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Unfortunately, I can't see what the actual total time remaining is. The Auto cycle typically needs something between 1h and 1:20h for interim rinse, final rinse and dry, with the drying taking something like 30-40min on the Zeolite models. Now, if the main wash ends at like 30min left and it...

What I was trying to express with "that allergenically important" is that while they aren't completely hypoallergenic, they are usually considered the much lower "threat" in that context.

Killing dust mites is part of the equation. It is true that you need quite some time to kill them - compared to bacteria or viruses, bugs in general are damn resilient. The general consensus is 30+ min at 60C/140F or something like 10min at higher temps. Keep in mind that drying in a typical...

You should be pretty abled to hear the Zeolite fan. You hear it during the early stages of the Auto cycle and during the drying. A consistent hum at a higher pitch than the wash pump. A friend once described it as an constant note E. It should still use it regardless of options on Auto. Drying...

Some corrections to Laundress Washing machine heating elements actually got SIGNIFICANTLY smaller since the early 2000s. Besides from Switzerland and outside the professional sector, you don't get more than 2.4kWh connected load anymore - basically everything is now 10A max. On the other hand...

What lakewebsterkid describes is "guided energy usage" by Miele. There, both on washers with the W1 generation and DWs with the G7000/G5000, the target energy usage is a thing. As far as I am aware, BSH does not use such a system. Bosch has had a few Auto cycle versions. There was an Auto 55-65...

I can tell you for sure that oxygen bleach does fade colors over time, at least faster than not using it would. I basically only wear white T-shirts with prints. Some of them are years old, none ever see more than 104F washing with some kind of oxygen bleach and the prints (no matter the kind)...

There is a certain wisdom to washing clothing - "Sinnerscher Kreis" (in english Sinner's circle, that was his name, don't blame me). It's the basic understanding that any cleaning process involves chemistry, time, heat and mechanical action. You can offset certain things with other things...

I don't think aiming for a price is the issue - it's getting there. When I worked at BSH's cooling department, we just couldn't price match Samsung, neither built in or free standing. With the architecture and requirements at the time, or BOM cost was just the few tens of euros to high, so...

Temperature drop off is quicker the higer the temperature difference between the ambient and the tub is. Smaller loads would also mean quicker drop off as there is less thermal mass and thus less heat energy storage with the same surface area for that to go through. On the other hand, depending...

I can tell you that it certainly would not be to rough on clothes. My T-Shirts run through 2+ hour cycles on the regular and some of them are years old. The Express cycle says it does 2 rinses - which surprises me. The EU version does 1 rinse, period, from what I've seen. QuickIntense does a...

If it only does the quick alternating back and forth (was that LGs swing, or which of the 6 motions was it?) on partial loads, that would take some strain off if the drive components anyway. But with certain loads (wool, light synthetics like the typical lacy kind of curtain) I'd be very...

With the belt it's just a design thing. If you design the belt to transmit a certain force, it will do just fine. Belts might be a bit wider and sizing of the pulley might be different to get a bigger portion of it touching the belt. But I wouldn't be surprised if it just uses adapted rpms to...

I saw the parts catalogue, too. It is listed as "not a spare part" (which I'm not even certain is legal in the EU under right to repair law). But the way the dampers are attached with a cross brace plate is what tripped me up. The tub also looks like they typical stainless steel construction...

It doesn't make a very big difference, but if you check the door status electronically anyway, there's no real reason not to get that bit of efficiency. The less turbulent airflow present the less mixing occurs. Some air exchange always happens, that's un avoidable. But you don't have to force...

EU Sharp DWs are Vestel made - their own thing, basically. My partner had a very basic freestanding slim Vestel DW - single speed motor, no alternating spray arms, no soil sensing, nada. Cheap, loud, rackety, flimsy, inefficient - but cleaned like a champ for more than 5 years. We replaced it...

From the wash plate and controls these definitely are some variety of Samsung TL.

In Germany, when you install a wood fired fireplace or similar in a living space, you have 3 options: 1. You don't have an exhausting vent hood. 2. You have a window switch that doesn't allow the hood to operate when that window is closed. 3. Your fire place has an external air supply. All to...

Weren't there even the extra large TL matching dryers with 8+ cuft by Maytag and/or Whirlpool? Those certainly were front filter, but I can't say if these were 27" or 29" wide. I imagine one of the main reason the top filter dryers were kept 29" even when machines went to 27" is drying...

I don't have the fully integrated machine, so mine is the start button. Hold it down, power it on, pres 3x/5x and hold on the final one. As soon as it flashes let go. Because of the weird standby / boot behaviour I found turning it on first, waiting till it shows the remaining cycle time...