I’m guessing the drying temperature isn’t addressed because they’re using evaporative dryers. Those were tried here in the United States but uniformly rejected by the buying public as they took forever to dry the clothes.
I read an article reporting that in 1995 Consumer Reports said all washers did an excellent job cleaning clothes. But that virtually none of the modern front loading washers did an adequate job. Consumer Reports said for the most part the modern washers added cold water to the cycle to fill the washer even when you wanted hot water.
BTW, the energy efficient washers and dryers are more than twice the cost of older washers that work. I’ve been trying to make my ancient 1995 pair last and last. If I must buy new I’ll connect hot water to both inputs.
I am struggling to find a good, stackable washer/dryer set.
It’ll be front-loading. My front-loader does an OK job, but it can take up to two and a half hours to wash a load. (I don’t get how that’s energy efficient.)
You can always turn the cold water tap off when all you want is hot water.
Another issue that I’m having with my front-loader is with adding bleach.
With my top-loader, I’d fill the washer up, add the detergent and bleach, then let it agitate for a few minutes before adding my clothes. That way, the bleach was distributed well and my whites came out uniform.
I did two test loads on dingy whites with my front-loader with the same results: When I let the machine add the bleach, the clothes came out ‘marbled’.
Now, when I do my bleach load once a month, I have to get a bucket, add the bleach and detergent, dip the clothes in the solution, ring them out, place them in the washer, then run the load.
It’s a major PITA!
The next time, I’m getting a more expensive model and I’m hoping that solves the problem.
No need for that. Simply put the cold on hot and the hot on cold. Cold on the dial now means hot and hot means mostly cold.