message to the plumber when he inevitably breaks it..  rubschin:

Or a message to the supplier...?

Quote from: Nick's Washing Machine
Gasp!

It is... It is too late for me... I'm a gonner....  sad24:

Send. Replacement. Soon...
Title: Re: Does everything have to be connected to a smartphone ?
Post by: Grumpmeister on June 06, 2019, 02:51:23 AM
My new washing machine doesn't play tunes. I feel cheated  sad32:

No worries

It can't last too long the luck that you have with such things. We can then recommend the whistle while they work variety to you  lol:

Customers as accident prone as Nick are probably the target audience for smartphone connected washing machines as they could automatically send a message to the plumber when he inevitably breaks it..  rubschin:

Or a message to the supplier...?

Quote from: Nick's Washing Machine
Gasp!

It is... It is too late for me... I'm a gonner....  sad24:

Send. Replacement. Soon...

 happy001
Title: Re: Does everything have to be connected to a smartphone ?
Post by: Nick on June 06, 2019, 04:59:23 AM
 evil:
Title: Re: Does everything have to be connected to a smartphone ?
Post by: Grumpmeister on June 06, 2019, 05:33:49 AM
Look on the bright side Nick, they may expand the range to include boilers and microwaves...  whistle:
Title: Re: Does everything have to be connected to a smartphone ?
Post by: Nick on June 06, 2019, 05:36:49 AM
 cussing: cussing: cussing: cussing: cussing: cussing: cussing: