Cabrio In The Lab

[jetcone]

Wow

"I can imagine many don't want the glitzy washer that seems as large as a refrigerator - they just want a washer that looks like the one that is broken for less than one paycheck. If the clothes are wet and stuck to the tub when they open the lid, they're done with washday. "

OMG I think this is SO true!!

 

[yogitunes]

I got a 2010 belt drive version......and really can't complain, it does a nice job on everything I have put thru it......it does take some time to do a Normal load, seems to have too many long pauses, which would shorten the cycle considerably, but all in all, it gets the job done nicely......

I really have watched the YouTube videos, only to realize, most people have no clue how to wash with a regular machine, not to mention something like this.....and of course, they blame all the bad results are totally from the machine, not their ignorance to operate a simple washer by following the instructions....

 

[mrb627]

Exactly!

You take the time to properly load your dishwasher or results suffer. The washing machine is no different. But people just want to dump and go...

Malcolm

 

[Iowegian]

Manufacturers are setting themselves up for failure if they are assuming that users are going to read the manual, and carefully and loosely drape clothes around the outside of the drum on an HE TL machine, while leaving a hole in the middle.

If you don't believe me, go to a laundromat and see what happens...

On the other hand, imagine the liability claims there would be today if wringer washers were still built. "I was minding my own business and the next thing I knew my whole hand was getting crushed in those rollers!!!"

There really is something to be said for the relatively dummy-proof operation of a conventional TL machine...

 

[tomturbomatic]

Hands were the least of it with a wringer. Hair and breasts were also pulled in. Exposed moving parts transmitting power to the wringer were also a hazard in early machines before they were better shielded. The machines were so inherently dangerous that a testing magazine never gave wringer washers a higher rating than B intermediate.

 

[Iowegian]

I can sure see how hair would be a potential bad thing with a wringer. Hair was also a problem with stamping machines, before they put the big cage guards in front and had the one-foot and one-hand controls that made sure the operator was far enough away to make sure nothing could get caught. I had a "friend of a friend" that got partially scalped by a stamping press in the 1970s...not a pretty sight.

 

[tolivac]

Scalping-what about careless farmers or others that get hair,legs,arms caught in tractor PTO's--why are they messing around it when its engaged??Shouldn't the PTO be disengaged and the tractors motor be shut off-keys in the operators pocket?And moving parts stopped?If its a spinning or moving peice of machinery no matter what it is people will get some kind of body part caught in it.Most folks stay away from rotating moving equipment-others get TO involved with it-thus losing hair,arms,legs,fingers,etc.

 

[autowasherfreak]

I had a WP Cabrio for a few months I liked it. I washed larged loads using either the bulky or sheets cycle and normal for the smaller loads. The only thing I didn't like about it was no window in the lid so I could watch it, LOL.

 

[gansky1]

The Cabrio does have a routine at the beginning of most cycles to distribute the load around the sides of the basket. Each of the programs seems to be a bit different, but it does spin the basket with the (mostly) dry load which causes the load to move to the outside, away from the impeller. I suspect this routine combined with overloading or "dumping" was the cause of the socks and underpants found in the outer tub when I got the washer home.

No matter how much explanation and demonstration of the machine's usage "suggestions" manufacturers publish, in a busy household with multiple users there will always be mistakes and even intentional misuse.

I've not had a tangling issue since that one load, and amusing as it was, it did no damage to the clothes - the tangles were instantly gone in the dryer and would have easily shaken out before that. I've had tangled loads in almost every machine I have, it happens.

 

[ovrphil]

I prefer to have windows to both dryer and washer, too.

.... reminds me of a movie, "Arthur" : " I LIKE to Watch" (lol)