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The weird thing is that what you are describing is a very American washing machine. What I'm used to from Europe looks more like [1]. You select the desired pr
by wongarsu 3y ago
The weird thing is that what you are describing is a very American washing machine. What I'm used to from Europe looks more like [1].
You select the desired program with the knob based on what you loaded, then adjust temperature and spin speed with the touch inputs (some programs will block out some options, e.g. wool won't let you do more than 40°C or 800 rpm), you can add some options like more water, and based on that the machine does its thing, running a program specialized to achieve the desired outcome. It tells you how much time it needs, but it's not something you have manual control over.
And of course everything is labeled ... printing different text on a $200-$2000 machine doesn't break the bank for non-american manufacturers.
1: https://media.miele.com/images/2000018/200001856/20000185612.png https://media.miele.com/images/2000018/200001856/20000185612...
- midoridensha 3y ago>The weird thing is that what you are describing is a very American washing machine. What I'm used to from Europe looks more like... Absolutely true. Machines in Japan don't resemble his description at all. My machine has a touchscreen with a ridiculous number of options and settings, all printed in Japanese, along with 4 physical buttons (on, off, start/pause, and back). The cheaper machines don't have a touchscreen, but instead a bunch of buttons that basically do what yours does. Knobs don't seem to be a thing here (on washing machines; they are on the fancier microwave ovens though, strangely).