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You have a professor at a UK university who thinks places in the US routinely have 80C temperatures? That's 176F; doesn't happen.
Might explain the state of education in the UK...
Most people using non-disposable diapers here purchase a used maching which is used only for the diapers, then sold once the child is out of diapers.
Gary
Making a lot out of a typo, aren't you?
Don't get me started on US education....but we could start with the mad Zero Tolerance system (e.g. the student punished for having a miniature baseball bat in his car - yes, a trophy awarded by that very school...)
W-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-lll. You can buy Bosch front-loaders in the US now, although as you say, low foam detergents are hard to find, and rumour has it that Bosch don't have much of a service operation in the US, so it will be hard to get it fixed if it fails.
^ 110V
A lot of US houses have 220V, too, especially for domestic appliances.
IME, European washing machines are superior in every respect to American ones. And as for a stacked tumble drier on top of a top-loading washing machine... I nearly peed myself laughing the first time I saw one.
I suppose the "heat it to boiling for a couple of hours" claim was also a typo?
No, it was the truth.
The Bosch's sold in the US use the same HE detergents that all the other front loading machines sold in the US use. And it's not hard to find, Tide is one common brand. I would also not assume that the Bosch's sold in the US are the same, or even similar to those sold in Europe.
What an ignoramus.
And there are shitloads of those, right?
Indeed you are. But did you have anything constructive to say?
Actually, this thread prompted me to have a quick look at the Maytag site. (Couldn't think of another make.) Quite a few front loaders. 6 out of 15.
Well, actually yes, there are lots of front loaders being sold. If you got away from watching cartoons and went to any appliance store you would see that the stores are full of them.
Be fair, though - it's only fairly recently that front-loaders have been available in any great numbers in the US.
Living in NJ USA, (and I've previously criticized in another thread, the wonderfully expensive Maytag Neptune for stinking mold if you don't leave the door open) but you Brits/Europeons (Ha!) forget that 80-90F heat comes with 90-100% humidity, so, hang your clothes out for a few days, they won't dry, something will eat them, or make a home in them and they will smell. I first learned this lesson in Singapore, 99% humidity does NOT dry clothes, so, you have to use a dryer. The answer to smelly washers is to run them on 240V and put a freakin heater in them, jeez theres a heater in the dishwasher, (Which fills from hot, unlike the UK) can't the Yanks figure out putting a heater in a washing machine without the Bosch showing them how to do it? Of course a US washing machine will happily accept a V8 engine through the door which is nice, but means there is a lot more water in there.
One of the less attractive traits of Merkins is the utter inability to admit they're wrong.
Not universally true. I have seen Maytag dishwashers with heaters.
you don't need he detergent in a front loader! it is a rip off, just use less of the regular stuff.
d to get it
And exactly who's wrong here about what? Let's recap. Someone posted:
"you can't simply put a European washing machine in the US,"
To which you replied:
">> W-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-lll. You can buy Bosch front-loaders in the US now, although as
That makes the false implication that because Bosch's washers are being sold in the US, that they are a European type front loader machine, in some way identical to the features, voltages, cycles, etc of the European machines being discussed in this thread. For example, in this thread it was claimed that European machines don't need a hot water connection because they do any heating themselves. I can assure you that the front loaders sold here do require a hot water connection, just as any washer would. Just because they are Bosch doesn't mean that besides being front loaders they are European machines. In fact, they are made for the US market and are similar to ALL THE OTHER FRONT LOADERS SOLD HERE.
And the HE type detergent that ALL the manufacturers of front loaders being sold in the US recommend, including Bosch, is widely available. Tide HE is but one common example that you can find in just about any supermarket. You're dead wrong on that one.
And then after I posted:
Your reply was:
"And there are shitloads of those, right? "
As another poster pointed out, from Maytag's website, 6 of the 15 washers they sell here are front loaders. Take a look at a common retailer, BestBuy's website.
So, living in the UK, stop making an ass of yourself about that which you don't know. Perhaps using rumours as if they were fact is your major malfunction.
On the other hand the Bosch WAS20160UC (a current model in the US) requires Nominal voltage: 220-240V, 60Hz; Nominal current: 15A. Which is remarkably close to the specification of broadly similar models in Europe. (OK - let us accept the 50/60 Hz thing is a minor difference.)
It does have hot and cold fill - but that seems unrelated to the machine's electrical spec. (I.e. at that rating, a fairly decent internal heating element is quite feasible.)
If you go to the WFMC8440UC model, you get:
Internal Water Heater An internal heating element heats the water to up to 170 F while a digital temperature sensor continually monitors the water temperature. Bosch Nexxt washers deliver the most efficient and accurate water heating method for each selected fabric type.
(Though that is a 110-120V model with just 1350W rating.)
You are.
I was wondering when another of the unpleasant traits of this particular ex-Colony would arise; parochiality. That, combined with the aforementioned inability to admit error, is beiong ably demonstrated here.
Of course, you know as little about me as you do about everything else, so you are as wrong about my knowledge of the USA as everything else.
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