Samsung launches fully automatic washing machine in the United States

Yonhap News Agency, Seoul, October 10 Samsung Electronics announced its fully automatic washing machine for the first time in the US market in June this year.

According to relevant industries on the 10th, the Consumer Report (Consumer Report), a well-known US consumer organization, recently evaluated the performance of washing machines sold in the United States. Samsung’s automatic washing machine (model WA5451) ranked first and was selected. The "best recommended product."

Samsung Electronics’ product scored 79 points, including 4 points for laundry performance, 5 points for energy efficiency, 5 points for water saving, 5 points for capacity, 4 points for fabric protection, 4 points for noise, and 5 points for vibration.

The “Consumer Report” commented that Samsung’s products consist of very good specifications such as automatic temperature regulators, automatic lotion dispensers, knobs, and stainless steel rollers, which are excellent in terms of water saving and energy saving, as well as large capacity and noise. Small, small vibration, laundry performance is also very good.

The Consumer Reports stated that the shortcomings of Samsung's fully automatic washing machines could not be found in this evaluation.

Taking into account the characteristics of the United States as the life style of the big family, the large-capacity fully automatic washing machine launched by Samsung Electronics in June this year can put 33 bath towels at a time, which is the largest in the US market (5.4cu. Ft), and use the bubble washing function that was previously only used in drum washing machines, thereby enhancing the laundry performance.

At present, the US automatic washing machine market is about 5.1 million units, and the annual growth rate before 2013 will reach 2.7%.