GE Adora Front load washer

[captainmoody]

I saved several GE front load washers from the crusher (for now anyway) at my local scrap yard. Several were GE "Adora" front load units that are a little over a year old!
They were missing the data tags, so I am assuming they were scrapped by an appliance store. (the guy at the yard said Lowe's)
From what I can see, they are Chinese made by a company called "Little Swan" Are they considered pure junk? From what I was told, they fill but wont agitate, and haven't tried checking them out yet.

 

[sillysuds]

Why in the junk pile so soon?

 

[whirlcool]

If they are front loading machines, they would rotate vs agitate. IMHO you need an agitator to agitate, and FL machines don't have one.
The only thing I have heard about the GE Adora FL machines is that they are relatively cheaply made and have very long cycle times. But there is very little information about them out there.

 

[sudsmaster]

Given their relative youth, I would guess that they may have control board issues - either motor or main or both.

Initially I thought that GE had hit a home run with their Adora series. 3.6+ cu ft capacity, internal heater, true horizontal drum, there wasn't much to dislike on first gander.

But since then I've not heard all that glowing feedback from owners, coupled with lousy reviews in CR etc. Seems like someone at GE initially had the right idea, but someone at GE cut too many corners getting there.

 

[whirlcool]

When I was in Home Depot last week, next the GE Adora's was a pair of GE frontloaders that I hadn't seen before. They were smaller and they had them stacked. It seemed like a totally different design from the Adora. Does anyone know anything about these?

GE Appliances: Shop for Home, Kitchen, & Laundry Appliances

GE Appliances is your home for the best kitchen appliances, home products, parts and accessories, and support.

products.geappliances.com

 

[neptunebob]

I had those machines in an apartment I used to live in. They are the same as Frigidaire front loaders (The FriGEmore) and should perform like the Frigidaire. They don't hold as much as the Adora (strange name for a washer) and the drain pump roars but they do seem to work well and are reasonably reliable, although the bears may give out after 4-5 years. Also, the matching dryer is small and tends to run hot.

 

[golittlesport]

GE is now marketing the 3.5 size Frigidaire front loader under the GE label. A tad smaller than the Adora, but not by much. A very good, reliable front loader at a reasonable price. As mentioned, the dryer isn't huge, but certainly is adequate. The good thing is that these have the same footprint as the smaller capacity 3.1 sized front loaders and will fit almost any stacking/installation situation, where the Adoras may not as they have bigger and deeper cabinets.

 

[irishwashguy]

What do the Adoras look like? I do not belive that I have ever seen or heard of those in this part of the country.

 

[zipdang]

Richie, you can kick the tires on an Adora at Lowe's or Standard. Maybe Sears, too?

 

[golittlesport]

like this

The Adora looks like this (follow the link). The name Adora may be used by models at Home Depot or Lowes, but all the larger Chinese-built GE front loders are basically the same machine and look like this.

http://products.geappliances.com/ApplProducts/Dispatcher?REQUEST=SUBCATEGORY&SITEID=GEA&CATEGORY=CA0002

 

[captainmoody]

Well, I partially checked out the "Adora" tonight. I wasn't ready to drag it over to the laundry tub and hook it up to water yet, so I tried a small bit of air pressure to the fill valve to get it to agitate, rotate, whatever..
Anyhow, it did rotate forward and backward, so it is doing that much ok. Didn't seem to spin though, but the drain pump is working so I may just hook it up to water tomorrow.

 

[oxydolfan1]

did anyone else but me
ultimately reject these machines
because they are made in china
and chinese-made equipment are thought
to have lower durability standards

i know i did
and i'm wondering if
my initial bias was actually correct

 

[zipdang]

lower durability standards

Yep, I avoided the Adora because of concerns about durability. Initially I thought the design presented well enough; no blatant shortcomings a la the Frigidaire Affinty dryer door hinge. But it bugged me that GE’s marketing approach was to sell a front loader that was priced noticeably less than its competition. If one cost-saving measure was to have the units built in China, I figured they could have skimped on parts quality, too. Wishing to avoid purchasing potential garbage, I chose something else with a proven decent reputation.

 

[volvoguy87]

Ugh!

My folks bought this set. While there is little that strikes me as being too horrifying, there is nothing about them that impresses me, even slightly. The washer's cycles take FOREVER, even by front loader standards. The doors and controls also feel cheap. The dryer has the worst lint filter I have ever used. It's almost like they want you to leave it alone, it is so hard to clean. If I had to choose between this and a classic MAytag, it's Center-Dial all the way!

GE, you used to be so good, bring back the FF and be good again!
Dave

 

[norgeman]

Re: Bring back the FilterFlows

Volvoguy87, Thank you for saying it, it is also my wish that G.E. would bring back the FilterFlows instead of the Shit that there making nowadays. My question is why do the manufactures do this when they have one of the best washers on the market and then go and switch it out or try to "improve them" when they already had a damn good washer that was reliable and washed well? Can someone answer this for me as I would really like to know? Thanks Danf.

 

[retromom]

Home Depot was carrying the Adora series washers/dryers, refrigerators, and ranges. They seemed to be at the low end of the price scale, but with a trendy-looking exterior. I guess they would fall under the "disposable" appliance category.

As manufacturing ideas (or lack of them) are cyclical, perhaps a filter-flo once again in GE's future. You would think that appliance manufacturers would latch on to an idea that is unique and effective rather than jump on board the banal bandwagon with the others.

 

[oxydolfan1]

I was checking out prices around here this morning, and noted that, while the Frigidaire models are being very aggressively discounted, in the five hundred-ish range, most of the retailers are still selling the Adora over eight hundred....peculiar, given it doesn't seem to be moving well.

Initially, the GE appealed to me price-wise, versus comparable Whirlpool, Sears, etc. models, because it had an internal heater.

And then, I looked at it, and got that queasy feeling you get whenever you look at GE washers nowadays....it was sort of like a bad vibe.

 

[coldspot66]

This may come as a big surprise, but the reason any manufacturer "improves" something nowadays usually has to do with cost, not quality.

 

[sillysuds]

You are so right,cost is number one.