Picking a washing machine to handle your laundry needs is as important as picking the form factor. The most common forms are the top loaders and front loaders. Each unit has its own perks too.
For example, you will find out that the top loaders are generally more reliable. They have been around for a while and thus, tried and tested okay. Again, the top loading units are usually cheaper than their fancier brothers. When it comes down to the basics, the function of both is to get your laundry done, isn’t it?
We could go on, but for the sake of time and space, will stop there. If you have found yourself agreeing with the points above and would like to cop yourself a reliable laundry unit too, here are some picks of the best top loading washing machines to buy.
1. Polystar Top Load Washing Machine BF16
What makes the Polystar Top Load Washing Machine BF16 a candidate for this list, asides the obvious reason of it being a top loading washing machine, is its suitability for more than one-person use. It can take up to 6.5 kg of content (water and clothes) at once and wash them all to satisfaction. The washing unit comes with energy and water saving technology to help manage resources better.
It also features a quick wash feature, has a clean wash program and comes with support for a normal wash too. On top of that, the plastic on the body is built to withstand nearly anything you throw at it. Due to the constant contact the unit will have with water, special considerations have been made to ensure all parts were made with anti-rust material.
There is a magic filter in the mix that would remove lint from the washing machine for easy cleaning. Finally, this unit operates with low noise and is compatible with operation on generator power.
2. Scanfrost Top Load Washing Machine
A feature that cannot be missed on the Scanfrost Top Load Washing Machine has to be the presence of two tubs. One of the tubs will serve the aim of washing your laundry while the other is reserved for spinning.
The 8kg capacity unit ships with non-detachable covers that makes it ideal for safe washing, especially when there are kids around. To further encourage energy saving, the tub allows you run in your own hot water for the washing process.
On the control panel are knobs which allows you set the wash parameters. You can choose different settings for how smooth or heavy the fabrics to be washed are and how long you will like them to wash for.
Likewise, a spin timer lets you control how long the fabric spends in the other tub. To get rid of excess water, the washing machine features an in-built drain pump and outlet pipe to get the job done.
3. LG Top Load Washing Machine WM 1232
One look at the WM 1232 from LG is enough to make you agree that this machine is not here to joke. Before we go on with anything, now is the time to recommend this for those who would like to run a hospitality-related establishment or laundry service.
That is because the unit is capable of holding as much as 17kg of content at once. The top loading unit also takes great care of the clothes with an iSensor technology. The function of this is to regulate the wash time of the clothes.
This it does by accounting for various available factors such as water, detergent, water temperature and hardness, among other things. The drums in the machine are powered by a Direct Drive technology. Thus, a lot of movement occurs in the machine with as little moving parts as possible. In the end, that ensures minimal damages to the unit.
Of course, this unit will consume more power than the average washers. The good news is that, for its size and capability, it is still a very energy-efficient piece of equipment
4 Haier Thermocool Washing Machine TLA706
The Nigerian market is a place where power outage remains one of the biggest problems. Thermocool took that problem into consideration when building users the TLA706, so much that the machine would save current washing information in the case of a power outage and resume when the lights come back on. The machine even offers a soak feature that allows the fabrics rest in a ‘soak’ position for up to 30 minutes before it kicks into laundry proper.
Under the standard programming, the machine will be able to recommend to you the ideal level of water to be used for each laundry process. That will be supplemented with information on the amount of detergent to use likewise. As if that is not enough goodies on one unit, the machine still offers the required time the wash process would take.
Available in a number of different colour for picky buyers, here is one unit you can leave your laundry with as you go about doing other things.
5 Midea Twin Tub Washing Machine MTE60-P1302S
Midea sure knows how to please the market. Offering twin tubs on the MTE60-P1302S makes the washing process even more interesting. While the first tub holds as much as 6kg of fabric at once and removes even the toughest of stains from them, the other tub (spinning at 1350 revolutions per minute) will drain as much water from the fabric as possible. Gone are the days when you had to wait long hours for your clothes to get dry. As a plus, the spin feature will come in handy on a rainy/ not-so-sunny day
Going further, the unit has support for regular and heavy washing. Asides everyday fabric, tough materials like bedsheets, duvets and curtains can be thrown into the top loading unit. Available in colour options of white only, you should know that the MTE60-P1302S only ships with a cold-water connection.
Its hard to disagree with this being a collection of some of the best top loading washing machines to buy, is it not? Now that you know, which of these units would you be going for?
