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Jerome, people sadly are asleep. The greater mass of the public will not trade capacity and inaudible quiet for a machine that actually cleans in a short amount of time. Speed Queen will essentially have to produce a new tall tub to appease to the masses, and in a market saturated with tall tubs the financial risk for Speed Queen would be much to great. Penetration will be a gamble, and just one flaw be it Speed Queen or something beyond their control (such as a supplier) will ruin the name. People will not see any advantage on the sales floor over existing tall tubs even if their are any.
If everyone were like me the tall tubs would not have sold for long when they hit the market. Not the Maytag/Jenn-Air MDB9750s nor Pointvoyagers. GE would have been hit so hard with lawsuits and take-back demands for their leaking and cleaning disaster post 95 Potscrubbers. Dura-wash would have brought Whirlpool ear bashings. However, Powercleans would have taken off from their previous peak reaching the bulk of all buys. So much so Whirlpool would have made BOL builder grade models to TOL touch screens power-cleans. Others like GE would have had to follow suit if they wanted to compete. People would be running their own cake tests, their own particle tests, and their own soil handling tests. Their own bob load tests. Put a frosted cake in the machine, half a cup of coffee grounds, some baked on cookware, and a minced salad in the bottom of the machine. People would be amp clamping and watt metering the drive motor. If it doesn't all disappear at the end of the cycle then its not a practical dishwasher.
People would also be demanding things like double water valves and long life shaft seals. Stainless steal drain check valves that can't break off. Metal case timers. Nylon racks. Fan assisted drying.
Parts would be plentiful and available on the sales floor. For $155 you would be able to buy a new in-box replacement power clean module pump complete with assembly, seal, motor, start relay, and adaptation accessories. It was sad when Kenmore Ultra Cleans had to be thrown out because the pump seal leaked.
These would be available everywhere to the point Amazon would be overflowing with Chinese knockoffs as they are today with water valves and DD pumps.
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