Nice; now let's have emerald green while we're at it... Though, red white & blue is a nice gesture at a time when much of the world has been severely alienated by our foreign policy; I'd take it as a sign of friendship between SK & the US, rather than a cynical marketing ploy.
35# is about three weeks' worth for me. But I have clothesline space for at most about 10# at a time, so I couldn't make good use of the added capacity.
LG is taking a gamble here getting into an obviously high-end machine, seeing as some of their more basic ones have gotten spotty reputations for reliability and repair issues. Perhaps a sign that LG is making a serious effort at quality improvements.
I'm goign to speculate that the way they get the extra capacity is by mounting the drum at a slightly inclined axis, and using some means such as paddle shape and/or porthole glass shape to move the load laterally across the axis of rotation.
For evidence, look at the pictures and note that the round black hubs at the back of the drums on both machines, are slightly below the center line of the windows in the doors (inclined axis), and the windows themselves appear to be less deep at the top than at the bottom (to act as chutes to slide the load back toward the rear of the drum). The inclined axis plus lateral movement would also enable some degree of water conservation compared to horizontal. I'm also going to guess the angle of the drum is between 10 and 15 degrees, as per the percentage of water savings.
I'm also going to bet that the red ones become quite popular in places that have to handle infectious loads separately from normal loads, and in those cases, the other machine would be white or blue, and therefore the sales of red ones into that market segment would be equal to the sum of sales of the white and blue ones.
