An Overview of Electrolux’s Luxury Appliances and Their Features
Shape living for the better.
– Electrolux Group purpose
As an experienced vendor of premium appliances, Electronic Express is proud to carry kitchen and laundry appliances from Electrolux. This guide will review the foundations of the Electrolux brand, what sets them apart in the field of luxury appliances, and provide an overview of the unique features of each category of their appliances.
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About Electrolux
The brand we know today as Electrolux is just one brand of appliances produced by the Electrolux Group, which owns other brands such as Frigidaire, Kelvinator, Gibson Appliance, and others. What we know as Electrolux was founded in 1919 after a merger of Svenska Elektron AB, Elektromekanistka, and AB Lux; creating AB Elektrolux. Originally, the company focused on producing and selling vacuum cleaners before acquiring additional entities that supported the production of other items including major appliances.
In recent years, the Electrolux Group has increased its efforts on sustainability and social responsibility. So far, the company has pledged several goals to improve its sustainability by 2030. Some of these goals include reducing direct and indirect emissions from energy by 85%, improving their appliance’s energy efficiency, and using recycled plastic in their products.
History of Awards
Noteworthy Innovations
- 1959 – Produced the first countertop dishwasher, the D10 dishwasher nicknamed “the round tin.
- 1993 – Produced the first refrigerators free of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs).
- 2001 – Introduced the first robotic vacuum cleaner, the Trilobite.
- 2010 – Launched the Ultra Clean Washer which was the first washing machine to include a directly mounted ultrasonic stain remover pen.
Recent Awards
The Electrolux Group and appliances produced under Electrolux have been highly recognized during the 21st century. Following are only some of the many awards given to the Electrolux Group in the past 20 years.
- 2008 – The Electrolux Inspiro Oven was awarded the Good Housekeeping Consumer Award
- 2015 – Awarded 5 iF Design Awards
- 2019 – Received the Gold Class Award in from RobecoSAM’s Sustainability Yearbook
- 2022 – Wins 4 Red Dot Design Awards for Outstanding Product Design
- 2024 – The Best Washer & Dryer by Reviewed
- 2024 – ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year
Is Electrolux a Good Brand?
Electrolux is one of the most recognized brands for sustainability, energy efficiency, and product design among luxury appliance brands. If you are environmentally conscious and want to know your appliances will help you reduce your carbon footprint, then an Electrolux is a great choice.
Where is Electrolux Made?
In the United States, there are several Electrolux factories and R&D centers. Most of which are in Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina. The following is a list of the cities where Electrolux is present.
- Springfield, TN – Factory
- Springfield, TN – R&D Center
- Memphis, TN – Factory
- Anderson, SC – Factory
- Anderson, SC – R&D Center
- Charlotte, NC – R&D Center
- Kinston, NC – Factory
- San Francisco, CA – R&D Center
Other factories, research and development centers, offices, and design centers can be found on the Electrolux Group.
Thoughtful and Life-Improving Features in Electrolux Appliances
Electrolux appliances are made with many features that use unique names to describe their functions. Here is a convenient list you can use to understand the features of the appliance that you’re shopping for. For additional convenience, a brief description of each feature has been included in the sections about the relevant appliance.
- Instant Refresh Cycle in dryers – Removes wrinkles and refreshes lightly used fabrics in just 10 minutes.
- SmartBoost® technology – Found in their washing machines and dishwashers, this technology premixes water and detergents for optimal cleaning.
- LuxCare® Dry System – Built into their dryers, the LuxDry system automatically detects humidity and stops cycles when clothes are dry; preventing over-drying and improving energy efficiency.
- LuxCare® Wash System – Available in their washing machines, this technology is a combination of temperature controls, smart load sensing, and improved washing actions.
- LuxCare® Plus – Combines all the features of the basic LuxCare® System, and adds detergent premixing technology for a more powerful clean.
- DishSense® Sensor Technology – Built into certain dishwasher models, the sensor will detect the level of soil on your dishes and automatically select the best settings for the cycle.
- SideChef Premium 1-year subscriptions – SideChef is an online cooking resource offering access to recipes and cooking classes. This subscription also offers access to 800+ cooking classes from worldwide cooking experts. As of 2024, Electrolux is offering a Premium SideChef subscription with the purchase of their cooktops and wall ovens.
