AEG 8000 Series Powerclean 59min 40 extra rinse

Washing a full load of general wear (for this cycle) with an Ariel platinum+ Lenor pod and Lenor pink blossom softener

Overall a fantastic daily cycle.

At first I was quite hesitant to use this cycle. The first cycle I done on this machine with a load was cottons 50 time save x2 with extra rinse which ended up doing a cold main wash (i ended up cancelling that cycle on first rinse and switching it to time save x1 which was miles better) so that left a scar on me and was worried all the short cycles would be really poor on it. It’s still early days for me so am still getting adapted to how it works etc. but I can definitely see me using this cycle often.

The main wash gets stuck right into it. It uses the jet for pretty much the entire cycle and has plenty of time for heating which I was VERY happy to see after how cottons time save x2 went. It held and maintained just above 40 for quite a bit with this load. I’m a bit shocked with it getting stuck into main wash straight away on other cycles it’ll have a period where it’ll add enough water to dispense the detergent into the machine then go onto a detergent mixing phase before going into its main saturation.

The cycle done 3 rinses along with another extra short “rinse” which I think is to saturate the load for the final rinse (I can’t class it as a rinse with it just about getting the load fully saturated lol) it also does 2 interm spins which are in burst style up to I think 700 or 800rpm it’s definitely a bit higher than 650rpm but not much so must be around 800rpm. I’ve heard that without extra rinse it won’t do interms at all so think extra rinse is definitely a must for this cycle.

Final spin was quite good too and OH MY GOODNESS THE SMELL OF THE CLOTHES 🥺 they genuinely smelt unreal I’ve never had clothes smell so strong and not overpowering 🥹

Note: squeaking you can hear particularly on some spins is just the bearing seal which is completely normal with how new it is :) I can’t lie I thought mine wasn’t gonna have the noise as it didn’t make it at all with my first load but has started to come on a bit with the past few loads. Still nothing to worry about though and doesn’t bother me in the slightest :) think I’ve adapted to a 23 year old machine with a squealing bearing seal 😂


0:00 Prepare the load
3:29 Start and begin Prosense load detection
4:14 Load detected (4 bar prosense level)
5:25 Main wash (begin saturation, rinse oko mix pump with fresh water)
6:02 Main wash (saturation) (partially soaking load with jetsystem)
6:28 Main wash (saturation, bursting and dispensing pod)
8:49 Main wash (saturation, filling through main wash compartment)
11:03 Main wash (heating with jet and oko mix pump on)
31:18 Main wash (temp holding above 40 with jet and oko mix pump on)
53:12 Drain
53:57 First rinse (with jetsystem)
56:54 First interm spin 800rpm
1:01:55 Second rinse (with jetsystem)
1:05:42 Second interm spin 800rpm (unbalanced)
1:10:06 Soaking load for final rinse with jetystem
1:11:21 Drain
1:11:32 Final rinse (filling with jetsystem on)
1:13:12 Final rinse (dispensing softener)
1:14:02 Final rinse (with jetsystem and oko mix)
1:15:02 prepare for final spin (flush out detergent drawer)
1:15:30 Final spin 1400rpm
1:23:56 Anti crease
1:25:39 End and results