Re #60
Since nobody else answered, and this is based on mine which is 6 or 7 years old by now, but the Delicate cycle does tumble slower.
There is one water level, to the lip of the tub and slightly spilling over into the boot, for both wash and rinse, on all cycles except Normal Eco, which I’ve never tried because it’s cold water. So, say you want to just wash a single stained shirt, it will fill up all the way and tumbling will be less than ideal — it will slosh in the water rather than rising up and dropping/slapping on the tub. I think the LGs and Samsungs and Whirlpools have a more sophisticated weighing system and in the case of one garment would use less water, but I could be wrong. And it’s nice how some brands fill much higher to rinse but the SQ does not. OTOH the SQ seems to use more water for washing than the others.
It doesn’t have recirculating, but the tumble vanes scoop up a lot of water and dump a very visible cascade of it on top of the load before it drops.
It lacks a spin spray, but when the spins between rinses start to coast to a stop and the water goes on to fill the tub for a rinse, the pump stays on for a half minute, which rinses spin suds off the outer surface of the drum and flushes suds out of the sump, which is nice.
Bulky, now presumaby Bedding, does nothing different to my eyes other than that medium spin is its default.
It balances and spins very smoothly and quietly compared to videos of other brands. But it effs up sometimes, particularly with loads of heavy towels or blankets. Mine has cabinet-banged and had no intention of stopping to re-balance, and it has slammed the tub into the glass door and almost broken it too. Very very rarely. And strangely most often on the final spin, which can be annoying. I wouldn’t run it while not at home.
No heater but hot water is tap hot with no dumbing down. Set it for a quick prewash and it will stay hot in the main wash.
Horizontal tub. Never tangles shirt sleeves or pants legs. Never gets pillow cases caught in fitted sheet pockets or one sheet balled up in the other.
Perfect machine? No. Best machine? I wouldn’t say that. Seems to me they all have their pros and cons. Am I happy with it? Yes. Would I buy another? Probably.