lavamat_jon
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Greg;
We have very very hard water here - so much so that washers here can built a thick coat of limescale on the door seals within a week of regular use. I'd love to use less detergent, but using less detergent gives dingy whites etc cos of all the minerals in the water. Have suggested a water softener to my parents but they don't seem too keen on the idea :-/.
Hugh,
I'm sorry but I think I have to disagree with you there. I don't believe the drums on our washers are as tiny as they're made out to be (I can get 10 full size bath towels in my Miele, and considerably more than that in the AEG); and certainly don't think that they give poor wash results. I accept that the Dyson's contrarotating may get clothes cleaner in 68 minutes or whatever that is, but from what you've told me the Dyson only does 2 rinses, no? Not only that but doesn't it only contrarotate for a small portion of the cycle? My Miele can do a 60*C wash and 3 rinses in 1:16h, and gets loads perfectly clean - even heavily soiled whites. In fact it's very very rare that I use a long wash on any machine (only times I do is if I am bored LOL)- I always use the cycles averaging 60-75 mins for 60*C (depending which machine I'm using) and get impeccable results every time. As far as detergent, I only have to use more detergent because of the hard water around here - my auntie down south always uses the quicker washes and only needs to use something like 50ml of detergent with excellent results. So the theory that traditional frontloaders need more detergent is more or less null IMHO.
If you ask me, the only real advantage Dyson had over other machines was the large capacity. Don't get me wrong; I do think the Dyson is a brilliant machine. I just don't believe it's lightyears ahead as Dyson's marketing (and oh they're so very good at that :-D) makes it out to be...
Take care,
Jon
We have very very hard water here - so much so that washers here can built a thick coat of limescale on the door seals within a week of regular use. I'd love to use less detergent, but using less detergent gives dingy whites etc cos of all the minerals in the water. Have suggested a water softener to my parents but they don't seem too keen on the idea :-/.
Hugh,
I'm sorry but I think I have to disagree with you there. I don't believe the drums on our washers are as tiny as they're made out to be (I can get 10 full size bath towels in my Miele, and considerably more than that in the AEG); and certainly don't think that they give poor wash results. I accept that the Dyson's contrarotating may get clothes cleaner in 68 minutes or whatever that is, but from what you've told me the Dyson only does 2 rinses, no? Not only that but doesn't it only contrarotate for a small portion of the cycle? My Miele can do a 60*C wash and 3 rinses in 1:16h, and gets loads perfectly clean - even heavily soiled whites. In fact it's very very rare that I use a long wash on any machine (only times I do is if I am bored LOL)- I always use the cycles averaging 60-75 mins for 60*C (depending which machine I'm using) and get impeccable results every time. As far as detergent, I only have to use more detergent because of the hard water around here - my auntie down south always uses the quicker washes and only needs to use something like 50ml of detergent with excellent results. So the theory that traditional frontloaders need more detergent is more or less null IMHO.
If you ask me, the only real advantage Dyson had over other machines was the large capacity. Don't get me wrong; I do think the Dyson is a brilliant machine. I just don't believe it's lightyears ahead as Dyson's marketing (and oh they're so very good at that :-D) makes it out to be...
Take care,
Jon
