Posted by katherine.owen
Wednesday, 12 Oct 2011
No doubt you have all heard about the outstanding new Ecobubble washing machine technology from Samsung which can operate at 15°C and still give you the same great wash results as a standard 40°C cycle, whilst using 70% less energy! It does this by using the power of bubbles to help your clothes absorb detergent 40 times faster, so it can start removing stains immediately.
But what you probably don’t know is that Samsung Ecobubble models such as the 12kg WF1124XAC washing machine come with many more equally fantastic benefits. It offers the innovative VRT™ which stands for Vibration Reduction Technology and is designed to significantly reduce the amount of vibration in the washing machine during the wash and spin phases of each cycle. It does this by using a ball balancing system to ensure the drum remains balanced, as loads can often become lopsided, particularly if you’re not washing a full load.
This makes certain your load is kept steady throughout the wash cycle therefore reducing vibration and movement. Less vibration means less noise and guarantees longer durability, even at high spin speeds, you will hardly know this machine is running. Perfect if you have an open plan living area, or like to run your machine over night when energy costs are a bit less.
The WF1124XAC also uses a double coated anti-lime scale heater, this is the ultimate protection against the build-up of water scale deposit, as it makes the heater less porous. Samsung are so confident in this technology, they guarantee their washing machine water heaters for 10 years! Reducing lime scale has a number of benefits; it allows you to save up to 25% of the amount of detergent you use by reducing the effects of hard water, therefore saving you money. Hard water is water that has a lot of minerals dissolved in it (such as calcium and magnesium salts) from the rocks and earth in the area where the water is collected.
It very much depends on where you live as to how hard your water is, and although all the extra minerals in hard water are great for your health, it’s not so good for your washing machine water heater as the build up of lime scale causes the element to overheat. The double ceramic coating, prevents this from happening and stops deposits clogging up the pipe work, overall tripling the durability of your machine!