New boiler - Ideal Vogue advice

[robj20]

And i wanted a Vogue for our new house, mainly because of positive feedback and opentherm.

 

[Masood]

Come on guys this is turning into a slagging match we have all got our preferences when it comes to installs don't think this is helping the original poster , truth is choose a brand look at the warranty offered find a good reputable installer who will look after the boiler every year so that warranty is honoured.

I disagree completely. The OP has come to us looking for opinions. We are giving him our views based on real-life experience of manufacturers. How else is someone going to find out what kind of back-up or warranty support manufacturers really offer? Each brand will advertise that they are wonderful. Each glossy brochure will promise the earth. It's very easy to offer long warranties, but of manufacturers try and wriggle out of them, they are just empty words. It's not slagging off, it's telling out how it is in our experience.

 

[king of pipes]

Disagree all you like bud i still stand by what i said the poor guy wont have clue which way to go now , Get a worcester Greenstar 34cdi classic , a worcester filter , and a worcester wave that will give you a 7 years warranty and peace of mind should it fail it will be sorted end of . regards k

 

[Old Account]

I disagree completely. The OP has come to us looking for opinions. We are giving him our views based on real-life experience of manufacturers. How else is someone going to find out what kind of back-up or warranty support manufacturers really offer? Each brand will advertise that they are wonderful. Each glossy brochure will promise the earth. It's very easy to offer long warranties, but of manufacturers try and wriggle out of them, they are just empty words. It's not slagging off, it's telling out how it is in our experience.

So true! How often you get warranty on sound systems, phones, boilers ... and later when you phone them up they are going to tell you it's not under warranty because of this and this and this ... they always find ways to tell you they don't cover things because of some reasons.

 

[Old Account]

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[Old Account]

Disagree all you like bud i still stand by what i said the poor guy wont have clue which way to go now , Get a worcester Greenstar 34cdi classic , a worcester filter , and a worcester wave that will give you a 7 years warranty and peace of mind should it fail it will be sorted end of . regards k

But the OP shouldn't chose a boiler just because of the long warranty... if it's were me I'd chose a boiler with a good reputation which has high quality on products. But then again the life of a boiler depends not only on the manufacturer but on the customer too as you will need to look after it. Once a year servicing etc ... how many customer did you come across and they told you after asking when was the last service " I think it was 5-8 years ago "... I mean installing a boiler worth of £1200 but not looking after it, it's no point is it. And 10 years warranty won't help you much.

 

[Masood]

Disagree all you like bud i still stand by what i said the poor guy wont have clue which way to go now , Get a worcester Greenstar 34cdi classic , a worcester filter , and a worcester wave that will give you a 7 years warranty and peace of mind should it fail it will be sorted end of . regards k

And I stand by what I said - if you buy an Ideal, beware that in a lot of installers' experience the warranty backup is less than ideal. You haven't actually helped the "poor guy" much either - all you've done is trumpet the virtues of Worcester, which is only your opinion. Just as valid as anyone else's, of course, but no grounds to silence everyone else's opinion.

 

[Stanios]

At the end of the day with Worcester you are paying good £100 just for the badge. They advertise, they get in them Which surveys too..
Customer service aside I see Ideal as value for money, Worcester is just wool over your eyes, nice badge yes but inside nothing to justify the premium. In my opinion they are outdated, bread and butter install yes but servicing is a pain, repair is a pain, lack of even most basic controls and functions. Why is it the most expensive brand again?

 

[Stanios]

At the end of the day with Worcester you are paying good £100 just for the badge. They advertise, they get in them Which surveys too..
Customer service aside I see Ideal as value for money, Worcester is just wool over your eyes, nice badge yes but inside nothing to justify the premium. In my opinion they are outdated, bread and butter install yes but servicing is a pain, repair is a pain, lack of even most basic controls and functions. Why is it the most expensive brand again?

 

[king of pipes]

Ok chaps guess we are gonna have to disagree cheers k

 

[newcastle phill]

Worcesters are overpriced for what you get.
Back up is good.
But so is baxi - when i call just after midday'ish on a friday and they are there fixing it 10am Saturday morning - it doesn't get much better than that..

 

[hammers4spanner]

Thing is with baxi it's just to lumpy

 

[newcastle phill]

Customers never complain of lumpiness and they are always right