maytag63
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Saw the video on the Kenmore with Smart Motion Technology. What does everyone think? I like the tune in the video.
Click "see it in action."
Click "see it in action."
New Kenmore with Smart Motion Technology
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supremewhirlpol
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This is a repeat. Look at thread "New Kenmore Elite front-load".
I much prefer this tune...
The Kenmore commercial was OK, but this is my favorite ad, really like the music...
The Kenmore commercial was OK, but this is my favorite ad, really like the music...
maytag63
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Sorry I don't know how I missed that thread.
amyswasher
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It's got to be a re badged LG. My LG does that on the tub clean cycle. I have a MOL LG. I like how the demonstrate with one article of clothing. A whole load couldn't slap around like that.
It's will ruin the bearing
In five years or less!
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In five years or less!
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mrb627
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Butt-UGLY
Why does it have to be so BUTT-UGLY? The regular old LG's are better looking, IMO.
I agree. The bearings will fail pretty quick in this machine. Unless the custom wash-motion cycle is only for one or two items.
Malcolm
Why does it have to be so BUTT-UGLY? The regular old LG's are better looking, IMO.
I agree. The bearings will fail pretty quick in this machine. Unless the custom wash-motion cycle is only for one or two items.
Malcolm
Malcolm, Malcolm, Malclom...............Beauty is in the eye
Man Malcolm, you and I have completely different taste, I actually think for a front-loader it looks great, I love the square door and boxy landromat look reminiscent of Wascomat machines. I think the machine looks great in white especially.........Now performance and reliability are another story.....Now those Whirporwhill Cabrios you like are BUTT UGLY...LOL
Man Malcolm, you and I have completely different taste, I actually think for a front-loader it looks great, I love the square door and boxy landromat look reminiscent of Wascomat machines. I think the machine looks great in white especially.........Now performance and reliability are another story.....Now those Whirporwhill Cabrios you like are BUTT UGLY...LOL
spankomatic
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Where is the water? I have a friend who is looking for a new washer and dryer. She wanted a big front loader. I told her don't bother.... They don't have enough water in them now. I told her to get a top loader.
Ya know we're all a bunch of fuss-budgets when it comes to modern washers. Jimm that may not have been a fair directioin regarding your friend and the new washer. Many of us have learned to adjust and have new products work very well for us. And Mike, I agree with you, I think they're great looking machines. And thanks for hitting the nail on the head, I've been wracking my brain for weeks trying to figure out what washer these new Kenmores remind me of. And it IS the Wascomats.
supremewhirlpol
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What!? Wascomats how so?
I agree with Bob. They look like the older Wascomats with the big square door.
I wonder how this new wash action will pan out. It has been a long road to get people to wrap their minds around Front Loaders much less one that they will be getting calls on because they think something is wrong with it.
I could see this action working with a few shirts. With a full load I could see it making the wash less effective.
Brent
I wonder how this new wash action will pan out. It has been a long road to get people to wrap their minds around Front Loaders much less one that they will be getting calls on because they think something is wrong with it.
I could see this action working with a few shirts. With a full load I could see it making the wash less effective.
Brent
NICE!
What beautiful machines, I really like the design, square door and the look (it is really classic and modern at the same time). Look at the colours! I wish our conservative consumers over here would be so fresh and young, but apparently white makes up to 99% of the market here...
Brent, don't worry about large or "packed" loads. If this machine does what they claim in the video and what our 2001 Lavamat does, it will do the job on each load.
Here is what the Lavamat does: First, in the load weighing phase, it will calculate fabrics and load size, then it shows you load size (from 30 to 100 %) and the expected time remaining as well as the expected remaining moisture for the cycle that you had selected. (figures can suddenly change in the course of the cycle, should there be a miscalculation or mismeasurement, the processor will skip or ad actions, the minutes remaining change accordingly)
After weighing the cycle does what is shown in the manual (drum speeds between 28 and 70 rpm, pauses and action phases accordingly.)
I tried the different cycles with 1 t-shirt and pair of socks and a fully packed load as well:
Both loads showed the same movement pattern (or angle of falling back down, if you will), no matter what. Stuffed the machine with a perlon blanket and 2 jeans (yes, I wanted to confuse the software, the blanket hardly absorbs any water, the jeans do even more so). Same result, same falling angle, slightly different speed but the wash pattern was kept on all loads.
Similarily the wool cycle has a very reluctant "fold over" movement with loooong breaks in between, no matter whether delicates or heavy linen are in the drum, I tried it.
Cannot speak for this machine here, but the technology exists.
What beautiful machines, I really like the design, square door and the look (it is really classic and modern at the same time). Look at the colours! I wish our conservative consumers over here would be so fresh and young, but apparently white makes up to 99% of the market here...
Brent, don't worry about large or "packed" loads. If this machine does what they claim in the video and what our 2001 Lavamat does, it will do the job on each load.
Here is what the Lavamat does: First, in the load weighing phase, it will calculate fabrics and load size, then it shows you load size (from 30 to 100 %) and the expected time remaining as well as the expected remaining moisture for the cycle that you had selected. (figures can suddenly change in the course of the cycle, should there be a miscalculation or mismeasurement, the processor will skip or ad actions, the minutes remaining change accordingly)
After weighing the cycle does what is shown in the manual (drum speeds between 28 and 70 rpm, pauses and action phases accordingly.)
I tried the different cycles with 1 t-shirt and pair of socks and a fully packed load as well:
Both loads showed the same movement pattern (or angle of falling back down, if you will), no matter what. Stuffed the machine with a perlon blanket and 2 jeans (yes, I wanted to confuse the software, the blanket hardly absorbs any water, the jeans do even more so). Same result, same falling angle, slightly different speed but the wash pattern was kept on all loads.
Similarily the wool cycle has a very reluctant "fold over" movement with loooong breaks in between, no matter whether delicates or heavy linen are in the drum, I tried it.
Cannot speak for this machine here, but the technology exists.
askomiele
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I think...
where not worried about the rolling or tumbling movements and there cleaningpower, but more about the 'swinging' and the stepped tumbles where the motor has to cope with sudden speed and direction changes... I will not even talk about the bearings... xD
where not worried about the rolling or tumbling movements and there cleaningpower, but more about the 'swinging' and the stepped tumbles where the motor has to cope with sudden speed and direction changes... I will not even talk about the bearings... xD
no worries
might well be that "we are worried".
I (for my part) am not, no harm of any kind and not the slightest signs of wear-out or tear on our side here. The machine has been going strong all through the years, even with the sudden changes of direction or with sudden change of speed. May the future tell, but I trust that technology from my own experience.
*shrugs*
Still a silent machine, still doing 8-10 loads a week, still excellent results on all fabrics, cleaning out stains and what have you...
Hope the aforementioned Kenmore does its job as well (never seen it though, as I said)
might well be that "we are worried".
I (for my part) am not, no harm of any kind and not the slightest signs of wear-out or tear on our side here. The machine has been going strong all through the years, even with the sudden changes of direction or with sudden change of speed. May the future tell, but I trust that technology from my own experience.
*shrugs*
Still a silent machine, still doing 8-10 loads a week, still excellent results on all fabrics, cleaning out stains and what have you...
Hope the aforementioned Kenmore does its job as well (never seen it though, as I said)
supremewhirlpol
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This machine is nothing but crap that monkeys choose to buy. I refuse to associate this machine with ANY Wascomat. These machines are not even in the same class! It's just like me saying that the Whirlpool Calypso is built as good as a vintage Maytag.
