transparent doors/lids

[vacuumfreeeke]

So why do manufacturers make front loaders with transparent lids, but not top loaders? I'm assuming because one needs to know if a front loader is over sudsing or not drained all the way before they open the door. I know that very few top loaders and dryers (though a lot more now) have transparent doors. I really like being able to see what's going on inside there... I wish my dishwasher had a transparent door!

I wonder why even the Maytag Neptune washer didn't have a transparent door... were they hiding some secret magic elves in that come out to do the washing them the door slams shut?

Any thoughts?

 

[dj-gabriele]

I really can think about it... glass is cheap and easly moulded into shape, has a greater thermal insulation than metal and it doesn't rust. If the door was to be made completely of metal it would have to be stainless steel like the drum and with an double layer of metal with a termal insulator in it or a double walled plastic like the neptunes.
Dishwashers don't have a glass door because of termal insulation issues and sound damping too... but I can recall at least a dishwasher from Rex-Electrolux that has a small window in the front and let you see the cycle.
I had the chance of using neptunes in a laundrette a few times, the dryier is fabulous but the washer doesn't rinse that well. I don't know why they weren't made with glass door.
Most dryers don't have glass doors because it is easier to put the lint filter in the front panel but as we're seeing everyday things are changing and the filters are being placed more and more in the bottom front of the loading door. Just my toughts in a lazy saturday...