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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
11/20/08

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Where is my ultrasonic clothes washer at? I thought we were supposed to be beyond detergents by now.
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
11/20/08

@Lite: And why would you want to bolt some large object to your wall that takes up too much room, and will likely turn in an unbalanced manner ripping itself from the wall and crushing you or your pet?
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Curves
11/20/08

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I am reminded of my grandmothers ringer washer...pretty much all manual, including hooking the garden hose to it to fill. She resisted one of those "new fangled" automatic washers until she had no choice (about 1970). I still can see the sheets frozen in the wind on the clothes line in winter.
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godwhacker, your incandescent leader!
11/20/08

@Curves:

got one in the basement at dad's house, if you wanted those new stiff as a board jeans softened up, you just left them in the washer all day,(with a little bleach to reduce the "new blue")

take 'em out, dry them, and voila! new old bell bottoms in a jiffy.

yes, i said bell bottoms.
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Curves
11/20/08

@godwhacker: Yes, I remember when jeans came from the store stiff and new blue. Everything is prewashed and preworn now. Grandma would be horrified. (Hip Huggers)
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Gilbert Tang Jr.
11/20/08

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I simply cannot wait until the future when extremely expensive filters become the norm.
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Gann
11/20/08

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I like how it takes up more space than it really needs. Oh, and it's wall mounted so you'll have to put alot of steel in your wall to hold up this heavy, asymmetrically weighted spinning contraption.

Stack them vertically and you pump the water once and let gravity do the rest. While it sits on the floor.

Like always Yanko, looks cool but you get an F.
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
11/20/08

@Gann: If people want to be a bit more "green" in how they do their laundry, they really should develop a filtering system to pull detergent out of the water, strain of particulates, and prevent as much contamination of the water sources as possible.

The current he designs us far less water than the traditional "tub" setup w/ agitator, clean better, damage clothing less, and are space saving in that many can be stacked. So really what you need is for the washer to be what, 6" deeper than the Dryer w/ a vertical section as tall as the dryer. Then incorporate the dryer somehow so that it not only stacks (saves bending) but can dry a filter or 3 at once in the process so that you can safely contain the detergent (re-use?) and dispose of it properly.

Current HE designs are so efficient at removing water, that they electric dryers are as cheap to run as gas ones were for non HE applications. Oh, and they dry faster too!
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GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
11/20/08

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If they could seal the tubs, they could put this in the sun and have it power itself!
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