CR's take on Speed Queen TLs

[nickatnight]

A couple of the earlier posters mentioned something about CR not measuring or rating rinse performance. Some others weren't sure how effective the SQ Eco spray rinse would be on the top loader.

Skeptical about the Eco spray rinse, ourselves, we thought a weekend experiment might be in order. Washed a load of cotton t-shirts & sweat pants using the Eco cycle.

After that, we performed a rinse & spin cycle expecting to see evidence of soap or suds. We really couldn't see anything. Kind of surprised, actually.

Nick

 

[Marky_Mark]

Over the last 12 months I have washed about 6 loads in hotel commercial top loaders (including Speed Queen) with only a spray rinse.  I really didn't notice any difference whatsoever.  The clothes felt the same, looked the same and my partner and I didn't have any sensitivity when wearing them. 

 

However there was probably more residue in the clothes that would be detected by "Which?" testing.  I would have thought CR subscribers would be interested in this.  After all, a washing machine is supposed to wash, rinse and spin the clothes.  So wouldn't you think CR would test those three things along with the other tests?

 

[Brandon]

"Skeptical about the Eco spray rinse, ourselves, we thought a weekend experiment might be in order. Washed a load of cotton t-shirts & sweat pants using the Eco cycle.

After that, we performed a rinse & spin cycle expecting to see evidence of soap or suds. We really couldn't see anything."

Thinking off the top of my head, if I were to devise a way to test this would be to use a clear xx gallon glass type fish tank. After each particular comolete wash cycle one would then place the clothes in said glass tank filled with clear water and then agitate the clothes vigorously for whatever minutes you deem sufficient. Then take measurement of the water in the glass tank. Is it cloudy, less so, no change etc.
Don't know why CR couldn't take this simple test. I think I know why though. The "new & improved" washers would fail miserably.

 

[Marky_Mark]

"Which?" says that they test rinsing by taking laundry out after the rinse cycle and spinning it in a separate spin dryer at 2800 RPM.  The alkalinity of the water spun out of the clothes is tested and compared to the tap water used to wash them.  As detergent is alkaline, the greater the increase, the poorer the washing machine was at rinsing.

To measure how well each washing machine removes detergent during the rinse cycle, we take freshly rinsed washing from the machine, just before the spin cycle, and spin it in a super-fast spin dryer. This dryer spins at 2800rpm, roughly twice as fast as a typical washing machine.

Read more: http://www.which.co.uk/reviews/washing-machines/article/how-we-test-washing-machines - Which?

To measure how well each washing machine removes detergent during the rinse cycle, we take freshly rinsed washing from the machine, just before the spin cycle, and spin it in a super-fast spin dryer. This dryer spins at 2800rpm, roughly twice as fast as a typical washing machine.

Read more: http://www.which.co.uk/reviews/washing-machines/article/how-we-test-washing-machines - Which?

To measure how well each washing machine removes detergent during the rinse cycle, we take freshly rinsed washing from the machine, just before the spin cycle, and spin it in a super-fast spin dryer. This dryer spins at 2800rpm, roughly twice as fast as a typical washing machine.

Read more: http://www.which.co.uk/reviews/washing-machines/article/how-we-test-washing-machines - Which?

 

[Brandon]

^^^Yeah! What he said!

2800 rpm washer! Drool....we need a "Tim Allen" tool guy to test one to....10,000 rpm!! Muwhaha! Out in a field way, way away from anything.

 

[nickatnight]

For us, CR is a sort of novelty read while waiting for our drugs at Walgreens. They've been off the mark too many times for them to be taken too seriously.

Over 60, now, our experimenting days are over. Wanted to try a FL, but couldn't pull the trigger due to the conflicting feedback. At our age, a series of thousand dollar mistakes really add up.

So, it's the tried & true SQ TL, with its 120 degree agitation arc. The machine cleans & rinses to our liking. Will be easier on our clothes than the 90 degree corkscrew.

Wanted to add we have an effective water softening system. An extra-large load gets on ounce of 6X-HE liquid Tide detergent.

Who knows? Maybe that's too much.

Nick