Washing machines sometimes get bad press because they’re considered boring but whether you’re into revs per minute or are a hardwired statistician you can find something to love in washing machines. The modern machine has a mass of features, stats, and ratings that can be compared, contrasted, and pored over at will in order to help you come up with the ideal home washing machine for your requirements.

Calgon has based an entire brand history on the fact that they allegedly have the proof of washing machine engineers to show that regularly using Calgon will reduce the build up of limescale and will, therefore, help to reduce the likelihood that the machine will break down and reduce the running costs of the washing machine. Consumer group Which?, having run extended tests to simulate three years of regular use, dispute the tag line “washing machines live longer with Calgon” and have even gone so far as to lodge an official complaint with the Advertising Standards Authority.