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| tooki:
Very common. I guess it has to do with regulatory issues (like the EU's standardized "eco" cycles), and of course feature differentiation. For example, my mom (here in Switzerland) and my best friend in USA both happened to buy Miele washing machines around the same time (so they're the same generation machines). Both washers have the TwinDos automatic dispensing system. Both machines will work using Miele's own detergent cartridges (a special system with detergent in "Phase 1", and peroxide bleach in "Phase 2", so it's not just ordinary detergent), while the European machine also supports using customer-fillable cartridges. The TwinDos hardware is identical, it's purely the software having a menu to let you program it (e.g. regular detergent in slot 1, softener in slot 2, or regular in 1, delicate in 2, etc., and letting you set how many ml to dispense.). Kinda irritating. |
| Alex Eisenhut:
I wonder how long it takes for the capsules to dissolve? I mean when the powder detergent is dispensed it must dissolve almost instantly and starts washing. The pouches must take time to reach full strength and take away cleaning time from the cycle? |
| tom66:
A colleague of mine has a washing machine from Bosch with six cotton presets: the standard 30C, 40C, 60C, and 90C ones, then two ones with the 'eco tag' symbol next to them, 40C and 60C. The 'eco tag' ones are the ones compliant with the EU standard and the machine will achieve its greatest efficiency in those modes, but one wonders how many customers really know the difference between those settings and just use the plain setting, thinking the tag means something 'bad'? (In some senses, their instinct may be correct, as the eco profile likely isn't as good as cleaning as other profiles...) |
| Bud:
So much trouble to wash a dish or two. :-// |
| Alex Eisenhut:
--- Quote from: Bud on December 29, 2020, 10:27:58 pm ---So much trouble to wash a dish or two. :-// --- End quote --- Well, this is the forum where people debate for months the best way to measure a signal or two... :-DD |
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