01-06-2025
Best Beko washing machines for affordable, high quality cleaning power
Best for: large capacity
Maybe there are a lot of you. Maybe there isn't, but the few of you that there are, are all monstrous stain-magnets. Or maybe it's some savage combination of the two wherein there are loads of you in the household and each and every one of you ends the day by looking like you've been rolling in something down the park. In any of these scenarios, you're going to need a large capacity washing machine, and from the Beko range, I reckon you can't do better than the Pro AquaTech B5W1241aW – the machine for blitzing the bejesus out of stains of all shapes, sizes and sorts.
So, rated 'A' for energy efficiency, here you find a yawning maw of some 12kg, meaning you can load up to your heart's/house's content, prior to plunging into the 15 programmes it has on offer, which are: Anti-Allergy, Cottons, Darkwash/jeans, Download cycle, Duvet/Downwear, Eco 40-60, Quick/Super quick, Rinse, Shirts, Spin+Drain, Sports, StainExpert, Steam therapy, Synthetics, and Wool/handwash, so pretty all-encompassing when it comes to the average family, unless one member dresses solely in cashmere, silk, leather and suede, of course.
Featuring a maximum spin speed of 1400rpm, the B5W1241AW has some oomph, while it adds to its energy green credentials by also being a RecycledTub model, meaning it too is 10 per cent former plastic bottles, so your purchase saves sea life.
As above, IronFast comes as standard to save you getting bored at the board, as is the usual (at this point) suspects of a time remaining display, automatic half load, automatic unbalanced load control, variable spin speed selection, variable temperature selection, 24-hour time delay, rinse hold, and child lock. But now also with the addition of an interior light, the 'AquaTech' of the name, which uses water power rather than jerky drum movements to treat your laundry as gently as an aquatic lamb, and Bluetooth connection through the HomeWhiz app for mastery over your machine wherever you are.
A mighty machine that's capable of cleaning up the clothes of a veritable cluster of even the clumsiest of crowds, the Beko B5W1241AW goes big in all ways, but still manages to keep the cost of ownership under a monkey.
