LG WV1-1208W
8 kg front loader, priced from $599 at the retailers tracked (checked 28 Oct 2026). 4 stars, 313 kWh a year (about $100 at 32¢/kWh), 600 mm wide by 550 mm deep.
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Prices, key specs and fit
Prices
| LG (direct) | $599 | Check price |
Prices checked 28 Oct 2026. Retailers may change prices during the day.
Key specs
- Capacity
- 8 kg
- Load type
- Front
- Width
- 600 mm
- Depth
- 550 mm
- Height
- 850 mm
- Weight
- 55 kg
- Spin speed
- 1200 rpm
- Labelled cycle
- 5 h 08 m
- Water inlets
- Cold Only
- Water stars (WELS)
- 4
- Energy stars
- 4
- Energy a year
- 313 kWh
- Cost a year at 32¢/kWh
- $100
- Cost per wash
- about 27c
- Manufacturer's warranty
- 2 Years
- Made in
- China, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam
- Registration no.
- ACW1450
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 600 mm wide, 550 mm deep and 850 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 LG's own site. One guide often covers several models, so check the model number on the document reads WV1-1208W before relying on its figures.
Price history
Checked daily since 8 Sept 2026. Lowest recorded: $594 (The Good Guys, 11 Sept); highest: $599 (The Good Guys, 8 Sept).
Bing Lee · The Good Guys · LG (direct)
One line per retailer, stepped where the daily check recorded a change. Prices exclude delivery and promotions.
How it compares
- Best price $599 against a median of $1,149 for similar machines with current prices.
- 550 mm deep; 6 of the 79 with a listed size sit shallower.
- 313 kWh a year against a median of 244 across the 111 other front loaders within a kilo of its size; 96 of them use less.
- Labelled cycle 5 h 08 m; the median for similar machines is 4 h 49 m.
Listed at #6 on The cheapest washing machines in Australia.
Front loaders by price and capacity
None of the other 66 front loaders with a current price costs less than the LG WV1-1208W and holds at least as much.
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Compare it
Similar models: Westinghouse WWF8024M5WAS · Bosch WAN28288AU · LG WX3-1208W · Fisher & Paykel WH8060J5 · Haier HWF75KW1 · Haier HWF85KW1. More in LG washing machines, Front load washing machines and Washing machines under 600 mm deep.
Figures trace to this machine's entry (ACW1450) in the Australian Government's energy-rating database, and to retailer checks on the dates shown. 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.