Samsung 6 kg Fully Automatic Washing Machine- Review (WW60R20GLMA/TL, White, Hygiene Steam)

After using 4-5 months I am writing this review. I don’t find automatic machine is good option for regular use. Clothes doesn’t get clean as you get it in semi automatic or hand washed. It uses atleast 3 times water as suggested by the company. The installation eingeeneer told me that this machine uses only 9 litere of water for one wash but practically it uses atleast 28-30 liter of water for one wash. It’s clinsinsing and spin mode is completely useless. It not only wastes water and kills time but doesn’t rinse well. Even if you rinse manually even after the machine use you would require atleast 3-4 times of rinses to get clean clothes.So my suggestion is if you’re planning to upgrade from semi automatic to fully automatic then please consider below points:1. In semi automatic machine you have complete control on your machine but in fully automatic control you2. In semi automatic you have an option to review your wash at any time but in fully automatic machine no such option3. In semi automatic machine you can wash, rinse or dry as per your requirement not as per the standard set by the company4. High Water usage is completely a myth in semi automatic machine. Rather I would say semi automatic machine is more efficient interm if power, water and time consumption.

Got it during independence sale. I had an existing top load which I bought second hand for 4k. It wasn’t working as expected to thought ot buying a new one.If you are looking for a branded front load washing machine, with a tight budget, then it’s a good choice.Pros:1. Available at a striking price.2. Brand name3. 3 years complete warranty and 10 years on motor.4. Inverter motor.5. 15 Mins quick wash mode, which has become our daily mode to wash the clothes.6. Initially size of drum looks small, but good enough for a family of 4 members. You can easliy use it on repeat with quick wash mode.7. Washing quality is good even in 15 mins wash mode.8. Spin rate is 1000 RPM, max. Which is good.9. You can inidividually select the dry spin cycle and all modes. Also temprature can be set independently, which are touch enable rather than tachtile buttons.10. touch and hold the spin button for 3-4 seconds after wash cycle, then again touch it to select the post wash sping cycle. It warries from 4-5 minutes.I also have an IFB 7 Kg front load, at my hometown, which is around 6 years old and is working good still now without any issues and below are the cons when i compare this one with existing machine.Cons.1. The drum structure of this machine is very basic. There are obstacle in the drum. It’s plane. Obstacle help in clearning the cloth more better way while tumbling in wash cycle.2. 15 mins quick wash don’t dry the cloth properly during final spin. I doubt that if it even have the final 1000RPM cycle sping once wash is over. We have to explicitly touch sping touch to have a 4 minutes sping.Though it’s not that much irritating, but this thing work as expected in my IFB machine. Post every wash, we don’t have to spin it explicitly.3. The wash mode after 15 minute is with 34 minutes. Which is for delicate cloth. in my IFB machine, in that time I wash my daily wear clothes. The daily wash mode should be around 30 minutes.4. There is not marker on rotating know to know which mode is selected. There is a bar against each washing mode which illuminate when the knob select the mode. Problem is, if your machine is placed outside and it’s well lit area, it’s very difficult to see the bar illuminate and know which mode is selected. You have to place hand on knob to block the natural light and see if mode is slected OR, you find out through timmer.5. The drain motor is quite noisy. My other machine’s drain motor don’t create this much of noise.6. The drum is not direct drive with motor, but using a belt. the conventional way, hence a bit of vibration during 1000RPM spin. It depend on the weight of clothes, if clothes are more, it will vibrate more. But not intrusive. If it’s placed outside, you won’t even notice it.I have no idea about other brands like LG or Bosch, but they are priced a bit on higher side compared to this one.The reason for buying this one is, I was getting good deal on exchange offer. For my old machine, I got 3850 discount, apart from HDFC 10% discount. Total, it cost me around 15.5K which I think is a very good deal.Exchange process on Amazon is smooth. The delivery boy just checked that machine is starting and drum is spinning or not, that’s it, they took my older machine.Installation was done on same day, kudos to Samsung for that. I explicitly called the Samsung customer care and request for installation. The guy came and installed.Next day the same guy called for installation and said it’s from Flipkart reference :)There are other options as well, like Midea on Flipkart, which are much cheaper. But the reason of all Made in China, and I have more confidence on Samsung for after sales support.Also, i heard negative things about Flipkart exchange process.