Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: [C-L]dishwashers/or, more than you ever wanted to know, by Liz

[Elizabeth Stevenson (tamgoddess]

LOL. Domestic goddess is not one of the titles I've ever earned...but I do
know laundry. 

We started out with donated washers, and upgraded as they gave out. We now
have two front-loaders by Neptune, and a top loader. I was the one who was
most vehement about wanting a large commercial front-loader, since I wanted
to be able to SEE my clothes washing(what goes on in there that they don't
want us to see??) But I was overruled by everyone else, who had
Neptune-mania. The Neptune we bought first had buttons to push. The one we
bought a few years later has electronic controls. For some reason, the older
machine always twists up the clothes (which mysteriously doesn't bother
other people, but drives me crazy. I'm a little obsessive about laundry),
but the newer one does not. Same cock-eyed front-loading basket, apparently.
It's a mystery.

The new one is like my husband: at first, I thought it was weird, but now I
love it. I don't trust electronic controls, but it works great.

If I were to buy another machine today, it would probably be the Duet, which
didn't exist a few years ago. A large-capacity front loader, with a WINDOW,
so you can see how much detergent is right. what a novel concept.

If I were to go out armed with wads of cash, keeping in mind we have enough
room for three washers only, I would buy two duets and keep one top-loader.
You need a machine for small loads, too. I like being able to take stuff out
or in occasionally without the water going all over the floor or the door to
the washer being locked. We looked into commercial, and they are wildly
expensive. The new VERY large capacity front loaders are good enough for me.
They actually hold more than top-loaders, and get the clothes *much*
cleaner. I can wash my largest comforter (duvet) or pillows with no problem.

BTW, I wouldn't bother buying the matching dryers, which are outrageously
expensive. But we live in CA, where laundry can be hung out to dry almost
all year. The new dryers claim to dry much faster, which would be a
consideration in a well-used laundry room in a cold climate.

So I guess I'm pro-plural-domestic, but more for cost than anything else. In
my fantasies, I'd have a honkin' commercial washer, but the cost/benefit is
poor.

-- 
Liz "keep those reds separate!" Stevenson
Southside Park Cohousing
Sacramento, California
tamgoddess [at] attbi.com

> 
> Does the  'pro-plural-domestic' sentiment also extend to laundry washers? Here
> we can get domestic front loaders which use 45 litres per wash, and are gentle
> on clothes, and yet there are still many who want commerical machines. Liz????
> :-)
> 
> btw:  for archive wisdom on dishwashers:
> http://nzpp.virtualave.net/coho/search.pl?string=dishwasher
> 
> on laundry:
> http://nzpp.virtualave.net/coho/search.pl?string=laund+washer+not+dish
> 
> for one click compilations:
> -click retrieve as one file
> -copy and paste from IE into any microsoft wordprocessor
> 
> --
> Regards,
> 
> Peter Scott
> Auckland New Zealand
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