Good morning everybody,
I'd like to share with you my thoughts on frontload laundry.
When I was a kid, we lived in a duplex. Whenever we had to do laundry, we had to go to the wells laundromat on 38th street across from the Killeen high school. Once there, we'd use the frontload washers because we had big loads. You could hear and see all the water splashing around. The dryers got nice and hot. Meanwhile, the GE filter-flo pair was in storage because we didn't have hookups for them. I've been to the laundromat with my mom and dad on separate occasions. That may have been my first encounter with the frontload washers and dryers - all of which had windows.
When we moved into a single family home in August 3, 1999, We took the filter-flo pair with us. We used it nearly every single day until the transmission went out in 2000 or 2001. My dad wanted a frontload pair, but couldn't afford one at the time. So, we settled on another GE set. This time, it was the one that came out after the filter-flos. It saw 5 dishwashers and 2 fridges, with the first one seeing the filter-flo. As a sidenote, we did have a chest freezer and a dorm fridge. Back to the subject at hand. The GE was also used nearly every single day until I got older in my teens when it was used every single week.
In 2007, my mom got a frontload pair in her 2-story home, which is still working today. When I first saw it, I couldn't believe how fancy it was. It had all kinds of fancy buttons. Months later in 2008, she showed me how to use it. One thing I noticed, when I push the power button and turn the dial once, it goes right to cotton/normal. If I want cold water, I simply pres temp 3 times on the normal cycle. It would tumble clockwise and counterclockwise and use water circulation. When it would spin, my mom commented, "It sounds like a jet." This was when she first got it.
In 2017, my dad got his frontload matching pair used from a couple who got it brand new. He was fortunate to get one, even if it was used. My mom's had nearly everything laundered from under the sun, from her wool sweaters to heavily soiled and smelly everyday sturdy cottons like jeans and t-shirts.
My dad's is a Kenmore elite pair made by lg. It uses accelawash which is default on the normal/casual cycle. I have used steam on my mom's washer on a load of whites. Now that I've been thinking long and hard about it, I realize that frontload laundry has existed for a long time, and can handle nearly any fabric. We have used HE detergent when we had ours. My dad's dryer has steam too.
What are your thoughts?
I'd like to share with you my thoughts on frontload laundry.
When I was a kid, we lived in a duplex. Whenever we had to do laundry, we had to go to the wells laundromat on 38th street across from the Killeen high school. Once there, we'd use the frontload washers because we had big loads. You could hear and see all the water splashing around. The dryers got nice and hot. Meanwhile, the GE filter-flo pair was in storage because we didn't have hookups for them. I've been to the laundromat with my mom and dad on separate occasions. That may have been my first encounter with the frontload washers and dryers - all of which had windows.
When we moved into a single family home in August 3, 1999, We took the filter-flo pair with us. We used it nearly every single day until the transmission went out in 2000 or 2001. My dad wanted a frontload pair, but couldn't afford one at the time. So, we settled on another GE set. This time, it was the one that came out after the filter-flos. It saw 5 dishwashers and 2 fridges, with the first one seeing the filter-flo. As a sidenote, we did have a chest freezer and a dorm fridge. Back to the subject at hand. The GE was also used nearly every single day until I got older in my teens when it was used every single week.
In 2007, my mom got a frontload pair in her 2-story home, which is still working today. When I first saw it, I couldn't believe how fancy it was. It had all kinds of fancy buttons. Months later in 2008, she showed me how to use it. One thing I noticed, when I push the power button and turn the dial once, it goes right to cotton/normal. If I want cold water, I simply pres temp 3 times on the normal cycle. It would tumble clockwise and counterclockwise and use water circulation. When it would spin, my mom commented, "It sounds like a jet." This was when she first got it.
In 2017, my dad got his frontload matching pair used from a couple who got it brand new. He was fortunate to get one, even if it was used. My mom's had nearly everything laundered from under the sun, from her wool sweaters to heavily soiled and smelly everyday sturdy cottons like jeans and t-shirts.
My dad's is a Kenmore elite pair made by lg. It uses accelawash which is default on the normal/casual cycle. I have used steam on my mom's washer on a load of whites. Now that I've been thinking long and hard about it, I realize that frontload laundry has existed for a long time, and can handle nearly any fabric. We have used HE detergent when we had ours. My dad's dryer has steam too.
What are your thoughts?
