LG Zhijing Steam Dishwasher has made some new attempts to address the current pain points of dishwashers. It is hoped that LG can consistently "continuously build a healthy whole-house home appliance concept" and create a better life for the vast number of users.

On September 8, the "White Paper on the Development of China's Dishwasher Market in 2020" (hereinafter referred to as the "White Paper") written by China National Grid was officially released at the 2020 China Dishwasher Industry Summit Forum. The data showed that in the first half of 2020, the retail sales of dishwashers in the whole channel were 858,000 units, an increase of 32.7% year-on-year, and the retail sales scale was 3.72 billion yuan, an increase of 20.4%.

High growth rate is one of the core keywords in the dishwasher market in recent years, with the global outbreak of the new crown epidemic in 2020, the health of the home appliance field of national attention has increased unprecedentedly, and LG is also very timely to launch 100 degrees C high temperature steam plus the net steam dishwasher to respond to the market demand.

There is also a more interesting message in the White Paper. Compared with using dishwashers to solve the problem of who washes dishes in the family, most consumers think that the real pain points of dishwashers on the market are whether they can be "washed clean", "easy to wash", "can wash the pot", "really disinfected", "really dry" and "safe to store 」.

I classified these six major pain points in pairs and divided them into three groups to focus on today's main character LG Zhijing Steam Dishwasher and see how LG performed this time.

Before entering the introduction of key experiences, let's take a look at the installation process and experience. After all, this is also one of the important factors that affect whether consumers buy a brand product.



Installation

Because Zeek already had a Siemens dishwasher before, the holes reserved at the beginning of the cabinet design basically met the demand, so this installation was not difficult, and LG could be installed after pulling out the Siemens inlet and outlet pipes. However, LG sent two installers to the door together after sales. The door was on time and the service attitude was good. The details such as shoe covers before entering the door were also sufficient. The overall impression score could be very high.

There is a big difference in the design of the old and new dishwashers. The 13 sets of Siemens 235 have a height of 805mm, and the top is not removable. They are completely independent dishwashers. LG has 14 sets, which can be placed independently or installed embedded. Since the reserved clear height of the cabinet is only 840mm, the top cover can only be removed for installation. After removing the top cover, you can see that the whole machine is tightly wrapped with sound insulation cotton.

A series of actions were made in one go at the same time when the inlet and outlet pipes were connected, the power supply was connected, the machine was placed and the machine was tested. After that, the two installers also carefully introduced the operation and product highlights to me. The overall installation experience was good.

"Easy to wash" & "Wash pot 」

LG Zhijing Steam Dishwasher has three layers of internal basket design. The multifunctional shelf can place chopsticks and spoons. The upper basket is mainly bowls and dishes, and the lower basket is mainly pots and dishes. The advantages brought by the design capacity of 14 sets are obvious. The arrangement of three layers is reasonable, and the overall space is relatively large by visual inspection. Naturally, it is no problem to put a wok.

In order to wash conveniently, in addition to the large capacity to put the pot, it must be flexible enough. The basket inside LG's clean steam dishwasher can make "micro" adjustments to the floor space to adapt to different tableware, quantity and type conditions during each cleaning.

Most of the bowl racks in the basket can be folded freely, and they are not only simply folded, but also bowl racks with different gaps can be selected according to needs. Large soup bowls or small dishes can basically be taken care of in place. Compared with the previous use of Siemens fixed bowl racks, at least it is more handy to place tableware in LG bowl racks.

It is worth mentioning that LG's clean steam dishwasher multifunctional shelf is placed as a separate chopstick spoon knife and fork, which is more convenient than Siemens providing a basket-type chopstick spoon knife and fork holder in the lower basket. First, the basket style will take up part of the space. After the large space in this area is occupied in a corner, it will not be so comfortable to place the cauldron. Second, basket-type shelves often need to be inserted one by one when placing chopsticks, spoons, knives and forks, while LG's separate basket is relatively convenient. Put it directly into the basket, and pay a little attention to the spoon down to avoid water accumulation.

"Washed Clean" & "Really Disinfected 」

LG's clean steam dishwasher has done a lot of work to clean and disinfect from many aspects.

In terms of space design, it has just been mentioned that the first layer of separate chopsticks, spoons, knives and forks pull baskets are taken care of in place in the space, making the remaining two layers better place pots and pans, and avoiding the appearance of cleaning dead corners caused by the stacking of tableware. Secondly, the cleaning of chopsticks, spoons, knives and forks will be more comprehensive and thorough when placed horizontally. After all, the upper and lower spray heads will definitely cover the plane more widely and directly. If the chopsticks placed vertically have starch food, they are really relatively difficult to clean in place.

