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[optima]

Dex American style top loaders have very quick wash times & they can hold quite a large amount of laundry. They are ideal for towels,sheets & bulky items which is why they are a good choice for hotels & schools. Plus places like that tend to have plenty of hot water available. They dont rate very high on energy efficiency & they have a very slow spin speed of about 550rpm.

 

[nrones]

Above all

Are they reliable? Are they breaking down fast?

Also, you mentioned slow spin.. where are they drying such low-spun clothes? Maybe they are using a spinner...
And yet one more question What do you think about wash performance of such a quick time, and bunch of water that is dissolving detergent?

cheers,
Dex

 

[ultimafan]

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Top loaders are usually rugged compared to front loaders when it comes to the way they work. They do take pretty large loads, making them good for bulky towels and bedding. Not sure if this is true, but it probably has lesser balancing issues compared to putting a load of towels in a front loader, which could be washer suicide sometimes! I'm thinking back to when I visited relatives in the US a while ago, and their top loading washer was good because you could vary the load for small/medium/large, (which I'd rather have than sloppy auto-half load detectors), it had relativly short wash times, and had no fuss spinning.

I may be a bit obsessed with the microchip controlled washer with massive digital displays, but I wouldn't mind buying a simple top loader (not a horizontal axis one, as that kills the idea of having a top loader) which uses shedloads of water when I want it to, washing a large load, and less when I wash less.

I've put a link for a Whirlpool professional US top loader, it looks great and costs a mint, yet it spins at only 640rpm, plus it is G rated for energy, shocked me actually, as I thought it be at least 1000rpm. Hotpoint did some great top loader machines in its prime in the 80s-90s.

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[optima]

Yes they are reliable. We delivered one today for a customer but i was a little concerned because the customer had there own water supply so when we plumbed it in i tried it out to test for any leaks. I soon realised that they had a very low water pressure supply so it is going to take forever to fill because these washer take one hell of alot of water. I think the wash performance on a scale of A TO G is about D & the energy efficiency is the very worst at G.

 

[nrones]

wash performance is bad

That is something that must be excellent on every machine.. Otherwise I don"t understand the point of buying a WASHING machine.. I would never have such machine if it has low wash performance!!

 

[aquarius8000]

nrones...

Not owning the machine I cannot tell you much about it but we as a family think that it is such a poor machine and it's cotton cycle takes what feels like two decades (it was timed and took 1.55mins)but our wma 63 takes 55mins. The hotpoint takes less time so that will tell you the whirlpool is obiosly not trying its hardest. Before it was a FL1012 wich was a seriosly older machine yet it washes better than another morden zanussi.

Sorry that I have not been posting, stupid pc wouldent connect to internet

enjoy

Chris

 

[nrones]

You mean frontloader?

The one from the pictures you posted above?
Sorry, we just transfered a little to Whirlpool top-loaders - that Are very quick, however not washing good.
I hope one you used at least washed well in 1:55, too bad it hadn"t had a quick wash button.. It would have been nice

 

[aquarius8000]

they do...

but I am affraid to say that the machine is in cumbria miles from here but digging for info in my brain says it has a 30 min quickwash with 1 wash, three rinses and 2 spins.AWFUL!!!!!!!