Is that the offline price? shops will charge more as they have rent to pay but I usually don't mind paying it as they serve an essential purpose.
Not much discount for a gimped model. Anyway, you're going to have to live with the ZSS now. Every top loader out there has a membrane interface anyway.
I'm making progress experimenting with additives and will post about it when ready.
Will washing soda work regardless of the water hardness? The only fallout with higher soda use will be increase in limescale production which would mean increase in usage of the descaler, right? But atleast it will ensure that there are no buildup on the clothes due to Ca, Mg.
If you ever get some washing soda put a teaspoon's worth in a bottle of your 600 ppm borewell water. Shake it up so it dissolves and leave it for an hour. Then check what appears at the bottom. That is precipitate. It gets into your clothes making them stiff and scales up the machine. And you will need a lot of it to soften your water which will compound things even more. Washing soda is the absolute worst option to use as a softener for laundry in hard water.
So I tested with Ariel TL powder for any reduction in hardness. It didn't. Same as 575ppm.
Water used- 5L borewell.
Powder- I didn't have a scoop. So I used a bottle similar to semen collection container and filled half bottle with detergent. It did foam very well. Now I don't know how much would be the quantity with the container but it seems to get the job done. Maybe because its a TL powder hence more foam. I might have to try with a FL powder to see if there are any differences.
That means Ariel does not contain any washing soda. I tried with the FL version and also found no decrease in hardness with my water.
If you ever change detergents and notice the clothes getting stiff after a wash then that detergent is using washing soda as a softener. Stop using it.
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Yeah, I've covered the Elite series already, they use icons for options which I did not find helpful
Text is much easier to follow. No need to guess. The Serena WX had it. The Senator series with a touchscreen costs less than that ZSS, online anyway.
IFB after purchase products are damm expensive. They literally rip-off the customers by charging 3-4 times the amount of what the competition offers and their own products on Amazon. This lady literally got ripped-off after purchasing her 8kg machine. I mean ~7000 bucks!!:eek::oops::oops: Her...
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Both M and Z series cost ~37k
M is a 1,200 rpm model. Z is a 1,400 rpm model. They would cost more than a 1,000 rpm Elite ZXS
ZRS 1,400 rpm
MXS 1,200 rpm
ZXS 1,000 rpm
I'd have told you to go for the
ZXS at least you'd have had the options in an icon format as opposed to not at all. Btw, how do you get the 'best price' in the IFB link over their 'offer price' ?
It's become clear after looking at IFB's catalogue that we're in the touchscreen era now. That's how all machine consoles are going to be in the coming years across brands.
My fridge has a touch console. Works fine so far.
What is required is to find a local source for conductive touch pads like these
Any 3rd party repair guy will be able to do the fix then