I want a Speed Queen. They're way more expensive than your standard machines, but there's a reason you find them in laundromats everywhere. They're built to be abused.

What do people even do with their wifi appliances? Throw the load in and say Alexa start the washer? How is that easier than setting it yourself?

[–] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I have a wifi washer and dryer.

The biggest advantage is that it sends you a ping when it's done, and can send you a message about the need for routing maintenance, like changing filters or refilling the detergent container.

Settings wise, it's slightly easier to set from the app, since a telephone has better UX than a washing machine. Mostly I just leave it at "you figure it out" so it's moot.

You can't actually start it remotely unless you press a button on the machine first, just send settings to it to activate by pressing start.

[–] tryptaminev@feddit.de 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

How is the phon UX better than the machine UX? The machines i know just have a knob dial for the program and a button each for stuff like temperature, spin, pre-program and start timer. It doesn't get simpler than that imo.

[–] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

It's got a few more options for different settings than my previous washer did, as well as a steam setting that's only available with certain programs.
It also has a couple of toggles for things like "extra rinse" and "wash faster".
Having four knobs and three toggles, two of which are context dependent on one or more knob settings would be confusing, so it uses a screen with a knob and a couple of buttons.

It's perfectly possible to use standing at the machine, but I also noticed that the last time I needed to change a setting I did so on my phone is all.

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