Second Generation Bosch Nexxt Line Released

[spee_man]

German washers

I'm pleased to read that you are so intrested in frontloaded washing mashines. I own one myself. Its an italian Candy. It has a very low capacity of about 10 lbs. The best waschers are Miele but they are very expensive. standard waschers are available for about 600Euro ( about 720 $ ) but you can also get dumping waschers for 240 $ at huge discount stores. German washig machine fans realy like american washers, because they have more capacity and are quicker, than european models! as I can see, you have very large frontloaders in the USA. We got those models too, a few month ago. I want to buy one because I mostly have to wash three times a week!

Greetings from the homecountry of automatic, frontloaded washers ( Construkta Waschvollautomat 1951 )Germany.

http://www.waschmaschinen-forum.de

 

[frontloadfan]

Bosch Front Load Washer on Desperate Housewives

Unless I am mistaken, I have noticed that the Bosch front load washer is used in the settings for two different households on this series. I have noticed it in Brea's house (the red haired lady whose husband died) and the lady with the several childred.

I wonder if Bosch is paying for product placement?

 

[foraloysius]

Wilkommen!

Hello Dominik,

I'm a bit shocked that you misspelled Constructa! LOL

Yes, it's great that Bosch is going to sell the mega frontloaders in Europe too now, but I think it is stupid that they are not selling the matching dryers. A big capacity frontloader doesn't really help if you don't have a dryer that can handle those loads.

BTW, did you ever have a look at the V-Zug website?

 

[jetcone]

Wilkommen Dominik

I love Kai's washer site! Nice link.

That Louis LOVES his V-Zug! Maybe someday he'll finally take me to the factory yes?

Hope you get a used Miele soon, it would be real fun to work on one of those and play with it.
And OFCOURSE Louis I'd love to play with any V-Zug!

Louis , bring over with you next summer,AL would love you more for that!

 

[foraloysius]

Jon, I'm actually just as curious after V-Zug as you are. I only used a V-Zug set once and that was an older Adorina set.

BTW, I never heard back from the V-Zug guy I mailed with. So no further details about their first frontloader.

Dominik, here's the link to my picture album, that contains pictures of my appliances.

Webshots - Desktop Wallpaper / Screen Savers

Webshots, the best in Desktop Wallpaper, Desktop Backgrounds, and Screen Savers since 1995.

community.webshots.com

 

[spee_man]

matching Bosch Dryer

Oh, I'm sorry! But I once saw another msistake that was even worse. An english guy wrote Simens like that: "Siemans" But originally I wantet to tell you, that we in Germany mostly doesn't have tumble dryers. we hang the cloth onto a cloth line! this is way cheaper! only in the winter Time some households use a dryer. I'own a spin dryer so my stuff is ready after about 10 hours. You have to know that electricity is very expensive in "old europe". I think My cloth smell fresher that old fashioned way. I wanted to ask you if your Bosh washer is different to an european ? how many washing Cycles does it have? Is it possible to connect it to the central hot Water supply! And at least, what do you thik about integrated heating?

 

[appnut]

Dominik, Bosch has two different lines sold here in the U.S. One is the Axxis line, which is very similiar to the product found in Europe. It's the same size as European models and also uses 240v power source and is connected to cold water only. The Bosch Nexxt line is produced here in the U.S. The range goies from an 11 cycle/900 rpm model to a 15 cycle/1200 rpm model. These require only 120v electricity, the type found in almost virtually all U.S. household laundry facilities. These do connect to the central hot water supply. The Bosch user manual suggest the temperature for the hot water supply be 120 degrees F. There are those of us who think Integrated Heating is wonderful for a fornt load washer. The feature allows the wash water temperature to be maintained at the specified temperature as well as allows gradual heating from warm to hot or very hot (155 degrees F) to clean various types of stains & soils in the same load. Bosch is the only U.S. produced front loader with heater that offers a true profile wash option (called PowerWash). The machine fills with cold water and heats to the specified temererature of the cycle. Only negative is because of the 120v power source, it's slow in heating and a cycle can take over 3 hours. But the results are spectacular. Incidentally, many in the U.s. keep their hot water supply set at 120 to 130 degrees F to save on energy bills. Until energy became so expensive, it aws common for the water supply to be set at 140 to 160 degrees F.

