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Hi all!

About to settle on a home and the sellers also offered us their LG front load washer and dryer - WM2250CW & DLE2250W.

We've already purchased a new Speed Queen pair - but figured these were cheap and already hooked up... Plus - then we have the option of both a front loader and top loader...

However - I've not ever really had much to do with the new larger front load machines...

Does anyone have any knowledge - or even own these models who could tell me what they like/dislike about these particular models? Particularly - do they feel as though they use enough water?

Many thanks!

http://www.lg.com/us/washers/lg-WM2250CW-front-load-washer
 
Love our LG

I have a similar model that I have been very happy with. However, mine has a heater. It washes great but you need a heater if you want a truly hot wash. It also rinses well and is very quiet.

Bob
 
Both my mum and my mother in law have an LG front load, my mums is the higher model than the MIL's and they both love them. MIL is used to top loaders but said this one does it much better, only problem is it doesn't flush out the dog fur very well.

I like LG front loaders and would consider one for my laundry but without a heater I don't know.

Hope your enjoying your new life over there :-D

Matt
 
Love mine LG's also

I have the WM2050W(no heater also)wish mine did, but its not a deal breaker for me. I have had no problems and mine is going on 5yrs old this april.Yes, they do use plenty of water, the perm press uses more water in main wash and rinses, than the cotton/normal cycles but still uses enough to get the job done. There is a option on your machine, call "water plus" that adds alot more water in the wash and all the rinses. I do use that option with some loads.It helps!
use the highest spin speed, that the cycle being used will allow, and drying time won't be long at all.
I have no complaints on my set other than not having a heater on the washer. Love the dryer, quiet and fast.
 
I have four. Three front loaders and an awesome top loader. All LG and no drama. Great results, quiet, foolproof, and fun to watch. I am tempted to disasemble my 2277 and paint it turquoise with acrylic paint. I'm thinking of doing a mural of a surf wave curling in the front. On that, particular one, I increased its water level up the window a few inches. Makes it a lot more fun to watch sitting on my bench. Just like being in a laundromat. I'll bet you become partial to them once you use them. Throw your pillows on. You'll be impressed. I was.
 
Love my LG machines

I have the LG WM0642 and matching dryer similar to the photo. This is my second set--the first set stayed with the house we sold, so I bought a new set of the same model for the new house. That's a pretty good testimonial, I think.

I've never had an issue with cleaning performance, so *I* would judge the water to be sufficient in both volume and temperature. I only do one Hot load a week, the rest is either Warm or Cold. NB: on my model, it offers Cold and Tap Cold. Cold will blend in some hot water if needed to bring the temperature up a bit; Tap Cold is straight from the well (or the mains, if you have 'city' water).

Runs very quietly. Mine are in a laundry room at the foot of an open stairway with the main living area at the top of the stairs, and they are barely audible while running, even during the spin cycle. Absolutely no problem watching TV with the wash going.

FWIW, I have an aunt in the boonies of NW Ohio who recently bought a new LG pair for her new house and she loves them. I don't know what models she got, though.

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My absolute favorite brand of current appliances!!! I have both top and front loading models that refuse to break down. I do at least two loads daily and the clothes get real clean. My new frig. Is made by them for Sears. Real quiet,fast ice freeze.
 
Mark--
I didn't know this model had been discontinued...I got my current pair from Home Depot in December of 2009.

I also love the look of the rear-panel LGs, but the dispenser is really what tipped it for me (especially when I re-upped with a new pair when we moved). The pull-out dispenser drawers on the giant cubes (regardless of make) just don't seem that sturdy, and a little harder to work with. Having the dispenser built into the top with a flip-up door is just a bit more old-school quality feeling.

HUSH all you detractors reminding me that a '53 Bendix or what have you was all metal, not plastic. ;)
 
Brian,

how right you are. When the frontline aspect of a device is chinsy feeling it sets the tone, and for me ruins the whole user experience...like a car with a flimsy squeaky door handle and crappy steering wheel.
 