In addition, LG has a top spray, a middle arm and a bottom cross spray arm, and four steam generators are added, which is the official design of 100 ℃ True steam, located at the bottom of the machine door panel. The design of this 100 ℃ True steam is to spray high-temperature steam at 100 ℃ during the cleaning process, decompose and clean up through steam molecules penetrating stains, and at the same time achieve the effect of high-temperature sterilization and disinfection. this sterilization effect is certified by "weikai detection technology co., ltd." and only LG can achieve high-temperature steam at 100 ℃ from the data found by Zeek.

The cross spray arm at the bottom has an interesting detail. The outer layer of the two spray arms is made of metal. After careful study, it is found that the two spray arms can rotate at a certain angle, which is called "cross rotor spray arm". In the cleaning process, it can form a spraying effect on angles, in other words, there are no dead corners in cleaning. Combined with the four steam nozzles at the bottom of the door panel, it is indeed more comfortable to deal with stubborn oil stains.



"Really Dry" & "Save Rest assured 」

Those who have really used the dishwasher probably understand how important the drying after washing is to the dishwasher, not to mention how uncomfortable it is to take out a wet bowl from the dishwasher. More importantly, it is easy to breed mold if you keep wet for a long time in a relatively closed environment inside the dishwasher, and the degree of harm is self-evident.

When Siemens was used before, since the drying method was heat exchange and condensation drying, the dishwasher was opened after the washing program. The tableware was basically dry, but water did hang on the inner wall of the dishwasher body. At this time, the temperature inside the machine was still very high. If the door was opened in time, water vapor could be released quickly, thus completely drying the inner wall of the dishwasher. If the door is not opened in time at this time, the internal water vapor will be difficult to release. Once the temperature cools down, when the next time you open the door and take the bowl, you will find that the tableware will probably return to moisture and feel uncomfortable when it is wet.

Open the door in time -- Zeek always thinks that the dishwasher should open the door in time after executing the washing program. First, it is conducive to the thorough drying of the interior, and second, the interior of the dishwasher and the sealing rubber strip are not easy to produce peculiar smell. Whether I used Haier's desktop dishwasher before or Siemens later, I always opened the cabinet door voluntarily after washing the bowl. This repetitive action really made me want to replace the dishwasher with a model with automatic door opening more than once.

LG's clean steam dishwasher makes me feel happy to open the door automatically.

LG Zhijing dishwasher has added an automatic door-opening drying design on the basis of condensation drying. After the washing program is completed, a small push hand (let's call it "door opener") above the machine automatically pushes open the door panel, and the internal water vapor is emitted. In addition to the high temperature during internal washing, the water droplets on the inner cavity wall can basically dry completely in about half an hour. It is simply a boon to someone like me who has to open the door every time he washes a bowl.

Some people will question why the door should be opened after washing the bowl. My family is all hot air drying! It's completely dry without opening the door!

Air drying can really make tableware and inner walls dry quickly. Not to mention the problem of increasing energy consumption, let's first think about whether the air drying method meets our "safe storage" standard. General dishwasher air drying is to achieve good drying effect by heating and circulating the airflow inside and outside the dishwasher. Its disadvantage is that hot air convection causes the exchange of air inside and outside the cavity. To put it bluntly, the working principle is actually somewhat similar to the fan and hair dryer at home. This mode may cause bacteria to breed (think about how much dirt is adsorbed on the fan blades that have been working for a long time?). In addition, hot air with moisture may also erode the cabinet during the exchange process.

In addition to high-temperature disinfection and sterilization, it is also necessary to be able to "really dry" under the condition of ensuring safety and health and no secondary pollution, so as to "save at ease 」.



Other Experience Details

LG comes with water quality hardness test paper, which can roughly test the hardness of tap water in the home and adjust the soft water grade of dishwasher according to different test results.

Since I have always used the dishwasher, I am not particularly worried about the washing ability of the dishwasher. Let's take a look at the cleaning performance of LG's clean steam dishwasher.

In order to test, I also removed the filter screen of the cigarette machine and put it in the dishwasher for cleaning. This can obviously feel the washing ability of the dishwasher.

As for APP, the ease of use is not bad, but there are some problems in pulling data after entering APP for the first time, which feels like the server is unstable. Enter the dishwasher option, you can download the exclusive customized cleaning process, but I think the dishwasher has a very rich function, there is no need to toss more modes, household appliances are finally stable, reliable and easy to use.

In general, APP is somewhat unstable during initial connection, and similar problems have not occurred later. APP has rich functions, so there is no need to care too much.

On the whole, LG Zhijing Steam Dishwasher has brought me some contents that are different from Siemens's dishwashing experience. The detailed design of the basket, the high temperature steam of 100 ℃ True steam, the cross rotor spray arm and the automatic door opening after cleaning are all attempts to solve the pain points of the current dishwasher. Dishwashers are still in the popularization stage in China. Whether it is the consumer concept or the manufacturer's localized design, dishwashers still have a lot of room for development and optimization. It is expected that LG can continue to build a healthy whole-house home appliance concept., To create a better life for the majority of users.