GE profile filter-flo

[gelaundry4ever]

model t against LEAP

I can tell you that the Whirlpool LEAP design was superior to the model T in every superior way, including build quality. There's no squeaking, and it felt sturdy compared to GE's feeble attempt. Believe me, my babysitter had a Whirlpool and I've heard it running constantly. As for the GE, you could just tell that the tub could sag at any minute. Whirlpool's transmission compared to GE was superior too. Now you wonder why GE had only 15% of the laundry business when they built the model t and matching dryer. Whirlpool was TRULY ahead of their time, even through the end of the direct drive platform. Oh, the GE model T sounded like it would work itself to death when washing a full load of laundry compared to Whirlpool. I'm sure Whirlpool had hundreds of engineers. @chetlaham, I know you're reading this, so I'm sure you'd agree with me. Now you see why Whirlpool was the world leader in laundry. Nobody could touch them, not even GE with their model T.

 

[gelaundry4ever]

washer design and jack welch

I wish Jack Welch would've cared about how a washer and dryer should be built, instead of cheapening everything as we saw with the model T.

 

[Chetlaham]

The world works when people exercise their civic duties get involved, not when they expect authority to govern itself or tell people what is best. GE didn't care because people didn't care.   

 

[qsd-dan]

GE didn't care because people didn't care.

Ehhh, people cared, especially those laid off from the company. GE/Jack Welch was trying to maximize profits.

Not sure if calling manufactures out on their junk/sketchy practices works anymore these days. Modern day refrigerators are a great example. All junk, people bitch by the millions, nothing changes. You'd think at least one manufacture would build a good solid unit 'cause everybody would flock them like moths to a bright light.

 

[Chetlaham]

A few do moan, but most continue voting with their wallet and no one protests. Silence is consent, buying is approval. No much anyone person can do no matter how much they hate it or how unfair the whole situation is.

 

[gelaundry4ever]

commercial environment

There's no possible way that a GE model t could survive in a commercial environment. I could imagine its oil smelling and cabinets shaking as well as the transmission overworking itself to death.

 

[Chetlaham]

Jerome, GE actually pulled that sick joke on business owners and landlords. I'm not kidding. I remember around me when apartment complexes in 2008/2009 began phasing in hydrowaves to replace mid 80s coin op filter flos. The hydrowaves sucked, I remember on one a month old the front panel was popping off. that was painful to see, I could no longer look inside those laundry rooms.

 

 

 

 

[daveamkrayoguy]

The one GE Filter-Flo at Lee's Laundry

Reply 105:

Well a commercial laundry environment supposedly didn't hurt this GE, and it didn't matter whether the "frisbee" lint filter was on it, or stolen for a sport...

-- Dave

 

[maytag85]

I’m getting to the point where I’m going to disregard ANY thread about anything GE, especially the Filter Flo washers and crappy models that replaced the Filter Flo machines in the 1990’s. GE never seemed to ‘get it’ with washers, had the Filter Flo washers that held 2 quarts of oil that would either spill onto the floor or destroy whatever was being washed when the top of the transmission corroded away, used a absurd amount of water which provided marginal rinsing, had a clutch that would fail when a 2 speed motor did the job perfectly fine.

To put it this way, GE Filter Flo washers are the Buick Dynaflow of the washer world, work well but aren’t efficient or have any major advantage over something else contemporary. Might sound like I am contradicting myself since I use older machines, but a Whirlpool or Kenmore belt drive washes and rinses better than a GE FF while using a little less water. Maytag of course uses less water too and probably rinses the same as a GE FF.

 

[Chetlaham]

@dave- Is that a BOL model without the Filter Flo feature or did they disable the filter flo for the filming of the commercial?

 

@Sean- Yes Whirlpools, Kenmores and Maytags often outperformed FFs in several categories and usually gave customer more for their money, however, what replaced the FF was absolutely a horrendous rip off. Had GE copied the Raytheon design or remastered the Goodman design I would not at all be unhappy with the discontinuation of FF design. I would not mind a modern Speed Queen washer, identical to as they are, with the GE/Hotpoint/RCA logos on them. In fact GE would have perfected the cycle sequences and made some really nice control panels to compliment them.  

 

[DADoES]

 
<blockquote>Is that a BOL model without the Filter Flo feature or did they disable the filter flo for the filming of the commercial?</blockquote> The machine has three toggle switches (presumably speed, wash temp, rinse temp) and a rotary knob for water level, so it's not a BOL.  The text above the timer apparently says "2 Speed Washer with Mini Wash" so recirculation is necessary for a Mini Basket to function.  There's a recirculation port but no flow, so it's disabled.

May be model WWA8350P per a PotD I have saved.

It appears to be running on slow agitation speed.

I'm surprised no one has thrown an alarm about it being overloaded ...

 

[daveamkrayoguy]

Thank you DaDoEs for a better photograph of that washer I'd been trying to take...

And for telling us all about it, which I would gather that General Electric model is, feature-wise, too...

Okay: IT'S OVERLOADED...!

-- Dave

 

[Chetlaham]

Thank you for clarifying. Obviously not a Spotscrubber either, so I'm guessing they just clamped off the recirculation hose with some vise gripes:

 

 

 

 

The knob looked like a single cycle at first glance, so I assumed a potential BOL model.

 

Regarding the overloading that is certainly is LOL! I'm guessing due to the low resolution of CRTs it was intended to shows folks that clothes were indeed inside being washed with softened water.

 

Does anyone know why GE machines appeared so often in detergent adverts? Did GE pay advertisers or is it because GE appliances are budget priced?   

 

[DADoES]

 
WWA8350P, if that's it, has three cycles:  Normal, Perm Press/Poly Knit, Automatic Soak.

 

[Chetlaham]

<3

Thank you! The cycle borders don't show up in the video for me. Seeing that model now it is beautiful! I love the warm rinse option. Lucky people who had that model. 

 

 

Does the soak cycle agitate or drain out at the end?

 

[gelaundry4ever]

GE!

I had a GE that would agitat and soak twice if you had it set to 30 minute soak. It would continue with the rest of the regular cycle.

 

[Chetlaham]

You had one of the good models! Do you remember the model #? My absolute favorite model has a quick cycle, PP cycle, normal cycle and an auto soak cycle followed by a long main wash with auto extra rinse.

 

 

 

 

[maytag85]

It’s time to put this thread out to pasture, basically beating on a dead horse at this point.

I feel the same way, Jerome and Chetlaham, but honestly isn’t worth the time dwelling on the same subject over and over.

It seems as though some people on this site really want to break the record for the amount of posts posted. Better to have quality posts, not quantity.

 

[maytag85]

Come to think of it, FF doesn’t only stand for Filter Flo, also stands for Filter Flunk. GE definitely flunked on the quality, especially in the later years. This is why I’ll only will have Whirlpool/Kenmore and Maytags in my fleet.

 

[gelaundry4ever]

washer model

wwse3160aoww with matching dryer.