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frigilux

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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!

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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.
 
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
 
 

 

Oh Malcolm.... too funny!   
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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
 
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.
 
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.
 
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
 
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.
 
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.
 
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

You have a very valid point.  I read that you should have twice the dryer capacity for a wash load to properly tumble.  If you have a 5.8 cu.ft. washer, you would need a dryer that is almost 12 cu ft.  to handle that load properly.  

 

I know with my Maytag it holds 4.4 cu ft. When I do as full load of towels the 8.0 cu. ft companion dryer is almost full when the load is dry.   Now mind you the washer is control packed, whereas the dryer is tumble fluffed, but it illustrates how the clothes need to move freely. 
 
All the years I've been interested in LG products has paid off. Their performance,their features, their designs, their innovations , their prices and their quality has increased my interests in them. What they're doing now is very similar to the original Frigidaire research going on from the late forties through the mid seventies. Priming in the mid to late sixties. What went wrong?

Corporate got greedy.
Seeing what Toyata,Honda, Mazda and Mercedes were doing in production of more fuel effkcient cars made the American brands put their tails between their legs, squint and run. GM slammed the car door on Frigidaire selling no mote than a .name brand to WCI. Ford did the same to Philco and AMC did the same yo Kelvinator. Now GE has followed. Wake up America. Its all our fault for being so greedy.
I'm just glad to see there are still some nice brand new products emerging from this. I don't give a rat's ass if it's made in a foreign country. We had our chance and let corporate ass wipes decide to go global and put factories where spyes could easily get information . I have no mercy for the corporate leaders who lost jobs over their selfish stupidy. I am not at all impressed with ANY of the new Whirlpool Corp., GE, or Electrolux prodicts but am pleased more then anyone can comprehend there's a great company making and backing their products. I know there are ma.y here at this site who disagree. We all have our differences and opinions but, I sold LG and Maytag,GE,Hotpoint, JennAir and Equator. I'd be the customer service provider. So, I'd hear all of the drama and complaints from customers, salesfolk,and service techs. Few were regardkng LG products I sold. Of all the ones I sold,changing the customers choices, one,a. OTR Microwave was returned. Why?? Wrong color![this post was last edited: 1/6/2015-02:00]
 
WASHER OF TOMORROW CLEANING W/BEADS?

Saw an article talking about a new kind of technology for cleaning clothes with beads to possibly be available in another year or two.

The brand of the new machines are XEROS.
As anyone else heard of these machines and what would be your thoughts on them? Using even less water and detergent to clean clothes!! Come on now!

At the rate things are going you might as well just hang them out and let them flap in the breeze and POOF they'll be clean.

http://www.reviewed.com/video/3302531713001?utm_source=taboola_recirc_top
 
Here is the video of the intro.  You can add the Twin to any LG washer.
 
You can indeed wash a king sized comforter and all the bedding in the new top-load washer. I thought Bob was joking. Nope, it's real.

There is also a mention of creating custom cycles that can be downloaded to the washer through their App "ThinQ" (think). That's cool. I'll bet you can't control individual components of the washer though, I'd have that recirc. spray run on every cycle, every phase.
 
In time, we'll see the specs for the wee washer add on, how it's plumbed and electric requirements. It certainly won't be for everyone, but LG has a marketing research department, so they can't be completely out of line with the new offerings.

I'd still love one of the giant dryers - the bigger the better in a dryer.

http://www.cnet.com/products/lg-twin-wash/
 
"In time, we'll see the specs for the wee washer add on, how it's plumbed and electric requirements."

It's plumbed through a T-connection from the washer's inlet hoses.
 
When I first saw it.  I thought  the lower drawer was a spin x  type unit for heavy jeans and towels. 
 
Wash-A-Drawer

I doubt this has any capability approaching a regular machine. No heating. Probably limited to lightly soiled and delicates. Basically an automatic hand-washer for 1200$

Malcolm
 
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