Stuffing the Miele

Miele: 1918 washer, near mint condition.

Washload: Big bath "sheets".

Normally I can wash seven of these bath sheets in the Neptune without too much trouble. Although the Neptune generally has struggled to balance such a load, with a lot of banging and tumbling before it sorts it out, and sometimes it doesn't get to final spin speed, and I have to reach in, redistribute the load, and run another spin.

So in my first try with the Miele 1918, I was able to fit in just four of these bath sheets. I tried to fit in a fifth one, but no go. It ran perfectly, though, with no balancing issues. And the rinsing was very thorough, important for bath towels.

The next time I decided to try to run five bath sheets. To do this, I carefully folded each one up, and placed each folded towel in the machine. In this way I was able to get five bath sheets in the 1918. The load washed just fine, with no apparent balancing issues (I left the machine during the wash and went into the main house to tend to other things). I did notice that the water level in the "laundry tub" I set up was significantly higher than for other, smaller loads. Those towels soak up a lot of water and the Miele keeps on adding it until it's satisfied. I know there were no major balancing problems because the towels came out with very little residual moisture.

For those who like to know such things, the bath sheets are Martex "Bare Necessities" 100% egyptian combed cotton. After washing and drying they measure about 33" x 65". From Costco, natch.


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Post# 243065 10/17/2007 at 20:40 (6,028 days old) by sudsmaster (SF Bay Area, California)
Checkrate/Likes Miele: 1918 washer, near mint condition. Washload: Big bath "sheets". Normally I can wash seven of these bath sheets in the Neptune without too much trouble. Although the Neptune generally has struggled to balance such a load, with a lot of banging and tumbling before it sorts it out, and sometimes it doesn't get to final spin speed, and I have to reach in, redistribute the load, and run another spin. So in my first try with the Miele 1918, I was able to fit in just four of these bath sheets. I tried to fit in a fifth one, but no go. It ran perfectly, though, with no balancing issues. And the rinsing was very thorough, important for bath towels. The next time I decided to try to run five bath sheets. To do this, I carefully folded each one up, and placed each folded towel in the machine. In this way I was able to get five bath sheets in the 1918. The load washed just fine, with no apparent balancing issues (I left the machine during the wash and went into the main house to tend to other things). I did notice that the water level in the "laundry tub" I set up was significantly higher than for other, smaller loads. Those towels soak up a lot of water and the Miele keeps on adding it until it's satisfied. I know there were no major balancing problems because the towels came out with very little residual moisture. For those who like to know such things, the bath sheets are Martex "Bare Necessities" 100% egyptian combed cotton. After washing and drying they measure about 33" x 65". From Costco, natch.

Post# 243067 , Reply# 1 10/17/2007 at 20:46 (6,028 days old) by appnut (TX)
Checkrate/Likes Very Cool!! Rich!! Wonder how ya say BobLoad in German

Post# 243446 , Reply# 2 10/19/2007 at 23:36 (6,026 days old) by miele4848 ()
Checkrate/Likes *BobLoad?* What does BobLoad mean?

Post# 243452 , Reply# 3 10/20/2007 at 00:00 (6,026 days old) by sudsmaster (SF Bay Area, California)
Checkrate/Likes *Bobload ist...* Appnut's first name is Robert, or Bob. Bob is noted for skill ful loading of dishwashers and clotheswashers to their absolute maximum, which loads are thusly referred to as "bobloads". I believe he is bestowing the honor of "Bobload" upon my recent laundering of five large bath sheets in the Miele 1918. It is considered quite an honor. ;-)

Post# 243473 , Reply# 4 10/20/2007 at 04:40 (6,026 days old) by whirlpolf ()
Checkrate/Likes *un-bobload-able Miele* Bobload in German? No word for that, it is simply "vollstopfen" (to cram up, to pack). Manufacturers just call it "�berf�llen, �berladen" (to overload) - how boring! What about your sheets in this one, Sudsmaster? It is the POD of Oct. 18th on the German forum. I still remember having had this very brochure back in old days and just from my memory I can tell this machine loads 120 kg (compare the 1918 with 6 kg) and to tell you its size: the shiny trim should be about eye-level. The drum has 3 compartments (pie-shaped). You can raise each compartment until the separator wall is level with the door hatch. They don't make them this big nowadays, I think the largest they offer today holds 32 kg. CLICK HERE TO GO TO whirlpolf's LINK

Post# 243535 , Reply# 5 10/20/2007 at 12:25 (6,025 days old) by vivalalavatrice ()
Checkrate/Likes *BOBLOAD...in Italian...* As you've asked what is the German for Bobload...why don't know it in Italian too!? BOBLOAD = "Un carico da 90!" Amici?! Dico bene o sbaglio?! 90 is the last number of the "Tombola" (Italian for Bingo)...but also is the highest temp of every wash cycle now (someone is 95 but generally is 90)...so is the temperature which you wash at your bedlinens, towels...at end "il bucato bianco" wich generally is the bigger one...

Post# 243557 , Reply# 6 10/20/2007 at 13:30 (6,025 days old) by sudsmaster (SF Bay Area, California)
Checkrate/Likes Um, the 1918 is a 5 kg machine.

Post# 243560 , Reply# 7 10/20/2007 at 13:48 (6,025 days old) by askomiele (Belgium Ghent)
Checkrate/Likes But that's it with mieles they handle stuffed load very good!!! I stuffed my washer once and weight the amout of laundry. Capicity rated as 5 kg i stuffed inside 5.8 kg and after filling there was room enough to move the clothes!

Post# 243564 , Reply# 8 10/20/2007 at 14:11 (6,025 days old) by lavamat78800 ()
Checkrate/Likes When I did a boilwash in my AEG I loaded the machine normally full, didn�t stuff it and still didn�t put to few in it. The machine has a capacity of 5 kg and only 3.8 kg got in there. Still of not overloading the machine it has failures with the bearings.( after 2,5 years and "only" 2000 hours of working )

Post# 243571 , Reply# 10 10/20/2007 at 15:06 (6,025 days old) by timon90 (Norway)
Checkrate/Likes Electrolux have machines with 120kgs capacity! Here's the WH41100H with 120kgs cap. And Edro DynaWash has 3 chamber machines.

Post# 243569 , Reply# 9 10/20/2007 at 14:48 (6,025 days old) by sudsmaster (SF Bay Area, California)
Checkrate/Likes I haven't weighed them recently, but last time I checked, some seven of same bath sheets weighed about 13 lbs. So five would weigh considerably less than 5 kg. I attibute the lighter weight to the fact that they are terry-cloth, which is fluffy and mostly air. Folding them neatly compacts them more, but they are still light. I would probably not try folding heavily soiled laundry, as the folds would tend to shield dirty areas from thorough cleaning. For bath towels, however, it's not an issue.