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citric acid 1 cup in that machine once a month with hot water and PowerWash would tackle scale and grime.  Keep us updated on the machine!

PV vs PC Agreed with the above that the PC on Normal no options out cleaned my PV on Pots & Pans with HT and Sanitize. That would be with the Hydrosweep in the PC and lightening bolt arm in the PV. It also used less water on that program, and I guarantee less energy for water heating. The...

KA That is an incredible machine you have there! I suggest replacing the lower wash arm bearing.  It will wash happily for years!

No prerinse /prewash Could it be done? Absolutely. A lot of newer machines default to it on Normal cycles. It does save a decent amount of water. However, there could be a way around that. But, this is highly variable depending on soil level, design of machine filtration, time of cycle, etc...

full of water The only machine I have ever used that does this was my Bosch. My Power Clean, Point Voyager, and Micro Clean do not do this.  However, the Bosch did not leak out. That sounds like a bad seal.

Enzymes None to speak of. Might be great, but probably not better than Tide powder. Likely the same thing minus enzymes.

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.