Modern washer the fills all the way

[gelaundry4ever]

to chetlaham

Late to the party, but I noticed this trend never changes. Too many consumers want full water, gentle care on all fabrics, and capacity. What they fail to realize is not all fabrics need delicate care. Most require aggressive agitation, ly typical sturdy cottons and linens.

 

[Chetlaham]

I think consumers realize that all these HE washers wear down clothes attempting to wash without water, then demand delicate washing, only to then realize things now get even less clean. About the only HE top load washer I think made a serious attempt at great cleaning with minimal fabric wear was the Maytag TL Neptune and to a lesser degree the Whirlpool Calypso.   

 

[DADoES]

 
Calypso is better on the whole than Neptune TL.  I have both.  Neptune TL fails on some types of loads.

 

[Chetlaham]

I believe you. I wish they still made both. They actually cleaned and were gentle overall. 

 

[gelaundry4ever]

too gentle

Today's washers are way too gentle on clothes. What the heck if you're trying to get out ground-in dirt?

 

[Chetlaham]

Manufacturers are just trying to reflexively quell consumer complaints. When HE washers started to rip, tear and wear down clothes they simply added a bit more water, maybe a "deep fill" knob /  "bulk cycle" and made the was action gentler without actually fixing the underlying cause.

 

If you want clean clothes and acceptable wear from a top load package go with a DD.

 

If you want clean clothes, HE, acceptable wear and a top load design go with Calypso or Maytag neptune.

 

If you want clean clothes, HE and gentle washing go with a heated front load.

 

Everything else is consumers voting for their own demise. The money that would have bought you a Calypso 20 years ago I see people blowing on modern TOL puffed up WMWs and front loads that will never run their heater, assuming they even have one.

 

[william8]

What the heck indeed!

Another 7 year old thread rises to the top. With nothing new added.

 

[kalanikaau1]

fabric wear

I used a 2000 model year Maytag top loader until just last month and never noticed any appreciable fabric wear from using it, most likely because 90% of laundry loads were washed with the water level set at maximum.

I recently placed into service a 2018 Speed Queen LWN432SP115TW01 top loader, it's water level is set, there's no water level option at all.

Time will tell if the SQ will damage clothing, so far it has not.

However, I have noticed that clothes rollover is more vigorous with the SQ than the Maytag, no doubt attributed to its increased agitators range of motion vs the Maytag.

 

[gelaundry4ever]

the more things change

the more they stay the same