Thats great news! Does the little giant exist with steam already in other parts of the world? I couldn't find much on the int'l websites...

I wonder if they were talking about a W1 series washer. Some W1's have a steam feature, and I remember reading that the W1 capacity is larger than the 30xx series and maybe also the Little Giant.

They were definitely talking about Little Giants. They know I have a Little Giant set, and I was asking about the differences between my machines and the current models. That was when they told me about the new ones coming out and that they would have a higher capacity. I was concerned that the new ones wouldn't fit under my counter, but they assured me that the outer dimensions would be the same.

I saw them in Austria mid March ! They had 4 different Little Giant models. 2 different models with steam. I didn't think the US would get the steam ones, so didn't ask too many ?s. Since I am in a rual area, I just wanted to see size of LG drum. I think I remember being told that the dryer also has steam.

I was in a time crunch, so didn't spend much time as I had a list of appliances that I wanted to see. I.e. - steam oven XXL plumbed & inductive cooktops.

They had items we haven't seen here. Hopefully, they will introduce these to US & CAN markets. Realizing, that we look at other countries websites !!

Hoping they bring in the Brillant White Pure Line & the inductive cooktops & that German, Australia, etc will let us choose the models that will work best for us!!

I sure as heck want to see these steam models, as I cannot find a thing about a steam feature, steam heat or a bigger drum in the 24" Little Giant models on either the German or Austrian website.

Of the new models, it looks like the two TOL models have steam. I sure hope their new models will be available in the USA.

https://www.miele.co.uk/domestic/washing-machines-1566.htm?mat=10039360&name=WMV960_WPS_PWash%26TDos_XL_Tronic

The 960 is not a Little Giant. It's one of Miele's residential washers.

My bad. I couldn't find anything about steam on the little giants.

Larsi, I'm mainly interested in the new models because of the redesigned user interface.

Steaming in Miele's washers and dryers is also pretty noisy. They use a true steam generator like you'd find in an espresso machine. Whenever steam is generated, you hear grrrr brrrr grrrr...

I think the confusion is because the 960 above is advertising 9kg, where as LiGi says 6.5kg. So maybe sales is thinking they are actually a Little Giant with larger capacity, or maybe they will have that name when they come to the US.

The new dishwashers are out and so is the FashionMaster this year, so here's hoping that the CX1 vacuum and the W1/T1 also come out this year in the US (They mentioned the above in a Canada article/event).

Don't be fooled by European capacity ratings. While the W1 Series washers are rated at up to 9 kg, the drum is likely no bigger than the one in the Little Giants. It is just a matter of extending the cycle time way beyond two hours to accommodate the large load. Bosch, for example, extended the Cotton Eco cycle from something like 210 to 275 minutes when they "increased" the capacity of their 2.3 cu.ft drum from 8 to 9 kg.

Here's a W1 during the Steam Smoothing portion of the Shirts cycle. Steaming is clearly audible at 11:00 minutes. The video says: "A video of the first "Shirts" (and a few stray socks) programme in the Miele. The Twindos got everything nice and clean, and using the stains option successfully removed some tough make up stains. The Steam Smoothing at the end seemed to work a lot faster and more furtively than my previous machine - steam was flowing out of the detergent drawer!"

Here's the matching dryer steaming at 2:25 minutes. "Tried the "Steam Smoothing" programme in my Miele TKR 850 WP dryer today and very pleased with the result - no need to iron! These shirts were previously in the "Shirts" programme in the Miele washer which smoothes them with steam. This programme in the dryer sprays them with further water before drying. The dryer uses water for this from the condensed water container - since water is drained out directly to the sink I've had to purchase some distilled water to put in this - the manual strongly advises against using tap water high in lime content, which mine is. At the end you'll see the shirts came out relatively wrinkle free- certainly fine for work wear. I might still iron a special occasion shirt thought ;)"

Wow, thank you so much for these videos. I'm surprised how loud the steam pump is, but also that Miele didn't quiet the noise of the drain pump on these new models.

How long did the wash and dry cycles take for these shirts? Curious how the heat pump model stacks up against the condenser options we have in the US.

Very interesting cycle. Does it have a recirculating pump? I'm also surprised at how loud the steam and drain pumps are.

I can only cite the times displayed by the machines, which would be 90 minutes for the Shirts with Steam Smooting cycle and 50 minutes for the dryer's Smooting cycle.

Yes, this washer has a recirculation pump and also PowerWash 2.0, which puts a little water in the drum and then spray and spins the clothes so that the absolute least amount of water has to be heated for the wash. This technology only works under certain conditions, though. LG also sued Miele over this technology, as they said Miele would have copied "a particular usage of steam during the wash" from them. I don't know what the outcome was.

Anyway, I'll give you the link to the YouTube channel of the machine's owner. He has some really good videos of his washer and dryer. The washer, by the way, was just replaced by Miele because the couldn't fix it after replacing several parts.

https://www.youtube.com/user/sabistar44/videos

Any word if W1/T1 are going to show up in the USA anytime soon. Saw pictures of them on Miele Canada's twitter feed a few months ago but haven't heard anything since.

I've heard from a couple of sources that they'll be released this fall.

I was at our Miele gallery with a friend checking out the ranges and steam oven. No mention of new laundry here (ontario Canada). I asked about the W1 and no answer on availability.