I'll try to set up the movie camera this weekend and get some video of it in action. Then figure out how to post them.
Thanks Terry! You get out Vegas way again, give me a hollar and you can see these things in person.
Ok Tom, let's see now if I can answer these!
The dog's pad is actually a Ralph Lauren queen comforter and it was pretty messed up. It would barely fit in the old machine and never really did get clean. Plus the filling in it hasn't really packed down over the years. The full treatment did get out the dirt and stains.
Yes, the silver treatment adds more time. However the added time varies, depending on the cycle, about 15-20 minutes extra. The silver bars will need to be replaced after 3000 cycles of use and the machine will let you know.
Yes, the spins are fast between rinse cycles.
I have very hard water here. Using Tide HE powder, I get very little suds, so when it does go into a spin, suds aren't a problem for it. I do have some left over Wisk 3X liquid and I'll give that a try in the future.
When finished with a cycle, it will drain, then it will slowly start the spin. The first load I did was just a few small towels. As it ramped up, it did shudder and then slow down and redistribute the load. It seems to do this rather quickly, as it tried about 2-3 times, then balanced and goes into a high spin.
I'm using the same amount of detergent, about to the first line from the bottom on the green Tide cup. For the prewash or soak the manual suggests about 1/3 of the full amount of detergent in the prewash chamber.
From the smell, I'm thinking the bleach is going in during the first rinse, as I smelled it after the wash, but not during. But no bleach smell when I took the comforter out of the machine. I've developed an allergy to chlorine bleach. I'm going to try to wash my t-shirts and such with bleach and see if I still get a slight break out from it. That will be the true test for me of how well this machine does with its rinses and spin speed.
There are folding doors on the laundry area and I had them closed while the machine was running. From that hot wash, then bleach, it actually smelled like a laundry area when I opened the doors. Reminded me of when my Mom used to do laundry with her Maytag wringer.
