In Wave Touch, the controls seem to disappear when the appliance is unused; they appear (with a beep) when you touch the control panel glass. IQ Touch visibly displays all controls all the time. Two guesses: its as if Wave Touch uses black glass, and IQ Touch uses clear glass; perhaps IQ Touch came out first. So -- unless there are reliability issues between these displays that I haven't heard about -- its a matter of preference. How you want this fridge to appear in your kitchen most of the time? I have (and like) Wave Touch on my E'lux range, but some prefer always visible controls (at least, considering the cost).

Taking a test like this online is kind of silly. It's supposed to test how your eyes see color, but every monitor displays colors differently. The light in the room and time of day also affects this (sunlight, warm or cool light bulbs, etc.). The viewing angle also changes how the colors appear. Tests like this have to be done from pre-printed samples under special "neutral" lights. Like the paint sample cards at the paint store can't tell you what the color will look like on your particular walls. None of you are crazy. I scored a zero, but might not if I took the test at a different time of day.

I've read that the 55 series does not have the recirculating water jet. I like the one in my washer, I can see that it distributes the water more evenly. Also, the 70 series (and possibly the others as well) allows you to choose the time that the washer runs by adjusting between "minimum", "light", "normal", "medium", "heavy" and "maximum" soil levels, so this time manager feature sounds pretty much like that. Also, "vapor action" sounds an awful lot like "steam", which is also available on the washer. The allergen cycle gives an extra good rinse and boosts the temperature on the wash. I'm interested in seeing what they're coming out with, but what was mentioned above doesn't sound new. Cj

I've made a lot of comments here about mini splits. See if you can pull them up with a search. Off the top of my head: Those rooms are awfully small to be putting a mini split in each one. Do you have heat load calculations? You might be better off with a small ducted unit stuck somewhere if you have room. Ducts are best installed in the living space. How high is the hallway ceiling; can you fur it down? From my limited experience, the 1:1 units are more efficient than the multi splits. There another characteristic that goes unnoticed in comparing multis to 1:1 equipment. Assume that your outdoor inverter units can throttle back to 10% total capacity. Assume that you have two 6000 BTU indoor units. The outdoor unit in a 1:1 situation will be able to throttle back to 600 BTU. In a multi situation, if you are running one indoor unit and assume that the outdoor unit is rated at 20,000 BTU, the minimum will be 10% of that or 2000 BTU. In the latter situation, the indoor unit will be snapping on and off a lot more than in the former. Another thing to keep your eye on is the functionality of your remotes. My Mitsubishi remotes will not do a true set-back, only on/off. I don't do much heating so it is not as big of a deal for me as it would be in Penna. I like to sleep cool and have the room warm when I get out of bed. In the factory programming the fan slows down as the set point is approached. In the heating mode, the high-wall-mounted units become ceiling heaters in my experience. It is kind of predictable given that the intake and supply are both up high. A higher, manually-set fan speed and a ceiling fan are both solutions this problem.