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Yep Surprisingly, they said it lasted very long before it died, and there’s a Kenmore VMW right by that machine. The Model-Ts and HydroWaves sounded like they were dying in agitation and spin. Video of a GE HydroWave with BROKEN tub straps, unfortunately a common issue with these and caused...

Many kenmore was made by Whirlpool Many of them were direct drive and later VMW. Towards the end of Sears, Kenmore washers used the VMW and VMAX platforms.

All HydroWaves were junk They typically only lasted a few years, and when you search “HydroWave” you can see a fair amount of videos of them malfunctioning.

Direct drives were still good I do agree that the newer ones were a bit worse, but they were still better than any VMW machine. My uncle has a Maytag Centennial direct drive from 2009 that’s 16 years old and has had zero issues at Al.

All Whirlpool direct drives were good All of them were good machines and lasted 15 years on average.

HydroWave was junk All the people in my family I know have had premature failures with them, as well as my friends. There’s a reason why you don’t find as many HydroWaves as before, it’s because they keep breaking down. HydroWaves and the pre-HydroWaves were bad machines and were unreliable...

The Maytag merger was not the first sign The Whirltag direct drives were great machines

For a long time I’ve been recommending Whirlpool machines of VMW and VMAX platforms but I don’t recommend them anymore because I’ve been seeing that the newest models have a massive control board problem. The lower end ones have issues with the pressure system within the board causing it to...

You had bad luck. I’ve never seen a top loading LG with bad bearings and most of them last a while. And the older VMW machines were decent if loaded properly. The newest ones are worse. That’s a 2010 model so that’s 14 years old, older VMWs seem pretty reliable and when they break they are...

HydroWaves were junk Those were probably the worst washers GE has ever made. They were very unreliable and didn’t wash well.

Newer GE Machines They wash a lot like Whirlpool VMW machines, not the best, not the worst, they last a decent amount of time if they are well-maintained. The GE’s with the agitators are better than the infusor variants. They wash as about as well as the DAA VMWs if it has the agitator. The...

The Whirlpool-built Maytag direct drives were great The Whirlpool-built Maytag direct drives were great and were just as good as the Kenmore or Whirlpool counterparts. The only difference was that they had a different control panel, but other than that they were Whirlpool direct drives. The...

I also would’ve taken that washer over their others I also would’ve taken that washer over a Model T or HydroWave, while they did have some durability issues, they cleaned clothes just fine. These Speed Queen style washers were also sold under the Amana and even Maytag brand name HydroWave was...

You can’t bring back the older direct drives The reason why the direct drive was discontinued was due to a U.S. passed in 2011 that would mandate washer efficiency, in order for them to come back, the law would have to be reversed which likely won’t happen. Another thing I forgot to mention...

Not really an ad but this video really bothers me. The Hydrowave was NOT a good machine and was one of the worst washers out there. It was not an improvement to their awful model T. They were NOT a new design, they were essentially just Model Ts without a transmission and with a variable speed...

GE never made the best appliances GE used to make good appliances, but they were never as good as a Whirlpool or Maytag. Their older appliances weren’t half bad, but they weren’t the best. Even the Filter Flo machines weren’t as reliable as the competitors, but are definitely much more...

It seems to run fine other than the fact it has bad bearings.

Your washer has bad bearings That loud noise on the spin cycle is not normal and means your bearings are bad and to fix it you’ll need to change the entire transmission. My Whirlpool WTW4900BW0 that is now 11 years old is having the same problem. You can replace it with a Speed Queen or a...

My mother (71 years old) had her 27-year-old Kenmore direct drive machine finally break, so she bought a Whirlpool WTW4955HW1 washer and WED4950HW0 electric dryer off of Facebook marketplace for $200. She said the listing said they were in new condition. But she said the washing machine was...

You’re very lucky to have a still working top loading Neptun The Maytag Neptune top load washers are rarely found to be working, and almost every top loading Neptune that’s even found is broken. Those were horribly made machines.