Hot water and F&P...
... are a topic on their own.
All new F&P washers use a system called EcoActive-wash. In general, most of all cycles fill with you selected temperature until the load is saturated plus another gallon or 2, maybe. Than, within the next 4 min the washer reciculates this detergent-water-mix over your laundry. From their on, the cycles varry. Some fill with some more water and go on this way and than finally fill up to the selected level, some just fill up. The main thing is: From their on, all fills will be cold. Except for Allergy which will continue with the selected temp. So you get the detergent going at you temp, soak your load at you selected temp and than dumb down the temperature for the agitated part of the cycle. I personally like this idea as all you detergent action is done at selected temp and in an highly concentrated solution and than continue with a more gentle cooler wash that save energy either. Bleaching agents are activated and work, even though you get an energy star rating.
But there is another thing: You can actually adjust the ATC on these machines! For example, AquaSmart manual, you can increase the warm temp in 0.5°F steps. So you can lift up warm to cancel the cold fill a bit more.
Anyway, even though I have never been abled of using one, I am a fan of the AquaSmart idea: You get an impperler washer with its wash plate (thus more gentle and more room in the tub) BUT you can just switch of the HE-mode and get a true full-fill wash on most cycles (some don't allow to use HE, some prohibit conventional mode).
Of course, a bit pricey, but we all know that F&P has been quite reliable, and if something brakes, they are easy and cheap to fix:
http://www.ajmadison.com/cgi-bin/ajmadison/WL4227P1.html
... are a topic on their own.
All new F&P washers use a system called EcoActive-wash. In general, most of all cycles fill with you selected temperature until the load is saturated plus another gallon or 2, maybe. Than, within the next 4 min the washer reciculates this detergent-water-mix over your laundry. From their on, the cycles varry. Some fill with some more water and go on this way and than finally fill up to the selected level, some just fill up. The main thing is: From their on, all fills will be cold. Except for Allergy which will continue with the selected temp. So you get the detergent going at you temp, soak your load at you selected temp and than dumb down the temperature for the agitated part of the cycle. I personally like this idea as all you detergent action is done at selected temp and in an highly concentrated solution and than continue with a more gentle cooler wash that save energy either. Bleaching agents are activated and work, even though you get an energy star rating.
But there is another thing: You can actually adjust the ATC on these machines! For example, AquaSmart manual, you can increase the warm temp in 0.5°F steps. So you can lift up warm to cancel the cold fill a bit more.
Anyway, even though I have never been abled of using one, I am a fan of the AquaSmart idea: You get an impperler washer with its wash plate (thus more gentle and more room in the tub) BUT you can just switch of the HE-mode and get a true full-fill wash on most cycles (some don't allow to use HE, some prohibit conventional mode).
Of course, a bit pricey, but we all know that F&P has been quite reliable, and if something brakes, they are easy and cheap to fix:
http://www.ajmadison.com/cgi-bin/ajmadison/WL4227P1.html
