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Post# 487308 , Reply# 2 1/8/2011 at 15:00 (4,706 days old) by yogitunes  (New Jersey) |
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| Post# 487310 , Reply# 3 1/8/2011 at 15:08 (4,706 days old) by mtn1584 (USA) | ||
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I have seen the little demo at Home Depot, I would have killed to have a toy like that growing up LOL. There are some videos of the machine on You tube. Mike | ||
| Post# 487321 , Reply# 4 1/8/2011 at 15:35 (4,706 days old) by ronhic (Canberra, Australia) | ||
Cold water washing and fitness gear....
Quite simply, hang it outside to dry....the sun sorts it out.
98.6% of Australian households have a washing machine and 74% of Australians wash clothes in cold water..... I can guarantee you that the majority do not use LCB in their washing, though many people do have and use 'colour safe' bleach.... The key difference is that most people here hang their washing out which will kill bacteria. Just over 50% of Australians have a dryer and of those that do, less than 25% use it once a week or more. So cold water washing works....I can promise you, that as a nation we don't stink or smell 'musty/mouldy', but the way the majority of us wash our clothes is slightly different to both Europe and North America... | ||
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Post# 487371 , Reply# 6 1/8/2011 at 17:34 (4,706 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Ronhic
" but the way the majority of us wash our clothes is slightly different to both Europe and North America..."
I've seen they way my Cuz' toploader works and its STRANGE! The agitator whirls around many,many many times in ONE direction and then stops and backs out again many many many times in the other direction! Very weird!! Very Downunder and very unlike anything else! And don't get me started on your drying closets!!! What a hoot! | ||
| Post# 487384 , Reply# 8 1/8/2011 at 18:20 (4,706 days old) by mtn1584 (USA) | ||
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so what you're saying is................................ SLAP.......................SNAP OUT OF IT!!!!!! lol | ||
| Post# 487436 , Reply# 10 1/8/2011 at 23:08 (4,706 days old) by ronhic (Canberra, Australia) | ||
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Roscoe62....
LOL...
That was why I commented that we 'wash slightly differently'...we don't have to deal with the icy winters that North America gets... We don't get snow in winter (though some places do) and even when it's -8c, which is cold for us, clothes will be mostly dry when put outside provided you get them in before 4.30pm... In answer to your question about 'Whites retaining white', if the detergent is removing the soiling, regardless of if washed in hot, warm or cold water, then the whites should still be white... Our consumer magazine here tests ALL detergents in 'cold' (20c) water....the top performer removed 86% (OMOMATIC) followed by Radient (81%) and then COLD POWER (79%)...differences of 6% or more are generally visible without special equipment... These were all powders. Liquids are only a small proportion of our market, even though there are plenty of them, and Choice reqularly comments that they don't clean as well...so they don't tend to test them. Personally, I don't use them and never have...I'm 'old school' when it comes to my primary laundry detergents - POWDERS only... Only you will know if you are happy using cold water. There is no harm in trying it though, or use a tempered cold wash rather than tap cold... But my comments about bacteria still stand....the sun, when available, is the safest, cheapest, and best way to kill the blighters.... | ||
| Post# 487440 , Reply# 11 1/8/2011 at 23:11 (4,706 days old) by ronhic (Canberra, Australia) | ||
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Drying cupboards.....
....are fabulous! Don't knock 'em until you've lived with them..
An 'airing' cupboard is recycling at it's most efficient really... - Take one double 6' tall cupboard (normally in the laundry) - add one electric hot water storage tank (or the storage tank only if gas) in the left or right side... - run a rail above the tank from left to right - hang items on hangers on the other side, heaviest closest to the tank.... Voila! Dry clothes in the morning.....all for free | ||
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Post# 487474 , Reply# 12 1/9/2011 at 07:34 (4,706 days old) by mrboilwash (Munich,Germany) |
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| Post# 487480 , Reply# 13 1/9/2011 at 08:02 (4,706 days old) by pulsator-power (connecticut) | ||
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Guilty pleasures--- job #2 is at HD--- (I'm a cashier). Last thing at night I have to do is run the garbage to receiving--I'll detour through appliances and play with the LG toy- love the blue lights and the water, and you can hear the thing whirling away from a distance! Way cool! Jerry | ||
| Post# 487537 , Reply# 17 1/9/2011 at 12:43 (4,706 days old) by whirlpolf () | ||
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PS.: forgot that toy/demo washer Can someone send me one? (Will do anything for that! - kidding only, rather almost(!) anything *g*) It is soooooo cute ;) Joe | ||
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Post# 487561 , Reply# 18 1/9/2011 at 14:22 (4,705 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Oh Ron the drying cupboard | ||
| Post# 487566 , Reply# 19 1/9/2011 at 14:36 (4,705 days old) by ronhic (Canberra, Australia) | ||
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20 cents for 20 minutes
Ahhh...
