Bosch WGB256A1AU
10 kg front loader. 5 stars, 250 kWh a year (about $80 at 32¢/kWh), 598 mm wide by 648 mm deep.
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Prices, key specs and fit
Prices
No price for this model at the retailers checked (28 Oct 2026): The Good Guys, Appliances Online and Bing Lee. It may be sold elsewhere, or through the brand's site.
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Same load type and a similar capacity, priced at the retailers checked.
Key specs
- Capacity
- 10 kg
- Load type
- Front
- Series
- Bosch Series 8
- Width
- 598 mm
- Depth
- 648 mm
- Height
- 845 mm
- Weight
- 83.1 kg
- Spin speed
- 1600 rpm
- Labelled cycle
- 5 h 43 m
- Water inlets
- Cold Only
- Energy stars
- 5
- Energy a year
- 250 kWh
- Cost a year at 32¢/kWh
- $80
- Cost per wash
- about 22c
- Manufacturer's warranty
- 2 Years
- Made in
- Germany
- Registration no.
- ACW1407
Size, weight, spin, noise, water, series and warranty figures, where the registry is silent, come from retailer listings and manufacturers' own product pages, checked 28 Oct 2026.
Depth is the cabinet figure and leaves out hose and tap clearance behind the machine.
Will it fit
The cabinet measures 598 mm wide, 648 mm deep and 845 mm high, from the register and retailer spec sheets. Enter the space it has to go in.
Not included. These are cabinet figures. Manufacturers state a ventilation clearance per model in the installation instructions; a figure typed into the Clearance box applies to both sides, the back and the top. No clearance figure for this model is held here, so the answer above allows none until one is entered.
Manuals and guides
These links go to Bosch's own site. One guide often covers several models, so check the model number on the document reads WGB256A1AU before relying on its figures.
How it compares
- 648 mm deep; 46 of the 75 with a listed size sit shallower.
- 250 kWh a year against a median of 241 across the 98 other front loaders within a kilo of its size; 51 of them use less.
- Labelled cycle 5 h 43 m; the median for similar machines is 5 h 16 m.
Compare it
Similar models: Fisher & Paykel WH1060PG5 · Westinghouse WWF1044M7SA · Westinghouse WWF1044M7WAS · Fisher & Paykel WH1060D5 · Miele WQ 1200 WPS · LG WXC3-1410W. More in Bosch washing machines, Front load washing machines and 10 kg washing machines.
Figures trace to this machine's entry (ACW1407) in the Australian Government's energy-rating database. Energy and cycle figures are from the government's labelled test program, which assumes one warm wash a day; household bills vary with use and tariff.