@combo52
Of course it can NOT wash 12 pounds of towels. 12 pounds is the RATED capacity. By your vast and extremely reputable experience you know the standard test load is not a full load of towels and if you weight towels to the rated capacity in pounds you will definitely overload ANY washer, right? But anyway, I've done a test with 10 lbs of towels and it performed great. It actually surprised me because I was sure it was going to overload it and it did NOT. It was very full, of course affecting a little of the cleaning performance but definitely not overloading any component or making the washer struggle to move the load.
I'm sorry for not making a Speed Queen washer, I don't work for speed queen, I've never worked for any company related to speed queen but believe me, I know it will sound surprising for you but not only speed queen washers are good. other washers can also be great. I hope I'm wrong but for a second I feel like you're trying to nitpick and find anything wrong in my new design only to say "See? If it was a Speed Queen, that wouldn't happen because ONLY speed queen can make a washer that is decent."
This thread is about a washer that will cost average $100 to the final consumer, don't expect it to be better than a speed queen. It was designed thinking of people that can't afford an automatic washer that will break in 5 years, that's why planned obsolescence is completely forbidden in our company, that's why our company has a warranty way longer than our competitors and that's why we're famous for violating our own warranty terms and lose money only to make customers happy by replacing products even years after the warranty expired. Many of our customers also cannot afford buying a Speed Queen, even knowing they're great washers (I totally agree Speed Queens awesome)
And no, this washer is not to use while the automatic washer is waiting for replacement parts. Last month, 23 thousand Americans preferred semi-automatic washers and spin dryers from TLA instead of a fully automatic washer from whatever other company. We're actually the only company that sells semi-automatic washers that are not those made-in-China buckets that last 3 months.
If we hadn't run out of stock AGAIN, we'd have sold maybe 10 or 15 thousand units more. Since the pandemic started, we can't fill our warehouse. The containers arrive and are unloaded straight in FedEx trucks, we're backordered in a way that nobody would ever imagine and our production plants are working 24/7 at full speed. My warehouse manager made a comment on Whatsapp other day "It reached a point that you should start considering robotic converyor belts because we're shipping out 4-5 containers per day.
The main reason lots or people prefer semi-automatic is not having proper hookups or not having the space needed for a full size washer or, in some cities, rental contracts that forbid "automatic washers" (so being semi-automatic allows people to have a washer without violating their contracts)
@hippiedoll.
It's 210° and 57 strokes per minute. That was actually one of the details I carefully monitored dozens of opinions here on AWO. Lots of people complained about low-profile vane agitators + short and fast strokes and I decided to bring something with high-profile vane agitator and long and slow strokes.
This washer actually has MONSTER vanes and it was intentionally designed to not rely so much on rollover. The whole load moves back and forth with a minimum rollover to reduce tangling. I wanted 59 strokes per minute but I'm literally on the very limit with the DOE standards. I pushed it so hard that I didn't even leave an error margin.
@agiflow
Indeed... But many people don't like the idea of using a community laundry room Some don't like to walk with a giant basket, others want to do laundry in odd times when the laundry is closed, there are those who don't want or can't wait until they have a load big enough to use a full size washer (and pay for it) others are concerned about safety (crimes) and others are concerned about biosafety... After COVID-19 the number of people that would freak out with the idea of putting their laundry in the same washer "only God knows what was washed before" simply skyrocketed.
@qsd-dan
This model is a BOL "budget" model. It is compact, relatively small capacity when compared to full size washers, NO SPIN CYCLE, no automatic rinses, nothing.... To fill it you open the faucet, when it reaches the desired level, you close it. The "feature" is a timer that looks almost like a kitchen timer and simply shuts the motor off. Oh, and it has a drain pump. It's virtually impossible to make it simpler than that (Unless I got rid of the timer and put a ON-OFF switch instead. (Then UL would serve my head on a tray).
Parallel to this, I'm working on a different model that is a lot bigger, also with an agitator, an impressive capacity that would make a whirlpool direct drive look like a Suzy Homemaker washer (in terms of capacity) That other model will have lots of features that are not present in this model. (And I was just making some changes to the project thanks you comments in this thread.)
I won't talk much about the other model but it can wash a king size duvet very easily
