Improving Top Loader Washer Performance Via Intermediate Soaks

[phillymatt53]

People I know that have the front loader washers always had problems with them.
Leaking door seals, coins winding up in the drain pump tearing up the impeller, drum bearings going bad, etc.
My neighbor's got a Bosch stackable set, swore to it as the best..... until things started going wrong with it.
I just never felt that they were as effective as top-loaders.
Even with a heavy load, my old Maytag A492 manages to provide a good rollover action.

As for extending the soak time, on occasion I simply stop the machine during the wash cycle and leave it for a while, sometimes hours.
A bit of Oxy-Clean does wonders for brightening up things.

 

[mrstickball]

I'll have spectrograph results from a Samsung Bespoke washer tomorrow for ultra set-in stains that I've done similar tests with against a huge number of modern washers. I am excited to see the results tomorrow under the analyzer. Visually, the Bubble Soak + Heavy Duty cycle looked to be the best at removing stains that I've ever seen. I am even more curious if I could get a delayed soak + stain pre-treatment setup going on the machine that is fully automated. Like many have said - soaking helps a lot... If it could be done intelligently on a front load via recirculation and concentrated detergent/wash media, you could have a pretty flawless system.