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My LG washer which is less than 5 years old has started to pump the wash water out at about 15 minutes in to the wash cycle. The time indicator had 3 more hours to go to complete the cycle. It has done this on 2 occasions this morning. I was running the cotton cycle on 60C (140F). I ran the...

This thread reminded me of a Simpson TL washer that was introduced here in Australia a few years back. It had only a few tiny holes in the inner tub and water was constantly pumped from the outer tub to the inner tub. The rationale was that the inner tub would be full of water washing the load...

Thanks Gizmo, that is really interesting. Defo won’t be splashing out on a Speed Queen TL from Harvey Norman. Second worst machine in there list of washers not to buy. The guys from the USA seem to really like the Speed Queen TL. It certainly is reminiscent of the top load washers in regards to...

I was looking on YouTube re the “high efficiency” option on the Speed Queen TL. What a misnomer. There is a video by Laundro-Matt explaining the function. Adds 4 soaks of an hour each to the wash cycle with 12 mins of agitation between soaks. It then does spray rinsing and omits the deep rinse...

I went to Harvey Norman this morning. A major electrical and appliance outlet here in Australia. I always like to have a mooch around the washing machine section. There was a speed Queen TL. $3,295.00 Au which is $2,039.93 US. Seems pretty steep to me. Nice looking machine. Obviously made for...

Greetings from Australia. That was fantastic viewing. Thank you for posting. Looks like lots of fun.

I have a new double F & P dish drawer and instructions says clean filters every two months. I left the filters for nearly a month. When I took them out there was no chunky stuff but there was a film of slime on the filters. Rinsed of really easily. I think weekly clean is a good habit to get in to.

Hi Kevin really sorry to hear you can’t take your fantastic collection with you. Not sure if you remember me and my partner Spencer, we visited you a good few years ago when you kindly invited us to see your collection. We were vacationing in Palm Springs from Sydney Australia at the time. I...

size and G forge Interesting thread. I also understand that the size of the spinning basket will make a difference with water extraction. Something to do with G force. There is a calculation I believe. The bigger the basket the more G force = more water extraction. My F&P TL has a big basket...

I have to agree with you Launderess. FL machines are more efficient and wash, rinse and spin better than TL machines but I do have a soft spot for my TL washers especially my GE filter flo. I do use them occasionally. The main gripe people seem to have with FLs is the issue with smelly mildew...

Here in Australia we are lucky and have a fairly big range of both front and top loading washers to chose from. I have a large laundry room and I have 2 front loaders and 4 top loaders. I really like the choice. In the UK I am pretty sure you cannot buy regular top loaders any more. Only those...

Saw this article from Huffington Post. Experts passing judgement on which is better. Top loading or front loading washer design. Nothing new really. Was a little worried about stacking a front load washer on top of a drier. Sure that wouldn’t end well. Can you imagine an out of balance spin...

To add my penny worth Front load washers in my opinion out do TL machines most of the time. As mentioned, they use far less water and wash is a much higher concentration of detergent, They clean and rinse very well. I would avoid a front load washer that does not have its own water heater. The...

It was set to do a pre wash which it did then filled for the main wash heated to 60C (140F) then pumped out with 2 plus hours on the display remaining. It just tumbled with no water until I stopped the cycle and reset it to another cycle. I suspect there is a fault. It has done it every time...

My LG front load washer has started to drain the wash water after only 10 to 15 minutes in to the wash. It seems once it gets to the correct temperature it decides to pump out. After that it just tumbles with no water in it and another 2 plus hours on the display. Does it on the cotton cycle...

My friend’s mum had a Lyly Bet draining board dishwashers way back in the 70s. It was so cool. There is another post here on AW with the sales brochure from the 70s. I really wanted one and an automatic front load washing machine when I was a kid in the 70s but I had to make do with no...

That was so cool. Thank you for posting Unimatic. I would love a DW with a transparent door. Only issue is that the inside of a dishwasher can get pretty disgusting, especially when it takes a day or so to fill it up and start the cycle. If I recall correctly quite a few years ago there was a DW...

My GE Filter Flo from South Sydney Hi Astorobsession, This was a thread I created when I got the filter Flo quite a few years ago. I no longer have it, ran out of space unfortunately. It had a few issues and it started to leak again and kept tripping the electrics in the house. I still have a...

I picked up a second hand GE Filter Flo in South Sydney a few years back a they had a big Simpson American style drier. It was for sale too but I didn’t buy it. Wish I had now. Not sure if it worked off a regular power outlet or had to be hardwired in to 30amp outlet. A nice find Astorobssesion.

Thanks Guys, that is very reassuring. Jon, that is the exact same thing my LG does when it has slowed the spin down from 1400. 3 short bursts of water then drum stops and then jiggles to loosen the load. Not sure if I think it is a good idea or not. As I tend to always use the dryer probably...