Best for: the ultimate Samsung washing experience Available in dazzling ‘Dark Steel’ and nothing else, the Bespoke AI Series 9 is a statement piece for the kitchen or fancy pants laundry room should you be so loaded, being both bold in colourway and beautifully minimalist of design, with its moody silver body, Black Deco and glass door, and slick 7-inch LCD touchscreen interface. Even the line of the detergent drawer is unspoilt by anything as tawdry as a handle. Is it weird to attribute such aspects of beauty to an appliance? Absolutely. Do I regret a word of it? Absolutely not. But, moving past the aesthetic, the sultry Series 9 comes rated class ‘A-55 per cent’ for incredible energy efficiency, features a nicely capacious 9kg drum to cope with the detergent-requiring demands of medium to larger households, and comes imbued with Samsung’s AI Home, that aforementioned LCD touchscreen panel that not only allows for quick, intuitive control, but also lets you personalise your wash more by suggesting cycles and remembering your favoured settings, like a golf caddy, but for laundry. Amongst the simply epic 28-strong programme settings sits AI Wash, sensing the weight of the load and the level of soiling, then automatically adjusting temperature, detergent amount, and soaking, rinsing and spinning times to suit. AI Ecobubble is, of course, also available, as is AI Energy Mode with the Wi-Fi linked SmartThings app, then there’s all the usual cycle suspects, covering all manner of materials, throwing in Eco cycles, Cold settings, and the complete breadth of programmes found in the Series 5, 6 and 8 models I’ve already explored, plus two Super Speed functions for the furiously time-poor. Naturally, Auto Dose is present to save you the hassle of having to workout how much detergent and softener you need each wash, as is Drum Clean and a StayClean Drawer to keep the whole shebang sparkling and bacteria-free, and – going above and beyond on tech convenience – if your day has been so soul-sucking that you can’t even raise the energy to poke gently at the display, you can just tell it what to do. Yes, it is a Samsung, after all, so it’s only right that the Bespoke AI Series 9 WF90F09C4SU1 should come with Bixby ‘On Device’. So, simply tell it what you want it to do and Bixby will take your word as its command. The absolute crème de la crème of the current Samsung washing machine crop, if you, your family and your collective laundry all demand the best in AI-enhanced pure cleansing power, go Bespoke. Energy efficiency class: ‘A’Type: FreestandingWashing capacity: 9kgNoise spinning level: 72dBSpin speed: 1400rpmNumber of programmes: 28Colour: Dark SteelDimensions: 850 x 600 x 600mm (H x W x D)