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simone · Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Location: Now Mostly @ Home

Hi.

I'm THIS CLOSE to wanting to throw my crappy clothes-destroying old-model Korean washing machine off the roof. Instead I think I might just leave in the in the apartment when we move...

I've seen the TROMM washers at Costco. Are they washer/dryer combos? Do they really dry? Some of the run about 700,000 won.

We're going to have a kid, and I'm figuring having a washer/dryer will be handy when we're dealing with dozens of teeny tiny socks and stuff... who the hell wants to try to hang all those little clothes to dry? Sheets and towels, sure, but for some things, give me a dryer.

Do they work?

eamo · Joined: 08 Mar 2003 Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.

I have a Tromm and it's been fine. It should be. They're bloody expensive. Mine was a wedding gift but we know it cost 800,000.

We used the dryer function for the first time the other day and my shirts came out quite wrinkly.

pkang0202 · Joined: 09 Mar 2007

gigi116 · Joined: 26 Mar 2007

Tromm is by LG and I don' t know of any others besides the front loaders and they are supposed to be pretty good. There are two types. The more expensive has a few more cycles, bells and whistles and the steam feature which is supposed to knock wrinkles out and can even be used to pretreat stains. I currently sell appliances. The LG are also supposed to be High Efficiency. There are also Kenmores among others that are HE. They are supposed to save you at least 50% on electricity and water costs. Hope this helps.

Alyallen · Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 5:56 pm Post subject:

My friend has a washer/dryer unit. I'm not sure what kind it is....I think it's Tromm. She got it used for a lot less than 700,000 - 800,000 won. I'll ask her how much and where she got it. This was in Busan.

She washed my clothes with it and it was the nicest my clothes have been in a long time.

Off topic BUT...Why in the blue hell are washing machines here so BAD??

europe2seoul · Joined: 12 Sep 2005 Location: Seoul, Korea

spliff · Joined: 19 Jan 2004 Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand

simone · Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Location: Now Mostly @ Home

Then based on the reports of washer/dryers here, anyone ever found a dryer? I'd love one of those two storey ones...

eamo · Joined: 08 Mar 2003 Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.

billybrobby · Joined: 09 Dec 2004

I had one in my old apartment. Worked pretty good, but it was pretty loud. And not in that nice baby-go-to-sleep humming way. For some reason, it keeps starting and stopping and gurgling and going through different cycles every 5 minutes. But it's still kinda amazing that they can combine a washer and dryer into one.

Also, in typical Korean electronics fashion, it was missing an incredibly obvious and useful feature: the ability to stop it once it had started. I swear, I couldn't figure out how, and I read Korean and I read the whole instruction manual. It's like the same way my telephone doesn't have a button to kill the ringer.

Dev · Joined: 18 Apr 2006

europe2seoul · Joined: 12 Sep 2005 Location: Seoul, Korea

shifdog · Joined: 20 Jul 2006

I've got a Tromm in my apartment, but I don't know what model it is. It takes about 80 minutes to wash the clothes, but it's quiet. I've never used the dryer function, but after washing the clothes are not very wet compared to other washers. I hang the clothes out, and they dry within a few hours.