Former Apple Exec & engineer showing Combo Washer/Dryer at CES 2016

[henene4]

@mattl

The thing is, if it is open source, who has the computer ability of us to actually do something with it? I surely don't.
Further, if you rewrite Linux to work on a WD combo, and try to sell it, you don't make it open source. Period. You developed it, and if you want to make money off of it, you let them pay.
And I'm not even sure if they'd be allowed to. Somebody trying to fiddle with, disabling some temperature checks, burning down his house, and Marathon has to pay.

So far, we are just criticly thinking about it as if we would have to market it. WD combo that really replaces both units fully: Write me in.
A small, highly computerized machine, with a market about as big as the combo market is right now, developed by somebody who says stuff like "washers and driers aren't that big of a difference": I'm sceptical.

 

[kb0nes]

The machine will surely not be open source, remember this is an ex Apple exec pushing this With a machine like this allowing users to alter the software would only create a nightmare of potential problems for the manufacturer.

As for the durability of the boot, it will probably be well longer then that of machines in the past. Rubber and polymer technology has made great advances in the past 60 years. Just because all the Westinghouse boots have failed, doesn't mean this one won't easily outlast the design life 10-15 years of the machine. It will come down to the quality of the manufacturing and design which of course remains to be seen.

I like the idea of having a machine be connected and having a touch screen interface. Properly made electronics are VERY durable and will hold up just fine. In our machine shop, it's never the electronics that fail, it's the mechanical bits! Of course there is the possibility that they will cheap out on the electronics but that remains to be seen. A common thing I see with people judging the reliability of appliance electronics, is looking at electronics from 15-20 years ago. Reliability has become far better in recent years with advances in technology and just learning what works and what doesn't.

I second Matt's comments. Lets see this in the flesh before we Monday morning quarterback it to death.

My hunch is that it will fail for the same reasons that all the other combo's did here in the states. The electronics may actually help its viability!

 

[chestermikeuk]

Washer Dryer

"My hunch is that it will fail for the same reasons that all the other combo's did here in the states."

Hi Phil for us overseas could you explain what the reasons are / where that the early combo`s failed?

Cheers, Mike

 

[kb0nes]

Mike,

Well I'm not really the combo expert here but my understanding goes along these lines.

The typical US household tends to batch their laundry so come wash day there are a few loads to do. With all the washing/drying all in one machine the effective throughput is ~1/2 that of a pair of machines. Add in the fact that a combo machine could cost what a pair of traditional appliances costs then about all that is saved is the floor space.

The other issue is that American's have long held the top load washer as the standard and haven't embraced horizontal axis machines the way most other countries have. (As an aside, see also: The Metric system...)

In Europe where space and water are more scarce, I have the feeling that combos are considered in a bit better light then here in the states.

 

[revvinkevin]

 

 

Very well put Phil!   

 

Mike, this may (or may not?) be helpful.

http://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?37116
 

Kevin

 

[chestermikeuk]

Washer Dryers

Many thanks Phil & Kevin, very informative!!

I guess as times change and big families become smaller and single occupancy ensues there may be a way forward for these appliances.

 

[verizonbear]

Website

Here's the website. So who is going to make a pre order ????

http://marathonlaundry.com/index.shtml

 

[alexhalessays]

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[launderess]

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