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Thread Number: 60662
/ Tag: Modern Automatic Washers
Top load horizontal axis washing machines availability in Australia |
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Post# 833053 7/21/2015 at 05:21 (3,194 days old) by Spinspeed  (Far North New South Wales Australia (originally London UK)) |
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So I am trying to get a European top load horizontal axis washer for a friend who has a narrow space and can't fit a regular 600mm washer. I cannot find anything in Australia apart from regular frontload washers and regular impeller/agitator washers. Anyone here in Oz know if any are available?
Cheers guys Simon | ||
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Post# 833120 , Reply# 2 7/21/2015 at 12:49 (3,193 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Post# 833204 , Reply# 3 7/21/2015 at 22:30 (3,193 days old) by mattywashboy (Perth, Western Australia) |
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I have only ever seen the Kleenmaid top loaders around. In my new house I have quite a small laundry that was configured really wrong. The washing machine is behind the door into the laundry which means that due to the small size of the laundry anyway, I have to shut myself in the laundry to get into the washer properly. The trough is next to the washer, simply swapping these around would have made things a LOT easier to manouver. Laundries in Aussie houses seem to be getting smaller as the fashion of European cupboard laundries are starting to become more popular.
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Post# 833940 , Reply# 5 7/26/2015 at 15:07 (3,188 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Miele 
Does make its top loading H-Axis washer available outside Europe via various yacht fitting companies as part of the Miele-Marine subsidiary. However it still runs on 230v/50hz.
www.mielemarineusa.com/us/campaig... | ||
| Post# 834170 , Reply# 6 7/28/2015 at 09:52 (3,186 days old) by chris74 () | ||
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Bendix Bambina www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/ballajura... Max. 60°C and 800 RPM but looks nice. | ||
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Post# 834191 , Reply# 7 7/28/2015 at 12:47 (3,186 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Post# 834231 , Reply# 8 7/28/2015 at 17:53 (3,186 days old) by Vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK) |
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60 degrees | ||
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Post# 834244 , Reply# 9 7/28/2015 at 19:08 (3,186 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Oh I Don't Know... | ||
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Post# 834287 , Reply# 10 7/28/2015 at 22:45 (3,186 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Post# 834288 , Reply# 11 7/28/2015 at 22:57 (3,186 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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One niggle with our OKO-Lavamat
Is the lack of a "cycle guarantee" like our older Miele.
This is if the incoming tap water is not cold but say warm or whatever and thus the machine reaches a temperature setting sooner than the alloted programmed time; it will subtract that time from total wash period. Far as one can see ten minutes seems to be the programmed time for linens/cottons on "normal". At first one didn't realise why say as the machine drains wash water with "64 minutes" showing on the timer it suddenly drops to "54" as the first fill begins, then it became clear; the starting wash water was warmer than "cold" (in these instances it was since one had set the taps to "warm")so the machine adjusts the remainder of cycle by deducting the unused heating period. By this we take it that the washer allows about ten minutes to bring cold water (it is a cold fill only machine) to whatever temperature selected. Now there is an "Energy Saving" program that does a 60C with less recourses but takes >2.5 hours in order to do so. Only used it once and from what can see it takes the already miserly wash water settings and drops even lower. Less water in the wash means less energy required for heating I shouldn't wonder. Oh and the recirculating jet remains activated through the entire wash cycle; the better to force the small amount of water through the washing. | ||
| Post# 834331 , Reply# 12 7/29/2015 at 07:22 (3,185 days old) by chris74 () | ||
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Nevertheless Most today's fabrics won't stand 90°/95° anyway. I think he should go for that little treasure because H-axis does provide superior results IMHO... | ||
| Post# 834441 , Reply# 13 7/29/2015 at 20:19 (3,185 days old) by mielerod69 (Australia) | ||
Bendix can reach 90 degrees | ||
| Post# 834474 , Reply# 14 7/30/2015 at 04:13 (3,185 days old) by chris74 () | ||
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Good to know It's a pity that one can't identify the symbols... | ||
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Post# 834480 , Reply# 15 7/30/2015 at 06:24 (3,184 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Post# 834550 , Reply# 16 7/30/2015 at 22:17 (3,184 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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One Dreams
Of one day finding an Miele or other H-Axis washer on North American soil, but alas nothing yet. Ironers, front loading washing machines, dryers, all manner and sort of laundry appliances seemed to have been hauled over here from Europe, would it have killed someone to bring a top loading H-Axis washer? *LOL*
Probably am best off as parts and or service would surely be nil. Once found a French Miele front loader on CL and was going to purchase but someone else got there first. Mentioned it to a Miele tech during a service all and was told Miele USA will have nothing to do with such units. No, wait I tell a lie. They can order parts if needed and perhaps do the work but none of it comes with a warranty. | ||
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Post# 869723 , Reply# 17 2/29/2016 at 06:24 (2,970 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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If the OP is still lurking here, here's an H-axis toploader, a Kleenmaid made by Brandt.
www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/duncraig/... | ||
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