Best for: Italian ingenuity for medium-sized households
Serial maker of cucina appliances of absolute unerring elan, it may seem like some hideous crime against design to hide anything Smeg away behind closed doors, but the WMI147C 60cm 7kg Fully Integrated Washing Machine, catchy full-name and all, has been designed to disappear seamlessly into your kitchen like some kind of stealthy stain-slaying ninja.
As you may have surmised from the name, there’s a 7kg drum capacity, which should be ample for the average (roughly 2.36 people – make of that what you will) household, while a generous 15 programmes and other assorted options have you covered for all manner of materials and whatever you’ve accidentally covered them in, even letting you engage an anti-wrinkle feature that will leave you with considerable less ironing to get all hot under the collar about once your clobber is clean again.
An automatic load balancing system determines the weight and adjusts the amount of water in the machine as appropriate to save water consumption and, indeed, energy, while an anti-flood device stops things from getting all unnecessarily underwater when you’re not looking.
A 30-minute quick wash cycle is a boon to those who live life at full pelt, while a spin speed of 1400-RPM (Revolutions Per Minute), kind of an industry average, means the Smeg will rid your clothes of a lot of moisture during the final spin cycle, but will not leave them completely dry, obviously.
If you do open the door mid-wash, perhaps out of idle curiosity, an LED display will bring you up to speed as to where your washing is at and, keep you, your laundry and your kitchen safe from the prying hands of idle infant curiosity, a child lock prevents unauthorised kiddie access.
Yes, it seems a shame to hide a Smeg away, but Smeg say it’s okay and who are we to argue?
- Maximum capacity: 7kg
- Programmes: Cotton 20°, Cotton 40°, Cotton 60°, Cotton 90°, Eco 40-60, Delicate 30°, Drain + Spin, Rinse + Spin, Quick Wash 30°, Mix 30°, Wool Cold, Wool 30°, Synthetics 40°, Synthetics 30°, Synthetics Cold
- Options: Delay timer, Prewash, Additional rinse, No spin, Rinse hold, Anti-wrinkle (easy ironing), Intensive
- Max spin speed: 1400-RPM
- Noise level: 56dB (washing), 72dB (spinning)
- Total annual water consumption: 10,340 litres
- Energy efficiency class: E
- Dimensions: 818 x 596 x 546mm
