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Post# 714035 11/8/2013 at 22:07 (3,818 days old) by logixx  (Germany) |
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This must have launched recently. Works like one of those drying cabinets but adds steam and photocatalysis to sanitize clothes. I'll link the English manual below. It's not on the UK home page yet but there is a German, Italian and French video about it on V ZUG's YouTube page.
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| Post# 714175 , Reply# 1 11/9/2013 at 14:14 (3,818 days old) by frontloaderfan (Merrimac valley, MA) | ||
Beeindrückend... | ||
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Post# 714249 , Reply# 2 11/9/2013 at 20:28 (3,817 days old) by logixx (Germany) |
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One wonders what they will cost? | ||
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Post# 714402 , Reply# 3 11/10/2013 at 15:57 (3,817 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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The Refresh-Butler | ||
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Post# 714403 , Reply# 4 11/10/2013 at 15:59 (3,817 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Of Course.... | ||
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Post# 714416 , Reply# 6 11/10/2013 at 16:42 (3,817 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Ahem...
One thinks the sales demographic of said above purchases would not be the ones using the latest in clothes technology......and we all need something sparkly to aspire to...
And which decade are you describing? most UK homes now have the most compact and energy efficient of combi boilers, usually hung in the kitchen or utilty - The "Airing" cupboard has well long gone!! 
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Post# 714420 , Reply# 7 11/10/2013 at 17:02 (3,817 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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It Would Be......
"James" who would possibly be using it....
"Up until now, unpleasant food odours in a silk dress or folds and creases in a business suit would have been something for professional dry cleaners or a “James” around the house. The Refresh-Butler, an innovation from the inventors at V-ZUG, provides the solution. High quality fabrics can now enjoy refresh, anti-crease, sanitise and drying treatment at home using photocatalysis." 
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| Post# 714460 , Reply# 8 11/10/2013 at 19:30 (3,816 days old) by optima (Cumbria England) | ||
Refresher | ||
| Post# 714462 , Reply# 9 11/10/2013 at 19:33 (3,816 days old) by frontloaderfan (Merrimac valley, MA) | ||
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Des isch z'tüür
CHF 11.500,- for a laundry appliance for a private home, no matter how advanced, is outrageous. The Refresh Butler's most prominent feature is it's snob appeal. V-Zug washers are one thing. Top-notch laundry equipment has it's price. Paying over ten grand to spruce up one's clothing is quite another...
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Post# 714524 , Reply# 10 11/11/2013 at 05:09 (3,816 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Refresh-Butler
Hi Craig, what colour, ha ha?
Hi Ryan, know what you mean but its only obscene to us mortals, there will always be a call for high price luxury products from the world clothing, watches, cars, yachts etc, similarly the cache value of goods with a higher price, which puts V-Zug firmly in the category of Veblen Goods and the cachet that goes with it - in the Swiss banking industry cachet is the norm. In the 70`s the M brand held a certain status, here they where sold as a cachet high value appliance, one to differentiate from the mass produced, often sold through kitchen specialists and as part of a new kitchen venture, as the brand progressed more models came onto the market and often with wider price range v features....the largest % of M brand laundry appliances sold here now are from there lowest price band, thats the lowest spec product, and you find your "Cache Brand" product is now in just about every home in the land - which is good if the volume and trend continues, but not if you consider the cachet of the brand, hence the new marketing and pricing structure - thats where the likes of V-Zug find their brand is now superbly positioned - in the stratosphere and where it will probably stay, discernable goods with a price tag to prove it!! 
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Post# 714549 , Reply# 11 11/11/2013 at 07:43 (3,816 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Mike so true yet over here we find items like this are introduced to high end clients for a few years to see if they have legs under them. If that all goes well then manufacturers seeking to maximize $$ not cache. They then under engineer the items to reduce price point and reach a mass market stressing "convenience" to that market as opposed to "cache" to the "la-ti-dah" market.
Cool unit by the way but those washer/dryers UGH DROOL SLOBBER UGH FEVER OY! "They ain't no 110V in those babies damn!"
