My new washing machine

Absolutely love my new washing machine. :D I used to have a semi-auto washing machine. Not so much on want to save money on buying a washer during that time, it's more on want to keep the water for reuse purpose. Since I was young, my parents have been using semi-auto washing machine. So an automatic washing machine is an alien to me. Every time we need to rinse the water, we will keep the water in pails to be used for flushing the toilet. We save lots of water by doing this way. This has never been changed even till today. My parents are still using semi-auto washing machine at their home.

However after I get married and started living by ourselves, just the two of us at the beginning, we did not use much water. The pails of water were there for few days. Worrying that it might encourage the mosquitoes to breed, I actually stopped collecting the water after a very short while. Even now with the additions of the kids, we still did not use much water as most of the time we are not at home. The monthly water bill is just the minimum amount to pay. The only time I had to pay more was during the confinement month. Another problem is, since it is semi-automatic, it requires human to operate it. We found that it is time consuming to get the laundry done as most of the time, we were doing something else in other room and not somewhere near the washing machine. We could not hear it has stopped and need our action. I could take half a day to get the laundry done. I only do laundry twice a week - kids' clothes on Saturday and me and hubby clothes on Sunday. If it rains on Saturday, then the clothes may not get dried enough, I would have the problem on where to hang the next batch of laundry. And I have to get up very early if I want to slot in to wash our bed sheets for that week. If we need to go out during weekend, I also have issue getting the laundry done.

Few months back, me and hubby decided to get a fully automatic washing machine. It should help us save time spent on the laundry and make our live easier. As I have limited knowledge on automatic washing machine, I went to search some info from the internet before making the purchase. I found this washing machine review website very useful and information. It lists the factors I should consider before deciding on what to buy. During National holiday, we went to shop for the new washing machine. We did not really go to different shops to compare the prices. As long as I could find one that can fulfill my need and reasonable price, I would just make the purchase.

After standing there reading the manual, comparing the features, at last I chose the Hitachi model. It has energy savings, water savings, delay timer, and can load up to 10kg. Just as what I have needed. I know 10kg is big, but it is good when I need to wash bed sheets, sofa covers and curtains. Moreover I just do laundry once a week. so it is a lots to wash. I was actually not sure whether I should go for Hitachi or Samsung. At the end, I decided to go for Hitachi as it used less water as compared to Samsung. The price after discount was slightly more than 1k. It sounds reasonable to me with that big capacity.

The shop did not have ready stock for that model. So we waited for almost a month (partly due to Hari Raya) for it to arrive. It was not as difficult to learn to use it as I thought. It comes with very detailed manual. With the energy savings option turn on, the whole laundry cycle just took slightly more than 1 hour! I just need to sort out the clothes before putting them inside the washing machine, choose the right program and press Start, that's it! I even manage to wash our bed sheets in the following week! I was actually thinking of getting dryer too. A friend told me it could save our time too. But hubby was against the idea. He believes hanging out under the sun is still the best way to dry the clothes as the sun can kill any bacteria. Anyway laundry has become a breeze now. I get to have more time to do other things. Feel so happy. ^_^