Bought a new laundry pair

[henene4]

I sold my VZugs last week.
The washer is still extraordinary.
But the dryer just wasn't up to the same standard - not bad by any means, just no match for such an amazing washer.
Main complaint was noise. If you ever heard a compact Whirlpool made dryer with the inverter motor - the VZug used the exact same motor I would bet. And while it wasn't loud, that particular noise is quite permiating. Given I live on less than 300sqft in a studio apartment, I hear everything, even with the bathroom door closed.

So, I bought this Siemens pair.
Main reason? The dryer.
I FINALLY actually own a modern TwinPower-type design. And it's really as quiet as advertised.

The washer is 10kg (70l drum) iDos model.
My ex bought a used Miele with TwinDos and that really showed me the comfort of having that option back then.
Further, that's the only way to get the AquaSensor for rinsing which was one if the amazing features on the VZug.


I only had them for a few hours and am currently doing my second load.
I'll do more laundry over the weekend (got a bunch of stuff to do) and will probably give a review with separate threads for each of them a bit down the road.

If you got any questions, just let me know here!

 

[foraloysius]

Very nice set. Does the washing machine have temperature settings between 60 and 90 degrees?

 

[lavamat_jon]

Congratulations! That set looks really smart.

We’ve had the same washer for a couple of years now and for the most part I’m pleased with the functionality. It rinses and spins very well, I haven’t yet used a machine which rivals the spin performance. I find that most things can be washed between the cottons variospeed and mixed programmes. Even heavily soiled whites come out spotless from cottons variospeed and a decent detergent.

The only criticism I have is the lack of an anti crease at the end of the cycle (it just stops once it’s slowed down), and I feel the suspension could be better. You can workaround the lack of anti crease by activating the silent option in the app which then will do a 10 min anti crease phase. I would also prefer if it used the jet on the rinses - but that is just me being fussy.

How is the dryer for drying times with the new system? Is the dryer still made in Poland? Also would be curious to see how the reversing patterns are.

Look forward to hearing more about these.

Jon

 

[mrb627]

Nice looking set!

 

[logixx]

The only criticism I have is the lack of an anti crease at the end of the cycle. You can workaround the lack of anti crease by activating the silent option. I would also prefer if it used the jet on the rinses.

I'll have to try the silent option, although mine does a very brief anti-crease at the end.

I, too, would like to see some jet action during the rinses, especially since my Bosch does distribution rinses on all of the Cotton cycles (normal, speed, mini load). As is, only the final rinse on Easy Care gets the jet.

 

[logixx]

@lavamat_jon Indeed, the silent option added an 8-minute tumble at the end.

 

[henene4]

@foraloysius It does. For what ever reason, Hygiene does no longer go over 60°C.
The Cottons and Towels cycle allow for 70° and 80°.
Given these machines have a "service ceiling" somewhere around 82-84°, 90 probably does not make a huge difference.
I think Hotpoints/Whirlpools offer 70° and 90° for the exact reason they only heat to about ~80° anyway - like VZug does now.


@lavamat_jon Yes, the dryer is made in Poland.
I only dried 2 things so far.
First was a the blanket I used for reversing the dryer door hinge. Spun at 1200rpm, the easy care cycle as typical failed to properly sense the moisture and only ran about 40min. I redried it for an hour on timed which did take it 99% there.

Next, more proper, test was the darks loaded I needed done since that had some of the shorts I work out in in it and I'll go to the gym today
That load consisted of 7 pairs of sweat pants, 3 hoodies, 1 pair of jeans and 6 pairs of shorts - the washer sensed that as a full load.
I used the downloaded Jeans cycle that is supposed to be for 4kg and gives a starting time of 3:30h. It finished in just under 3h even though it ran the compressor at the same low speed as timed dry or easy care did, using just about 0,75kWh.

I will try to dry a load on the Speed setting this weekend to see how much it affects both energy usage and drying time.
But at 3h for such a large load out of the matching washer, I really don't think it will ever take much more than that...



@logixx

Both cycles I tried so far - Super 30 30° and the default Cottons 30° did not use the jet in rinsing what so ever.
The Cottons cycle did surprisingly slow tumbles throughout all rinses. Nothing fancy.
Only interesting thing was it cut 5min in the first rinse and 3min in the second rinse, both times right before going into drain, I guess due to AquaSensor readings?

Rinsing was stellar and fabric softener smell was surprisingly decent for what that softener was.