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Modern spin dryers |
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Post# 373186 , Reply# 2   8/19/2009 at 06:16 (5,335 days old) by launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Have debated about purchashing a spin dryer from Europe for awhile now, to augment my Miele, but always pull back from "hitting the button". A front loading washer with a final spin >1000rpms, and even better up to 1200rpms will extract much of the water from laundry to the point further spinning is not only unrequired, but may damage laundry. Spin driers had a place on both sides of the pond when washing machines either did not spin or did so at very low rpms. While top loading washing machines and some commercial/laundromat washers still do not have very robust final spins, many front loaders reach speeds <1200 and even <1400 rpms. With those final spin speeds, especially if they are long enough at speed, you really do not need a separate extractor. My vintage Miele has two spin speeds, 900 and 1100 rpms. At the former, bunging a load of heavy/thick items such as towels into my Hoover spin drier will yield about 1 cup or more of water. If the same load is spun at the later, then the water extracted by the Hoover drops to about 1/2 cup. Less water is extracted by the Hoover if the items are light or medium weight, even if they are spun at 900rpms. What does increase with prolonged high speed spinning is wear on textile fibers and creases. Some creases, even on towels will not fluff out despite a trip through the dryer. At least in a washing machine, the load will be distributed evenly (one hopes), and thus much less creasing. Spin dryers to really run stable should be loaded to capacity, and that often means pushing laundry down into the tub. This is what causes so much creasing. |