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Of recent, word has been spreading about a startup called Safeonline that built a service that merchants within the eCommerce space could use to support pay on delivery orders; did some research on them to find out who they were, very secretive lot. Group of developers turned entrepreneurs but the glue holding everything is an Interswitch alumnus who started his working career as a developer transitioned into product management and finally ending up as Fintech start up.
So what is Cash Vault, what does it do?Had to do some research first to fully understand definition of escrow, it was then I could fully appreciate exactly what Cash Vault was doing because on first impression thought it was another payment gateway. So what it does is to hold funds debited from a customer for a specified duration so merchant can deliver item customer wants to purchase, if merchant cannot make the delivery funds returned back to the customer.
So how do I use it?Cash Vault is an API stack of methods that can be used to debit a customer and redeem a code called vault code to disburse funds to account. In summary that is the core element of the service but it is the addition of the other features that make things quite interesting.
So a merchant can assume full control of their own settlement; you can determine when funds is remitted to your account via playing around with a method tagged disbursement amount; also can determine your sharing with no restrictions on sharing parties.
In addition to this merchant can also apply cancellation fees by setting unique attribute for this condition to true in method tagged reservation request, same method used to debit a customer.
Let’s get advancedWhen reviewing the rest of the API methods which is catered to mostly reporting noticed two methods Hold Balance and Refund Balance and a little bit of head scratching started; what do I need these two for?
So after some questioning and critique on extra information not being clear enough this is what I came up with.
HOLD BALANCEMerchant wallet to hold proceed of funds for successfully delivered goods if merchant opts not to want it processed for settlement, “am like seriously you will want that” but the second use case for this is for failed payout attempts which made sense. So if merchant funds cannot be disbursed to designated account credited back to merchant hold balance to support a retry at a later time or disburse to a different account.
REFUND BALANCECancellation fees merchant applies stored in this wallet so when customer refunds occur value returned back less specified fee.
What kind of Support do I get?API documentation is readily available and you can even play around with some of the methods without writing any form of code; there is also a support blog where you can drop questions which will be responded to by someone within implementation support.
Service supports JSON or XML request payloads so you can consume either as REST or SOAP but I think they are aware no one going near writing code to support SOAP and most of the references within the documentation strictly REST. You can still find information on the WSDL if you are the old school type within the support blog.
No extended support for any checkout management software as of the time I reviewed and if you field requests for sample code likely to be referred to POSTMAN.
What else is there?Cash Vault comes with an administration dashboard that a merchant can use to enjoy the full benefits of the API stack without bothering about integrating all the service methods sticking with the simple payment gateway type of integration to just support customer debits.
Signed up as a merchant to get a sneak peak of what it looks like
The pic above is the dashboard from where you can create an app to get test credentials to simulate on your own staging environment Generate a Client key when you want to migrate your application to production Log a support ticket for issue resolution. Notification dropdown to display details of recent activities on your merchant account
You still get a daily overview on your orders obviously as you would expect still yet to process any transactions but it is clearly descriptive.
Then there is a user management console needed some assistance in understanding the roles under the option dialog for creating users; so will share
Business Owner: If you signed up you will likely assume this role and designated sole access to view security token tagged secure code used for authorization of all payouts if your orders not passed for settlement automatically. Admin: If you are the busy type you can delegate task of managing users as well as generating client secret key to someone else. For good reasons only admin and business owner have access to generating client secret key for production, one click of that bottom on the dashboard and your key details updated implying if you do not update it also within your code likely to get a lot access denied responses. Operations: This role for support representatives on the merchant side to view reports, process redemption of vault code and process payouts. They still need to get authorization code from business owner though. Dispatch: The role strictly for the dispatch rider if a merchant has one responsible for delivering goods and collecting vault code from customers.With the exception of the business owner each role has different views with varying access to different functionality; for example dispatch and admins cannot process payouts so you might need some time playing around with the roles. If DIY not for you no shame in asking for assistance serious.
This view provides detailed reporting on your orders with some spice of analytics to benchmark performance within your desired duration. You can also redeem customer orders when it is still pending delivery as well as retrieve customer mobile number to communicate necessary information.
This view just provides more reporting but this time on the disbursement leg; provides information on remitted funds, funds pending processing for remittance, breakdown of cumulative refund balance and mini statement for hold balance. You can also download reports as well.
Seems very comprehensive but the best part is that the whole application is responsive so you still have access to all these information on the go.
Finally need to address the disclaimer you will see on the dashboard landing page citing subscription fee will apply after three months, so I asked questions. After the freebie period you will need to pay a subscription fee of N3000 monthly to still enjoy full access but with restricted access you can still create app for testing, generate client secret key for production and submit tickets for issue resolution.
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