LG Electronics ‘2021 Best Washing Machine’ Ranked 1st in 3 categories out of 4 categories
The remaining 1 division is occupied by Samsung Electronics
Employees are assembling a washing machine at LG Electronics’ Tennessee factory. Photo = provided by LG Electronics
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Korean washing machine makers such as LG Electronics and Samsung Electronics swept the top spot in the evaluation of’Consumer Report’, a leading US consumer media outlet.
According to industry sources on the 19th, Consumer Report announced the results of selecting the’Best Washing Machine of 2021′ by evaluating cleaning power, durability, and energy efficiency among several brands of washing machines on the market.
The evaluation was conducted in four categories, including drum washing machines, tongdol washing machines, stirring washing machines, and small drum washing machines. LG Electronics’ washing machine ranked first in three categories, including drum washing machines, tongdol washing machines, and stirring washing machines. Samsung Electronics ranked first in the remaining small drum washing machines.
LG Electronics proved its technological prowess by taking all the first to fifth places in the drum washing machine category. The LG drum washing machine (model name LG WM3900HWA), which was selected as the No. 1 product, received the highest rating in tests such as cleaning power, efficient water use, and energy efficiency. LG’s product (model name LG WT7900HBA) was also ranked first in the tongdol washing machine category.
Consumer Reports evaluated this product as “excellent energy use efficiency, washing speed, and washing power, and convenient by providing a smart phone linkage function.”
LG washing machine (model name LG WT7305CW) also ranked first in the agitating washing machine, which is a method of rotating the stirring rod in the washing tank.
Last year, LG Electronics was selected as No. 1 in the Consumer Report’s’Best Washing Machine of 2020′ in the drum washing machine and tongdol washing machine category last year, but this is the first time that it was ranked first in the agitated washing machine category.
Agitated washing machines, which divide the US washing machine market in three parts along with drum washing machines and tongdol washing machines, have been the garden of US local companies such as Whirlpool, but LG Electronics entered the US local market with the launch of a new product in September last year and quickly rose to the top spot.
In the small drum washing machine segment, Samsung Electronics’ washing machine (product name WW22N6850QX) was evaluated as the No. 1 product. Consumer Reports evaluated the product as “excellent product reliability, customer satisfaction, and cleaning power.”
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