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It just kills me how stupid people are. They abuse these machines by purposely overstuffing them without sorting and using cold for everything. Gee, some people are just too stupid to be doing laundry! How hard is it to sort laundry properly? Just because I'm blind doesn't mean I can't sort colors. That is why I have a talking color detector that uses sensors to scan the color and speak out what color it is. And you can't reason with said user about using the washer and dryer properly.
What is wrong with these people? It makes me insane! It drives me nuts! This is in addition to leaving the door shut in addition to not sorting. If people would just take care of most machines, they will take care of them! We as washer fans get irritated seeing and hearing stories of people constantly torturing these machines. I wish I was a fly on the wall so I can peak into people's laundry room just so I can observe how they use or abuse these machines, especially commercial ones.
I'm gonna get off my soapbox. Please discuss. I, like others on here, am passionate about laundry habits.[this post was last edited: 7/6/2023-09:22]

 
If am not mistaken all manufacturers do this, including Whirlpool and GE. At least they ought to, imbalances can happen even to the best of people. The machine should not explode in a manner which can cause severe injury or death to the user. At least this is what I would expect as a customer of any machine.

 

I think the same is also done with accelerated aging and parts stress except that Ge and Whirlpool has a much lower threshold.

 
 
washer abuse and explosion

I get that most machines should be able to handle every load without destruction. The point I am making is that too many people out there, including college students are just plain stupid when it comes to doing laundry. They just shove everything in there until they're forced to slam the door or lid shut, not even bothering to sort anything. And yes, they do the cold setting on the eco setting and expect miracles or clean clothes. It really just gets to me! If my parents ever found out I did that, they'd kill me and banish me from doing laundry. This is another good reason why I do laundry myself. I don't trust others who are too stupid to do it. Or I just help my parents do theirs. I just stick with washing and drying everyday cottons. Yes, I do take my time doing things properly. I want to make sure EVERYTHING goes right.
 
"If my parents ever found out..."

"If my parents ever found out I did that, they'd kill me and banish me from doing laundry."

It sounds like you have parents that taught you the basics and how to do things for yourself. They also taught you to have respect for other people and their property, including people providing you with a service, like laundromat owners. I think good parents are what's missing so much to day.

Even as self-centered as people are today, they don't seem to realize that abusing the services that they use results in increased costs to everyone including themselves.

While I think I would like your parents otherwise, it seems it would be superfluous for them to banish you from doing laundry after they had killed you.
 
proper parenting and respect for others

I'm so blessed to have parents who taught me how to do laundry or any other household task including dishwasher use properly. This is why it drives me up the wall when people just shove every DAMN thing into a single machine. They don't read manuals, they don't ask questions, they don't even know or care how a washer works or how to use the proper settings. This is why when I go to a laundromat to wash, I would use multiple machines for each properly sorted load even if it takes up the entire row. I don't care how expensive it will get as long as the job is done properly to the tee. In the end, the costs of doing laundry and the amount of detergent and additives including bleach and softeners suffer because of people being too lazy and stupid to do it right. It happens all the time. I would recommend that you go to a laundromat and just observe their behaviors.
 
They don't read manuals

Naw, people who think they know everything have no use for manuals, or advice, or common sense. They just expect the machine to do whatever they think it should do. I don't know if people even read any more, when I need to fix something and search for how-to's about all I get is youtube videos. Who has time to watch videos all the time?

But then, legal issues may tend to turn people off from reading manuals and instructions. Who needs wade through all kinds of nonsense like "do not install drive belt while motor is running" or such?

For now I'll pass on visiting a laundromat to observe people. That may be where youtube is useful, you can record it and I can stay home and watch you and other people use laundromats on my computer.

 
laundry habits

I do practice good laundry habits. My parents would never literally kill me, just be livid with me. Some people think they know it all. I can't stand when people abuse the machine then sue the manufacturer. Not only do they do this to commercial machines, but the home models too. SMH.
 
Over loading washers, poor sorting, etc.

