Mitsubishi builds "world's fastest washing machine"

Never ones to shy away from "word's x-est" of anything, we're especially excited to see such claims come to bear on the realms of minutes and hours, instead of millimeters and nanoseconds. Mitsubishi is laying claim to the title of "world's fastest washing machine," and is tossing in the title of "first moving drum washing machine" while it's at it. The "Moving Drum MVW-VD1" washer-dryer can tilt the washing drum based on how many clothes are in it, and which function it's performing. The slant keeps clothes from sticking to the sides, and means the machine can wash 20 pounds of clothes in 35 minutes, and dry 13 pounds in 145 minutes. Unfortunately, as speedy as this thing might be, it still takes longer than the tried and true sniff-and-wear-it method, not that we would know. The machine hits Japan in May, no word yet on an overseas release.

[Via Spluch]

[JGE @ Mar 20th 2007 5:41PM]

2 and a half hours to dry a load of clothes? Where's the clothes line?

[Kev50027 @ Mar 20th 2007 5:45PM]

That's crazy.. a drier takes about an hour and a half at most.

The real question is how well does it wash the clothes and how much water does it use?

[blot @ Mar 20th 2007 5:56PM]

I dunno about you, but my washer takes much more than twice the listed 145 minutes to dry my clothes. And they usually smell of mildew by that time.

[o0adam0o @ Mar 20th 2007 7:15PM]

I cant believe nobody mentioned the hot lady! Maid service anyone?

-Adam

[Richard Lai @ Mar 20th 2007 7:23PM]

Was about to say that too! Come on fellows, the lady needs some love too; don't give it all to the machine.

[klew @ Mar 20th 2007 8:31PM]

So it's a combo floor model and android maid?

[Wingi @ Mar 20th 2007 8:53PM]

so it can wash 20 pounds but dry 13 what about the other 7 are they on the line or what??

[Diggtator @ Mar 20th 2007 9:45PM]

Who cares how fast it washes if it still takes ~2 hours to dry? Where's my 20 minute dryer?

[I LOVE THE CAPS LOCK KEY @ Mar 20th 2007 11:16PM]

That's why you buy two dryers for every washer you own.

[Chuckles McGee @ Mar 20th 2007 9:56PM]

This is all well and good, but people really should be expanding on the whole "all in one" washer/dryer combo unit idea that's only been touched on by LG. Who cares if it takes X minutes to wash or dry a set of clothes when a good amount of the hassle/ time of clothes washing comes from having to be around when the clothes finish washing so as to be able to transfer the wet mess into the dryer?

[Loban @ Mar 21st 2007 10:45AM]

I don't know about you, but I would hate a washer/dryer combo machine. I want to be able to wash the next load while the first load is drying. Granted, it would be nice to have a combo machine if you're only doing one load, but for multiple loads, two machines is best. And I suppose one machine would save space for people in apartments and such, but I don't have that problem.

[franzbonus @ Mar 20th 2007 10:49PM]

Aaahhhh the pleasure of going to the dryer in high heels with your best job outfit, high-heels and tons of makeup. I mean, don't we ALL do this?

What? It's not like the picture isn't making any sense or anything...

[dov @ Mar 21st 2007 2:54PM]

15 minutes..

http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/09/siemens-wm16s740-washing-machine-takes-on-14-types-of-stains/

lol?

[JD @ Mar 21st 2007 4:37PM]

I assume it drys in 45 minutes 145 minutes is not really fast

[Randomness @ Mar 21st 2007 8:24PM]

145 minutes to dry? I have a 5 year old dryer that does it in about 50 even with a full load. Is that a typo or something?

After it washes the 20lbs, does it wait for you to empty 7 pounds into a bucket before starting the drying cycle? I think there's either something wrong with this article, or something even more wrong with this machine.

[fastm3driver @ Apr 8th 2007 11:29PM]

I just got a new LG steam washer and it can do a load in 1/2 a hour or 45 minutes in deep clean. The dryer takes about the same time.
The key with the drying is that the washer takes most for the water out. Nice.
Did I mention they are cherry red and have LED lighting?