Stricklybojack,

AMEN! I cringe when I hear/feel a new car door and/or handle that has that hollow, tinny sound like a '78 Mitsu-Plymouth Arrow. No different for appliances. I've been on the lookout for a hand mixer for a while now, but all I ever see in stores is so cheap and shoddy looking it looks like a child's toy--no matter if I'm in Sears or Williams-Sonoma. Guess I need to just scour the thrift shops and tag sales!
 
Well thanks

folks!

I'm sure they'll be fun to play with for a while...

I note that some of you feel that these use 'enough' water... Does anyone know if it's possible to increase the fill and rinse water levels on these models? (Like you can adjust on a Speed Queen with the turn of a screw?) Or are they a fixed fill switch? I've only ever played around with a front loader once before (Bosch) and it was adjustable - but I had no idea what to do - there were I think three or four screws...

I wasn't aware this model didn't have a heater... That is disappointing... If I'd have known that - I probably wouldn't have purchased them... Oh well... Too late now! I believe the house is on gas hot water - so cheap enough anyway to still get a relatively hot wash... Maybe these will end up in the basement for the play room washer and dryer - and I'll put the Speed Queens upstairs...
 
I don't think there is an adjustment for the water level (at least not for the consumer to do). The water level adjust itself automatically for the size of the load. Gentle and especially Hand Wash seem to give a bigger fill relative to the size of the load, which makes sense.
 
In another month when , hopefully, the snow melts off my cellar bulkhead, I am kissing my SQ washer happy trails and I am going to buy an LG front loader with TurboWash. I am still researching what model I want but it's not going to be the uber sized one. I will post pics once it happens.
 
LG with Turbo wash

Hi Mike

Not to upset the SQ fans, but I think you will love the LG Turbo Wash. I got model WM3570H recently and L-O-V-E it. It does an awesome job and has the recirculation during wash and an awesome spin-spray rinse. It has a nice solid feel to it and has the least frequent repair history for front loaders on the CR survey. I am happy with my choice and feel it is the best machine out there.

Rich
 
I watched a video of that very same model on YouTube and but was the default Cottons cycle that was something like 37 mins long. I was intrigued by the washing, the high speed spin, spray rinse during that first spin, deep rinse and then two spin spray rinses and final spin.
I am not in love with my SQ washer, I like it enough, but with our water rates going up and electricity to run the dryer, I need something that will perform better and is efficient with water. Plus I want a washer that will extract water better. I know some here will gasp at what I am saying, yet this is my experience and opinion. It ain't all that!
 
LG~

Great thread. 

I have to say that everyone I know that has an LG "Front Load" washer absolutely loves them.  Most of the people I know have the very first direct drives with the rear panel.  They would not get rid of it for anything.  I don't know anyone that has a top loader LG.

The LG Turbo Wash...this is awesome.   I just watched the video on Youtube.  It answers many of my "What If's" when I have watched my first generation HE3T wash. 

What I would love to see is a "full" load for me.  The load they washed was only a 1/4 of what I wash.  Always a full load....for the last 14 or so years in my HE3T.  Would love to see the LG deal with that.

Here is the video of the LG Turbo Wash if anyone did not see it.

Looks like an awesome washer.

B

 

 
Hey Brent,
I have four LG washers and one is their top loading 4.3 cu ft top loader ( WT1101CW ). I saw it at Smith's Trade a used furniture and appliance store. It was new/never used and the owner,Charlie Smith, gives me machines there he'll never touch that is one of them. I took it off the shipping pallet,turned it over on its side to remove tben noticed a piece of broken plastic off the pallet stuck in the motor plate. I removed it and it's worked flawlessly ever since. Its the absolute best,new top loading, washer I've ever had. I can wash our 9'X 18" runners, ten big blankets,king size bed sets, and watch as this washer takes over and gets everything cleaner and brighter smelling so nice and drying so fast. I highly recommend this affordable,nice ,hjge capacity washer to anyone who wants a nice machine for under $700. I saw this same model at Home Depot priced at $649. Better then Whirlpool,Maytag,GE,and Samsung and easy , user friendly controls. Extremely quiet too. I use it more then the front loading LGs and Mieles.
It has neat agitation movements and a recirculating spray. You may choose spray OR deep rinses and the 1100 RPM final spin can last as long as 23 minutes.
The pressure switch in all my front load LGs that determines the amount of water they use all have the screw to either increase by turning clockwise or decrease by turning counterclockwise. So,mine all fill all the way up to the base of the door handles. Water splashes with suds like waves on the coast and , like the 1101 top loader,it gets everything extremely clean. They spin 1400 RPMS and have steam options. Those are over two years old and not a second of issues. Great enough experiences with LG and their customer relations to become my absolute favorite current brand. Life is Good.
 
