Hoover TV630 Review

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waterweed's Review of Hoover TV630 Dryer

29th May 2008

Overall Rating

0 stars
  • Value for money
    0 stars
  • Special Features
    Bog standard tumble drier
  • Durability
    0 stars
  • Service & Support
    0 stars
  • Owned Product For:
    More than 1 year
  • Ease of Use
    2.5 stars
  • Style
    2.5 stars
Good Points

None that I can find.


Bad Points

Exceptionally poor design and build quality.


General Comments

Just out of warranty (12 months) the mains suppressor capacitor shorted blowing the fuse. I had to bypass it to make the machine usable. (it's only fitted as by law the electrical interference caused by this type of appliance has to be suppressed).

Shortly afterwards the door switch failed.

The heater then failed.

Few weeks ago the machine started making an almighty noise - I knew what it was so waited 'till it died. The drum back bearing had failed - as it always does in these dreadful machines. This really shouldn't be called a bearing - it's merely a piece of what appears to be brass or phosphor bronze with a hole in it which mates with the spigot at the back of the drum. There was no lubricant of any sort present, so it had been running dry and obviously this hastened it's demise.

All that's required here is to remove this brass 'bearing' and turn it thru'180 degrees so that the worn part is at the top and refit the belt and all the other rubbish - couple of hours effing and blinding and the job was done!

I did this job this afternoon and was quite pleased with myself thinking the machine 'might' just last another 6 months.

Sadly this was not to be as the motor (cheap rubbish from Eastern Europe) failed a couple of hours later.

SO it's a trip to the local skip first thing tomorrow - throwing this Hoover away will give me immense satisfaction - though I have to spend good money replacing it.

I'm really annoyed as this machine has not worked hard but looking at the general standard of construction it was inevitable that it would give problems.

A local Hoover service engineer tells me that Hoover quality has plummeted in the last few years so this will be the last Hoover appliance that I will ever own.

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