That was a great test, Dejan.
First of all, i'd like to congratulate you for the criteria you used. I know many professional testers and believe me, many of them aren't able to conduct a test with such rigid criteria to get these very realistic results. Half load and 1/3 load tests are as important as full load tests but nowadays, at least here in Brazil, people only care about the mandatory full load tests and by our ridiculous standards, the "standard full load" means "dramatically overloaded" to make consumers believe the machines are much bigger and much more efficient than it's previous model.
Also, detergent tests aren't performed.
Electrolux has 10kg capacity top loaders with the same drum i designed more than a decade ago for a 6kg machine.
Whilpool (Brastemp) uses the same 5 kg world washer's drum from the 1990's in a 10kg machine.
Brastemp (Whirlpool) also stated in the owner's manual 30 years ago that 36 (yes, thirty six!!!) bath towels could be washed in a 4kg capacity machine that has exactly the same 1950's "frog eye" Whirlpool drum. And before you ask, bath towels in Brasil are the same size as in the U.S. it means huge and thick. (maybe it would wash no more than 5 or 6 in a full load). Believe it of not some consumers were stupid enough to believe that
What to say about manufacturers that claim 16kg capacity using an 8kg drum nowadays? Duh, even a child knows that clothes need to move freely to get properly cleaned and rinsed.
And the competition for the biggest drum continues maybe soon the machines will have "circus tent", "parachute", or "escape slide" cycles instead of duvet cycle. You know... everybody has 1000 shirts to be washed at the same time. LG is now going to launch a 20kg capacity washer-dryer combo. But... why would somebody need a monster machine like that for household use? Insane, isn't it?
Back to your test, the results show something that alwasy happened in Brazil too.
PG detergents (In our case Ariel is the TOL and Tide is getting introduced slowly in our market) performs much better than Unilever detergents (in our case Omo is their TOL brand)
The only country I know that has an Unilever detergent performing much better than PG is Argentina. Their Skip Perfect White performs much better than any other detergent in the world and it wouldn't surprise me if it removed 100% of all of the stains including the pen writing. The only problem with that detergent, as it's name says, is the perfect white results, even when you wash colors or darks... It's so strong that everything turns out perfectly white...
That detergent is great for my white Reebok and Nike socks... but the black logos simply dissapear right on the first wash.
