Scroll down the site linked for some interesting snaps of current front loader washers and dryer offerings in Germany. Especially like the set from Miele, and the dryer with a square door.
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Would love to have these in the USA
I absolutely *love* the washer and dryer with a view. No more boring laundry! Finally...we're able to watch the washer AND dryer in action!
What a great laundry center at the bottom of the page! It should be mandatory that all laundry rooms have at least 500 square feet!
I absolutely *love* the washer and dryer with a view. No more boring laundry! Finally...we're able to watch the washer AND dryer in action!
What a great laundry center at the bottom of the page! It should be mandatory that all laundry rooms have at least 500 square feet!
And a few good looking men
Like those pictured to help with the laundry. *LOL*
Really love those German "loft" conversion type flats, really great space.
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Like those pictured to help with the laundry. *LOL*
Really love those German "loft" conversion type flats, really great space.
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I see Miele has put the honeycomb drum in the dryer too - what a sleek looking machine... Love the square dryer door too!
When I was in South Africa, I lodged with a family that had a square-doored, windowed dryer. This was 20 years ago, so cant remember what brand it was.
Chrome is nice, but that washer with the big, gaudy door seems an exercise in overkill, ya think? Can we say, "early MRI?"
Chrome is nice, but that washer with the big, gaudy door seems an exercise in overkill, ya think? Can we say, "early MRI?"
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And an enlightened new-world-realities guy, kissing his baby and doing his family's laundry, presumably while his wife is out at work, running a tower crane on a construction site or writing software code for military ordnance systems.
The reason for the square window on the dryer is obvious. "This is so the menfolk can tell the washer from the dryer. You put the dirty clothes in the round one and the detergent in this opening here. Then you wait until it beeps, and take them out and put them in the square one, no detergent please. Wash, round. Dry, square. Good!"
Also I think those pics are intended to show: these things aren't just utilitarian, they're sleek and cool, and you can see them fitting in right next to your home theatre system.
I agree, he's way cute. Especially in the picture where he's wearing that blue shirt. Kind of looks like he could be an artist or something, though not in such a spotless flat!. Except he's got a baby which means he's probably out-of-range on two axes (existing relationship, and orientation).
The reason for the square window on the dryer is obvious. "This is so the menfolk can tell the washer from the dryer. You put the dirty clothes in the round one and the detergent in this opening here. Then you wait until it beeps, and take them out and put them in the square one, no detergent please. Wash, round. Dry, square. Good!"
Also I think those pics are intended to show: these things aren't just utilitarian, they're sleek and cool, and you can see them fitting in right next to your home theatre system.
I agree, he's way cute. Especially in the picture where he's wearing that blue shirt. Kind of looks like he could be an artist or something, though not in such a spotless flat!
. Except he's got a baby which means he's probably out-of-range on two axes (existing relationship, and orientation).
That washer with that huge big chrome door is actually one of my favourites. It's a V-Zug Adora or a Zug like most Swiss say. It's built like a tank and even much more expensive than a Miele. This Zug has a very special feature, it uses steam to get the creases out of the laundry. Never saw it but would love to!
The artistlike guy in that spotless flat certainly has bad taste with choosing Bauknecht appliances. It's the least reliable of the German brands. The company is Whirlpool owned and as most of you probably know the Duets and Hetties are built in their factory. The European version in the pictures is the Bauknecht BIG. The drum is a bit smaller than it's American counterparts, but it spins with 1400rpm.
The artistlike guy in that spotless flat certainly has bad taste with choosing Bauknecht appliances. It's the least reliable of the German brands. The company is Whirlpool owned and as most of you probably know the Duets and Hetties are built in their factory. The European version in the pictures is the Bauknecht BIG. The drum is a bit smaller than it's American counterparts, but it spins with 1400rpm.
DesignGeek,
I'm sure your comments were meant to be taken lightly, for as anyone who frequents this and other forums can attest to; there are plenty of men out there who know how to do laundry. Some of my gf's husbands know their way around a laundry room better than their wives.
