modern washers and dryers rant

[daveamkrayoguy]

Reply #207: MAYTAG85 (Sean A806) to GELAUNDRYFOREVER:

 

I have to second that! Just get a water guzzling Filter Flo, or whatever is the most notorious "could fill with an ocean's worth of water" vintage machine...

 

Just like your namesake suggests, don't make it any brand forever in this day and age, nor post in any gov't-regulated new appliance thread or even forum...

 

Lastly, if you're an upgraded member, I'm sure there is great opportunity in DIRTY LAUNDRY for ranting about modern day energy-regulations by Uncle Sam and even international governments' regulations abroad...

 

 

 

-- Dave

 

 

[donprohel]

I just wonder...

My dishes and clothes are clean even with the regulations we have in Europe: does this count?

 

[gelaundry4ever]

sure

I'm sure it would. However for the USA, not so much. We're used to water hogs that do the job right the first time.

 

[gelaundry4ever]

to tolivac

I agree with you. Here we are 9 years later and nothing has changed. Every problem the feds solve, they create tons more behind it. Seriously. I can waste water if I want and use softener if I want. I! AM the one doing laundry. Not them!

 

[panasonicvac]

When I was living at a ranch several years ago, there were three washers I've used. Two Speed Queen classic top loaders and a HE Whirlpool Duet front loader. Neither SQ cleaned as well or better than the Whirlpool. Just recently this past memorial day weekend I visited with my aunt and uncle who both used to have Kenmore direct drive top loaders before switching over to HE front loaders that they use now, neither one has ever regretted getting rid of their top loaders. Even I don't have any regrets of getting a HE front loader and I won't ever go back to using a top loader as I've pretty much come to the conclusion that they're outdated for me. Grew up with two GE top loaders one of them was a Filter-Flo, our HE front loaders just did a better job for us.

 

[maytag85]

While there are HE machines that do a decent job, can’t pry these off my cold dead hands. After using a Whirlpool belt drive, don’t even plan on having a direct drive come through since they don’t rinse out all that well.

 

[DADoES]

 
Our 1962 WP was bad at rinsing.  It suffered frequent suds-locking in the first spin with the high-sudsing detergents of the time.  Spray rinses in the first spin couldn't drain, bogged-down the spin speed.

 

[maytag85]

Belt drives only struggle with rinsing if you use too much detergent or select a long wash timer which will kick up a lot of suds.

 

[kalanikaau1]

GE filter flo washers

I've read many posts here touting the GE "Filter-Flo" line line of washing machines that I feel compelled to share what I remember of the GE my Mother owned.
Sometime in '61 or '62 my Dad bought a brand new GE top load washer based on recommendations from a close family friend who repaired GE appliances.
I'm assuming that the machine was a filter-flo design because it had a white plastic filter attached to the top of the agitator of which wash water would spew into while the machine was agitating, the filter was removeable for cleaning.
Being that I was fascinated with all things mechanical, I loved watching the machine as it went upon its duties.
Two or three years later I remember the same family friend repairing the washer, he practically had the machine apart and took a large component with him to repair at his shop, I asked what the part was, he told me it was the transmission.
This went on several times again until '66 or so until my Mother was fed up with the GE constantly needing repairs.
Perhaps the GE was a lemon, however I remember the transmission being removed from it at least 3x.
I then remember going with my Dad to an appliance store when he purchased a new Maytag top loader with the ubiquitous center dial, the Maytag served our household faithfully well into the '90's...

 

[combo52]

GE filter flow washers

Had more transmission problems than any other brand probably.

The good thing was that they were easy to change and GE developed a program and sold factory remanufactured transmissions, which were equal to the quality of brand new ones and was really the only way to try to fix a GE filter, flow washer when it had a transmission problem.

I have never rebuilt a GE transmission because GE always had good ones available. I never liked selling a used GE filter flow washer because the transmissions was always one of the many wild cards, they also tended to eat laundry that was thrown over the basket and get stuck in the pump they tended to walk a lot , and they were generally a little bit noisy and crude other than that they were fun washers That worked fairly well.

John

 

[gelaundry4ever]

GE filter-flo

I remember watching my GE filter-flo as well. I remember the suspension clicking during the spin cycles intermediate and final alike. I also like the sound of the spray rinse too. The start of the wash/rinse cycle was unique on the normal speed because it started on the gentle speed, then click into normal speed.