Appliance Design Styles
Compared to other luxury brands, Electrolux focuses on one design line, instead of multiple, using stainless steel as their main material. Their designs are sleek, modern, and make a great choice for complete appliance packages. However, Electrolux does not offer panel-ready appliances. Therefore, if you want a more customized kitchen design, then consider panel-ready appliances from JennAir, Thermador, or Dacor.
While their kitchen appliances are made of stainless steel, Electrolux does offer a selection of colors for their laundry machines and laundry towers.
Something else interesting about Electrolux is that instead of producing several kitchen appliance variations with incrementally better features to fit the price bracket, they generally build all of their features into one model with only a little variation.
Their laundry appliances do come in different series that offer an incremental increase of features. Jump to the Electrolux Laundry Appliances section to read more.
What You’ll Find in Electrolux Appliances
Cooking Appliances
Electrolux Ranges
Electrolux crafts its cooking ranges with features that provide reliability, precision, and convenience. They hope to encourage appliance owners to cook delicious meals at home, therefore increasing quality of life, promoting sustainability, and reducing food waste.
Current ranges are available with induction, gas, and dual-fuel types. The gas range cooktops feature continuous cast iron grates that allow for easy sliding across the stove to burners with different temperatures. The induction ranges include a bridge zone that connects two heating zones together, which is especially useful for using a griddle.
In terms of a luxury feel, the gas-powered ranges have brass accents on the burners, soft closing doors, and pinstriped glass to complement the sleek design. Any option will make a wonderful addition to your kitchen.
Additional Range Features
- True Convection
- Dual Brass Burners
- Bridge Induction zone
- Temperature Probe
- One hour steam clean (Induction Ranges)
- Soft close door
- Continuous grates (Gas Ranges)
- Cooking modes: bake, convection bake, roast, convection roast, broil, proof, keep warm
- Available fuel types: Gas, Induction, Duel-Fuel
- Sizes: 30-inch, 36-inch
- Burners: 4 burners + 1 oval burner on the 30″ gas range, 6 gas burners on the 36″ gas range, 4-5 cooking zones on the induction ranges
Electrolux Cooktops
Available in either gas or electric induction, Electrolux cooktops are engineered to provide an effortless and enjoyable cooking experience while supporting sustainability. Their precise temperature control technology includes a sensor in the cooktop that automatically adjusts and maintains the set temperature for more reliable results.
Like the gas ranges, the gas cooktops have continuous cast iron grates that allow for easy sliding and rearranging of cookware. The induction cooktops include a power slide feature that allows you to change cooking temperatures by sliding the pot or pan from the front burner to the back burner. Finally, another standout feature of Electrolux’s induction cooktops is the Serve Warm Mode, which sets all burners to warm to keep your meal at serve-ready temperatures.
Additional Cooktop Features
- Precise Temperature Controls
- Power Slide feature
- Bridge induction zones
- LED backlit knobs
- Included griddle for gas cooktops
- ADA compliant
- Melt cap accessory for gas cooktops
- Sizes: 30-inch, 36-inch
- Fuel type: Gas or Electric Induction
- Gas heat output: 750-20,000 BTU
- Induction heat output: 2600-3600W
Electrolux Wall Ovens
For sleek and convenient luxury cooking, Electrolux’s wall ovens offer plenty of options. They include many modern cooking modes that provide consistent and delicious results. The air sous vide cooking mode makes use of the oven’s true convection fans with humidity control to seal in the flavors and evenly distribute heat throughout the cooking chamber.
Additional steam-assisted cooking modes offer flavorful and perfectly cooked results. Plus you can enjoy cooking tasty air-fried recipes right in your oven. Finally, you can connect and control your oven with the Electrolux Connect app for a more integrated smart home experience.
Additional Wall Oven Features and Options
- Advanced Convection that uses precision heat and thorough air circulation
- No preheat
- Full-color touch controls
- Electrolux Connect Technology
- Available sizes: 30-inches
- Available combinations: single, combination single oven + microwave, double oven
- Cooking Modes: Convection, Steam roast, steam bake, dehydrate, proof, turkey convection cooking
- Activate SideChef Premium
- 30-minute steam clean
- Flush installation
- Soft close hinges
Electrolux Microwaves
Using sleek stainless steel to match their kitchen appliances, Electrolux’s microwaves are available in different combinations to perfectly fit into your kitchen’s layout. Each type of microwave features a wealth of cooking modes for heating or reheating all kinds of dishes. The built-in cooking sensor will also help you perfectly heat meals with no overheating or underheating.
