I'm, Steve. This is Dennis.
Today, we are gonna rank all the heat pumps that you can buy today,
all the major ones.
And, It just, you know,
heat pumps have been around since eighteen fifty six.
It's not new.
It was just new to our industry or new to America.
I mean, electronics had it in nineteen ninety seven funny they don't
have one now here in the States,
but they were the first ones to do it.
So let's
start with,
Mila.
Okay.
So Mila heat pump technology, as you said, it's been out there.
It's Mila, I think, if you just said,
what's the best washer heat pump technology combo between both units.
It's meal of hands down.
Their wash stories amazing
with the honeycomb drum and and life expectancy of, you know,
it's not uncommon fifteen,
twenty years on that set and really temperature accuracy.
I mean, right down to you can wash wool and silk in some of the units.
And then the heat pumps a really good unit.
That's a great, great,
filter system and really just balances against that washer
well for for a really pretty well done finished product,
and long true laundry care if I think I'll be a lot.
I'm saying sound because we actually agree on this one thing.
Yeah.
I mean, this is a company that's that's that's sold nothing but heat
pumps in the United States.
It's twenty nineteen. That's, you know, five years.
Everyone's talking about heat pump heat pump heat pump.
We'll get into ultra fast and the other ones,
but they're the ones that are just they've committed to it
and it's a one twenty heat pump.
And it dries as fast as the two twenty, two forty.
I mean, I get in trouble with that.
The two twenty systems that you get from Bosch.
And the reason is they have mineral sensors in the wash.
The thing spins. The washer spins at sixteen hundred RPM.
Sixteen hundred.
You know, the old ones, an old top loader spins at what?
Six to eight hundred. Correct.
This is double. So everything's dry. You don't have that.
You don't have the the the extra time that typically you
have in a heat pump because it drives at a lower temperature.
I mean, if you're talking about the honeycomb drum,
you can wash silks in it.
You know, they have that intense wash that goes up and
down, so really saturating your clothes.
You know, it's got the,
windows where bleach and detergent get dispensed at the right time.
So you never have to guess. You get any number of programs.
You have the,
capital dispenser.
I mean, There's nothing the machine doesn't have.
It's it's really engineered incredibly well.
And you don't sacrifice the time and the end.
To me, I think Again, you know, it's twenty nine it's almost
three thousand dollars for a pair of compact laundry,
but in terms of maintenance,
the only maintenance that we have, the only service calls.
Well, you know what the service calls would go on on?
Which only does it show you,
we should probably put this into our customer services.
There's a filter that you have to clean in the front.
Comes right out. You go there.
Just clean that filter right out so that's there's no new
fangled or anything.
And the product really works.
Which is not a given with some of the newer ones in the market.
So for this, I rank this S, which This is our first ranking video.
S is supposed to be like the new really good.
Just Really good.
Yeah. Yeah. And it is really good.
It's true dry cleaning in your home if you want to think about that.
Yeah.
And you don't have to vent.
One twenty, that means power, water, drain.
Any room is now your laundry room.
You get some kids that went off to college. Right?
Oh, yeah.
Upper floors. Right? Absolutely.
Love them, but, hey, it's the new laundry room. Right?
Yep.
Okay.
What's next,
Bosch? Yeah, Bosch.
I mean, it's certainly against had heat pump for a while.
It's it's it's overdue for a refresh.
Actually it's, you know,
their five hundred series today that's on the market is in the
washer dryer combo again and can like thinking about it like
Mila is, probably better than their their current, you know,
upper line eight hundred series,
but they're about to come out with a new unit,
an eight hundred, which I'm excited for.
It really gets them more into that.
Wi Fi enabled more digital interface, you know, a much,
better drum, bigger drum, new aesthetic, new cycles.
I think that then it may be a player, but for now, honestly,
does a fine job.
I wouldn't say that it does a bad job,
but I just think everyone else has kinda had new releases recently,
and Neil has just always been at the forefront of compact
heat pump washer dryer combo.
They're just up here.
The great thing about Bosch is it's very reliable.
It's the most reliable machine.
I mean, Mila would be better we would not go well just to clean
people's filters.
