Traditional laundry table

Just last month, I was laid off after using the drum washing machine for six years. The maintenance master said that the maintenance cost is 500 yuan. At present, washing machines are not expensive, and the cheap ones are only two or three thousand yuan, so I finally got too lazy to repair them and bought a new one.

I've heard of the washing and drying machine before, but I haven't had a chance to use it. Just need to dry clothes at home occasionally, so this time I chose the washing and drying machine.

The newly bought washing and drying machine has been used for more than a month now. I found that it has advantages and disadvantages compared with ordinary drum washing machine. Let me give you a list. If you don't know which one to choose, you might as well listen to my experience first:

Washing and drying machine, as its name implies, is a washing machine with drying function. Therefore, compared with the ordinary drum washing machine, the washing and drying machine has the greatest advantage that it can be washed or dried.

The ordinary washing machine used in the past took the clothes to the balcony to dry after washing. Sometimes it rains, and the clothes haven't dried for several days. Finally, you can only shoot indoors, blow dry with a hair dryer, or blow dry indoors, and turn on the air conditioner to "dehumidify", which is very bad.

The existing washing and drying machine can be used for washing and drying alone or for washing and drying. After the clothes are dried, they don't need to be dried, which is more convenient to use and has a better experience than ordinary washing machines.

In terms of price alone, ordinary washing machines are cheaper. Generally speaking, you can buy a drum washing machine for 2000~3000 yuan, and the pulsator washing machine is cheaper, about 1000 yuan, and the washing and drying machine is more expensive, generally at 3000~4000 yuan.

But in terms of cost performance, the washing and drying machine is higher. This is because, if you buy a clothes dryer alone, it will basically cost 2000 ~ 3000 yuan, but now you only need to spend about 1000 yuan to buy a washing machine that can wash clothes and make clothes, and one machine can be used for two purposes.

In addition, the washing machine is a necessary household appliance in our family. Therefore, for families with drying needs, it is definitely more cost-effective to buy a washing and drying machine directly than to buy a washing machine and dryer.

As mentioned above, the washing machine has long been a necessary household appliance in our family. If our family needs drying, we have to buy an extra dryer. The existence of the dryer means that when we decorate our home, we should also plan the power socket and leave enough space for the dryer. Stacking the dryer and washing machine will take up more space.

On the contrary, if we buy a washing and drying machine directly, its size is similar to that of an ordinary drum washing machine. For small families and families with embedded custom cabinets, buying a washing and drying machine can save extra space for placing dryers and increase a lot of storage space.

However, although the washing and drying machine has the drying function, it still has some "hard injuries" when used for drying, and the most direct performance is that the capacity is not large enough. An 8Kg~ 10Kg ordinary washing machine means that this washing machine can wash 8Kg~ 10Kg clothes, so that we can put enough clothes in it.

But the washing capacity of the drum washing machine used now is 8Kg~ 10Kg. Although it can also wash 8Kg~ 10Kg of clothes, the drying capacity is less than 8Kg~ 10Kg only when washing clothes alone. Therefore, if you want to realize the washing+drying mode, you can only put in 5Kg~7Kg of clothes, otherwise the clothes will not dry.

This means that part of the capacity of the drum washing machine I bought is completely wasted. Therefore, if we usually have a lot of clothes to wash at home, ranging from 6 kg to 8 kg, then when buying a washing and drying machine, we should choose a larger capacity (larger size and more expensive), at least 10Kg. On the contrary, if you just buy an ordinary washing machine, you can buy an 8 kg one.

Compared with ordinary washing machines, washing and drying machines are more prone to failure and have shorter service life. Like most household appliances, the more functions it has, the more parts need to be installed inside, the more complicated the circuit board structure and operating procedures will be, and the probability of failure will be greater.

Moreover, because the inner cylinder of the washing and drying machine needs to be washed and dried, the clothes fluff generated during washing will enter the drying tunnel. This means that if the washing and drying machine is used for a long time, a lot of fluff will accumulate in the drying tunnel (breeding bacteria), which will not only reduce the drying effect, but also lead to "secondary pollution" of clothes, and even block the drying tunnel in serious cases, leading to the damage of the washing and drying machine and increasing the maintenance cost.

On the contrary, ordinary washing machines do not have these problems. The washing machine on the market is not high in technology and simple in function, and can basically be used for five or six years.