All of Electrolux’s current microwave ovens also feature combi cooking, which uses convection cooking for browning, roasting, and crisping foods at the speed of a microwave.
Additional Microwave Features
- Smart moisture sensor – automatically adjusts cooking times and power levels
- Automatic door/drawer opening at the touch of a button – especially handy for their line of drawer microwaves
- Available types: Side swing door, over-the-range, and built-in with drop-down door
- Sensor cooking
- Multi-stage cooking
- Preheat/Keep warm mode (built-in model only)
- Combi mode: Combination of convection and microwave heating
- Door configurations: Automatic open, zero-clearance hinge, drop-down door and side-swing door
- Over-the-range microwave ventilation: 3-speed fans, 400 CFM capacity
- Available capacities: 1.5-1.6 cu. Ft.
- Available sizes: 30-inch
Electrolux Vent Hoods
To support the excellent quality of their cooktops and cooking ranges, Electrolux’s ventilation hoods, or hood vents, include sensors that automatically detect heat on the cooking surface below and adjust the fan speeds to match.
A unique design of these vent hoods is the perimeter venting which uses narrow vent channels that create air suction naturally while improving efficiency. To top it off, their sleek design fits perfectly with a matching cooktop or range from Electrolux.
Additional Ventilation Hood Features
- Responsive sensor
- Perimeter venting
- LED lighting
- Glass touch control center
- CFM range: 211-412
- Available styles: Wall-mount hood, Island hood
- Sizes: 30-inch, 36-inch, 42-inch (Island hood only)
Refrigeration Appliances
Electrolux Refrigerator Features
Electrolux’s refrigerators win with their humidity and temperature control designs. To follow their mission of supporting efficiency and improving their customers’ lives, these refrigerators are designed with filtered water dispensers, an individually controlled TempAdapt™ Drawer, and the TasteLock™ Crispers that preserve produce for pristine taste.
Currently, Electrolux has refrigerators available in either French door or single-door designs. The single-door refrigerators can be bought either individually or as a pair for extra large storage capacity.
Electrolux French Door Refrigerator Features
- TasteLock™ Plus Crisper drawer with auto-humidity control
- TempAdapt™ Drawer
- Internal water filter and water dispenser
- LuxCool cooling system
- Flexible shelving system
- Internal water dispenser
- Auto-close doors
- Quick freeze mode
- Sizes: 21.4 cu ft, 22.6 cu ft, 23.3 cu ft.
Electrolux Single-Door Refrigerator Features
- Touch-to-wake controls
- Luxury-design® Lighting
- High-temperature door alert
- Luxury-Quiet™ operation
- Large storage capacity
- Sabbath mode (Star-K® certified)
- Digital Compressor refrigeration
- Sizes: 42-inch
- Finishes: Silver Stainless
Electrolux Wine & Beverage Coolers
Currently, Electrolux produces one type of wine cooler and one type of beverage refrigerator. Staying true to their commitment to sleek modern designs, both types of beverage centers come in
stainless steel finishes.
The wine coolers feature wide-slat walnut drawers that can fully extend for easy access to your wine collection. The walnut wood was selected specifically to prevent scratching wine bottles and prevent vibration that might harm your collection. The UV-filtered glass door blocks harmful light that could damage your wine’s flavor, so it always tastes its best.
Both types of drink centers include LED lighting for that luxury feel when you, or a guest, want to get a drink. Both also use precise temperature controls so your beverages are always at the right temperature. These undercounter refrigeration units are also fitted with reversible doors so you can install one in any kind of room.
- Wine Cooler Capacity: 41 bottles
- Beverage center capacity: 5.1 cu. Ft.
- Door ajar alarm
- Power failure alarm
- Mute sound controls
- Sabbath Mode
- Control Lock
Electrolux Dishwashers
The mainline Electrolux dishwasher is their 24-inch stainless steel tub built-in dishwasher with SmartBoost™ (EDSH4944BS). This latest iteration of dishwashers by Electrolux is designed to help you save water, avoid handwashing, and power through dirty dishes. Compared to washing dishes by hand for 10 minutes a day for a year, Electrolux reports that this dishwasher can help you save over 1000 gallons of water.
Another stand-out feature is the SmartBoost™ technology that premixes dish detergent for a powerful clean; even removing baked-on foods. It also includes DishSense® technology that senses how dirty the dishes are and chooses the cycle to best wash them. And so you know that it can help you and your family live better, this model’s sanitizing cycle has been certified by the National Sanitation Foundation, for removing 99.9% of common bacteria.