But,
very reliable,
very easy company to do business with.
Like, I mean, you know, parts and everything else.
And the traditionally,
one of the most reliable appliances is a Bosch, wash, and dryer.
However, that said, I mean, it's time. For refresh.
And they're they're up against really.
That's a tough one for them. They're one and two.
I mean, they they beat anyone else in that category.
So it's not a bad ranking,
but it's also they're up against what I consider the
best washing system.
Oh, yeah. The the meal is yeah. But it's it's interesting.
I I think I think Bosch got a little bit surprised that heat
pump has become so popular because they only put it in
their five put it in one of their the five hundred series,
the eight hundred's got like every feature you can wash by
stain type Correct.
If you wanted to.
But they didn't put a heat pump dryer on.
They're about to catch up.
Maybe maybe it'll change in the future.
What was that coming in?
Should be, you know, this has been on a delay plan for them,
but it it should be first half of this year.
Baby out.
Okay.
So, what'd you get Bosch?
B.
Okay.
I give him a B, a, for reliability, but, B, when it
comes out, maybe it'll finally challenge me a lot,
I would think. But, Good machine.
Good reliable basic machine. What's next?
Do you wanna touch on how about how about the all in one wash tower?
The heat pump wash tower unit.
He bump? I l g.
Like that machine.
I like the wash tower.
I also wanna someone in our neighborhood,
the thing looks like a work of art.
It's just a beautiful machine, controls in the middle.
So you don't have to reach for the stack.
I think it's a great machine,
and I think we're gonna get it all in ones.
And the nice thing about this is it's not, you know,
you don't have to worry about the combo the washer's gonna
take some of that lint out,
and then you've got the regular lint thing.
And you but you still have, the ventless You got AIDD in there,
but they don't have a dispenser interestingly enough on it.
Yeah.
They don't.
And so for people listening,
understand there's two washed out or wash tower systems out there.
There's a vented wash tower systems, like, looks the same,
and then there's this,
wash tower system that as actually has a heat pump drier.
And that's what we're talking about right now.
And one of the things I like about it particularly is
because we know any of these all in ones or these compacts
you know, specifically Americans,
they really like to jam pack this thing, you know.
And in the in the wash tower heat pump ILG,
the washer is just shy of five cubic feet or another five
cubic feet, but the dryer is there, I believe,
seven point three cubic feet.
So you have that extra space.
In the dryer, which is really good for air movement.
And that's really what helps dry clothes significantly is,
not just jam packed full and is trying to sweat in there.
It's actually their air moving in and out of the clothes,
helping to dry it a little more efficiently.
As and it's a good hedge.
The the when we get to the all in ones,
the nice thing about a washed out.
You get the LG washer, which is one of the most well,
it is the most reliable over the last five years.
The most single reliable single most reliable appliance you can buy at Yale.
So that's the same.
And then, and then you have the the,
the heat pump dryer on top.
The nice thing about splitting them,
although combining them has its advantage too,
is you can do more laundry that way.
You can you can finish the washer, put it in the dryer,
and then come up with another load.
On the all in ones, you cannot do that.
And you have all their technology, the AIDD, all this,
the cycles options features that you get with,
with a really top of line LG unit without a dispenser.
We think dispenser is important because people add in too much
detergent that detergent gets in the machine and causes a
service problem, with a dispenser, you know,
it automatically releases the right amount of detergent at the right time.
So that's the only thing that that's kind of a miss on this machine.
Other than that though, this is this is a great way to have a
good, ventless, reliable washer dryer with a heat pump in your house.
Ask.
Steve, what do you think about the fact that it is one unit?
Now it can be separated for delivery purposes if we need to
get up tight steers, but But one control,
do you nervous about service?
You know, we have issue with one and the other.
It's all one unit or do you, you know?
Well, it that hasn't.
It hasn't It's still a very reliable product.
It has been since its, inception in twenty twenty.
And what you don't know is when we sell two piece units,
oftentimes you have to, like,
get rid of the both of them because you don't have the
stacking kit that matches up.
I mean, you could finagle something,
but with the way the dryer is kind
of rotated might rotate off your washer.
So I don't I don't see that as a huge disadvantage.
