All Fuzzed Up
Three weeks into learning to adapt to front load washing. I miss the ease of a dial and buttons. I started the hot wash and after it filled, switched to warm wash and rinse to have the clothes rinsed in warm water. The washer stopped, unlocked the door and would not continue. I set it back to hot wash cold rinse and it continued to unlock the door and sit. The whites heavy soil cycle takes 87 minutes. I walked away and after awhile it resumed. The dryer seems to function fine but it doesn't like my style of unloading. When the dryer is finished I take a few garmets from the tub to fold and restart the dryer to prevent wrinkling. I continue the process until the load is all folded. The dryer would recalculate it's cycle options each time I restarted. I will sit with the manuals for a tutorial to see if it addresses such obsessive operator quirks. I am surprised at the change in linens. My 800 thread count sheets comes out more wrinkled but feeling and looking more like linen. I take that as a positive. On the down side, I am having linting problems which never occured in the top loader. I washed a load of cottons sweaters and with them was one acrylic. Everything was covered in lint and I had to lint roll each garmet. So far I see no advantage at all to owning a front loader except for the water consumption which may of greater concern to some than to me. I find I do less laundry since its lost it's entertainment value.
Three weeks into learning to adapt to front load washing. I miss the ease of a dial and buttons. I started the hot wash and after it filled, switched to warm wash and rinse to have the clothes rinsed in warm water. The washer stopped, unlocked the door and would not continue. I set it back to hot wash cold rinse and it continued to unlock the door and sit. The whites heavy soil cycle takes 87 minutes. I walked away and after awhile it resumed. The dryer seems to function fine but it doesn't like my style of unloading. When the dryer is finished I take a few garmets from the tub to fold and restart the dryer to prevent wrinkling. I continue the process until the load is all folded. The dryer would recalculate it's cycle options each time I restarted. I will sit with the manuals for a tutorial to see if it addresses such obsessive operator quirks. I am surprised at the change in linens. My 800 thread count sheets comes out more wrinkled but feeling and looking more like linen. I take that as a positive. On the down side, I am having linting problems which never occured in the top loader. I washed a load of cottons sweaters and with them was one acrylic. Everything was covered in lint and I had to lint roll each garmet. So far I see no advantage at all to owning a front loader except for the water consumption which may of greater concern to some than to me. I find I do less laundry since its lost it's entertainment value.
