[VAC] Clothes processor

[Sarah Calhoun <srcalhoun@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

John & Jodi:
I've been seeing ads for these from time to time.  My take on combo machinery is it
usually doesn't do either thing as well as what it replaced, and when it breaks
down, you're out 2 or 3 machines, whatever functions it replaced.  This opinion has
been formed mostly in relation to phone/fax/printer/answering machine/copy machine
combos.  So are you pretty happy with the "performance" of the wash/dry machine
compared to a washer & a dryer (maybe not as complex as a fax/printer)?  Could some
of your gas savings have to do with that in addition to the water heater?  Is it a
pretty compact unit, potentially suitable for (Bill Scott please look the other
way) installing in an airstream for full-timing in REAL comfort (on city water)
(yes I'm familiar with laundromats, and also with all the diapers that get washed
there, rugs that get dyed, lukewarm water even on the hot cycle ... not fond of
them in case you couldn't tell)?  Could you wash e.g. a quilt in it?  Is it a power
hog?  And I take it your tankless water heater keeps up with it?  Thanks for your
input.

--Sarah