Greg,
Yes, the older European machines were waterhogs! There is however a difference between American toploaders and these ones. These machines use less water for washing and more for rinsing. Most of them have 4 - 5 rinses. My compact Miele toploader even has 6! They needed that many rinses because there were hardly spins between rinses or often not at all.
Diomede,
Does your Ignis spin between rinses?
Years ago, in the late 90's I think, I mailed Miele and Bosch if they were planning to sell their toploaders on the American market. I never heard from them. At that time Bosch had a toploader that matched their dryers, it would have been a smart looking set. And conveniently compact!
Yes, the older European machines were waterhogs! There is however a difference between American toploaders and these ones. These machines use less water for washing and more for rinsing. Most of them have 4 - 5 rinses. My compact Miele toploader even has 6! They needed that many rinses because there were hardly spins between rinses or often not at all.
Diomede,
Does your Ignis spin between rinses?
Years ago, in the late 90's I think, I mailed Miele and Bosch if they were planning to sell their toploaders on the American market. I never heard from them. At that time Bosch had a toploader that matched their dryers, it would have been a smart looking set. And conveniently compact!