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| Post# 562771 , Reply# 1 12/12/2011 at 10:50 (4,373 days old) by dyson2drums (United Kingdom) | ||
Thats always been one thing I hate that indesit company are doing! The 6kg and 7kg models have the same 52l drum. The 8kg and 9kg models have the 62l drum. The new aqualtis' are slightly bigger at 71 litres (correct me if i'm wrong). However that is not equivalent to 11kg of washing, my 9kg LG has a 69 litre drum which is pretty big.
I saw the 12kg LG washing machines on the Currys website a few weeks ago, yet to see one in person. Would love to have one of those. The 11kg drum is massive at 78litres, wonder if the 12kg models have a bigger one as LG always has a different drum size for different /kg machines. We're all very pleased with LG. Its very quiet, great at washing, rinsing and spinning. The steam feature is very good on soiled clothes and the refresh cycle actually gets rid of odours such as cigarette smoke and bbq which is what we tested it on. Are you planning on getting a new washing machine? All the best with your choice :) | ||
| Post# 562819 , Reply# 4 12/12/2011 at 14:30 (4,373 days old) by dave886 (united kingdom) | ||
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i think im gonna put my machine for sale on ebay soon | ||
| Post# 563251 , Reply# 6 12/14/2011 at 13:27 (4,371 days old) by AquaCycle (West Yorkshire, UK) | ||
I really do not understand the recent obsession with 6kg+ drums. What's the point? "You can wash more in one load" I've heard, but who in the heck has 11kg of the same coloured and material clothing unless you're like The Simpsons and just wear the same clothes all the time.
A 4.5kg Zanussi served my family of 6 perfectly well for 11 years without excessive use. Oddly, my Mum does more washing in her current 6kg machine than she did in her old 5kg machine - weird! | ||
| Post# 563255 , Reply# 7 12/14/2011 at 13:43 (4,371 days old) by dyson2drums (United Kingdom) | ||
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Well if you live in a household that has say 5 or 6 people then you create a lot of washing. Which is the case at ours, the 9kg LG is big enough for us as it meets our needs. If theres someone living alone or just a few of them then a 6kg machine should be able to cater for their needs. We did have a 6kg hotpoint which is at my aunts, its a decent sized machine but we had a load every day and more at times. Also when it comes to washing duvets or larger items it can be washed at home which is an advantage with larger capacity machines, instead of going to the launderette.
I personally dislike the launderette machines, they don't have efficient stain removal (witnessed it using the ipso 35 in the local laundertte), poor rinsing and spinning and they being way too quick but guess that has to be the case as its a business end of the day. As for doing more laundry, they state the machines are bigger but the drum volume is either the same, slightly more or less in some cases! Which is something that gets on my nerves. I have to look at drum volume as it always surprises me when new machines are released etc. | ||
| Post# 563268 , Reply# 8 12/14/2011 at 14:41 (4,371 days old) by ronhic (Canberra, Australia) | ||
 The size of domestic machines is getting ridiculous to say the least. I completely agree with you Chris that what our mothers used, a 4kg machine in our case for a family of 4, served them perfectly well - 20 years in our case.
But there are other factors at play these days.
Firstly, we have more clothes. They're cheaper to buy (or can be bought much cheaper) thanks to places like Primark forcing down prices....
Secondly, kids (3 - 12 year olds) never seem to be in anything other than spotless clothes...and we wonder why there's more washing generated.
Thirdly, it seems to be unacceptable to wear clothes more than once even if they have no odour....
...and finally, that 9kg machine with the 70 litre drum is, for all intents and purposes, only going to 'comfortably' hold 7kg of laundry unless the user is determined to stuff it full.....and every user manual I've ever seen always says not to stuff, but to 'comfortably fill' or words to that effect.
The other factor is that there are less and less 'stay at home' adults that do the multiple loads of washing. With both parents or partners working, people like to think they can get it all done at once and/or faster in a larger capacity machine. What they fail to remember is that the 60 - 75 minute cycles of their smaller machines are now 120 - 180 minute cycles in a large capacity machine...though they do save water | ||
| Post# 563270 , Reply# 9 12/14/2011 at 14:48 (4,371 days old) by AquaCycle (West Yorkshire, UK) | ||
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a 6kg machine should be able to cater for their needs
a sink full of water with a large wooden spoon in it would suit a single person!
I struggle to fill a 6kg Miele between 2 of us. That said, my brother was most pissed off recently to find that my 6kg Miele holds MORE than his 7kg Indesit. Like I said before, there were 6 of us at home at one point, both parents working and all we had until '93 was a 4.5kg Zanussi S218T and we managed perfectly well. | ||
Post# 563340 , Reply# 11 12/14/2011 at 22:39 (4,371 days old) by logixx  (Germany) |
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Who has that much laundry? | ||
| Post# 564518 , Reply# 15 12/21/2011 at 16:14 (4,364 days old) by Hunter (Colorado) | ||
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Wow Four pounds fifty for a 95C wash? WOW. In my terms that is seven dollars twenty. What size load was this? Even the 3 pounds twenty five for a normal load...five dollars twenty? Is that a 10kg load? I will not complain about laundry costs again in the USA! | ||
| Post# 564549 , Reply# 16 12/21/2011 at 21:55 (4,364 days old) by supremewhirlpol () | ||
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I have Wascomat, Ipso, and 1 Primus currently. All of them use lots of water and lots of 3 phase. Here is my 1989 Ipso WE-165 (OPL) It has 40# capacity. 
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| Post# 565096 , Reply# 20 12/24/2011 at 18:15 (4,361 days old) by supremewhirlpol () | ||
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That is expensive! The Ipso mechanical timer and with just one row of buttons is the Coin-op version. The OPL version(above) is the deluxe model. | ||
| Post# 565130 , Reply# 21 12/25/2011 at 00:45 (4,361 days old) by qualin (Canada) | ||
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How much would those Ipso and Wascomat machines sold for when new? Just curious. I have to admit, I was a little irked when I found out that Wascomat doesn't sell retail. That's a market they should get into. | ||
| Post# 565192 , Reply# 23 12/25/2011 at 13:06 (4,360 days old) by zanussi_lover (Nottingham, UK) | ||
small asko/wascator machine in picture
I remember my mum used to work in a hotel (2003/04ish) and they had a small Electrolux Wascator WE48, which was a rebranded ASKO machine with a static programme dial and a pointer on the left, and a detergent drawer on the right.
Supremewhirlpol - Is that a small electrolux wascator/Asko machine on the left, in the wascomat picture? could you take some pictures of this machine or do a video of this please? Thanks :) | ||
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