New GE washer alert!

[warmsecondrinse]

That reminds me of a funny incident.

A few months ago there was a problem with the hot water in my building that caused a building wide temp drop. I'm now on my 3rd apartment in this building and I never noticed any hot water temp change over the past 5 years.. The problem was fixed. Again, I personally didn't notice. A woman in my building complained at a recent meeting that the washers were running HOTTER than they used to and as a result some of her delicates were ruined.

What's funny is that I have items made of nylon, elastane, polyamide, etc. I also have 100% wool items. Since Covid hit I have washed all these items in hot and have dried on the highest heat setting. I've yet to have a single item get damaged in any way.

It makes me want to run around and check the temps of all 60 washer and all 60 dryers in the building.

 

[gelaundry4ever]

I wonder

what the agitation would be like on these washers?

 

[gelaundry4ever]

Is this front serviceable?

What is the agitation like on this machine? Can I use fabric softener? How well will it wash?

 

[gelaundry4ever]

Also,

what is the suspension system like?

 

[maytag85]

The suspension is just like all other HE top load washers made today with the hanging type of suspension.

 

[gelaundry4ever]

This GE also claims

to have a steel drive transmission. Is this true? Or are they lying? Will the agitation be weak or strong?

 

[gelaundry4ever]

I believe

GE has a video of their laundry pair describing their new laundry pair on youtube. I'd love to hear what it sounds like in action.

 

[lakewebsterkid]

'Commercial' Washers

warmsecondrinse, I agree with wanting to know exactly what the temperatures are. I would find it far more useful to have settings as 20, 30, 40, tap hot, 65, etc.
Smurdle, there was a video by Hooverlux on his LG that was set to 60ºC and the machine barely reached over 40ºC. Not acceptable.
GELaundryLover, I highly doubt it has a transmission. Nothing seems to have real parts any more.
This machine may not be a bad alternative to some of the HE TL machines, but I probably would take the LG Agitator over this.

 

[lakewebsterkid]

Posted too soon

I actually just looked into it, and this machine does in fact have what they consider to be a 'steel drive transmission'.

 

[gelaundry4ever]

They also have

a 1/2 horsepower motor in it. What did the steel drive transmission look like? What would it sound like when agitating?

 

[sudsmaster]

I like the new GE Ultravent FL washers.

One of the few offerings with reversible doors.

But my Neptune 7500 refuses to die.

 

[gelaundry4ever]

my username

speaks for itself. I too am highly interested in learning more about this washer. I'm interested in the agitation action of this machine, especially on big loads.

 

[gelaundry4ever]

Sorry to revive this thread...

Have there any updates on this washer? I'd love to see and hear how the wash action behaves.

 

[gelaundry4ever]

I wonder

how it will handle extra heavy and dirty loads?

 

[combo52]

2018 GE Impeller TL Washer

We picked this machine up on the scrap heap last week , while not exactly the same machine at the start of this thread it is 90%+ the same junk.

 

When I hooked it up it actually did a few loads and we wondered why someone got rid of it, then the fun began.

 

We put a very small load of wet rags in the machine and it went into its stupid sensing routine the machine proceeded to take 20 minutes ti fill to the brim and actually overflow a little [ according to the service Manuel you should not wash wet clothing in these washers ]

 

There is something very wrong with it however, the controls flash on and off, it keeps changing cycles from what you set it on and it just blacks out and refuses to work much of the time. reading the Manuel suggests a bad lid lock or main control board.

 

There is an unbelievable amount of service pointers on these washers already, it also sounds cheap like it is straining when ever the main motor starts to turn.

 

The day of top loading washers is simply over, I have not seen a single one that is satisfying to use or does what you want. in the last 5+ years. 

 

We are continuing to sell  lot of SQ TC5 series washers and people seem very happy with them, The MT MVB575 will also do a good job but you will be lucky to get ten years of heavy use out of one.

 

John L.

 

[gelaundry4ever]

GE commercial 525 wash behavior...

What is the wash behavior of these GE commercial machines? Will it be similar to the commercial Maytags or the rest of the GE line?

 

[pierreandreply4]

found a video on youtube

found this video on youtube



compared with a speed queen

 

[chris44471]

New GE Commercial Washer

I have a gtw460asj6ww It has the deep fill with the option for HE. It has the dual action agitator. This machine will fill to the top of the tub with the deep fill button activated. I have had no problems with the machine itself or the way it washes. This new commercial model looks to be a heavier duty version of the gtw460/465. Based on my experience with the gtw460, I would absolutely buy this washer with the heavier duty components.

 

[sudsmaster]

I've seen the "new" GE front loading washer at stores in the past year or so. They look good, and I was hoping this thread might have some posts about that design.

 

[gelaundry4ever]

Any word

on what the wash action will be like? I'm anxious to know how it will behave during agitation.