New Stinky FLs hit the news!

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Wow...Ah yes.. 2009... At that point I had only had my Duet a few years..and I remember the stinky washer videos and the horror stories over the years that STILL happen to this day and yet I've gone along all these years with no stinky washer.

It's interesting the ONLY stinky washer I experienced was a late 80s Whirlpool top load washer... I don't think it had the dual action agitator...Thinkin back, I think it was because the washer was in a very humid area and we didn't leave the lid up.....but every other TL washer I had over the years there were no issues... I think in that case it MUST have been the unconditioned humid air..

I was sooo young thinking back I wonder what I could do differently. I can't remember if we used HOT water. I know we always used warm 99% of the time..I don't ever remember using cold. We also used bleach for whites.. so I don't know.

I can vaguely remember the funky smell... It wasn't what you'd expect.. It wasn't a straight up sour smell but more of a slight hint of that mixed with something else...NO telling what was growing in that and none of us had a clue.

 

[mickeyd]

My friend Maddog has that Frigi FL and gosh was it ever exciting on first seeing it in operation. A real Frigidaire full of the brand's legendary drama. After the wash drain, it plunges rapidly into a full flush rinse, then it rushes into a jet engine-like spin that ramps up immediately, with sounds that make your facial follicles tingle, lasting only only seconds, then the full rinsing begins in earnest. God help us all ;'D.

R.I.P. Gentlemen, especially Terry Lee whom I had the joy of knowing and who was a living saint.