10 Fully automatic water level
You may notice that your AquaSmart™ clothes washer behaves differently from your previous washer.
Your AquaSmart™, like all High Efficiency washers, has a fully automatic water level. This means
that, like Front Loaders, the selection of the water level is left entirely up to the washer. This
ensures optimum wash performance and water savings.
Should you wish to use more water, simply select a Conventional cycle (refer to Conventional
mode page 9).
Sorting and loading
You have bought a High Efficiency washer, like Front Loaders your AquaSmart™ uses much less
water and energy than traditional Top Loading clothes washers. It is important to sort your wash
load to ensure optimum wash performance.
For more information on washing tricky items washing please refer to page 32.
SHEETS – Separate out sheets and duvet covers and use the SHEETS cycle which has
been especially designed for these items. Ensure that duvet/doona covers are buttoned
or zipped up. To get the best possible wash for sheets, load these items around the edge
of the bowl rather than directly across the low profile agitator.
COLOURED ITEMS – Dye or colour run can be a problem with High Efficiency washers, so
separate highly coloured garments especially when they are new and choose the COLOURS
cycle. Most dye transfer occurs when clothes are left too long in the machine at the
completion of the cycle so try not to leave your coloured clothes lingering in the machine.
BULKY ITEMS – Duvet/doona, sleeping bags, ski jackets , blankets and throws are all
items which tend to behave unusually in a clothes washer. The lighter ones tend to float,
while a large blanket can get very heavy and make spinning difficult. Your AquaSmart™
has specific BULKY cycles designed to take care of these washing challenges.
CREASABLES – When you are concerned about creasing or wrinkling we recommend you
use the EASY IRON cycle. Alternatively, select one of the Conventional cycles. The extra
water used by these cycles will help to reduce creasing. Reducing the spin speed of the
wash may also help (refer to page 15).
JEANS – These heavy items are responsible for damaging other items in the wash and
require their own specific wash action to get clean. We feel so strongly that they should
be washed separately we created a special JEANS cycle in the Lifestyle menu. Select
LIFESTYLE, SPECIAL CARE, JEANS.
SOIL – Very dirty, sandy, or linty loads are best washed separately to prevent transfer
onto other garments. It may be that you have new towels that create lots of lint or very
sandy beach gear. We suggest using a Conventional cycle in this circumstance.
DELICATES – To take extra care of delicate items, we suggest using the DELICATE , or
HANDWASH cycles. For HANDWASH select LIFESTYLE, SPECIAL CARE, HANDWASH.