LG's Steam Washing Machine uses 35% Less Water
by Warren McLaren, Sydney on 07. 5.06
LG call this the “first ever Steam Direct Drive washer that uses steam technology to clean garments.” What they don’t do is tell us how it accomplishes this feat. We learn it has 9 washing modes, error message indicators and various other do-dads. And let's not forget that it comes in a line of prints (!), and colours as well. We are told it is a A++ energy rated washer that uses 35% less water. Less than a top loader? Less than a traditional LG front loader of the same size? We don’t know, although we are informed that not having a belt to spin the drum makes it completely silent. All of which is wonderful but a little noise on what makes it perform would have been welcome. Sells for about £1,000 or $1,818 USD. ::LG Steam Direct Drive,via Appliancist.com, from a tip by Tony.
£1000 and consumes 52 litres of water? (see their website)
My £300 Zanussi JetWash machine beats that - it consumes 42 litres of water (and is also energy efficiency recommended.)
Useful now I am on a water meter.
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editor note: Are both machines you are comparing of the same size, though?
Thes machines are coming down in price and if they eliminate need for ironing there is a saving there.