As for babies, today's dads are STREET's ahead of previous generations, where mummy and other females did everything for baby because "men don't know how". Not only that macho just didn't allow for men to change diapers. It was seen as "women's work". Older men in our family loved playing/holding their children, but soon as baby "went", it would be handed over to the nearest female with "here, he's wet".
Louis,
Tell me more about that Zug washer! Really love the looks, and am intrigued about the steam feature!
Regarding Whirlpool,thought one of the large washers looked like a Duet.
Launderess
I'm sure your comments were meant to be taken lightly, for as anyone who frequents this and other forums can attest to; there are plenty of men out there who know how to do laundry. Some of my gf's husbands know their way around a laundry room better than their wives.
As for babies, today's dads are STREET's ahead of previous generations, where mummy and other females did everything for baby because "men don't know how". Not only that macho just didn't allow for men to change diapers. It was seen as "women's work". Older men in our family loved playing/holding their children, but soon as baby "went", it would be handed over to the nearest female with "here, he's wet".
Louis,
Tell me more about that Zug washer! Really love the looks, and am intrigued about the steam feature!
Regarding Whirlpool,thought one of the large washers looked like a Duet.
Launderess
Launderess,
Zug appliances are made in Switzerland. The Zug Adora is part of the TOL washers for home use, the cheaper line is named Adorina. The Adorina line is actually a rebadged Bauknecht line. I don't know much about the steam feature, but the explanation on the website is that it's part of a no iron cycle in which the laundry is washed gently, spun gently and afterwards treated with steam so the laundry comes out of the washer significantly less wrinkled.
I added the link to the V-Zug website. On top of the page you can choose between German, French and Italian by clicking on the letters D, F or I.
Zug appliances are made in Switzerland. The Zug Adora is part of the TOL washers for home use, the cheaper line is named Adorina. The Adorina line is actually a rebadged Bauknecht line. I don't know much about the steam feature, but the explanation on the website is that it's part of a no iron cycle in which the laundry is washed gently, spun gently and afterwards treated with steam so the laundry comes out of the washer significantly less wrinkled.
I added the link to the V-Zug website. On top of the page you can choose between German, French and Italian by clicking on the letters D, F or I.
V-ZUG
I LOVE THAT V -ZUG! I love that door! Is is a large Capacity machine Louis??
I LOVE THAT V -ZUG! I love that door! Is is a large Capacity machine Louis??
V-Zug! V-Zug! V-Vug!
Oh how I want one of these machines!
Jetcone,
Follow the link for the spec sheet on all V-Zug models. The Adora line washers are 5kg.
V-Zug, V-Zug, V-Zug (it's my new mantra, maybe if I keep chanting one will appear in my laundry room).
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Oh how I want one of these machines!
Jetcone,
Follow the link for the spec sheet on all V-Zug models. The Adora line washers are 5kg.
V-Zug, V-Zug, V-Zug (it's my new mantra, maybe if I keep chanting one will appear in my laundry room).
Launderess
Calll me crazy but.....
I could swear that I saw an "Adora" line at Home Depot. I thought it was some new HD GE BOL junk, and didn't pay much attention. I will definitely do some further investigation!!
That steam feature is awesome! Ironing is the least favourite of my chores, and anything to cut down on that pressing time would be welcome! ;-)
Laundress: Amen to men changing "diapies"! I like it that a lot of stores and restaurants have "family bathrooms", just in case dad is out on the town with the kiddos and someone needs a quick change!
I could swear that I saw an "Adora" line at Home Depot. I thought it was some new HD GE BOL junk, and didn't pay much attention. I will definitely do some further investigation!!
That steam feature is awesome! Ironing is the least favourite of my chores, and anything to cut down on that pressing time would be welcome! ;-)
Laundress: Amen to men changing "diapies"! I like it that a lot of stores and restaurants have "family bathrooms", just in case dad is out on the town with the kiddos and someone needs a quick change!
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Yes, my tongue was firmly planted in (my own) cheek! Surely you saw all the little smiley-things in my posting, yes?
Are we sure the beefcake isnt the women's version of the tool kit pinup babe that poses with power tools, race cars, erector sets, all that stuff she probably never uses and has no idea what the name of each is?
