Saw an Oasis ad on TV today

[cvillewasherbo]

I was watching the Food Network this morning and saw an ad for the Oasis. It showed about 5 seconds of wash action. The clothes looked like balls of dough floating in broth, the disk was not showing but you could see that it was spinning one way for two seconds and then the other way for two seconds. I saw no "rollover" of any kind, but in 5 seconds what can you see anyway?
c'villewasherboi

 

[jasonl]

So then it works more like a GE Harmony than an F&P Ecosmart? The Harmony uses a disk and it goes one way for 2 seconds then the other way for 2 secs. F&P agitates like an older washer with long strokes.

If it was a 5 second action shot, you probably saw 2 strokes of the disk, not enough to even see anything.

 

[cvillewasherbo]

Harmonies

The videos (from the GE website) that I've seen of the Harmony has the disk rotating in one direction for a lot longer than the Oasis did today. In fact, the Harmony spins long enough in one direction that you can actually see the disk thing. The disk in the Oasis was covered up with the clorhes. And yes, like I said above, 5 seconds is no time to figure anything out.

 

[kenmorepeter5a]

TV

Hello...I'm deaf and best friend...

Before I watched TV "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition"...I saw Michael Moloney love Sears department store....he had new Kenmore Oasis HE washer machine...it's also the TV commercial about the "Sears" of Kenmore Oasis HE (film short of the run of the Oasis washer.

- Peter (kenmorepeter5a) My friend!! ;-D

 

[varenovator]

As a Harmony owner, let me correct the description of the disk action. The cycle of the disk action is about 2 seconds, and alternates directions. The drum action is the one where it goes one direction for a longer period of time before reversing - probably about a 15-20 second cycle for that motion. It is this drum spin motion that causes the clothes to move to the outside of the drum (centrifugal force) and exposes the center of the disk, as described by c'villewasherboi. Most of the washing time is spent on the 2-second-cycle disk motion.

 

[Designgeek]

Varenovator, that's interesting about the drum moving also.

So, what's a complete cycle of operation? Drum revolves in one direction 15-20 seconds, during which time the disc is doing 2 sec clockwise, pause, 2 sec counterclockwise, pause, repeat, and then the drum direction reverses again and the disc continues doing its thing?

I suspect what the drum movement is for, is to keep the load from tangling by keeping it away from crossing over the vertical axis of the drum. In a conventional TL the agitator post does this. In some of the Asian pulsator (disc) machines, there are reports of tangling, which I have to assume are caused by clothes crossing over the vertical centerline. So if you use a quasi-spin action to keep the load centrifugally distributed around the outer circumference, you prevent the tangling, and this might also help with the water efficiency as well.

Does Sears ever do live demos of this unit?

 

[varenovator]

The process differs depending on which cycle you select. For most, the 'order of operation' is
1) disk agitation (the 2-second cycle alternating directions) - this process is effective in moving the clothes and getting a good roll-over effect. This cycle may run from 5 - 10 minutes (my guess - haven't stood over the machine with a stop watch or anything)
2) tub spin (the 15-20 second cycle alternating directions) - this process forces water through the clothes from the center out. It will do this for 4 or 5 minutes.
3) tub and disk (this is the part that depends on the cycle - I don't think it does it on every cycle) - disk spins one way, and tub rotates in the opposite direction. Cycle time is more like 10 seconds between alternations. Don't recall how long it does this.

Each wash program results in several sessions of one or more of these cycles. As I recall, one of the benefits of the different motions is to clean clothes by both moving clothes through the water (agitator) and moving water through the clothes (the tub spin).

I wouldn't doubt that the tub spin cycle helps to reduce potential tangling, since it really does move the clothes away from the center and also redistributes the load.

 

[cvillewasherbo]

Harmony

Thanks guys for the info about the Harmony washers. Perhaps the Harmony and the Oasis are very similar. We need to hear from an Oasis owner how it works. Videos would be nice too.
C'villewasherboi

 

[jasonl]

I saw it last night. Looked kinda like a gentle agitation stroke on an F&P washer. I did notice the clothes rolling just a little bit and I could see water :-D YAY!