Livebetter - I am sure you will be thrilled w/your new Miele's at least I hope so. So far I am thrilled w/my Bosch set. If I could have stacked the Miele's, I probably would have gone that route, however, I could not manage the price plus redoing a just done laundry to make them fit. It's interesting between the different appliance people and what they think of Samsung. My guy wants to dump them as soon as the contract is up do to the many, many repair calls. Yours recommended them. I find that interesting. Also, the delivery personal we had did an excellent job. One of them also owns the Bosch Vision series and he loves his as well. So that's 2 people from the same store both raving about what I just bought. I'm not overly concerned that Bosch is getting out of the 27" laundry set. Did concern me for a minute, however, my 7 yo dishwasher model I don't think is produced anymore, but they continue to use basically the same parts and well, it just hasn't needed serviced. I'm hoping I find the same for my washer. I love having the bigger drum. I believe mine is 4.3, coming from my approx 1.6 euro style Danby, it's like a cavern. I have yet to over fill it, but it's cut my laundry time in approx 1/2. I hope to see my water bill go down as well. I can't tell you the difference in how much each is using. Bosch claims 13 gals for an entire load, not sure what the Danby used, it doesn't say in the book, but if I've got to run 3 loads in there compared to 1 in the Bosch, I have to be saving something. All that said, I think you will find the 4.0 to be a good size. I have not tried my Q comforter yet, so I will let you know when I do. As for the steam in the dryer. I can't see myself using it very much. As I said, most items come up virtually wrinkle free to start with. We don't wear many dress shirts here, so I won't need it for that either. I will do some sweaters, but the heat it uses worries me for some things. I guess what I will have to do, is let a load dry, let it sit so it will wrinkle and then try the steam function to see if I can get it back to just been dried. So I would not worry about not having it.

OP, does the Oasis washer have a Soak cycle? My 1 1/2 year-old Maytag Bravos, which is similar to the Oasis (both are HE toploaders made by Whirlpool) has a Soak cycle, and I use it in a very similar way as you said you used your former washer, with slight variations. As you already know, you cannot change water temp once you've started a wash cycle. Is the Oasis hot water truly hot? On most current HE washers which do not have internal water heaters, 'hot' water is actually warm, especially during cold weather. Because the Oasis is a TL, you can stop the washer, open the lid, and use an aquarium thermometer to check the wash water temp. True hot water is 140 degrees or higher. True warm water is between 120-130 degrees. If your Oasis hot water is actually warm, you could use the Hot temp. If you prefer, you could use the Warm temp, and you might get an actual Cool water temp. Load the washer with the laundry you want to soak, add the detergent and Oxi, let the washer fill with water and let it agitate for a few minutes. Then, IF your washer has a Pause botton, you could Pause the washer and let the laundry soak 'til morning. Before I got my Bravos HE TL, I soaked laundry as you said. Now that I have this washer, I load the washer with the laundry I want to soak, add detergent (Oxi can also be used), let the washer fill with water and let it agitate for a few minutes. If I want to soak laundry overnight, I then pause the washer. The next morning, I press Start to let the Soak cycle finish. Then I use a regular cycle (I do not add more detergent, as there is no rinse on the Soak cycle) to wash the laundry. My washer's Soak cycle allows me to add laundry throughout the entire cycle -- I do have to press Pause to unlock the lid before adding more laundry. If your washer does not have a Soak cycle, you could use a regular cycle, let the laundry agitate for a few minutes, and be sure the "Add A Garment" light is still on when you hit Pause if you want to add more laundry after you've soaked those items. I hope this helps. Do you have the manual for that washer?

Thanks for your suggestion fahrenheit 451, I totally wish I could purchase them and store them! We started building a couple of months ago and were told to plan for a year before it would be completed. Our storage shed and my husbands shop are both stuffed full and the house we are currently living in doesn't have the extra space either. I asked if I paid would they hold them for me, but they said because they are clearing them out, they want them gone. Do you have any experience with their commercial line? I feel like thats overdoing it a little, but I had a whirpool duet set before and although I liked them fine, they needed a $900 repair after 5 years (it was only because we had a maintenance plan for them that we didn't just go buy a brand new set). I would rather pay the extra money up front for something that will last. I know that the trend right now is to just buy something cheap and replace it in a few years, which is so frustrating to me. The rep from Miele told me that they just can' compete which is why they are discontinuing. If we can't get the 3-phase power to run the commercial line, do you have any other suggestions? Thanks again. Spring

If you can wire that easily using wiremold, it's not going to be much more effort to fish cable and install flush receptacles in the wall. Have courage, man; plaster isn't fun, but it's not really THAT bad. I'm an old house fan and I've updated wiring on just about every old house I've lived in. I've used different methods for cutting in boxes. I started off using a jigsaw and coarse metalcutting blades purchased in bulk (they wear out very fast cutting plaster). That method is fast but it tends to rip the lath off the back of the plaster. Currently I use, at various times and in various situations : 1. The jigsaw, when I'm in a hurry. 2. A Rotozip with a tile bit, slowed way down (otherwise it fills the house with smoke from the lath). 3. A keyhole saw that uses a short hacksaw blade; make sure it's set to cut on the backstroke so you pull the lath toward the plaster. This is the safest method when you have plaster that's somewhat decrepit. One tip is to never cut out two lath. Always cut one lath, part of the one above it, and part of the one below it. This makes for a better box fit and a more stable wall. You may be able to find the lath with a mag studfinder, but often I have to drill some pilot holes. You might like to try these boxes so you don't have to ask the plaster to support old work boxes. Then of course you have to locate the stud before cutting.