GE getting back into commercial laundry

[gelaundry4ever]

Hey guys, I hear that GE is getting back into commercial laundry.

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[william8]

I checked out the GE "commercial" washing machine at my local appliance dealer last week. The suspension was a joke, and he rocommended that I NOT buy one. $1000

 

[gelaundry4ever]

GE!

What is GE thinking?

 

[Chetlaham]

What a shameless, obnoxious farce. No way any of that comes close to Speed Queen, Maytag, DD, or even a Filter Flo. I guess there are just enough customers out there capable of being fooled.

 

[gelaundry4ever]

To GE...

Why are you getting back into commercial laundry for? We know what you're doing!

 

[kalanikaau1]

"I guess there are just enough customers out there capable of being fooled."

Indeed, look at how many POS washers Whirlpool sells, they are master con artists...

 

[kenwashesmonday]

As long as other brands are making fake commercial washers, GE/Haier might as well jump on the bandwagon.

 

[wayupnorth]

True Ken, everyone jumped on that bandwagon years ago when every laundry product was labeled "Heavy Duty". Honestly, they were more a heavy duty product to the crap sold now.

 

[launderess]

By "commercial" that lot is OPL in common with others of similar ilk.

That GE washer wouldn't last a month in a commercial setting. One has one's doubts how well it would survive in multi-family housing such as an apartment building, college or some other dormitory accommodations.

 

[henene4]

One has to remember priorities there though.

These machines won't run 24/7, probably more like a few cycles a day max.
Then these need to be efficient - as long as they work, you can say you have OPL possibilities, and you want that as cheaply as possible.
And then it's the up front investment. If you have to buy 8+ machines at once, doubling the price is a HUGE difference. So on a pure ROI basis, buying cheap but more often can make sense.

So these machines offer cheap means to offer OPL with warrantys for such applications - NOBODY in an OPL setting would do repairs themselves, so having just parts warrantys still cover much of the issue for that setting.

There are a bunch of similar offerings by ELux and Whirlpool over here. They are usually aimed at things like hair salons, small eating establishments or multi occupant dwellings like assisted living facilities.

Once you go actually pro, there isn't much of a price difference between all the brands (Alliance Laundry, Miele and ELux). So it's usually down to who can fit your needs better, which has better support options in your location and often who you are used to.

 

[frigilux]

Eugene at Lorain Furniture & Appliance did a "first look" at the GE Commercial top-loader about a year ago. As has been stated by others in this thread, he wasn't enthusiastic about the build quality, but the machine was obviously supposed to compete with the Maytag commercial washer for the home market. However, he was fairly impressed with the cleaning & rinsing ability of the washer.

 

[gelaundry4ever]

kirk rivas

I believe Kirk Rivas did a test on this as well.

 

[gelaundry4ever]

GE commercial not convinced

I'm still not convinced that these are "commercial" units. I can hear the machine bashing itself apart like somebody's bashing away at the drum set, not playing it. Bash bash bash bash bash!!!! That is obnoxious!

 

[DADoES]

 
Oops, wrong thread.

 

[gelaundry4ever]

to chetlaham

Tell me I'm wrong with my assessment. I'm convinced these so-called commercial washers will bang and slam their cabinets around like somebody bashing away at the drums while going ham. That's what it sounds like to me.

 

[Chetlaham]

You're not entirely wrong. Its just a name to appeal to a market that will never get what its actually looking for. Sad reality is business tends to be all about names and marketing, not substance. 

 

[gelaundry4ever]

substance

I'm all about substance. Only Speed Queen Laundry truly delivers. Speed Queen Laundry is like a drummer who plays with substance knowihg to stay in the groove and which cymbals to hit and when. That's my analogy.

 

[combo52]

GE commercial laundry

My mother-in-law just moved into senior housing where they have laundry rooms where there are two GE commercial washers and two commercial dryers in each laundry room, they’ve been there for about seven years. They do not require coinage. They’re just available to use by the residences. it’s a huge place and they seem to be running all the time as far as I can tell they’re all still going just fine after seven years.

I agree Speed Queen’s would probably be more rugged however they use more energy and that’s a big factor in a place like this the GEs spin much drier and use less electricity than the commercial Speed Queen.

John