I've not seen one of those used commercially....however, my aunt in Sydney has one from the early 1970's. They are about the size of a tall single door fridge... ...and ASKO now sell one. Calling it 'new' in any shape or form is a tad stretching though... CLICK HERE TO GO TO ronhic's LINK | ||
| Post# 487629 , Reply# 20 1/9/2011 at 17:17 (4,705 days old) by roscoe62 (Canada) | ||
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@20 cents Didn't Maytag have a drying center available only a few short years ago with the tumbler underneath and two drying sections on top one to hang things and the other to dry flat? Where or what happened to that? | ||
| Post# 487631 , Reply# 21 1/9/2011 at 17:23 (4,705 days old) by ptcruiser51 (Boynton Beach, FL) | ||
Maytag drying center | ||
| Post# 487706 , Reply# 22 1/9/2011 at 19:35 (4,705 days old) by cornutt (Huntsville, AL USA) | ||
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My wife really wanted one of those Maytag drying centers. But by the time we were ready to buy, I couldn't find one. | ||
| Post# 488715 , Reply# 23 1/13/2011 at 15:18 (4,701 days old) by mark_wpduet (Lexington KY) | ||
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| Post# 488818 , Reply# 25 1/13/2011 at 23:16 (4,701 days old) by laundromat (Hilo, Hawaii) | ||
The LG is THE ONLY top loading washer I would even consider buying. It has a massive capacity,stainless steel wash basket and impeller, and has a great recirculating spray that really helps save on water and gets the wash extremely clean as well as thoroughly rinsed.The lid doesn't slam and it's not at all op'd like the new Whirlpools are.The matching dryer is also nice and not over priced. Whirlpools are $2400 each!!!!
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| Post# 488842 , Reply# 26 1/14/2011 at 03:20 (4,701 days old) by mark_wpduet (Lexington KY) | ||
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Agreed
I do know PLENTY of places here in Lexington service LG's......That's not an issue.......
The issue I have when/if a washer happens to break is potentially being without a washer for two to three weeks while they order parts and try to figure out what's wrong.....etc. I agree that I would not consider the TL HE washers from Whirlpool based on the videos I have seen. I would however take the LG TL washer. It looks great but I do know looks can be deceiving .........I've just never had many problems with any Whirlpool appliance ever...just minor things here and there. | ||
| Post# 488857 , Reply# 27 1/14/2011 at 07:53 (4,701 days old) by Iheartmaytag (Wichita, Kansas) | ||
Sear's service (A&E) is now making LG one of their major brands they service.
There are some independent service companies that will not service anything but GE, Whirlpool, Maytag, KitchenAide, Amana, Speed Queen etc. I know of one that used to would not service anything but a Maytag, and even then if you didn't buy it from him; he may have to wait a week or so before he got around to you. I don't kow if they are being snobs or if they have difficulty being reimbursed for the repairs. | ||
| Post# 488943 , Reply# 28 1/14/2011 at 16:11 (4,700 days old) by mark_wpduet (Lexington KY) | ||
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So I noticed on the videos of this machine on Youtube that it looked like it had a pretty full tub of water.....But it would spin one way pretty fast (with the tub FULL of water while spraying high pressure in all directions on the load....Then it stopped and would spin the OTHER way doing the same thing......
It's REALLY cool! But is this washing or rinsing? I'm confused at what it is actually doing? | ||
| Post# 489021 , Reply# 29 1/15/2011 at 00:33 (4,700 days old) by coldspot () | ||
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I find the drying coffin to be worthless. A few company still sell them in the us. CLICK HERE TO GO TO coldspot's LINK | ||
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Post# 491089 , Reply# 30 1/23/2011 at 19:21 (4,691 days old) by ozzie908 (Lincoln UK) |
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Drying cabinets
Now thats a blast from the past I can remember back in the 60's tumble dryers were few and far between but there was a drying cabinet called a Flatley. It made everything you put in it bone dry in a short time and turned all towels to cardboard. If you let anything touch the bottom it became scortched you could get them in gas or electric and one thing they were good for was heating the laundry room. Give me a tumble dryer any day ...
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