Is There Any Such Thing as a Reliable FL?

[rp2813]

Hey Rich, that laundry scene looks beautiful! Including the machines! I like Frigidaire's design but am interested in largest capacity I can find. I felt their dryers were too small. But we do plan to put a counter across the top like you've done. Thanks for the picture!

 

[irishwashguy]

Miele is my Favorate hands down

Although they are a little spendy, take a new thought. What you pay for up front for a new washer, like a Miele, you will make up later in the amount of time that you will have it in operation. They are pretty tough little buggers. Considering that the Kenmore HE-4-t set is 2600 or so, they are only a little way from the Miele that I bought. The Fridigdaires have also made alot of progress in the last couple of years. They even have heating elements now. I have a few friends that have these and have brilliant results with them. I have several friends that have the Nexxt series from Bosch. My Aunt Betty loves them, so does my friend Renata. They are not really bad on price either. if you were to get an entry level set, you would be talking about perhaps 1839. and some change, w/o the sales tax( I do not have tax here, so I do not know how to calculate it) take a look at them. Some places will even let you try them before you buy them. I bet if the guy at Sears wants to sell you a machine, he will let you bring in a load of washing to take it for a spin. In SF, they have the Miele office, with the distributor next door where they have live machines that they have. Even just for fun, take a load of clothes to them, and spend some time with it. They will even provide the soap, free Persil, that is Fabulous, they are at 800-245-8215. Call them. And I have inclused a link to compare different models.Bosch was not working when I tried it. If you are ever in Portland,Standard TV and appliance has live machines on their showroom floor on 82nd Ave and in Beaverton on Hall BLVD.I love going in there. I really love my washer and dryer.

http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productList&N= 1000090

 

[tomturbomatic]

Ultramatic52, good to hear from you again. Thank you for all of the information about your new Samsung. I would like to know the number of rinses on the cottons cycle. Do the rinses fill with more water than the wash? Does the machine spin fast after the wash and after each rinse? I know with my front loaders, the amount of spinning makes a big difference in the rinsing ability. Glad you are happy with your machines. Like you, I believe that there are tasks where a top loader is best.

Take care,
Tom

 

[rp2813]

I can't see paying $2600 for any washer no matter what the claims. That would by a lot of top loaders and still probably have $ left over by the time your average Miele finally did need replacement. If money was no object, that would be a different story. It was tough enough to rationalize and justify paying $750 for a full size Duet when an OK TL can be had at half the price. But I wanted the convenience of a machine that would handle a king size mattress pad without a bunch of careful arranging as is required in the large Amana TL that I have now. We have two king sized beds in our home and I'm tired of having to fold things up up and stuff them in the Amana just right so they'll be under water, and then hold the re-set knob on the fill level until it's at its highest. I know the Duet will do a much better job of getting these large items clean and I can set it and forget it. At the price I paid, it was worth it for the convenience and these machines appear to be fairly reliable. We don't do laundry every day. These machines will be low mileage and should last us a long time. With my company bonus about to be paid out, I'll be able to pay for them without even feeling it so the timing was right. Our new Duet pair gets delivered on Tuesday.

 

[panthera]

Ralph,

I hope they give you long, trouble free service.
Truly, I do. My personal opinions on US market quality aside, of any American machine on the market big enough to fit your needs, they are the best choice.

 

[ultramatic52]

Hi Tomturbomatic!!!!!

Answering your questions this washer is preset for 2 rinses in any cycle, you can only add an extra one but you can´t reduce to less than 2. I doesn´t fill with more water in the rinse than in the, but it does spin fast between all the rinses which make them extremely efficient.

I almost never add the other rinse cause for me 2 rinses are more than enough. Clothes have never come out with detergent, or sudsy, or as if they needed more rinsing, and because I use a "No rinse formula fabric Softener" this eliminates the need of extra rinses.

I just use it whenever I add Chlorine Bleach for example with the white towels. Whites don´t need bleach or chlorine, I just choose the Sanitize cycle with prewash and that´s more than enough. I haven´t need to wash my whites, eventhough I´m a Medical Doctor and need to be in white dressin daily, with Chlorine or in my Whirlpool since Samsung is here.

The silver wash option does make an excellent job in removing stains. So I don´t need anything else, beside Samsung, silver wash, Ariel with Bleach powder, Vanish Powder, and Suavitel with "No rinse formula", and this is my best cleaning team.

If you have any other question please let me know. I get really excited answering any your questions.!!!!!

 

[oxydolfan1]

Yes, I do....what is a "no rinse fabric softener"? Another poster mentioned this, and I was a bit confused...

Is it unusual for a launderer using a top-loading machine in Mexico to use only one rinse per cycle?

How often do you have to replace the silver rods in the Samsung?

Are they expensive?

Thanks, Scotty

 

[sudsmaster]

I think I read that replacing the silver bar in the Samsung might run under $100.

CR gave a positive review of the silver option, saying that fabrics laundered using it stayed fresher longer. The silver probably doesn't help much with cleaning, the point is that the silver ions kill bacteria. So it's primarily for disinfection.

 

[ultramatic52]

Answers to your questions!!!

Hi everyone.

Regarding the "No Rinse Fabric Softener", this is a special formula, I think strong enough that eliminates the need of the second rinse. It doesn´t matter the amount of detergent you´ve used, this will rinse your clothes better than the second rinse. Almost everyone here that has a top load washer use only one rinse. Many machines here doesn´t have the second rinse option. Maybe this is the reason why the Fabric Softener has a "No rinse formula".

About the Samsung rods, it is said they last for about 3000 washes, which could be at least 2 and a half years. They do help you in the wash on getting stains out. This ions stick into the clothes stains and break its components making the stain to disappear but not in a virtual way, stain is gone and it´s not coming back.

It also uses this in the last rinse, which is meant to be as the sanitization part of the wash cycle even though you didn´t choose the sanitize cycle or hot water. I´ve really seen how this has worked for me in our whites. They were turning yellowish and greyish, and since the time I´ve been using this washer and the ion option, I don´t need to soak, I don´t need special liquids or detergents, not even chlorine bleach, to get my whites white. They now look sparkling white. It´s amazing!!!!! You should try it for at least 6 months to look this kind of results. But you will still get excellent results since wash 1.