Really does not hurt the machines much and might actually extend their life a good deal

The worst thing about overloading and not sorting as you may damage your clothing and obviously you’ll get poor results.

Most washing machine and dryer problems come from just the number of times the machine is run,

The water valve the timer the motor, the water pump the seals do not know how much laundry is in the machine, but all of these parts wear out the more they were used.

Commercial washers is like a Speed Queen’s are so rugged you don’t ever see broken gears, etc. in a washing machine anymore split agitators, etc..

As my mother used to tell me when I was young and complained about things that were beyond my control she would simply tell me it’s not your problem. And the fact that people overload and do a poor job sorting does not affect your laundry outcome at all.

John.
 
Complaining to management...

I don't know how much good complaining to management would do as somehow I think they already have a good idea of how people use the machines.

But then, they may not always be there to witness someone mixing reds with whites, so maybe that's where other patrons can keep them informed.

Besides, if people only talked about things they can do something about, this would probably be a pretty quiet forum.
 
You know someone doesn't know how to do laundry properly when you're staying at their house and you use a "clean" towel the next day after the shower and it smells GROSS but you have no choice but to dry off with it... so you sort of pat yourself lightly with it trying to get as dry as possible without rubbing it all over yourself. UGH... I know that's happened to everyone at least once..Of course, you can't dare say anything...
 
Well, we always have to think of the worst case scenario one could ever imagine.

For each model that reach the market, regardless of brand, you can be sure at least 50 prototypes were pushed to the most absurd limits and we have to think the unthinkable scenario.

And guess what, sometimes we fail because humans have an amazing ability to to s**t.
 
stinky towels and dingy colors

I cannot stand dingy colors and stinky towels that have been washed when you're over at somebody's house. If you dare tell them they're doing laundry wrong, they'll whine, complain, get angry with you, on and on and on and on. This is why I do my own laundry. Some people are just too stupid to be doing wash. Then they have the audacity to sue the manufacturer.
@mark_wpduet, I know how you feel, and even the nicest of towels will feel like sandpaper when ever they do wash. They run everything in cold water on the fastest cycle without sorting with cheap stuff.
 
Stinky Towels

I remember encountering this so often at other people's homes in the mid and late 2000s when FL were entering homes. Yuck! People would use the machine as directed and everything would come out gross with the waxy texture and scent of fabric softner masking it.

 

 

I don't think its always the user especially when everyone is telling them, including the detergent bottles 'wash in cold'. Fabric softner dispenser over-sized with most users assuming it had to be filled all the way with nothing telling them otherwise. Then there is the thing  some US front loaders would mold when the door was left closed. Cycles also don't use enough water if you ask me.

 

 

I personally believe a large part of the problem comes from US front loaders not heating the water by default. All front loads should have a heater, hot fills are not enough to compensate in that the water between the water heater and spigot can become quiet cold especially in older homes. Even in my home the pipes between the water heater and washer are run perpendicular to the studs below the fiberglass batts with the basement left relatively unheated. By the time the water gets to be 140*F, a few gallons of cold water has already been purged out. A FL pressure switch would be satisfied by then. Selecting hot or warm may not make any difference.

 

US front-loaders, even today, are not designed around reality and are still significantly behind EU front loaders. I think instead of US manufacturers trying to create super high tech out of this world front loaders decades ahead of their time they should have instead tried copying 60's and 70's EU front load technology until the market was mature enough for something more advanced. That would mean timer/relay logic, no electronics, simple cycle selections, no spin after the main wash into the first rinse, 60Hz induction drive motors only, built in 1200 watt heater, 560 rpm spins, water use approaching a top loader, extensive air venting, ect. Base models without any dispensers.

 

This would have given both consumers and manufacturers a low cost, trouble free, durable, error proof system they could learn from until they were ready for modern HE front loaders. 

 

At least thats what I was hoping when I saw the Neptune. I've told this story before but after I saw the tech sheets to the Maytag Neptune and Kenmore Frigidaires I was so disappointed I knew be default I'd never try them.  And of the problems that would follow, to which they did. Even Speed Queen recently had a bad batch of control boards.

 
 

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