I got a front loader at the start of they year and I am happily adjusted to it. It was a bit of a learning curve and I was a bit miffed about it to start off lol. I have a Bosch
What I like about it:
I went from a 5kg top loader to a 7kg front loader. I can do much bigger loads at a time now so the fact that the cycles are longer doesn't bug me as much because I'm not really behind at the end of the day.
About the wash lengths. I use mostly the cotton setting with cold water and it takes just over an hour. The same cycle using 50 degrees takes 1.5 hours so by cutting out the hot water reduces the wash time dramatically. For grotty stuff I can use a longer cycle. It also has 15 or 30 min cycles that are for smaller loads ie can't wash 10 towels on the 15 min load but can chuck in a pair of jeans or a couple of t-shirts.
I can fit a QS doona in it.
It is much much gentler on my clothes. They aren't pilling at all (the salesman told me that and I thought he was pulling my leg. You don't get any way near as much lint. Most times I check the lint filter it's empty.
If a tissue gets in the wash it doesn't end up all through the wash as much as it does with a top loader. The g-force pushes it to the front and it collects in the rubber ring that seals the door.
It heats the water to 90 degrees for some cycles and I can throw DH's greasy working on the car clothes in it and they come out brilliantly. I don't need to rely on the HWS to supply it with hot water.
It uses much less water and less powder per load.
It's very quiet compared with the old clanger I used to have. I'm comparing a 15yo machine so that factor may have changed lol.
It spins and then tumbles slowly and spins again up to 1200 revs so the clothes are spun dry but not as creased.
Bending over to load/unload it doesn't bother me because I ended up bending over to get to the bottom of the top loader anyway. I squat down and give my butt a workout at the same time
What I don't like about it is that the same thing that makes tissues gravitate to the front can also result in baby socks getting stuck in the rubber ring. That annoys me!
Also that door locking and not being able to chuck in extras but that makes me more vigilant in sorting everything out before hand.
Gee bit of an epic I must be converted lol.
Last edited by ~Raven~; October 19th, 2009 at 06:47 PM.
I love my front loader. My clothes are cleaner, and it holds as much as my old top loader. The top loader was 8kg and this is 7.5 but I don't notice the difference. The jet taking off is gentler on the ears than my old clunker and I can do hotter washes. I do use the longest cycle for nappies, which is 3 hours and 15 minutes but I usually try to do that when I am going to be out for most of it, or I set the timer to do a delayed start so that it finishes when I am going to get home.
I wash everything in it, except our huge blanket that fills the bath tub when I am washing it. I wash pillows and everything in it. I can fit pillows and a doona in 1 load, but that blanket is the only thing I can't get through the door.
I bought a second hand Bosche off a collegue who was moving overseas - that was 4 years ago and it was 3 years old at the time - still running like a dream - even does the cloth nappies beautifully There is a 'quickwash' cycle option which I use all the time so it's just as fast as a top laoder. The only downside of a front loader is when you find that piece of laundry you forgot to put injust after hitting 'start' ....too bad, have to wait til next time!
oh I bought a Whirlpool front loader about 2 months ago, and you can actually FEEL the clean!!
I love it! And I got 7kg of washing powder as a bonus!
My pil just got a front loader too(it looks so space age like you could travel to the moon in it - in fact I think the brand is "MOON" ), but they also bought a wooden "table" thing especially for their laundry so they weren't bending down.
oh I bought a Whirlpool front loader about 2 months ago, and you can actually FEEL the clean!!
I love it! And I got 7kg of washing powder as a bonus!
My pil just got a front loader too(it looks so space age like you could travel to the moon in it - in fact I think the brand is "MOON" ), but they also bought a wooden "table" thing especially for their laundry so they weren't bending down.
oh I bought a Whirlpool front loader about 2 months ago, and you can actually FEEL the clean!!
I love it! And I got 7kg of washing powder as a bonus!
My pil just got a front loader too(it looks so space age like you could travel to the moon in it - in fact I think the brand is "MOON" ), but they also bought a wooden "table" thing especially for their laundry so they weren't bending down.
oh I bought a Whirlpool front loader about 2 months ago, and you can actually FEEL the clean!!
I love it! And I got 7kg of washing powder as a bonus!
My pil just got a front loader too(it looks so space age like you could travel to the moon in it - in fact I think the brand is "MOON" ), but they also bought a wooden "table" thing especially for their laundry so they weren't bending down.
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I must be converted lol.
There is a 'quickwash' cycle option which I use all the time so it's just as fast as a top laoder. The only downside of a front loader is when you find that piece of laundry you forgot to put injust after hitting 'start' ....too bad, have to wait til next time!
), but they also bought a wooden "table" thing especially for their laundry so they weren't bending down.
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