Additional Dishwasher Features
- Targeted wash zones
- SmartBoost™ Clean
- Max Dry Technology
- DishSense® Sensor Technology
- 30-minute clean cycle
- Luxury glide dish racks
- LuxCare® wash arm
- Third-level rack
- LED Floor Beam wash cycle indicator, blue for washing, green for done
- Luxury-Quiet 45 dBA system
- Sizes: 24-inch
Laundry Appliances
Electrolux Washing Machines
Electrolux produces a variety of front-loading washers with different step-ups in cycle options depending on your budget. All of their washers use the LuxCare® Wash System which provides temperature control, smart load sensing, and improved wash action for more efficient and effective cleaning.
The 600 series includes the LuxCare Wash System Plus which improves the basic system by premixing laundry detergent and additives for more effective washing. The 400-600 series of washers feature an Adaptive Dispenser™ that accepts detergent pods, liquid detergent, and powder detergent.
Washing Machine Features
- Extra large capacity
- Available Series: 300, 400, 500, 600, and Compact.
- Available sizes: Compact 2.4 cu ft, 4.4 cu ft, and 4.5 cu ft.
- Available colors: titanium, white, and glacier blue
- Washer cycles: 7-11
- Pure Rinse™ Cycle
- 20-minute (300), 18-minute (400), or 15-minute (500-600) fast wash cycle
- Adaptive Dispenser™ made to accept detergent pods and other types of detergent (400 & 600)
- Perfect Steam mode for tough stains (Compact, 400-600)
- Automatic water-level adjustment
- Bright LED display
- Cycle optimizing settings: Solid Soil, Allergen, Perfect Rinse™, Perfect Steam, StainTreat, StainTreat™ II, Sanitize, Activewear, Hand Wash cycle, StainSoak™
Electrolux Dryers
Supporting sustainable living from another angle, Electrolux dryers offer several features that help you get more out of your clothes while reducing power use. The gentler dry cycles and smart humidity sensors precisely control cycles to extend your clothes’ lifetime. Another great feature is the instant refresh cycle which removes wrinkles and refreshes garments in as little as 10 minutes.
As for the differences between the different series, the normal dry settings for the 300 and 400-series dryers are designed to dry fabric as efficiently as possible, with an included dry boost option if needed. The 500 and 600 series use the LuxCare® Dry System which uses a humidity sensor to detect moisture and makes sure your laundry is never under or over-dried. The compact series is a ventless condenser dryer that offers gentle drying and the Instant Refresh cycle.
Dryer Features
- Fuel types: Electric and Gas
- Available Series: Compact, 300, 400, 500, 600
- Available Colors: Glacier Blue, White, Titanium
- Available Sizes: 4.0, 8.0 cu ft
- Unique Dryer Cycles: Instant Refresh, Fast Dry, Extended Tumble, Perfect Stream™, Reverse Tumble, Allergen, Activewear, Balance Dry™
- Reversible doors for easier installation
- Predictive Dry™ (600 series)
- Luxury-Quiet™ sound system
- LuxCare® Lint Shield
- Bright LED display
Electrolux Washer and Dryer Laundry Towers
Available in stacked units of the 300 and 600 series in either gas or electric. Both options include features from the base freestanding models.
The 300 series has the added benefit of a 15-minute fast wash and fast dry cycle, as well as the LuxCare® Wash System for thorough cleaning.
The 600 series laundry tower uses SmartBoost® technology to premix and optimize laundry detergent for more effective cleaning. Another special feature of the 600 series is the Optic Whites™ cycle that keeps whites brighter when compared to using bleach.
Additional Laundry Tower Features
- Fuel Types: Electric, Gas
- Available Series: 300, 600
- Available Colors: Titanium, White
- Availability Sizes: 4.4 cu. ft./8 cu. Ft., 4.5 cu. ft./8 cu. Ft.
- Reversible doors
- 15-minute wash and 15-minute fast dry
- Predictive dry
- Unique wash cycles: Allergen, StainSoak™, Sanitize, Solid Soil, Optic Whites™
- Unique drying cycles: Eco-friendly normal cycle, Instant Refresh, Balanced Dry, Extended Tumble, Perfect Steam
Shop for Electrolux Appliances at Electronic Express
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