Fresh Hold Option?

[gadgetgary]

In the Sears folder of the newpaper today, they feature a Maytag 4.5 cu ft. high efficiency front load washer with fresh hold dynamic venting technology.
Their claim:

Keep laundry smelling fresh with the built-in washer fan.
The fan circulates fresh air at cycle's end.
Intermittent tumbling keeps clothes moving.
Combination of fresh air and tumbling continues for up to 10 hours.

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_02637852000P?keyword=37852&sLevel=0

 

[favorit]

Hi Gary,
check the thread #25646 "New stinky FLs hit the news!"

Alex aka Logixx posted a pic of that fan.

IMHO is a useless feature, expecially whit American laundry habits (several loads done on the laundry day, so users look after their washers more than us europeans).

In EU (and as I understand in Oz too) we run the machine anytime we collect a particular load. I mean today I run darks, tomorrow maybe permapress. Woolens usually immediately, as a couple of jumpers is a full load for handwash cycles.

We're the load, switch on and walk away people, so IMHO we are more prone to forget laundry done inside the machine. Otherwise we use the DELAY timer. E.g. before going bed one sets the washer to engage @ 6:00 am to have laundry done before breakfast

 

[gadgetgary]

Thanks

Favorit

 

[appnut]

Gary, Whirlpool had instituted this feature on their TOL 9750 model a few months back. I think Frigilux was who brought it to our attention. Just wondering when Kenmo will offer it.

I disagree with Favorit's comment. I know several families who will leave laundry in washer overnight, if not longer, especially when machines are in a laundry closet rather than a laundry room (especiallly if ya have to pass through the laundry room to get outside or to the garage lol). They'll start laundry as they're getting ready to go to bed. It's rare I leave a load in the washer for any length of time. However, the dryer is another story. More than likely, the last load I do for the day or evening will be towels, whites, or even jeans that will be left there for a day (or several). Not sure how I'd deal with that if I had a dryer with a window on it--whether it would bug me enought to get the load out of there or if I'd just ignore it lol.

 

[bertrum]

I agree with you favorit 'what a useless feature', a gimic that others will follow Im sure.

 

[ronhic]

I'm with....

....favorit and Bertrum

I can't speak for all Aussies, but I can for the ones I know.

We tend to wash when a load ready or several at a time.

Wash it and then hang it out or dry it immediately....or set the delay timer so that it is ready when we get up in the morning or home from work....

My mother and I will quite happily stand hanging washing up at 11.30pm so it doesn't sit in the machine or in a basket.

Now, does the drum tumble intermittently with the fan going on these machines or does it remain static? I ask because if it doesn't tumble, how on earth is it going to touch developing odours and 'mankyness' in the centre of the wash load????

 

[bertrum]

Hi Ronhic,
I think the real issue is if people wash properly and use correct powders then they should not need to use functions such as this.

I think clothes, even if in a intermitantly tumbling drum with a circulation fan going will still stink if they are in that drum for 10 hours!.

 

[ronhic]

Bertrum...

...Good point...

...and it would undoubtedly contribute to all those 'smells' and mould growth that Nth Americans, outside of this forum, seem to encounter more often than Europeans and Australians

 

[favorit]

sometimes proper wash procedures aren't enough

@ Bertrum : don't think in terms of british climate only .... in my summer hot and wet climate even a boilwash plus LCB is not enough if you forget done laundry over a couple of hours. I can imagine what happens in those places having hotter and wetter summertimes than mine, mostly south eastern USA

Ciao
Carlo

 

[alr2903]

My late grandmothers would spin in their graves, " all those clothes a tumblin and air blowin on em for 10 hrs. just wastin lectric". alr2903

 

[aquarius1984]

Good god!

Everyone I know leaves washing in the machine until they are ready to remove it and I feel not so guilty of doing it myself.
If the machine is clean and used properly nobody has any side effects of foul smelling laundry or mould.

Can go from switching the machine on at 8.30 before I go to work and not removing the washing until gone 6/7 in the evening.
Similarly I may do a wash on a saturday morning and go out for the day not returning until late evening and still forget its there until the following morning.
Nothing happens to my wash!

Im not slave to my laundry. I have more interesting things and more important things to do while the machine is on half the time.

Yet more marketig rubbish and nothing detrimental to the laundry process itself.

 

[toggleswitch2]

I have no problem leaving laundry in overnight or less than 24 hours. But I must admit more than an overnight and I want to re-rense and re-spin.

I normally use a medium or low heat in the dryer with darks to prevent excessive fading. But, if the load has sat for a bit, "HIGH" it is. Peramanently sour darks, I don't need.

 

[askomiele]

Strange...

I never had any problems with leaving a load in the washer overnight. What I do mostly is just put the rinsehold button on... When I want to unload, simple deselect the rinse hold. The machine tumbles drains and spins. Never had any problem with that...

 

[yogitunes]

When it was just me alone, and nothing to do, yeah it's easy to keep your mind on things, and never forget a load in a machine.........

Now...ADD a big house, with a husband and 5 children, I get distracted, and there are times I forget if I started a machine and which laundry room I have machines running...most times I'm there or nearby the whole time thru the process....but there are times when I have to run errands and such and time slips away...it happens...so sometimes I have to rewash a forgotten load....

but this would not be an option I would select.....would rather have a combo washer/dryer.....if I was to forget, at least it would go into DRY mode and finish the load with out the worry of mold/mildew issues, maybe a few wrinkles, but nothing a de-wrinkle or an iron can't fix

were just looking for useful options for real life scenarios