Rated A+++, the Candy Grand’O Vita GVS169DC3 should be efficient to use and run. To test, I started out with our standard wash at 30ºC. This cycle used 0.53kWh of power and a fairly frugal 29.4l of water. This Beko RecycledTub WTK104121A 10kg 1400 spin washing machine comes in an anthracite (grey) finish. The 10kg capacity should be big enough for most families, but there are other washing machines available with a larger capacity. If you are interested in buying the Beko WTK104121A washing machine, make sure you don’t pay over the odds. There is an LED display to view how long your wash has before it ends and the time delay will allow you to wash at a time more convenient for you. Spin efficiency – Excellent, particularly when the washing machine can run at 16oorpm to leave clothes comparatively dry.

Noise performance is decent, and I measured the Candy Grand’O Vita GVS169DC3 at 57.7dB during the standard part of the wash, taken from 30cm from the middle of the door. Spin speed was 79.6dB. Both figures are below the figure stated on the EU energy label, and about average for a cheaper washing machine.

Hand Wash Programme

Running costs are impressively low, even more remarkable by virtue of how little this washing machine costs. Stain removal is about as good as I can expect from a machine at this price. Examining our stain strip, we have – left to right in the image below – red wine, vegetable oil, tomato sauce, orange juice and gravy, all left to dry into the fabric. At the end of the wash cycle, all the stains had effectively been removed, bar a circle of the tough red wine test and a faint mark left of the ketchup.

The detergent drawer is as you’d expect Candy Grand’O Vita GVS169DC3 performance – Impressive running costs and decent stain removal for the priceStain removal – Pretty good on the 30ºC wash, although the synthetic wash ended up folding the stain strip leaving a blob of ketchup behind. Features and programmes – Very basic controls, but they’re easy to use and there are wash programmes to cover most types of clothing. To work out yearly figures, I used the average number of washing machine loads in the UK (274 per year), and multiplied by three different load amounts (6kg for high, 4.5kg for medium and 3kg for low) to get a total amount of washing per year in kg.