New LG washer coming Thursday

[pumper]

Just bought a LG - 4.5 Cu. Ft. High-Efficiency Stackable Smart Front Load Washer with Steam and Built-In Intelligence - model WM4000HWA. Really didn't need all the bells & whistles but I did want the Turbo Wash 360. My 17 yr old Frigidaire FL was ready for retirement. Never needed a single repair on it.

 

[launderess]

Congrats!

 

[peteski50]

LG

Congrats!

 

[appnut]

Congratulations. That's the same model NMASSMANN44 has. Powerfin64 and myself have the WM4200.

 

[petek]

The only fault I have with mine (wm3700) which looks to have the same control panel is that it is difficult sometimes to read it otherwise been super happy with it.

 

[mark_wpduet]

I'm pretty sure that's the one I would get as well... As long it has a heater and turbo wash 360...

I think one of the lower tier LG models without turbo wash actually has a water plus option...I guess having turbo wash and water plus would be too much to ask lol

 

[nmassman44]

That is the same model that I have and I have the matching dryer. This set was rated #1 according to Consumer Reports as a team. The washer is made here in the USA in Clarksville TN in the new LG plant that was built. The dryer is still Korean made but its still very well made as the washer.
The only thing I wish it had was a drum light like my Electrolux washer had but that is the only want. You will enjoy this machine, I know I do.

 

[decodriveboy]

Congrats

We have the LG WM8900 set and have been very pleased with it so far. Congrats!

 

[lakewebsterkid]

Nice!

As I have mentioned a thousand other times, try the Towels cycle instead of using Normal. It does not have the option for Extra Hot, but uses a higher water level, good tumbles, and 3 interim rinses with strong interim spins. Plus the final spin isn't either 2 minutes or 30 minutes. Lol.

 

[mark_wpduet]

@ lakewebster...

I've remembered you saying that and noted it...Say you do choose the towels cycle..with turbo wash activated..what's the estimated time? Hopefully it's not too extreme...

I'm used to my duet either heavy duty or whitest whites (both with 3 rinses) and heater activated (normal soil level) and it's 1:10 (give or take)..

 

[appnut]

Turbo wash on towels only reduces the cycle about 5 minutes period there are no spins spray rinses on towels.

 

[decodriveboy]

Towels

The Towels cycle on my LG is 55 minutes with normal soil, extra high spin, Turbo Wash, and hot water selected.

I use this cycle whenever rinsing is especially important, and I find it to be the best “daily driver” so to speak. Water levels are higher and seem equal for both wash and rinse segments.

Other LG cycles I’ve found convenient + reasons:

Bright Whites - sort of an abridged version of Towels that uses only one rinse. Clocks in around 40 minutes depending on options. Wash portion is brief with minimum time about 10 minutes.

Normal - lower water level for wash with extended time (30 minutes at least) and one higher water level rapid spin rinse followed by tumbling. Time is about 1:20.

Speed Wash - ranges from 15-22 minutes or so depending on options. Uses a brief tumbling period for wash with a lower water level - then one higher level rinse, but with no spin in between.

 

[lakewebsterkid]

Towel with TurboWash

As appnut said, it reduces time by about 5 minutes. Not sure how, because it seems to still use the recirculation even with TurboWash off.
The cycle runs about 1 hour. IMHO, the Normal cycle with TurboWash is designed too much for speed anymore. BY the time you adjust the cycle for it to perform better, with extra rinse and extra high spin speed, you have added nearly 20 minutes, which defeats the entire purpose of TurboWash.

 

[nmassman44]

How is it that the Normal cycle on my model is no where near the 1:20 time frame said here? Most loads on Normal with my machine clock in at 40 mins using TurboWash and that is with an extra rinse selected. You have to remember that the larger the load the more time the washer will use to get the load done. Towels cycle , yes does use more water and the levels are higher , but the wash cycle portion time is shorter. The thing that is maddening about that cycle is it can take up to 3 hours to do a load of towels in my machine since it takes its time with water removal, gradual removal. With my model Turbowash is selected with every cycle since I want the water moving and detergent to be dissolved properly and distributed well.
Yes you can add up to 3 rinses as well for each cycle. On my model one cannot deselect Turbowash on the Normal cycle. I use just two cycles , Normal and Bright Whites since the AI feature is used on those cycles. Heavy Duty will use more water and auto select Heavy Soil and uses plenty of water. Times with that cycle can clock in at 1:30.

 

[decodriveboy]

Nmassman

Seems our models do differ quite a bit with cycle structure and timing as you described.

Another example, Heavy Duty on mine is exactly the same as Normal but maybe a bit longer. No difference in water levels. Also, Allergiene did nothing but blow steam for an hour (no water) yet appears to be something entirely different on other models.

Towels on mine is like Normal on yours and vice-versa. Who knew!

 

[appnut]

My Normal with a 10-12 lb. load and 1 extera rinse is about 52-57 minutes.

 

[lakewebsterkid]

cycle times

A majority of the time they fall closer to what appnut is claiming. If you increase the final spin up to 'Extra High' it will fall right at an hour.
I have never had the Towels cycle take more than about 70 minutes on heavy soil.

 

[nmassman44]

I find that using the extra high setting for spin is kinda overkill since high speed , for me, is plenty fast at 1100 rpms. I find that using the extra high spin speed only adds more time and the clothes look a tad weary when I take them out. Not to mention the wrinkling that even the dryer has an issue with.

 

[ryner1988]

This has been an informative thread for me because likely something like the LG 4000 model will be my next washer assuming it's still available when I need one.

I did not know, for instance, that Turbo Wash is automatically selected on Normal. That's really helpful information. Are there other cycles where it's automatically selected? Also, it would seem that Bright Whites is a good alternative to wash towels on because Towels is really long, even if one has all colored towels as I do. Is this correct, @nmassman44?

Is Normal just as it is, without extra options, a good idea for everyday street clothes? In my case this is mostly athleisure, t-shirts, the occasional blue jeans or dockers. Not many delicates in this house, nor really dirty farm clothes. It would seem that I could get away with mostly using the cycle dial and not having to monkey with the touch screen much, which would be great given my visual limitations.

 

[appnut]

Mike, I only use Extra High on Normal/downloaded denim when washing towels, which I use that cycle for the extra hot water capability since I think 112F is pathetic for hot water and I select lightest soil that gives me about a 45 minute wash phase for extra hot which gets me to about 140 degrees. And with the extra high, I get about an 18-20 minute final spin. And it's only used for towels. Also, I have discovered that putting big load of towels in dryer and using default settings on towels rather than normal dry cycle, the towels actually dry faster. And my towel loads are the same for each load each load I have for towels. I even add the 6-8 cups of water to the tub before I put in the load, tricks the washer into thinking it's a super big load and adds more water.