hai every one, belated new year wishes.
Got this m/c(F 1056LDP, LG Direct Drive front load washing machine) last week. started using, since yesterday. Demo person explained every thing ,about the preset programs, about load and about maintenance too. Demo person was ready to do his job the very next day. To my bad luck i was not ready for the demo. so i asked for a specific day and specific time. But response went down. Finally i got the installation and demo done last saturday,30/1/2010(after a week time). Demo person insisted me to load the machine with only half the drum . Mine is 5.5 Kg capacity machine. So for a family of four adults, i do laundry daily.
My first load was with 3 shirts and 4 trousers. It look 1hr. and 13 mts. for washing. Did not check for the water used. One shirt out of my first load had about 10% dirt in the collar but i am sure it had very tough dirt which i did not pre treat.
My second load was four blankets not jumbo sized. It did the work in 1hr. and 13 mts. ,with 40 lts of water(after measuring water from drain),with 3/4 scoop of surf det. . blankets were clean.
My third load was with regular use cloths(about 8 nos. of cloths). i tried quick 30( but this option is for light load around 1.2kg. but i hope i have exceeded this weight) , it took 40 mts,with 29 lts of water and with 3/4 scoop of surf. the machine vibrates at rinse and spin at 800 and 1000. Result of washing was good. still i am to watch power consumption.
Being a direct drive machine it did not satisfy my low noise requirement.
The picture in the lg web site for this model does not match with the product sold, except for the model no..
i did not see the machine at the store as there was no stock at the time. By looking into the lg web site i ordered for the machine..