Frigidaire built GE washer and dryer

[washer111]

@nmassman44

Certainly saving half of your water by not using the SQ washer is pretty neat. What I will add is:

Your water softener will praise you for that, it won't have to regenerate and use as much salt (and harm the envinrment as much) as using the Speed Queen would cause.

 

[arbilab]

Darren, you got it for $40? Geezus, I paid almost $900! Obviously one of us got snookered and I don't think it was you. The thing couldn't have cost more than $175 to build.

OTOH, that's $64 a year over 14 years. Whereas 2 x $2.00/week at a coin op over the same time is $2900 so besides the hassle of going there and minus what I spent in water, that FrigiwhiteelectroGEpool saved me $2000.

Now hush, don't let it hear me say that or the spider and bearings will go out next time I use it.

 

[nmassman44]

Don't have a water softener here, don't need it since our water here is considered "soft" naturally. But that said we pay thru the nose for water here...not so much for when it comes into the house, it's the sewerage rate that's a killer! They charge double for it to go out. Doesn't make sense but that's what it is.

 

[mtn1584]

This is your SPEED QUEEN TALKING AGAIN.....

can't believe what a fickle washing machine person you are. I remember how much you loved me when I was brand spanking new. Now your feelings for me have changed, but I AM STILL THE QUEEN....SPEED QUEEN that is!!! and don't you forget it!!!!!!
LMAO!!!!

 

[nmassman44]

Mike I know what your saying lol but I have to tell you I do like this front loader. I had the Kenmore version with the rear control panel and it did quite alright too. But bearing issues caused me to buy the Mieles that I have in Maine. I didn't realize how much the GE Frigidaire washer does well on cleaning, capacity...holds as much as the SQ washer. I did use the SQ washer for a mat that I had to wash. The front loader would have not liked it by itself. Balancing issues would have occurred but the SQ washer did quite alright. I like having the best of both worlds here. It makes my life easier. The front loader cycle is about 10 mins or so longer than the SQ and as flexible too. The new front loaders like my dreaded Neptunes took forever to complete a cycle and balancing ...don't get me started! Lol
I am going to be doing an experiment and use the front loader for 3 months solid and see if there is a difference in our water bill.

 

[combo52]

Fl or TL Washer?

Use both let the wash water run out of the FL into the SQ TL washer, I do this all the time with my 1-18. I fill the 1-18 with dirty work jeans and save the hot wash water and first rinse water from two loads in the FL washer. The jeans get a nice soak while they wait for the second fill of recycled wash water and the jeans get nice and clean with only about 20+ gallons of cold rinse water, it is almost like getting a free load of laundry.