Hot & Cold Fill UK Washing Machines

[baglessball]

Energy efficiency

Well, these are my thoughts.

I have always thought that cold fill machines would be more efficient to heat up the water in the machine, as it saves all that hot water left and wasted in the pipe from the boiler, or hot water tank, to the washer.

I think the compromise for an energy efficient wash is a longer wash time. Instead of the machine using high amounts of water, electric and agitation to clean the fabric, it now relies on long periods of soaking to allow the detergent to do its work, rather than agitation. Which also results in less wear to the fabric.

If you want a short wash, i imagine the machine will be more active, whilst using more water through the cycle.

I can remember complaints made about Dyson machines stating that the high agitation and low water consumption caused more damage to textiles.

 

[turbo500]

Shaun, I wouldn't say washers agitate less these days. If anything, they need to agitate more to make up for lower water levels. The tumbles in my Miele are just as vigorous as any older machine, and more machines now do distribution tumbles or "powerstream" tumbles to force water through the fibres.

You're spot on with longer wash times, although I think at least half of the additional wash time is purely used for heating up rather than actual washing.

The Dyson machine was different as that had the 2 drum action. In some ways, the 2 drums worked really well, but not so good for anything delicate. In my brief experience of using them, they were also an absolute SOD for getting things tangled.

 

[suctionselector]

Sebo_fan

The review you gave was very detailed and explained what you liked about it and compared to your LG. I found the video very good - you could tell some of the others hadn't bought a new washing machine for years.

I love your massive laundry room on your pictures at the bottom of the review, I wish I had permenant plumbing and space for 2 machines at a time!

 

[sebo_fan]

Thank you very very much! I wasn't happy at being filmed.

And... that isn't my laundry room sadly - its one part of the kitchen lol. The LG hasn't been plumbed in as the Hotpoint is for the moment with the tumble dryer next to it. Luckily those vent hoses can stretch quite a distance and is a left over from an old White Knight gas tumble dryer we had in the 1980s when gas was cheap. Still managed to fit the Hotpoint tumble dryer though which was good to see.