neb: There's an article in the latest Consumer where someone is complaining that the bearings on their F&P washing machine have failed after a bit under five years, probably four years nine months given the publication lead. In that time it's done 2,279 wash cycles.

 

That means they've done between one and two loads of washing every single day, 365 days a year, since the day they bought it. Admittedly there may have been breaks, maybe they ran it all day long on the 24th to do five or six loads that day and then had a break Christmas day and Boxing day, but W/T/F? I'm sure there are large industrial-strength commercial machines in the local laundromat that have had less use than that.

that's what annoys me a little about those people who go on about what consumer says the lifespan should be

Washing machines - Life expectancy: 10 years (top and front loaders)

That's cool and all but how much use has it had in those 10 years? is it granny doing 2-3 loads a week or is it like the family above doing 1-2 loads a day. Huge difference in use over the same time period. should they last the same time?