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 epicI must be converted lol.
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