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There are a few reasons why one should have a top loading laundry machine

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There are a few reasons why one should have a top loading laundry machine

They cost less to build, because of their simplicity of design, therefore they are cheaper to buy in the first place.

Much less than you would pay for a top of the range front-loading washing machine, and because they are very simple inside they are relatively reliable in srvice and pretty low maintenance.

Top-Loading-washing-machines normally do not have built-in heaters; because it is expected that they will be filled with hot water from the buildings hot water supply,

Whilst a front loading machine will take in cold water onto soiled fabrics and bring the temperature up gently to the final wash temperature required to remove the stains.

At the end of the main wash section more cold water is brought in, to remove the chance of the stress of heat shock, which could cause shrinkage and damage to the fabrics.

Top-Loading-washing-machines such as the high efficiency Maytag Bravos X are often found in a commercial launderette, where the simplicity is an advantage for the owner except for the amount of water they use, which is many times than that used in a front loading washing machine.

There are many reasons why one should not buy a top loading laundry machine and the water consumption is the first of many.

Due to the method of agitation normally a rotary paddle to produce the mechanical action for the wash process, the Top-Loading-washing-machines only have one level of mechanical action, it cannot be raised or lowered for delicate or woollen items as the paddles would damage woollens and delicate items.

One manufacterer of top loaders placed a filter on top of the machine where the wash water was circulated ant the fibres that had been torn from the clothes being washed were removed, otherwise the fabrics would have come out of the machine with fibres from other garments all over them.

This was sold as a sales benifit as opposed to a drawback, as if all washing machines ripped fibres off garments during the wash cycle.

Not so if you purchase a front loader similar to the Miele with a smooth honeycombe drum in highly polished stainless steel, which practily caresses your clothes during the wash, rinse and spin cycles of the laundry program.

Top-Loading-washing-machines use large amounts of water during all their washing programs and rinses.

Then finally to remove the detergent from the fabrics in the rinse and spin sections of the wash program enormous amounts of water has to be used, and it will never reduce it to the level attained by a top of the range front loading washing machine.

So if you consider all aspects of of the wash process the top loading machine cannot make adjustments to the mechanical action, or make use of a boil or high temperature wash, and due to the lid not being immersed in the hot water it cannot be used in a foul laundry thermal disinfection program. see how the cleaning process works at How to do Laundry where you can learn all the different parts of the wash process and how best to get you clothes clean and look after them for many years.

Compare water levels in top and front loading washing machines

Top loaders are simple no nonsense machines for hard wearing fabrics.

I know where I have put my money during the last 40 years of running a busy household with a watch on the purse strings, buy cheap and buy often buy the best and give them to your grandchildren when you have got fed up with looking at the same washing machine and dishwasher for 20 odd years.

I have just replaced recently my dishwasher and washing machine after over 22 years of service working most days a week for all that time.

One of our readers who has a super website also on all things laundry suggested that I should write a page specifically on Top-Loading-washing-machines so I will give you the link to his site which is very popular with all our readers, a lot of the information is available on other pages but here it is all in one place.

Go look at our friends site at washingmachineadvisor.com where you will get lots of reviews and can get prices as well by following the links, this guy has been in the business for a long time and has some really good stuff, go see now.

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