After a few weeks
So far, I am mostly impressed.
I was somewhat indifferent about how much I'd like PowerWash 2.0, but so far with a few exceptions I just can't for the love of it tell a difference.
I can get the number of rinses I want, get the same results, reach set temp (at least close enough) yet save 20% of energy or more on any load equal or less than about 6kg (13-14 pounds).
And when ever I don't need or want it, I just set one of the options under "Extras" and get a normal wash cycle.
That's a good idea for verry heavy soils or special loads like blankets and such.
I tried some SingleWash cycles and they are a little disappointing.
You have to be incredibly stingy with detergent, rinsing is somewhat cut short, the wash action is inexplicably reduced on any cycle I tried so far.
Yeah, gotta have to do some more trial and error with that.
QuickPowerWash is a nice and decent cycle.
The settings avaible are weired.
You can select or deselect Quick (with Quick is the default, without it lengthens from 59min to 1:15h).
Without "Quick" you can't select anything (don't even think that Preironing is avaible).
With Quick you can select SingleWash.
If you select SingleWash all of the sudden you can select some of the "Extras".
Guess that's because that SingleWash is just Cottons SingleWash.
Except on Cottons SingleWash with Stains, you get a 1:29h cycle, on QuickPowerWash, the same cycle does not change wash time.
Anyway, only tried the longer version at 40C so far and it was decent. Rinsing is certainly its weak point, but for most applications it is perfectly fine.
Pre-Ironing is a fun option.
It does really heat up the load, and it really smooths out wrinkels.
Only thing is that 30min is somewhat lengthy.
I had the machine glitch a couple of times already.
Ran a Cottons 90C with Intensive and an extra rinse and loaded that with (yeah, not kidding) my pillow, my 160cm*200cm matress cover and my neck roll.
Thing is that load absorbed north of 35l of water but dropped out a lot once heated.
Had set a cool down.
Machine was supposed to run 3 rinses.
But because max fill was reached already I would assume, it skipped the cool down and drain and ran the first rinse with the main wash water and thus only did 2 rinses effectivley.
MobileControl is glitchy AF.
Just resets cycle selections as it wants, just a PITA.
When ever your machine is on you can not check for software updates in your app.
At some points during some cycles the motor control gets activated for no apparent reason.
It just jerks into one direction a couple of times, as if the PCB is somewhat absent midedly tapping a button.
When you cancel a cycle, sometimes the door stays locked while the water diverter switches back to its default door flush position.
Like why?
When a cycle ends on the "Further Programms" setting, you sometimes have to turn the washer off to select a new cycle.
One interesting thing:
The "off" position on the dial is NOT a physical power switch.
On certain settings in the service cycle you have to move the dial to its "off" postion and the machine just stays on.
