New LG Twin Washer: Two Loads At Once!

[frigilux]

It's a front-loader! It's a top-loader! It's...both, actually. This new LG puts a small top-loader in the pedestal drawer under one of their front-loading behemoths.

I question how many of these LG will sell..but you can be sure it will eventually become a coveted collector's item. I'll never know...all the high-end LG's are too wide to fit through the doorways of my house.

Upside: You'll do a lot of toe-touching bends to stretch out those lower back muscles!

 

[logixx]

Oh, Frig - I was just about to start a thread dedicated to CES 2015...

 

Besides the mini-washer, LG also unveiled the 5.8 cu.ft. top loader.

 

[logixx]

Below are the links to the new LG products
 
LG's Mini-Washer Lets You Do Two Loads at Once

LG is the New Heavyweight Champ of Top-Load Washers

 

[revvinkevin]

The price??

 

 

So let's see... a TOL - LG FL washer sells for what, $1600-ish?   Add this silly little floor level mini washer (for nuisance loads - ala Filter Flo mini-basket?) for another what, another $1200... and we're looking at nearly $3K for the pair?  Geesh!

 

With the new machines getting SO LARGE, I'll bet they dont do small loads very well and that's why they created this machine.

 

Either that or they figured they can build a dishwasher in a drawer, why not a washing machine.

Kevin

 

[mrb627]

YAY!

a mini-spin-sploder!

What if you just wanted the mini? Could you stack 4 of the drawers together and have a quad-sploder?

Malcolm

 

[revvinkevin]

 

 

Oh Malcolm.... too funny!   

 

[rp2813]

A 5.8 CF top loader?  That's a tall order for those plastic parts.

 

[mrb627]

Matching Dryer...

I hear the matching dryer will come with a pedestal and a bag of clothes pins, so that 1)drying will keep up with washing, 2)you'll never have to worry about dryer downtime when the service people cannot locate parts, 3)overnight drying is possible without waking the whole house up.

Malcolm

 

[henene4]

5.8 ft³??? I could fit in it with ease... I mean, come on, at any point someone should realize that it is not worth haveing a machine huge enough to load basicly ANYTHING in it and then add some more!
On the mini-washer: I find it kind of neat. Especially as it fits under every 27" washer. If you have a "small" 3.5ft³ unit, it could expand your wash capacity by that tiny bit you might need. We have 2 seperate full size washers and it‘s the handiest solution for big familys. Better than one washer the size of these two as I can wash 2 completly different loads at the same time. Like a DishDrawer... You get more specific, more detailed laundry care without extra effort and time spent.
As you call it: drying delay. I had bedding wash day last friday. The usual 2 loads plus 3 matress covers (2 loads). I started washing at 9 o‘ clock in the morning, finished washing by 2 o‘ clock. By that time, only one cover was "dry" (they tangeld, horribly, no matter what I did...). I dried load after load till 7 o‘ clock in the evening. Sometimes I wish we had a washer dryer.

 

[frigilux]

I always wonder who green-lights something like this. Maybe LG figures the burst of publicity for this novelty/gimmick is worth the cost of development.

Place your bets now: How long will parts be available for the mini washer? I say three years, tops.

 

[iheartmaytag]

I had already said no at LG

Wouldn't be interested in anything they have to offer. Even if it is a kind of cute little niche idea.

 

[mrb627]

What about???

The lawsuit when someone decides to use it as a step to reach the detergent bottle stored above the machine and the glass shatters???

I still think someone needs to figure out how to create a suds saver in the drawer instead of silly stuff like this...

Malcolm

 

[henene4]

HE suds saver

I doubt an HE SUDS saver would make a lot of sense... Not that I could proof it, but I think dirt is not dilluted enough to reuse it.
Rather, a rinse water saver could work. Just like some HE DW reuse the last rinse water. Just use one rinse bath as the next main wash water. Preferably the first rinse without softner. Would save detergent.
There is actually a washer in Germany that uses that system. But it is only one single special model, and as it is an EU TL washer, it has a pretty small capacity and as it is a low end manufacturer, not the best quality and not that many features.

 

[laundromat]

I WANT ONE!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[logixx]

Since this thread is already about Korean laundry:

New Samsung washer finally cleans your laundry with.... a washboard! (lol)

Samsung's New Washer Hides a Surprise Feature

 

[frigilux]

More from CES 2015: Apps, apps, apps for nearly every appliance. GE, despite being sold to Electrolux, is releasing an entirely new line of appliances tied to the internet; range, dishwasher, fridge, and laundry pair. LG is also stepping up its app game.

 

[appnut]

Oh boy!!  Samsung have tweaked the WaterWall dishwasher.   I'm going to take a nap I'm so bored. 

 

[appnut]

Cringe and shutter even more

Just what we need.  Further encouragement of horrible laundry habits.  I grew up with a mother who basically threw everything in together when she washed.  I had a few things ruined because of that.  Part of the reason I'm such a picky sorter and have such a huge amount of everything.  Advertising for that top loader not only can you wash the comforter that's on the bed, but the rest of the bedding for the bed at the same time. 

 

[frigilux]

5.8 cu. ft. washer tub, eh?

My question: How big is the drum on the companion dryer? I foresee overstuffed dryers and clothes emerging from them looking like an accordion-wrinkled mess.