On 09/05/14 11:45 am, TimR wrote:
When we lived in Germany we used one of those water saving washers.

It did very well cleaning clothes, even got some stains out that had been through the washer in the US previously.

It was slow and could take only a small load, so planning was essential. Also there was no hot water connection.

40 years or so ago in Australia there were special cold-water laundry
detergents (but washing machines usually did have both cold- and
hot-water connections). Perhaps that was what one was intended to use in
Germany too.

Perce