Sex, it seems, does sell stuff.
Speaking of sexy, that Zug washer has got it going on. I can't back down on that bank vault gate of a door, though. Sure is unique (that was me practicing the adage, "If you can't say something nice...")
Sex, it seems, does sell stuff.
Speaking of sexy, that Zug washer has got it going on. I can't back down on that bank vault gate of a door, though. Sure is unique (that was me practicing the adage, "If you can't say something nice...")
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Retromom, thanks; I wonder if I'll ever have time to get to Omaha... I just finished my workday at 4:00am (yeeks!), sending off a PBX proposal to a potential client.
Sex might sell somewhere, but "warm and fuzzy and cozy" does a good job on me. I wasn't even thinking of the pictures of "the laundry guy" with his shirt off as being particularly captivating; it was the one with him in the blue shirt that got me to see him as cute, probably because he has what looks like (even from 3/4 rear view) an expression on his face that suggests he's *thinking about something interesting,* something to do with a painting he's going to paint or a chapter of a novel he's writing, or something like that. But he's not shown as aloof and unapproachable, he's warm & fuzzy, if that makes any sense.
Also "funny" and "offbeat", and occasionally "mildly tasteless," work for me. Monty Python was the funniest thing in the world as far as I'm concerned, and ads that get even close to that kind of funny will stick in my head. Also aesthetics. Smuckers' had an amazing radio spot probably five or ten years ago that consisted of nothing more than a voice-over talking about a beautiful farm full of grape vines in the sunlight, and then talking about Smucker's grape jam. The descriptions were so vivid that you could see the farm, smell the breeze, smell the grapes, and taste the jam on an imaginary slice of toast. It was a masterpiece of descriptive talent.
What offends me is violence and variations on the "selfish twit with no brains" theme, the latter being especially prevalent today. "Oooh, I just new I had to go out with you because you have a new (brand of car)... can I drive it?" And ads that use the sounds of heart-rate monitors beeping away: hey, don't audio-drive my body rhythms, dammit! And all those mortgage ads and viagra ads on the radio remind me of nothing more than the hundred or so spams I get every day.
Supermarket flyers in the mail go right into the recycle bin. The best advertising any supermarket can do is put a little dish of free samples out at the end of the aisle. A couple of times I've taken a nibble and said, "Okay, you got me this time!" and bought a package or two of whatever it was.
Sex might sell somewhere, but "warm and fuzzy and cozy" does a good job on me. I wasn't even thinking of the pictures of "the laundry guy" with his shirt off as being particularly captivating; it was the one with him in the blue shirt that got me to see him as cute, probably because he has what looks like (even from 3/4 rear view) an expression on his face that suggests he's *thinking about something interesting,* something to do with a painting he's going to paint or a chapter of a novel he's writing, or something like that. But he's not shown as aloof and unapproachable, he's warm & fuzzy, if that makes any sense.
Also "funny" and "offbeat", and occasionally "mildly tasteless," work for me. Monty Python was the funniest thing in the world as far as I'm concerned, and ads that get even close to that kind of funny will stick in my head. Also aesthetics. Smuckers' had an amazing radio spot probably five or ten years ago that consisted of nothing more than a voice-over talking about a beautiful farm full of grape vines in the sunlight, and then talking about Smucker's grape jam. The descriptions were so vivid that you could see the farm, smell the breeze, smell the grapes, and taste the jam on an imaginary slice of toast. It was a masterpiece of descriptive talent.
What offends me is violence and variations on the "selfish twit with no brains" theme, the latter being especially prevalent today. "Oooh, I just new I had to go out with you because you have a new (brand of car)... can I drive it?" And ads that use the sounds of heart-rate monitors beeping away: hey, don't audio-drive my body rhythms, dammit! And all those mortgage ads and viagra ads on the radio remind me of nothing more than the hundred or so spams I get every day.
Supermarket flyers in the mail go right into the recycle bin. The best advertising any supermarket can do is put a little dish of free samples out at the end of the aisle. A couple of times I've taken a nibble and said, "Okay, you got me this time!" and bought a package or two of whatever it was.