Typically, when you get rid of the washer,
you may have to get rid of the dryer because you can't stack
it properly anyway.
So Yeah.
We haven't seen service ratings.
I just didn't know what you're, what you're,
if you're adding I I think I think electronics.
I mean, I always people always have a problem with the people that
have problems with electronics, I always say,
what about microwaves?
Yeah. What's time a microwave like? Well, microwaves across.
Yeah. When was that something?
I don't break off in last time a microwave broke?
And this is kind of the same thing.
As long as the panel is is good from the outset Yeah.
You're fine.
It's later when you have problems typically.
And typically, it's it's it's unreal.
You know, it's the washers,
those type of problems are related to what you get with
washer issues typically.
Typically, because I see that deal probably get comments of people
saying, you know, my they had about control panel.
Yeah.
You'll have a certain percentage of that too.
I suppose back. Alright.
All in ones. What do you think?
So, you know, we we actually covered this on another one as well, the video.
I like the LG.
I mean, listen, I'm gonna stick with it only because has such a proven track
record over a long period of time of dominating the front
load laundry space.
So I haven't seen them really
screw one up yet.
Unlike the old maytag nap to which we really loved initially.
We finished we finished we finished servicing those, like,
at the last week.
Which, you know, we we can we like getting ahead That's not always true because
both companies have kind of a checkered history with all in ones, right?
Neither one and remove the lint.
We didn't sell, you know, if someone wanted to buy a combo at Yale,
they had to sign something saying that they knew that it
was gonna fail within five years.
If they didn't maintain it.
Because what happens is on,
on the previous generation is it wouldn't remove lint,
lint's get to the machine,
and then it becomes an impossible future service call.
So neither one of them, Although LG has been wonderful
for, washing machines,
neither one of them have got a great history at doing this,
but they both re engineered them Lg's got that filter on the top.
G's got the filter in the front, to address that.
Now whether that
whether that continues,
like over five years of continually doing washing and
drying, whether a little bit of lint becomes a lot of lint,
that remains to be seen.
And and the problem I have, I love the LG.
I love their regular laundry.
I think it's certainly one of the if it isn't the best,
certainly one of the best appliances we sell.
However, I do think
the G with the five year warranty is compelling for me.
Because if in case these don't work out,
at least get a five year warranty on the motor seal system.
Labor is different. You know, l, g is easy to break down.
Yeah.
G is easy to fix, you know,
you can take that seal system apart very easily.
You cannot do that in an LG according to our service techs.
But I will say, from a reliability standpoint,
from a cycle standpoint, from a feature standpoint,
they added a dispenser to it,
There's nothing better than that machine provided it works.
Yeah.
I think they both have they both have GE and comparing the
GL to faster than LG on one.
They both have one year full parts of labor warranty and ten
year motor warranties.
No labor on that,
but ten year motors where they the big differences in that
pressure, like you said, the condenser.
It's five years versus, versus one.
And she's got a better service department.
Yes.
I mean, you have to check I'm speaking to the viewer now.
You have to check-in your area to see, you know,
who's better in your particular area because it might be an
independent that does a better job with LG
the G factor service.
And we always recommend to check reviews on everything that we sell.
So what do you think on how are you going to rate both of them?
You know, listen, I give both of them an a.
I think they're both a's.
I think because I'm excited about what they're doing.
I think they both we'll get it right.
If they haven't right out of the gap, time will tell.
Definitely not an ask for Mila against Mila,
or in that realm yet because Mila just has a track record
forever of being at the very top of its game.
And Yeah. It's a totally different unit. Wash ride.
Yeah. Yeah.
Different unit, but Like the spin speed,
these are thirteen hundred RPM spin,
so there's a little bit more water.
But comparing these two specifically, the LG to the
Ultra Fast, I'll give them both an a.
I'll give them both an a.
I'll give them both an s if they work.
Yes. Agreed.
And a c if they don't,
because we'll have me on the hook for fixing all these things.
So that's not gonna be easy.
So that's it for heat pumps for now.
Samsung's gonna be coming out with theirs.
That's it should be,
we should get a model to test here in the next few weeks.
And That should be great.
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