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Just realize this ended up in the wrong place, meant to click the Super forum and my screen reader had a tantrum. Sorry about that.

I (finally!) made it through my giant container of Tide Ultra Pods with Oxi and I am happier about this than I should be. I think the smell is obnoxiously chemical in nature. They work well but I just can't abide the scent of them and I won't be purchasing them again. I'm not at all sorry to see...

Update I think I may have fixed the problem myself. I did the unplug/plug back in, then recalibration mode steps discussed in the Youtube video by Ben's Appliances and Junk. He was really thorough in his explanation so I was able to follow it without issue. What I appreciated was that he...

Reply #147 John, I agree with you about this completely, I've never seen a washer last very long where people are doing teeny-tiny loads all the time. When this issue is brought up, I like to tell the story of my mom and my aunt and their approach to laundry. My aunt had a Whirlpool belt drive...

It looks like I can schedule service through Whirlpool's website. They use an appliance repair shop here in Indy that apparently only does Whirlpool-sourced appliances, and the soonest they can come is Tuesday which is fine with me. However it quoted me a $95 fee just to come out and look at the...

I must be the unluckiest person on the planet when it comes to washer malfunction. My Whirlpool washer, model number WTW4816FW3, is having an issue where it won't advance to spin after draining is complete on the rinse cycle. This has happened on both the superwash cycle and the heavy duty...

It would seem that Samsung is one of those luck-of-the-draw situations -- some people get one that lasts forever and others get one that dies just outside of warranty. Not really much in between as far as I understand it. I just didn't want to take that chance which is why I passed on a Samsung...

Hi Geoff, In December, my 2005 Whirlpool direct drive top loader began leaking oil. I had purchased it from a used appliance store a couple years before that, so I decided to retire it and get a new washer. My first choice was an LG front loader with turbo wash, likely the 4000 model. However...

Eddie, forgot to mention in my previous reply, I saw in reply #2 that you like to have Hormel chili sometimes. I used to as well, but then I started making chili in the crockpot and it blows Hormel out of the water! I like to prepare it the night before and let it cook all night, and it makes...

Reply #6 Eddie, Oh my gosh you are so right about chicken breasts being gargantuan. I thought I was the only one who noticed that. So I don't like to use them if I plan to just eat chicken as the main dish with a side. The only time I use full-size chicken breasts is if a recipe calls for...

Reply #2 Eddie, I love the frozen chicken breast tenders too, if they're the same things I'm thinking of. I thaw them out and put them in a bag with Italian dressing to marinate for a couple hours. Then I put them on the Foreman grill to make grilled Italian chicken. Usually serve with some...

I think I figured out what the issue was! The clicking noise came back with a vengeance in a mixed load I was doing this morning. Once again, cycle was heavy duty, auto sense fill. However, I tried to just ignore it -- as John stated above, these washers do make quirky noises sometimes. When I...

I buy the Boston Market frozen dinners for lunch often. However, I really try to actually cook our dinners. The preservatives in frozen meals tend to aggravate my wife's indigestion if she eats them too frequently. But I agree, they are indeed convenient which is why I'm okay with using them for...

I don't know about that, but were you able to get the washer to agitate? I don't guess it matters if the motor is working twice as hard if it won't agitate at all. LOL

Does the washer fill like it's supposed to, including stopping at the correct level?

That sounds more like a foreign object is stuck in there somewhere and is making contact with a part of the dryer whenever the drum rotates. Perhaps a coin or something got stuck under one of the drum baffles and it's clicking whenever the drum comes down to complete the rotation. Or there's...

Some Whirlpool-built 29-inch dryers, recognizable by the top-mounted lint trap, make a rhythmic thumping sound when running. Mine does, and it's only a few months old. It's about a two-second pause, then two quick thumps. From what I understand, some drums have more pronounced seams and that...

Reply #13 Jerome, I believe it has the tactile lines in the cap, but it's been a while since I used Persil so I can't say for sure. I only ever bought it once, because the smell turned me off. I know that's not everyone's experience, but I found clothes washed in it smelled stale? musty? after...

Most detergent caps (not sure about Purex) have tactile lines that one can actually perceive by touch. Tide, for instance, has the five lines going upward in a step fashion, you can feel each little bar. As a blind person, this is useful for me to know and apparently it's really hard for even...

No doubt Whirlpool took a lot of cost-cutting measures when designing the VMW machines, but like the direct drive that came before them, they have a lot of parts that can easily be repaired and get the washer back in service. I think many VMW's get junked early because the owner doesn't look...