Saturday, September 1, 2018

Washing Machine - Fully Automatic or Semi Automatic

       When we need a washing machine, we have to decide between a Semi-automatic and a fully-automatic. Semi-automatics are priced about half of the fully-automatic ones. On the basis of price, Semi-automatic is a natural choice. But there are other points also which are to be taken into consideration at the time of the purchase of a washing machine:-

1. Availability of water - In the Semi-automatic machine, you have control over the water. If you have fewer clothes, you can add water accordingly. But in a fully-automatic machine, it takes a lot of water even for fewer clothes. Thus, the concentration of the detergent decreases if you have added the detergent as per your clothes. You have no control over the water; the machine decides about it.  

2. Dirt removal at the specific area of the cloth - The areas near the collar and wrist of a shirt, and the bottom line of a pair of pants, get dirtier. In a Semi-automatic machine, you can lift the cloth, put some detergent, and rub with your hand or a brush to remove the dirt. In a fully automatic machine, the process is continuous; you shut it and forget it. If you want to remove the dirt from the collar with hand rubbing, you have to be attentive to pause the machine before it starts rising. Another way is you rub these areas with detergents before putting them into the machine.

3. Space - The Semi-automatic machine has two drums, a washing drum and the other rinsing drum, while the fully-automatic machine has only one drum. So the semi-automatic machine takes more space than the fully automatic machine.

4. Maintenance - The maintenance of a semi-automatic machine is easy and cheap because it has no sophisticated parts like a fully-automatic machine. I had a semi-automatic machine, and once it was lightly damaged by rats when we were out of the station. I opened its back cover and could repair it myself. In the fully automatic machine, you have to call the service center person and show it to the experts because it has some chips and complicated arrangements.

Eight long years and still running,
Excellent

   So if you have space, maidservants, and want to use optimum water, then go for the semi-automatic washing machine. Otherwise, if no tension of water and you want a "fill it, shut it, forget it" type machine, then go for the fully-automatic machine. 

         Now, if you choose a fully-automatic machine, there will again be a dilemma whether to buy a front-load machine or a top-load machine. I, too, had to make a decision. After using the semi-automatic machine for more than a decade, I decided to buy a fully-automatic machine because we were moving to a new place where the space for the machine was smaller. So, what to choose? semi or fully?

       One of my relatives had purchased a fully automatic machine a year ago. He is an intelligent person. He said that after a research, he finalized a top-load machine because in a front-load machine, you have to bend your body more often, and it is better to use a top-load machine. He had bought a Samsung top-load fully automatic machine, and I just copied him. I was not wrong in copying him because it has been running for more than eight years, and it is running flawlessly. Though it had cost me about 17000/- Rupees then from the local market, its price is now only Rs. 13400/- on Amazon. Not only Samsung any branded machine will be ok. 

        If you buy from Amazon, they claim to install it within 48 hours. Many other branded washing machines are available here like - IFB, Haier, LG, Whirlpool and Bosch. 
          It was my experience with the washing machines. Hope it will be helpful in the decision if going to purchase a washing machine. 
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