P.S. I love the upside down GE dryer opening in the dryer - how refreshing!
Its interesting watching the video how they stress killing all those nasty microbes. I just read a piece in the Sunday Times how the Swiss and US have been studying the increase of allergies in people over the last century and they have found people who live,work and get pregnant on farms near cow sheds have a huge decrease in allergies over their lifetime, with the placenta effect magnifying the resistant in the womb. And they conclude that it is the constant exposure to all kinds of microbes from the cow shed that beefs up the immune system. They note at the dawn of the industrial revolution "hay fever" was first talked about and was a rich man's disease. Because they had left the farm life way behind them.
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Post# 714571 , Reply# 12 11/11/2013 at 11:09 (3,816 days old) by logixx (Germany) |
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Have mentioned the price of this appliance on the German forum and several Swiss members said that their loans are actually higher and therefore things are more expensive that in other countries so - that taken into consideration - this refresher isn't that expensive. Would be interesting to know how much a V Zug washing machine is in the UK versus the same model in Switzerland. | ||
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Post# 714574 , Reply# 13 11/11/2013 at 11:32 (3,816 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Previous Models..Adora SLQ + Dryer | ||
| Post# 714607 , Reply# 14 11/11/2013 at 14:17 (3,816 days old) by ronhic (Canberra, Australia) | ||
...and here | ||
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Post# 714627 , Reply# 16 11/11/2013 at 15:42 (3,816 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Combinations
Hi mrx,yes a lot of newfangled condenser boilers are now being offered to replace the traditional combi boilers, also the government has linked up with energy suppliers and DWP to offer free combi boilers to replace older inefficient oil or gas boilers.
Solar did take off the last few years here after big incentives but has been reduced due to companies and the government stopping or severley reducing the options. Brick based or solid apartment blocks have combi gas, some newer wood panel build do offer the new super lagged large electric water tanks which are mains pressured. I do remember the airing cupboard as a kid, all the sheets and towels warming from the hot water cyclinder with a badly fitted cover haha.. | ||
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Post# 715044 , Reply# 19 11/13/2013 at 08:39 (3,814 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Well Dave yes yes it was a choice of words thank you. My Australian relations tell me most people there feel that kids should eat 5 pounds of dirt before they turn 10!! LOL!
I think I am beginning to agree with that philosophy, but then it begs the question of wayy wayy back when!! In our hunter gather culture long before animal husbandry were there cavemen running around with boxes of Kleenex and sneezing with hay fever?? How messy would "Leatherex" be?? GAhhh!
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Post# 715081 , Reply# 20 11/13/2013 at 13:36 (3,814 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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JonJet..... | ||
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Post# 715085 , Reply# 21 11/13/2013 at 13:41 (3,814 days old) by henene4 (Heidenheim a.d. Brenz (Germany)) |
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But thats the washer/dryer display... | ||
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Post# 715091 , Reply# 22 11/13/2013 at 13:56 (3,814 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Yes.... | ||
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Post# 715294 , Reply# 23 11/14/2013 at 08:58 (3,813 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Yes Mike | ||
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Post# 715431 , Reply# 24 11/15/2013 at 02:09 (3,812 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Boards... | ||
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Post# 715432 , Reply# 25 11/15/2013 at 02:11 (3,812 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Post# 715461 , Reply# 26 11/15/2013 at 06:19 (3,812 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Tap…tap,,,tappp | ||
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Post# 715612 , Reply# 28 11/15/2013 at 19:23 (3,812 days old) by logixx (Germany) |
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Console Panels
Many companies offer such a technology, though the smart phone usually replaces a built-in panel. There used to be a project in Switzerland called Future Home (or something) where a family lived I a home that had everything automated. They could even check and close the windows from the main screen in the kitchen. Naturally, their V Zug appliances were connected as well. Miele and BSH have similar offerings and companies such as Whirlpool USA or Samsung have laundry apps to remote control appliances.
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