Thats the video I watched. Not a long wash cycle and on par with my top loader. Its a great selling tool to watch. Now the question I have is ...how well does the LG washer deal with lint and pet fur? I hang laundry out in the spring and summer and with my SQ washer there leaves alot to be desired at times. The Frigidaire built GE front loader does ok for linting and pet hair and I never get a residue on the clothes like I get with the SQ washer. And it will be nice to have a washer that extracts better. Now I have to double spin since the SQ washer takes its sweet time to get up to high spin...and thats with a new belt...by the time the final spin is over with, the load needs another spin. Once I do that, then the load feels acceptable to throw into the dryers.
 
Awesome Video!

I keep watching this video over and over and want to point out the spin rinses.  Although these are spin rinses this is still part of the wash cycle!   Although this is not a part of the wash cycle....this machine is still washing!  Spin rinse between the wash and first deep rinse.  And then another spin rinse after the fist rinse into final spin.  This is incredible!  It is still pulling the dirt or a better way to say "anything else" out of the clothes in the final spin. 

I think this is incredible!   This machine is doing a spin rinse at what appears to be over 1,200 RPM per minute.

When we think back to Robert's "Unimatic Creation"  most of his focus was on full tub rinse during the spins.  This is the same thing.

I think LG has hit a home run with this cycle sequence. 

I am very impressed!

Now if they would only build a Gas Combo!

Whirlpool....what's up?  Get with the game.

 



 

 

[this post was last edited: 3/7/2015-00:29]
 
But what abut using fabric softner--the spin rinse after the first rinse.  Seems like it would flush out the softner. I think this cycle sequence occurs only when turbowash option is selected. I'd like to see how it handles all this with a FULL load. 
 
~Bob

I thought the same thing about the Fabric Softener and the last spray rinse....

I also would love to see this machine work with the loads I do.  (FULL loads)

B

 
 
Post-softener spray rinse

I think a lot of top loaders do or did that as well. From what was said here, softener requires warm water to be removed from the clothes - a cold spray won't do too much "harm" to the softener coating.

 

I strongly suggest to watch Fernando's channel on YouTube. He has lots of videos of his 4.5 cu.ft LG TurboWash washer/dryer, showing the water levels and everything.
 
Tomorrow I am going out to get the 3570 LG washer. I found it on Sale for $835 and there is a couple of rebates on the washer. The SQ washer I am going to sell so hopefully I can get rid of it. There is nothing wrong with the washer, and I hate to part with it but my water and electric bill say otherwise. Plus performance wise and capacity will be better with the LG washer I think. The washer is highly rated in CU and the SQ washer...not so much.
 
Mike yay!!  I know you're gonna be glad to have a FLer back.  I cannot wait to hear the results of you taking it through its paces.  I just wish it gradually heated up from warm to hot/or sanitary  and offer extra hot (sanitary) wash temp on other cycles other than the named cycle like my WP does.  FLers ROCK!!!!  I'll also be curious to see if you decide to use your smart phone to download additional cycles. 

[this post was last edited: 3/8/2015-20:02]
 
~ Mike

You are going to have so much fun Mike!

Can't wait to hear your reports on it's cleaning ability since you have had FL'ers in the past.

Sounds like an awesome price by the way.

Brent
 

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