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Longevity Well, I’m gonna guess wash time and agitation speed will play a role in this. There is a potential case for washing in cold to keep the fibers tight, but that defeats the purpose of wrinkle free items that need a warm wash to relax wrinkles. I have a few shirts that are ‘wrinkle-free’...

Forgot to mention... The Whirlpool and Kenmore cousins would get 'excellent' CR wash test results, whereas the KA would only recieve 'Very good'. I never knew if it was due to the lightening spray arm, or because of these shorter pre- and mainwash.

Pre-Wash That 30 minute prewash is for the thermal hold up to 135ºF IIRC. That is the maximum time before it will automatically head into the mainwash. It will out clean a majority of dishwashers in the mainwash. Lmao. I found that the Antibacterial cycle was more conservative on dumping the...

Additives One piece of info they are missing is that lower wash temperatures cause people to use more additives such as Oxy Bleach, Chlorine Bleach, scent boosters, or more laundry detergent. That is just as wasteful as using a slightly higher temperature to wash. Not to mention, the number of...

Jeesh I am going to write a complaint. Not sure if anyone will read it or care, but enough is enough. It can't get any worse. Warm on these new machines is 75-80ºF. Water levels are already too low in many of them. We are nearly to the point where machines will wash for 3 hours and wash in...

Timer This is why we replaced our DD. It would perform a spray rinse second before the final spin ending. Clothes were coming out fairly wet.

Forgot to mention... My machine also would occasionally dump the main wash detergent early when using Soak & Scrub or Anti-Bacterial when a 2nd prewash was required. It would dump the detergent in the 2nd prewash, start to heat, then would drain from what I assume was a pressure switch trip. I...

You are a SAINT! Under very unfortunate circumstances, I had to leave my KUDS25 just like yours behind. It was seriously very hard to do, but was done for personal safety and happiness. However, it was seriously the best dishwasher I have ever used. As they become harder to find, I wonder if I...

Odor First, I highly recommend cleaning the washer with 1 cup citric acid and letting it soak for a while in hot. That will never hurt. Second, I find the best thing for odor removal, especially smoke, is hot washes. So with loads that are colorfast that is what I would do. However, I have...

WM3400 The one I used allowed me to see the water temp, but I had to hold it for a prolonged period of time. I forget the sequence, might be cold wash and temp. If you just use Towels, there is no need to adjust the water level. That way the other cycles aren’t affected, like bulky or...

Towels For the most part, yes. Only Sanitize for a true hot wash. Delicates or Handwash for other items. This applied for many LG FLs I use. My Kenmore doesn’t have the Towels cycle, so I did adjust the water level up to what it would be with Towels. Much better. The wash and rinse levels on...

First off… Congrats! As you have experienced, some cycles can be a bit slow. BUT, the Normal cycle with Extra Hot does heat the water up. If your tap hot water isn’t high enough or the water heater is far away, it will take longer. The Towels cycle is much better than Normal, IMHO. Much...

KUDS25 I miss this machine quite a bit. Leaving it behind was not easy. Flawless performance, incredible drying, quick cycles, and solid build quality. Even with very hard water it always impressed me. Not too many compromises either. It isn’t a Hobart machine, though.

No dishwasher IDK, the Samsung that we had at our rental was just as bad as not having a dishwasher. It really required 2x the work.

Bosch load size I could stuff more in my Bosch compared to any other dishwasher I have owned or used, as well. I removed the cutlery basket from the first rack and it opens up loads of space. The Auto cycle is the shit! I couldn't imagine using Auto with Extra Scrub or Crystal Dry.

Electricity I am all for green energy, however it will not be feasible to require a quick mandate like California. I do foresee issues with the power grids and costs to build new infrastructure that the increase in demand will require. I am a big fan of nuclear energy, though it has a rather...

Active tabs I have seen these advertisements and videos fairly frequently recently. I have used dishwasher tablets with limited success. But nothing compares to using raw citric acid purchased from Amazon. 1 cup of citric acid and a clean washer cycle removes more hard water minerals and gunk...

chachp The same happened to me! Wouldn't be much fun though, since we recently moved and now are using my grandparent's old anemic Frigidaire. We ran two loads that night, and it actually does well, but has an issue with filtration because of the warped plastic filter and the very slow heating...

Tide plus Downy FREE Very similar ingredients, plus Protease, Amylase, Mannanase, and Cellulase with OBAs.

Does anyone know if the impeller/agitator from the Maytag MVWC465HW fit in the Maytag MVWC565FW? My grandparents recently purchased this machine, and the older style washplate in the MVWC465HW is significantly better than the newer design. I would like to swap it out if possible. Thanks.