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Horizontal axis is better because it tumbles the clothes through a small puddle of water at the bottom. Vertical axis requires lots of energy to agitate, and a
by Gracana 9y ago
Horizontal axis is better because it tumbles the clothes through a small puddle of water at the bottom. Vertical axis requires lots of energy to agitate, and a lot of water.
- agumonkey 9y agoYeah I just read about the need for swapping clothes in vertical axis, although people added fins to move them around. Interesting.
- creeble 9y agoNeed? Like, there are people going around complaining that their clothes never get clean enough unless they swap them around in the washer? I have found most washer "innovations" are simply ways for companies to sell new washers, rather than having people fix old ones.
- athenot 9y agoMy vertical axis washer uses probably as much as a horizontal one. The trick is in an improved impeller to properly agitate a full load in what's merely a puddle of water. Also the cycle starts with a pump spraying (recycled) water back into the basket so that all the clothes reach the same wetness therefore can have the same density and get impelled uniformly.
- dpark 9y agoI always felt like vertical washers had to be harder on clothes. Horizontal washers are just flopping clothes around so the worst wear is probably on buttons. Vertical washers are scraping and stretching the fabric itself when they agitate. Especially if there's not much water to lubricate, seems like it would be tough on the fabric.
- creeble 9y agoIs there actual evidence that consumer horizontal machines take less energy per cycle?
- agumonkey 9y agoIt's a very "famous" claim at least. Couldn't find quantitative evidence though.