GE Big-Load Dryers

[macboy91si]

Hi, just a question about a big-load dryer and if they're any good or very desirable? I have a chance to pickup one cheap. It has a lot of buttons and settings it looks like. Are they considerably bigger than the standard unit and do they dry well?

Thanks

-Tim

 

[laundromat]

pictures??????????

Can you send a "pixcher"?

 

[bobbyderegis]

Tim:
They are great! Very large, fairly fast, and very quiet. The gas models use more gas than other brands(30,000 btu's), but they dry faster.
Bobby in Boston

 

[macboy91si]

Picture

Just one from the ad, it's small, but it appears to be in good shape. I'm thinking of replacing the Hotpoints with a true Filter-Flo set and I have a lead on a washer as well. The washer has the same console but 2 rocker switches on the left, and 2 knobs in the middle. I like the Hotpoint set OK and there's nothing badly wrong with them, but I just have a preference for a GE set, and the big-load unit is different.

-Tim

 

[yogitunes]

I'd go for the bigger set.....and a GE would be nice if it has the mini-basket, or even the spotscrubber option, thats what I wish the new one I got had....

 

[bobbyderegis]

Tim:
That looks like a TOL model. Does it have the electronic sensor? I'd grab it!
Bobby in Boston

 

[macboy91si]

GE's

Well, ever since the lint discussion it's got me wanting an actual Filter-Flo set. You offering me some FF parts for my HP didn't help I like the Hotpoints, they're certainly good machines, but the GE's are more gadgety, the washer looks like it could be a mini-basket model. I don't care about speeds, a 1-speed is good, but it looks like the machine I'm looking at is a 2 speed. 2 rockers on the left, 1 or 2 knobs in the center and the timer. I'm GUESSING that the switches are speed on the top and temp on the bottom (C,W,H) and the knobs are infinite water level and extra rinse? I can't tell what's next to the left knob in the center section. I have requested a pic of the washer. I also can't tell if that washer and dryer is almond or white.

-Tim

 

[bobbyderegis]

Tim:
This model has a two speed toggle on the top, and wash temps on the second toggle. The dial is the water level, and there is no second knob to the right of it, just writing that says "two speed washer with mini wash."
Bobby in Boston

 

[yogitunes]

YES...the more buttons the better...never really need or use them all that much....it's just nice to have them.....

as for any machine, hubby wants to know if I really needed another toy?......My answer: "have to have it, can't live another day without it!"....lol

 

[macboy91si]

Mini Basket?

I wonder if there is any chance of getting a mini-basket on this one? I'm also assuming it's a rampie? My current Hotpoint is an Extra Large Capacity, model, this is a standard cap I'm also assuming. I have no prob with the standard caps, the XL uses a LOT of water on full and I'm a single guy. Although it would be interesting pairing this washer with a big-load dryer I've also located a matching (I think) dryer for this machine but I can't tell if that's wood-grain or chrome around the console. I must be going blind.

-Tim

 

[yogitunes]

Watch yourself on the descriptions of capacities.....at one time there was standard and large....now theres large and extra large....same tubs, just a gimmick...forget the names...look at the tub itself, shallow or deep

I always preferred to go with the biggest capacities available, you can always reduce the water level, but you can't make a small tub larger....people used to ask me why a big machine for one or two people years ago, and this is why....that mini-basket would be better for you than you think...quick loads in 15 minutes...and the larger capacity gives you a larger MINI also

 

[tomturbomatic]

The big drum GE & Hotpoint dryers are nice and roomy and dry well. The only flaw that I noticed was that because they do not use a more powerful fan, or maybe for another reason like too small and restrictive a lint screen for the size of the dryer, they have a nasty habit of accumulating lint in between the drum opening and the door plug. It seems that the air likes to go around the plug instead of through it. Extremely large linty loads in a regular GE dryer will do this to a certain extent also. WH dryers have that problem also ever since they went to the D-shaped door opening in 1964 and, later, the round opening. It is messy when you open the door and some lint falls on the floor. Then you have to clean all of the stuff around the opening so that the clothes are not dragged through the lint as you unload the dryer. For non linty loads like sheets and shirts, it's not so much of a problem. These are just my observations from using one. I think they are beautiful. It would be nice if you could put a laundry basket in front of them without having to open the door all the way before putting the basket in front of the dryer.

 

[macboy91si]

Tubs

Yeah I've noticed all of the names. The 1999 Commercial set I sold to get the HP's were "Super" capacity. They were however, I could stick my whole arm in them, but I didn't like them. They worked fine, but they only had 3 water levels and they were horribly planned. Small was too small and thrashy to wash anything and medium was deceptively low coming in at under half full.

The HP I have now is the deep tub, I'd guess the one I'm looking at is shallow. I don't know how far up the model line you have to go before you get the deep tub.

Tom:

My standard HP dryer does that with linty things, the lint filter is kinda too small almost. I get a lot of light lint around the door gasket.

-Tim

 

[appnut]

Tim, that looks like the exact same dryer I had, color and all. Bought April, 1978. The two little buttons on the right next to the timer dial are for extra care on or off and signal on or off. I liked this dryer a lot and it has the electronic sensor, will say it on the control panel too. The dryer is white. That GE washer you have pictured in 419661 is a standrd capacity washer. The two toggle switches are 3 speed combos and 3 wash/rinse temp combos. It should have a mini basket. The little knob is the water level. It looks to be almoond too.

 

[macboy91si]

Extra-Care

Is Extra-Care the same as the Crease-Guard on the Hotpoint? Also, my Hotpoint has the variable buzzer and it's ridiculously loud and long.

-Tim

 

[bajaespuma]

I love mine. It's my daily driver as well.

I agree with everything Tom just said; the lint is messier than on their standard sized dryers and it is a pain not being able to slide a laundry basket in front of them. For me, it's been a great dryer. It's fast on most cycles but I think the electronic sensor needs calibration. It's also quite large, I measured it at a little more than 7.25 cu ft. What's nice about the big boys is that the surplus is in the diameter of the dryer drum, so the laundry has farther to fall into the air stream and stays better separated.

I'd like to find a gas model someday.

 

[appnut]

tim, the Extra Care is the extended tumble after cool down. On the Regular/Perm Press Cycle it's like 20 minutes (the cycle on the upper right hand of the timer). The Poly/Knits cycle (upper left of the cycle) is like for 10 minutes more. The buzzer is either on or off, no inbetween setting like on your Hotpoint. And it starts at about 1.5 to 2 minutes before the cycle ends. If extra care is selected on, then that buzzer continues for another 2 or 3 minutes into the beginning of the Extra Care phase. Loud enough to wake the dead. I don't think mine ever buzzed for the entire 4 minutes when EC selected--lived in apartment fot the first two years I had the set and as sensitive about how noisy it was with neighbors. My first house3, laundry was in the garage and the dryer was right next to the door that went into th4e garage from the house, so I still heard the dryer buzzing quite well.

 

[appnut]

I liked mine so well, I think I sold 4 more of these dryers when I would cruise through the appliance department of the store where I bought them and I'd see salesmen and customers looking at this model. The salesmen remembered me from when I bought mine.

 

[macboy91si]

Color

The seller contacted me and the dryer is almond as the washer seems to be as well. Just curious, would these be a matching pair at all?