 

[spee_man]

Thanks for your link, Louis

Is Velo a dutch manufacturer? It looks quite simillar to the Miele 75 s, did Velo build it under license?

You have an Öko Lavamat. It was the first washer that I can remember my Granny owned! when I was about 9 I knew every feature of every AEG type. I always liked the Turnamat most. The first washing mashine which "Oma" got from her Sister in law in the early sixties must have been a AEG Standard(she told me about the pulsator on the bottom )Then she had her first automatic washer which lasted until I was four when we moved and she got an Öko Lavamat. It was in 1987. May you can help me, which Type exactly! It only had the special feature to reduce the water level (eco) the spin speed was 750 or 800 revolutions per minute!

Nowadays AEG's are not very solid like grannys was! rubbish, AEG subtiteled "Elektrolux".

 

[spee_man]

Thanks vor giving me some details Bob! I'm very interested in american washing mashines especially frigiadaire. The pulsating Agitator, great! I'm glad that we have 240 V in "old Europe" So my washing takes me about one hour! would it be possible to mount a 220 V three phase current socket to your house? I read in another forum that some apartment houses have one in the loundy room. What about a converter?

besides It realy wonders me to hear about expensive energie costs in the Us! How much is a kw? maybe an Interesting fact for you, that one Gallon of 95 oktane Gas costs about $ 6,20 in Germany.

 

[brisnat81]

Miele Rinse and Spin

Hi Laundress,

My new Miele W2515 has both a rinse and spin, and a starch cycle.

The sales lady, has an interesting suggested for a super quick wash in the Miele, use a teaspoon of powder a pair of slacks you want to freshen up, and put it on a Rinse and spin with Waterplus. You then get a wash and two rinses in 13 minutes.

I've found so far, that anything with no visible soiling, the standard 40-50 minute wash is more than adequate. I've only used intensive with towels. 1:54

 

[foraloysius]

Dominik,

Velo is indeed a Dutch manufacturer, but they don't make this model anymore. Don't waste your money on new Velo machines, they don't come even close to the quality Miele makes. One of the members of the "Waschmaschinen-forum" had a very disappointing experience with a Velo washer.

Here's the link to their website. Just have a look, don't buy!!! LOL

http://www.velaundry.nl/

 

[foraloysius]

Now about AEG. Although I prefer Miele washers I have a weak spot for the AEG label. I still like AEG machines, although they are now sold as AEG by Electrolux I still think they make decent machines. The TOL range is still quite a good washer I think.

This is my second AEG Öko Lavamat, it's a 6450 with 1200rpm. The previous one was a 625 with 1000rpm. I'm not sure which model your grandmother had, did her washer already have the round pushbuttons? If so, it could have been a 600, 610 or 615. If her's still had the square pushbuttons I would dive into my archives to see if I can find an older brochure.

I'm linking another picture album, there are more pictures in this one, but they are only small sized. There are scans of old brochures there, some of them even in German. Enjoy the pictures and don't hesitate to ask questions.

http://photos.yahoo.com/foraloysius/

 

[spee_man]

Ökolavamat

It had square push buttons. I must have been a 530 or so.

 

[joe_in_philly]

Electric Cost

Spee man,

Here is a break down of my last electric bill. This will give you an idea of how much electricity costs in Philadelphia.

From September 12 to October 11, 685 kWh

05.18 Customer Charge
41.65 Generation and Transmission Charges(.0608 X 685 kWh)
05.08 Wind Energy Service Charge(.0254 X 200 kWh)
30.41 Distribution Charges
17.33 Transition Charges
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99.65 Total Basic Charges for 685 kWh
-0.39 State Tax Adjustment
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99.26 Total

That comes out to about $0.145 per kWh (99.26/685)

The Wind Energy Surcharge is an optional charge I pay so that 200kWh of energy each month comes from wind generation. It offsets the difference in cost between wind and traditional energy generation.

Joe