Your washload in pics!

[glenfieldmathk1]

Idnlad87 is that a Hotpoint WMUD10637P I see?
Is it any good - I hear there Titanium drum machines have slightly different programming, annoying interim spins with tumbles between each burst, but fast tumbles during the draining phases? Can I ask does Bed+Bath on the machine do fast or slow rinse tumbles, or mixture of both, and does it do the fast drain tumbles?
Was thinking might upgrade to that or the WMFG1053 but just interested to know really how the cycles are, probably not much different to mine, but you expereince would be great.

 

[glenfieldmathk1]

Here's my Almost Nightly Load

My Chef whites - usually wash them every night, though occasionally save them up to wash two lots together, and on early shifts tend to bung them in with the other whites laundry.

I always wash Whites on Prog 2 in my Hotpoint Experience, although its a rather long wash, its extremely good at washing out the stains, and keeping whites white, without the need for a Boilwash, thanks to intensive wash Tumbles, a stepped heating pattern with different length and speed tumbles, and at least 1hr temp hold with the sustained intensive rhythm.

Prog - 2 [Whites 60] (Part of Hotpoint's HD Colour Care Cycles range, available on most machines)
Temp - 60/Max60
Spin - 1200/Max1400
Size - Aprox 2KG/Max4KG
Load - Chef Jacket, Apron, Trousers, Hat
Oven Cloth
3xTea Towels (1 is works, the other two are our Households ones!)
Dishcloth (One of our Households ones, we're not allowed dishcloths at work!)
Duration - 2hr40 (Aprox)

First Pic - the Load in the Drum

 

[glenfieldmathk1]

Pic 2 - Settings & Detergent
Persil Advance professional powder. (gives great cleaning even with only small amounts used, it must have lasted at least 50 cycles by now, and still about half left!!)
Small Dose Comfort Pure

 

[glenfieldmathk1]

Pic 3
Phase 1 - Sensing
Slow tumbles for 5 minutes, the rhythm then continues as it heats to 20C, before switching off the ehater and continuing until at least 10minutes has passed.

 

[glenfieldmathk1]

Should say Heater above!

Pic 4
Phase 2 - sensed and now into Fast Tumbles - cottons ones to be precise, heating now to 30C

 

[glenfieldmathk1]

Phase 3 - Rolling Rhythm
As soon as 30C is reached, the machine advances to phase 3. (The fast wash Rhyhthms, where the clothes roll over each other/scrub each other). Heating to 50, though spends atleast 10 minutes here, so if the machine reaches 50 quicker (smaller loads) it switches off the heater but continues with the rhythm. If however its not at 50C by 10minutes is up, the machine starts doing longer Pauses to boost the temp.

 

[glenfieldmathk1]

Pic 6

Phase 4 now, we're back to cottons, only this time faster speed still (around 55rpm, as opposed to normal 50rpm, so the load really does get lifted many times to the side of the drum).
Heating now to 60C

 

[glenfieldmathk1]

Pic 7

Phase 5, the final part of the wash! (The best part) 30/2 tumbles at 55rpm with classic 95 series launches!!
Its now temp holding for at least 1hr too. The heater switches on and off many times to maintain 60C. The glass can get quite hot by the end of the cycle.
The smell in the room, reminds me of the old WM31 when it was Boilwashing!

I've included a video this time - showing phase 5 (as well as a pic!) - The vid shows the phase 5 rhythm and the heater coming back on [about half way through](not sure if can be heard though) listen for a silent click!



Notice how the clothes occasionally nearly spin, didn't get that on the previous range of WT/WF's etc!!

After the temp hold ends, the rhythm continues a while longer, depending on load size, before completing a Cooldown, and cottons rinses, and spins.

Hope you enjoyed my wash load in Pics, maybe more soon!

 

[logixx]

The last of five loads yesterday: Woof Woof, Sheepy (blinded by our dog) and the dog's blanket.

 

[dascot]

It seems, these days, like companies claim their programmes are 'anti stain' or 'super eco' to cover up the fact that they take such a ridiculously long time. 2.5 hrs or longer for a 4kg load is silly, no need for it.

 

[ldnlad87]

glenfieldmathk1. This washing machine is fantastic I had a older ultima before this one and thought that was great, but when I used this one it got clothes even cleaner on a cold cycle, bed and bath uses a mixture of tumbles it seems to tumble differently on every wash load, not sure if this is due to the weight, I tend to use bed and bath more than other cycles, where before I used to wash towels and bedding on 90'c I can get away with doing 40'c plus steam hygiene and getting whites whiter than before. Can't really comment on the draining and spinning as it foes seem to be different on every cycle I do

Daz

 

[aegokocarat]

Boiling my towels in the Indesit IWDC6125 Washer/Dryer on cottons 90
Using Ariel

 

[mich]

Matt

Is that a new Washer I see

 

[mich]

Current Load

15 Towels, and a few washcloths. 2nd Rinse.

 

[adamthemieleman]

Thought I'd add to this thread..

I have been quiet on here lately, every things a bit up in the air.
Anyway, this is our lovely Miele doing a daily load.

Photo 1: The load, is a mix of my work uniform and clothes, some stuff of my dads, and mums stuff from keep fit. Its a mixed bag of cottons and synthetics

Photo 2: Our laundry arsenal. Shout pre-treater which smells like sun lotion, Astonish oxi powder, Ariel bio powder with Actilift and Waitrose honeysuckle & buttercup softener.
We mainly use the pre-treater for whites, undies and towels.

Photo 3: Program set, these are not too soiled so I set it on a Cottons 40, Short with Water-plus, with full 1300 spin. We mainly use this on full for more heavily soiled stuff and we use the full Cottons 60 for towels. We barely use any other program.

Photo 4: Close up of wash. The load is rather small, nowhere near the 7kg capacity so the water level is easy to see, suds and all. I like the tumbles on the machine, everything is well distributed even when its full. The machine has had 3 fills. Theres usually 4 or 5 when we do towels.

Photo 5: The load hang out to dry as the weather here in Yorkshire has been glorious. These won't take long to dry, the 1300 spin sees to that.
We really love the machine, it leaves everything clean, smelling fresh and feeling soft, something no other machine we have ever used has done.

 

[revvinkevin]

OK time for my contribution!

Just a couple loads here: Machines are a 2009 Kenmore He5t steam washer (last of the Whirlpool built) and a 2005(?) LG - WM 1832 (rear controls). It was a little too dark to get a good photo w/o the flash, but yes these are washing (OK, rinsing).

This is 2 of 5 connected downstairs in my garage "laundry area". The others (at the moment) are a 1971 Maytag 806 (you can see it just to the right) and a pair of Kenmore Elite Catalyst (TL) washers from around 2000. I will swap out 2 or 3 of them with other machines every month or two.

Kevin

 

[allan]

LG WM1355HW

Here's my washload tonight. Just some bath towels and some old shirts I only wear around the house.

 

[allan]

One scoop of Nellie's

 

[allan]

I just used the default settings

 

[allan]

Nellie's detergent