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fluff program at end of front load wash cycle |
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Post# 744572 , Reply# 1   3/23/2014 at 18:46 (3,657 days old) by Imperial70 (MA USA)   |   | |
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I guess this was a pretty dumb topic to bring up. |
Post# 744690 , Reply# 3   3/24/2014 at 02:20 (3,657 days old) by mrboilwash (Munich,Germany)   |   | |
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My Miele does it up to 60 minutes after the cycle has finished.
It`s nice to have a fluff cycle, but I still have a strong urge to shake and untangle each and every piece of laundry before I put it into the dyer. I couldn`t bring myself to dry a shirt with one sleeve inside out for example. So I wouldn`t miss it that much if I had to go without a fluff cycle. |
Post# 744699 , Reply# 4   3/24/2014 at 04:23 (3,656 days old) by Haxisfan (Europe - UK / Italy)   |   | |
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The Hoover front loader doesn't have a fluff cycle after a cotton program, only if things get particularly tangled up, the machine will include a fluff sequence before the final stage of the spin cycle. Having said that, it has a brief soft-disposal cycle at the end of a delicate programme... but this doesn't fluff the laundry, it only detaches it from the walls of the drum.
In my honest opininon the fluff cycle or anti-crease is a pile of utter non-sense, my mum's Indesit does a lot of faffing about before and after the final spin... and the results are just the same... maybe with a wetter laundry as it spends most of the time allocated for the spin cycle to not really spin. As 'mrboilwash' suggested, the items after a wash will not be completely flattened and the right way up... and I too shake and gently stretch them out before putting them in the dryer: this actually results in dry laundry that doesn't need to be ironed ;-) |
Post# 744701 , Reply# 5   3/24/2014 at 04:36 (3,656 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea))   |   | |
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Post# 744716 , Reply# 6   3/24/2014 at 06:49 (3,656 days old) by Imperial70 (MA USA)   |   | |
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My Frigidaire Front load has it at the end of every final spin. Perhaps that's not the fluff cycle? But it does get the clothes off the drum. Sorry if I'm using the wrong term. Anyway, I find it helpful. :-) |
Post# 744723 , Reply# 7   3/24/2014 at 07:06 (3,656 days old) by GeorgeCT (Fairfield, CT)   |   | |
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Post# 744755 , Reply# 9   3/24/2014 at 09:42 (3,656 days old) by joe_in_philly (Philadelphia, PA, USA)   |   | |
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I assumed all front load washers have a fluff period at the end of the cycle. My Kenmore HE3t tumbles back and forth for about 2:30 after the final spin. Rarely is anything stuck to the drum, and it makes unloading easier than pealing things off the drum. I do shake some clothes, but things like towels and whites go directly into the dryer.
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Post# 744781 , Reply# 10   3/24/2014 at 13:24 (3,656 days old) by logixx (Germany)   |   | |
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Dito on what Joe said. My Duet will always leaves clothes nicely fluffed after the final spin. Even large loads and, of course, especially small loads like in the picture I took today. It does have an extra Anti Crease option that will lower interim spins, add more water to each rinse and do a continuous tumble for ten minutes at the end but that tumble happens before it goes into the final spin. *d'oh*
I agree with what washer111 said about clothes sticking to the Honeycomb drum. I think the larger surface area with these small holes create enough area for laundry to "stick" to, compared to regular drums with larger holes. As far as I remember, top loaders that fluffed clothes were the Maytag Neptune and Whirpool's Calypso. And possibly Robert's bouncing-basket Apex. I'm sure there are others. Alex |
Post# 744787 , Reply# 11   3/24/2014 at 14:18 (3,656 days old) by alr2903 (TN)   |   | |
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Imperial70, there are no dumb questions. I did not realize this was a nice thing a F/L machine could do for me. Old house and lots of steps sometimes I run a little late on getting the "business casual" moved over to the dryer. |
Post# 744921 , Reply# 13   3/24/2014 at 21:17 (3,656 days old) by Imperial70 (MA USA)   |   | |
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I forgot about the calypso having this capability. I doubt the impeller top loaders can do anything like that. alr2903: Thanks for the kind words. I agree. There are not any dumb questions. |