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You are all agreeing with each other, just when I was looking forward to sitting back with some and enjoying the discussion

It's not going quite the way previous threads had led me to believe it might. Still, there is still time for someone to mention top-loaders, so all is not yet lost.

Maybe Boomhauer will show up - I seem to recall that he is a top-loader partisan.

Where do we stand regarding "steam"? Modern innovation, or Victorian laundry?

Those make your clothes fall apart.


Top loaders that is... Not sure about Partisans.

Very good for "freshening" clothes that require dry cleaning, I hear. Mrs P hasn't been able to get her hands on a steam-equipped dryer, .... yet.
Now that I think about it, isn't the noun "partisan" another word for an agitator?

I noticed just now that the one I linked does not have "steam cycles" whereas the one we actually purchased does.

Funnily enough, it is performing its once a month duty as we speak




Ps - Welcome back

Boom. Just spotted it. There's only one brand to buy, and they're not American.

Your dryer came with something like this? ..... How cool is that?

All Miele washing machines are made in Germany then shipped here to the US.

It's a standard European size. The stupidly oversized washers that are the norm here do a terrible job on the whole. I could not imagine a life without a Miele to wash and dry my clothes. Anything else I turn my nose up at.

Steve Jobs knew which washing machine to buy: Steve Jobs On Choosing a Washer & Dryer | Apartment Therapy

"“It turns out that the Americans make washers and dryers all wrong. The Europeans make them much better – but they take twice as long to do clothes! It turns out that they wash them with about a quarter as much water and your clothes end up with a lot less detergent on them. Most important, they don’t trash your clothes. They use a lot less soap, a lot less water, but they come out much cleaner, much softer, and they last a lot longer.""

"We ended up opting for these Miele appliances, made in Germany. They're too expensive, but that's just because nobody buys them in this country. They are really wonderfully made and one of the few products we've bought over the last few years that we're all really happy about. These guys really thought the process through. They did such a great job designing these washers and dryers. I got more thrill out of them than I have out of any piece of high tech in years."

You pedal that to make the drum turn.