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I dedicate this to logixx and GELaundry4ever. :)

A full cycle video of a full load of mixed darks. Normal cycle, heavy soil option, cold/cool water temp, with extra rinse (just a spray rinse) and fabric softener option on.

The camera was on the little magnetic tripod that I also used in the dishwasher, and even with the wide lens correction turned on, it still has a bit of a fish-eye look to it, but it at least gives view of the entire tub as well as part of the dispensers. The video is from start to finish entirely, but feel free to use the speed options to increase it. It's actually cool to see how smoothly the blooming rollover is in fast speed.

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Bravos X,

I know, mine is belt drive vs. hall sensor rotor/stator. I still hate it. When it was new it shredded my T shirts, and put holes in them from the baskets holes.
Now it uses more water, and sounds like an old Tri-motor air plane.
 
Doesn't look too bad! Now all we need is a post over in DL modeling the contents of that wash cycle. (Tongue in cheek, of course!........or is it?)

But really, very nice looking washer!
 
Nice video, thanks

A suggestion: If you put a timeline in the description, like in the video linked below, YouTube automatically makes the timestamps into clickable links. Makes it easier for the viewer to skip to the next phase of the wash when he's seen enough of the current one...when watching on YouTube web page, anyway.

 
@lakewebsterkid - I am too. I'm not a fan of the new design having a gearbox for one thing. The direct-drive system in this Oasis design sounds so nice, and is aggressive enough to move the load around properly but gentle enough that I haven't had a single thread torn since having it for over a year. The Colors/Towels cycle has a much shorter Catalyst pretreat period, and the agitation time is shorter. It seems to use more water but the agitation stays around medium, so honestly I don't use it much.

@suburbanmd - The more you know!!! I had no idea it would do that! Thank you. :) I'll have to go in and add the times soon, and I'm glad I can know to do that for the future videos.

Seriously, I was going through the videos and only noticed then that the underwear stuck out like a sore thumb haha. I hadn't noticed at all because of trying to get the camera set up perfectly. Usually all the laundry goes onto the floor, and I'm usually making sure the buttons and zippers of shirts and pants are all fastened, so the last things left on the floor are usually a few pairs of socks and underwear. At least it gives a good point of reference to determine the rollover! How did I know someone would comment.. :P

I just filmed a PowerWash cycle full of towels today, so I should have that up in the next day or so. :)
 
Andrew,

Has Whirlpool discontinued the top load direct drive system the larger Cabrio and Bravos XL had?
The belt drive and splutch gear case is junk. It's fine for a compact washer. not a full size one.
 
The new Cabrio design is a bit of a fusion of the Oasis and the VMW platforms. I feel like I remember being told that it actually is called "Fusion Oasis", but that was quite a while ago. The BPM motor, same as the Oasis and F&P, is mounted directly to essentially the same gearbox used in the VMW. My guess is that it was to address issues that could arise with the floating basket design. The drawback is that instead of the quiet hum-whirr sound of the true direct-drive rotor-stator system, there's now the same gear whining the VMW machines have, which isn't the most soothing noise in my opinion.

That all said and done, I do think the machines are gorgeous. If they revise the gear system or at least make it more "Oasis-level" quiet and return to the cabinet mounted dispensers, I'll have a hard time resisting the urge to upgrade, lol. They do seem to use more water than the Oasis, however in the world they got away with it..

If you skip around in this video or others that can be found now, you can hear the difference between the new Cabrio vs. the Oasis like mine.

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New video!! Full load of towels, PowerWash cycle

Finally!! I've had the video for a little over a week but just haven't had the time to sit down and stitch everything together. Surprisingly, rendering an hour and 20 some-odd minutes of full 1080p video at 60 frames per second actually takes a few hours and a whole lot of computer fan power to process.

I think this is the best one so far, and towels loads are always my favorite because this machine especially excels at rolling them over smoothly, not that it doesn't do a great job with everything else, just that towels seem more satisfying to watch lol. I threw in a dark colored hand towel just for rollover reference.

This time I took suburbanmd's advice and typed in the time links in the description so you can jump to each phase, and it worked! Thanks suburbanmd!!! Feel free to set the video at a higher speed. It makes the rollover look like a small load in a DirectDrive "shredmore" set at small water level, but in reverse, ha!



Note** You'll hear that mysterious clunking sound a few times throughout the video. Still have no idea what it is, but the other machine did it as well, though much worse and with screeching. With this machine, it just comes and goes but never seems harmful, so I've dismissed it. It is not the suspension rods or joints, or the basket touching anything, or any loose bolt or agitator. Like the previous machine, it will still pop occasionally even with the agitator and basket removed entirely down to the bare driveshaft. My assumption at this point is that perhaps the bearing ring or one/a few of thesteel balls have just enough of a microscopic imperfection that it will occasionally cause a "jump" inside the rings, just like a bike pedal with bearings or an office chair that leans back and pops occasionally. So, as long as it continues like it does now, and just appears randomly and clears up just as quickly, I see no reason to fret.
 
It's not that bad actually. Wash times are longer but they spin so fast that drying times are greatly reduced. Pretty much every load I dried was done in 20-30 minutes...on low temp. lol.
 

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