You pulled the trigger. WOW, congrats. Asko XLW and Miele Little Giant are my dream washers, and I think the quality, build materials, temperatures, cycles and water usage options make these 2 units near perfect machines!

Mid October? Wow, that is a long wait!!

You could build a masonry platform like Larsi has. See her pictures in another thread.

See HIS pictures in another thread. LOL Thanks Poppy! ;)

Well, "pulled the trigger" is overstating it. I would have signed an order and paid a deposit if asked, but the salesman just took my name and address and phone number, and will get back to me when the machine is in. I have committed money in other ways, namely the new Zoeller basin and pump under the sink, the new faucet and washer hookups, and of course the new 240V circuit. I paid the electrician extra to wire it with cable suitable for a 4-wire 30 amp outlet, so it could handle a Miele in the future. But I'm set on getting the Asko now. It's been a long process so far, so the wait doesn't bother me much.

The washer came in earlier than expected, and my delivery is scheduled for Thursday. I'm going to ask them to place it on this pallet, hopefully near the edge. It was used to ship ceramic tiles and is rock-solid.

Re size, the Asko Pro Series is being promoted as 2.83 cu ft. But the recently-added entry on the Energy Star site says 2.7 cu ft. What's more, the info sheet I've been looking at for months (have my notes scribbled on it) says "Drum volume: 77 l" under Technical Information. This also translates to 2.7 cu ft. This realization made me nervous about size, so I went back up to the showroom with a couple of our larger comforters, like this:

I was surprised to find it easier to get them into the Asko, compared to my slightly larger "big" Miele. The Asko doesn't have a rubber boot to get in the way, just a slim gasket.

Not having a rubber boot is really cool with the Asko. Love that. I do however wonder if it's so great not having the rubber boot as Asko promotes...why do other brands, especially Miele or Bosch not follow suit?

Congrats on the new washer.

I don't know about the whole boot non-boot thing.

I think Asko has used this type of system (door is part of the tub design that floats with the machine, not part of the frame that is stationary) for a very long time.

The only disadvantage that I could see is fingers can get pinched between the washer and it's cabinet when the washer is working.

Otherwise it's a smart design but I don't know why other manufactures don't follow this type of set up.

I'm showing this video so people can see how Asko does not use a traditional boot and that the door is attached to the drum.

Maybe Asko has a patent on the design in some country?

Is Asko also the only FL maker to use flat glass on the inside of the door?

I wish someone would make the perfect machine... Give me the 240v and temperature control of the Asko along with the larger drum opening and larger drum diameter of the Miele W4842.

The 20 lb. Miele Professional Octoplus washer seems to fit the bill, but Miele won't discuss installing it in a home. Hard to even find out what it's capable of doing, because the online manual refers to a separate "Commissioning" manual which Miele isn't inclined to give out.

V-Zug in Switzerland makes amazing machines, but not for sale in the USA. As suburbanmd said Miele Octoplus seems perfect (look at them, it seems they even use the same doors from the Miele W48xx and T98xx units)..they are big, professional internal heater and built like tanks.

Honestly though, the Little Giant (PW6065) is handling everything my Miele W4842 and Electrolux 4.3 cu ft machine did, and the level of control and settings are out of this world...5000W heater too ;)

Whirlpool_trainee....WOW, this manual sounds like it is for my Little Giant PW6065. This is for the Octoplus? Every option, feature, setting is identical to my machine!!

Yes, they are fairly similar indeed.

Similar like the owners manual for a Mercedes AMG C-class is similar to that for an AMG E-class, perhaps? The Octoplus has what I imagined would be the real draw, the ability to add custom cycles. Details aren't fleshed out in the manual, though. Something about adding "wash blocks". Hopefully you can choose wash rhythm and duration. Specifics about rinse cycles aren't clear either.

Octoplus manual is also missing a "Program sequence" chart like in the Little Giant manual, which might help you tell if, say, the fire protective clothing cycle is worth trying for something more mundane.

I have no idea about cars, so... what? *lol*

If you want to get extra fancy, you need one of the larger Pro models with around 200 possible custom cycles, optional suds saver, build in scale...

Little Giant...you can add programs, and create custom programs and save them. I'd say the Little Giant and OctoPlus are like comparing an E63 and S63 AMG ;)

Ummm...YIKES! AMG's (S63) go for $143,250 and the E63 $101,700.

In the Little Giant manual I do see the ability to customize an existing program to create a new one: "Change one or more components (program name, temperature, spin speed, pre-wash)." The Octoplus manual says you can add one or more "wash blocks" to a custom cycle, but doesn't say what they are.