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Hey folks!
Just bought a new place, and the appliance are TRASH. So I plunked down some benjis for a new washer, dryer and dishwasher.
All GE units. Home Depot by me is having a huge 25% off sale, in addition to GE releasing a rebate program for $100 off qualified units. So that's $300 back to me.
I felt dumb passing it up.
They arrive late next week.

Here are the prizes! Can't wait!

http://products.geappliances.com/appliance/gea-specs/GFWR2700HWW

http://products.geappliances.com/appliance/gea-specs/GFDR270GHWW

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Congratulations on all the new appliances! It's always fun to get new ones. Lots of interest in GE here, lately. I have a GE PDT750 dishwasher and like it a lot. It cleans well and is almost silent. I'm not too familiar with their front-loaders, so am looking forward to your performance review when you get it.
 
Plans Changed :/

Well, things had to change for the laundry pair.
I did some more research and re-measuring after the order was placed....and had to change it.
The GE Right Height washers are THIRTY FIVE inches in depth! Wayyyyy too deep for the smaller space I thought I had.
So I had to go back to Home Depot, and swap my order for a Maytag Maxima 5100 set to stack up.
I thought the GEs were nicer....honestly. But these will be good. They very good reviews too.

http://www.maytag.com/laundry-1/laundry-appliances-2/washers-3/-[MHW5100DW]-1112079/MHW5100DW/
 
Does 1 1/2" = wayyyyyy ?

Looks like the GE was 34 2/5" deep, the Maytag 32 15/16". Rounding by me indicates only around 1.5" difference. Just wondered if that small difference was enough to be a concern. I would almost imagine the difference is the door of the GE bulges out, where as the Maytag appears to have a flat front. Anyways, best of luck with the new appliances.
 
1.5"

Well, actually it does and it doesn't. The biggest difference with the Maytags is that they're standard height so I can now stack them in the corner, 90 degrees from the original layout. Otherwise if I had them traditionally set up, side by side, then yes, the Maytags would be too deep as well.
Pics in the coming weeks will make sense.
 
Maximas are here!

Well! Great news. The Maximas arrived, were set up in the newly renovated utility room, and they've already done their first load of towels, flawlessly.
These are 5100s to be exact.
The towels went through a normal cycle in about 45min. They spun on Extra High, and despite one of the leveling legs not being the right height from the hasty delivery guys...this thing spun quietly and smoothly, as if everything was concretely planted.
I was very impressed.

The gas dryer dried them in under an hour on Heavy Duty.
What was interesting is the lint filter had half the lint from the towels load, as it has from the grueling WPDD in my apartment.

I think these will do very well.

After the holidays! The GE Profile dishwasher report.

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Looks impressive!

Was considering the washer but lack of dedicated "Hand Wash" decided against.

Ended up with an E-Lux that doesn't have one either, but that I found out *after* it was delivered and running LOL.
Pays to read about each and every model in detail rather than assuming that since the lower-end had one, this should too.
 
Maxima Line

Good Going,

I think you will like them fine over time.

Althought I don't LOVE any frontloader, my initial reason for buying was I had no choice.

SC had gone thru a drought of a lengthy 4 years starting around the fall of 2009.
I could no longer wash 1 load with the Kenmores (belt) or Whirlpools (DD); I would give out of water in the middle of the first rinse.
With the Maytag Maxima, I could continue the 2 to 3 loads a day as needed around "here".

Surely the odd one here on the forum, I always set mine for Low Spin.
If I am not around to change the last spin to (during the next to the last rinse), I just let it finish.
Come back and rinse & spin, and the downy, with a very warm rinse.

I have never used the high speed spin more than 5 times in eight years.
Medium is faster that anything around anyway.

My theory on the bearing deal was no way a front load could last with any vibration, as we have found in large harvesting machines...Vibration is the killer of bearings, and fatigue on metal frames, supports, etc.
Any front loader can still spin with too much vibration in my opinion, So I have never left mine unattended for any final spin ever.
I will kill the spin after ramp-up, if it doesn't suit ME...

It'll probably blow up tomorrow, but I don't have a bit of end play in the drum yet.
It's 7 years old now.
I have had to clean the screens about 3 times in the inlet valve, and not one single other thing yet.

It would be interesting to see if you experiment with yours any...
I liked the Whirlpool/Maytags over all others...you can add tons more water without it dumping to drain as in all other models.

I have washed some huge comforters of many different weight fabrics, and added huge amounts of water...Flawless.
The Whirlpool/Maytags are very easy to modify all kinds of things once you know where the EasterEggs are...

Those are some sleek looking machines; I was actually happy that your rendevous ended as it did...I believe things happen for a reason sometimes...I bellieve Lady Luck was watching over you on this one.

LaVidaBoem
 
Easter eggs

Now that's very interesting!
What are some Maxima Easter eggs?
I already k ow about creating a rinse and spin.
 
Diagnostic Mode

Hey,

I have no idea if the user interface has changed or not, but as with most front loaders, the pushing of the spin button with 3 or 5 seconds betwwen activations enters you into diagnostic mode.
Edited: You are HOLDING the spin button, with 3 to 5..>>>BETWEEN Activations<<
When you get to the CL screen, you can use varous combos of buttons to change parameters.

Within the service lit inside the lower panel, you will find the most common options...but there are many that are not listed.
IE, the most common was to turn off the sounds, chimes...or to turn them on.
Mine was set with no sound when delivered.

You are going to have to get a service manual for that model, Mine was still a book, text based.
I have a friend who tells me now they are on DVD like JD service manuals.

And I can't wait for someone to tell you there is no such thing.
IE, the warm rinse with both valves open is the one that most love to find.

Anyway, Good Luck,
LaVidaBoem

Post Script:
Either email me, or post the model #...I would love to look into this also for that series

[this post was last edited: 12/8/2015-22:48]
 
Very Good...

Tell us this, not tonight necessarily, but can you enter diagnostics?

If so, great...just press off (Power on Maytags) or cancel to leave without worry of changing anything.

Hope this Helps,

LaVidaBoem
 
Yes, we have wells on the farm.

Das RIte...

But oh, is it good water...full of Arn...don't have to take no Vitta-Mins...and pay nobody for all the water in world.
This well I speak of...is only 33 feet deep; and that's a little on the steep side around "here"...plenty at 25 feet.

Now, back like always we fill 2 300 gallon water tanks twice a day during spray season.
Full bath every night, shower in the AM, and run all the toploads at one time.

Hope this Helps,
LaVidaBoem

Post Script:
You can pump them down sometimes, flip the breaker, wait 10 minutes, and go again.
 
A slight annoyance you will have is that if the door is open for too long and the water is to high to it but not to you, it will flash up an F8 E3 error code and beep and go right into drain. I don't really care about this error as each time its happend was when the door was open for a long time.

Another thing is that if you pause the machine in between cycles, theres a 80% chance it WILL mess up what ever is after the portion you paused it, for example on mine, once i hit pause and start without letting the door unlock before the final spin and what resulted after the spin was the door lock, unlocking, locking and unlocking and pausing there.

Other than those 2 bugs, I really like our WPDUET washer. It litterly cleans everything I've thrown at it with no problem. It's now 1 year old and there are no smells, sounds, or issues. You will have a great time with those Maxima's!
 

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