Cruiser, thanks for the link. I have bookmarked it for the future, but for now it is not much cheaper. It looks as though I am going to have to get a new cheap and cheerful one as per Kaz and Ria's links. I don't need much - load, on, fill, wash, rinse, spin, turn off, unload.
That one will do the job then Frank My new one is very similar - and I really really like it, it is much better in many ways than my expensive LG was It washed B's Hartpury overall in 40 minutes tonight! I did it on the short cycle but you can adjust the temperature from 30 degrees right up to 90! It needs to be 60 at least to kill the germs.......In the LG the 60 degree cycle took almost 3 hours
My Zanussi is 7 years old and on it's last legs, the noise when is spins sounds like Concorde taking off. But it is insured on a new for old, so I can't do anything whilst the flipping thing keeps going