3beltwesty
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Culturally many of us folks in the USA are use to wash times
Here I never really used a machine that ever could take an hour until I bought a modern Frontloader last Nov. the LG WM2501.
With the older 1976 machine the max time is 42 minutes, A typical wash often is shorter just 37 minutes or even 32 at times.
The knit cycle is even less.
For work clothes that are dirty with the new LG I often use prewash plus wash and the wash time is about 75 minutes. If one uses the heavy soil settings one gets times of about 80 plus minutes.
Thus from a practical standpoint; the high tech new LG takes twice the wash time of the older machine. It really is not that bad because the newer machine extracts way better; ie it really only takes about 1.5 times longer.
It is an odd thing to get use to.
It is like going back to a 110 volt dryer!
Sort of like using a gas stove burner ones entire life and now one has a 500 watt burner and it takes way longer to make coffee. ie it does not bother folks who have no schedules; but bothers folks who value time.
Many coin laundromats are way shorter in time than old USA washers; ie 25 minutes sometimes.
MAYBE I NEED to buy another new LG and just use the panel below and rip out all the hokey software. ie manual setting for water! :

Here I never really used a machine that ever could take an hour until I bought a modern Frontloader last Nov. the LG WM2501.
With the older 1976 machine the max time is 42 minutes, A typical wash often is shorter just 37 minutes or even 32 at times.
The knit cycle is even less.
For work clothes that are dirty with the new LG I often use prewash plus wash and the wash time is about 75 minutes. If one uses the heavy soil settings one gets times of about 80 plus minutes.
Thus from a practical standpoint; the high tech new LG takes twice the wash time of the older machine. It really is not that bad because the newer machine extracts way better; ie it really only takes about 1.5 times longer.
It is an odd thing to get use to.
It is like going back to a 110 volt dryer!
Sort of like using a gas stove burner ones entire life and now one has a 500 watt burner and it takes way longer to make coffee. ie it does not bother folks who have no schedules; but bothers folks who value time.
Many coin laundromats are way shorter in time than old USA washers; ie 25 minutes sometimes.
MAYBE I NEED to buy another new LG and just use the panel below and rip out all the hokey software. ie manual setting for water! :
