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Sudsing If you want to use the remainder of the pacs, just put the powder in and dispose of the gel top. It is very likely the water softening agent is in the colored gel. After doing this, I have never had issues with sudsing. Though, the KitchenAid has never had issues with sudsing, but our...

Pollution I have witnessed the agricultural pollution first hand at multiple lakes. You can see the run off being poured straight into them. It is an absolute shame that nothing is being done about that, but our daily lives have been restricted so heavily in comparison. Don’t get me started on...

Energy costs Every other load of white towels and sheets are ran on Whitest Whites + AutoSoak using 45°C temp, instead of the Sanitize cycle. I’m probably not saving much electric here, but oh well. I’m sure the additional additives of OxiClean Laundry Sanitizer and Dirty labs booster in the...

Capacity My Duet was a later 3.9 cu ft. machine. It also had the belt squeak on slower tumbles. Ours always had issues with balancing, but was on a pedestal. That likely wore the machine out prematurely. Within the first year we called service for this issue and they replaced the control board...

Nice! Very glad to see your Duet is still going strong. I can assure you, these new machines are great, but I do miss my Duet.

Slow interim spin I don’t agree. The differences between a slow interim spin and higher interim spin are larger than one would think. Rinsing is not nearly as good. This is the exact reason why I do not use TurboWash/AccelaWash on my Kenmore. The Normal cycle without TurboWash will run miles...

Wow That is very surprising. I expected the same. It appears lighter in the pic, but isn’t as significant as I would imagine with the Mannanase and Pectate Lyase. I will be very interested to see the Whites-Warm and Sanitize cycles.

mark_wpduet I was VERY worried about the large space in the middle of the spray arm as well. However, as long as the dishes are largely placed correctly and there are no pots facing down in this area, the top rack spray and overspray from the bottom rack covers those dishes completely. I have...

Wow I’m impressed. Historically, my worst stains are spaghetti sauce (especially Raos) and Hot sauce. Coffee and Mustard generally are difficult stains too. I always need Oxy to remove all of these. Tomato stain likely would have been better with pectate lyase. Though, the SQs “warm temp” is...

Nice! I have a 604 and it has been flawless. Only complaint, no low rinse aid light. We use ProWash almost exclusively. I rarely use heated dry because of the fan drying system. Very little remaining water on Tupperware. Cascade actionpacs have worked the best for us. The little filter in the...

EC30 That immediately came to mind. I find it funny that P$G is testing the water with some new ideas under different brand names. IE 9Elements fabric rinse then Downy Rinse and Refresh. The Tide Evo guaranteed will be ~$0.60 or more per 'pack'. Not sure it will do well.  However, I do like...

new standards appnut.. couldn't agree more. I often times use Sanitize just to get a true hot wash. Thus, I am using MORE electric that way. Normal cycle with hot setting is a true warm wash. Before too long the warm water temp will be lower than that of the cold temp.  Now for dryers, I'm...

4WD I love my 4Runner. Not sure I can go back to anything else. John, congrats on the new van. I know you have been talking about it for a while.

appnut Usually our experiences are the same if not very similar, however, my KA outperforms my Bosch, including with drying.   

Great idea! Nice to see you back Andrew. Give me a few days and I can contribute to the thread!

Point voyager vs Clean water wash After owning both, there is no comparison. The Clean Water Wash design is significantly better. Though, that version of the Point Voyager is more of the Tahoe design which did clean better, but also ran 2.5 hours for a cycle. The Clean Water Wash DW should be a...

Pods What is funny is that powders, as previously listed, are the most environmentally friendly dye to the recyclable box, but the fact that you aren’t transporting large volumes of water (liquids). Manufacturers will not be influenced to produce more powders. Rather, find another way to...

Detergent FWIW, the cheapest Cascade ActionPacs clean just as well, but leave far less streaks on my dishes compared to Finish Quantum. This probably is due to the addition of Trisodium Dicarboxymethyl Alaninate which is great for both water softening as well as degreasing. The dark green...

warm rinse This is a feature I miss quite a bit from my Duet. Loads of towels and whites were very soft and well rinsed. The fabric softener dispenser was always spotless and it would spread through the towels far more evenly compared to a cold rinse. 

Sensor My new KitchenAid microwave has a Popcorn button that is a sensor 'program'. I would imagine it works based off of moisture, but it is dead accurate every time. I couldn't imagine the sound based sensors being any more accurate or even necessary. All older microwaves have required a...