NEW Whirlpool Duet "Sport" 3.4 Cu. Ft.

[tuthill]

Well a coulple weeks ago my mother called me and said that her Fridgemore was making "funny noises" during the spin cycle and depostiting stuff on the clothes... Well I knew this was going to happen so I just said she should start looking for a new washer. Went home one weekend, and she had already bought a new one! I was apalled that she would without at first consulting me, but I can't really complain about her choice. It's pretty much the BOL Whirlpool FL, but it still has everything you need. I would've opted for one with a water heater and a larger capacity, but then again, money doesn't grow on trees. I like the washer alot, but my biggest gripe about it is the smoked outer window! What a crock! Does anyone know if I can remove it without damaging it?

So without further ado...

 

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The Frigemore matching dryer

Who makes this? Frigidaire?

 

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The Mismatched Pair

I think they look pretty good together

 

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The Cycle

Heavy Duty, 71 min, HOT/COLD, 1050 rpm, and unsteady hand

 

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The Detergent

20 bucks for this bucket at Sears. No suds, nice mild scent. Anyone else use this?

 

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Money Shot

Hmmmm, looks like every other FL known to man...

 

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The Load - Dry

Mostly towels & socks, couple T-shirts.

 

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The Load - Wet

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Washing Away

With all this debate of short-stroke vs. long-stroke, we all know the best way to get clothes clean is to drop them into a concentrated water-detergent solution.

 

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Rinse

Gotta love the high water-level rinse! One of my favorite things on this washer!

 

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Rinsing 2

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Spin!

Love how the elephant blanket plastered itself against the back of the tub lol.

 

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YAY for my 1st pictures post

Hope everyone enjoys the pictures!

 

[peteski50]

Sport!

Hi Jed - very interesting - I didn't think anyone made a high level rinse anymore. How many rinses are their in a normal cycle? I do like the construction of the door seems well made! Does this model offer the prewash option. On these sports I think prewash and wash is one not two seperate fills but maybe I'm wrong. Are they god at balancing in spin? Tell me more.
Peter

 

[tuthill]

I can't quite recall how many rinses there are, but I believe it's three. The high-water level rinse only seems to be on the 1st rinse on the Heavy Duty/Whitest Whites cycles (same thing, but the WW has a Extra-Rinse preset), and it isn't for the whole rinse. It fills up high for like the last minute of it, kind of like a "flush". But I'm still impressed with it.

To tell you the truth, I don't think it's the greatest at balancing a load. The blanket (which was pretty small) that was in the load seemed to give it a lot of trouble in between rinses, and as Frigilux put it, "it takes an act of Congres" to get this thing into the final spin. She got lucky on the final spin though, as the blanket spread out against the back of the tub.

No prewash option, although if you wanted to, you could run a rinse cycle and then a wash I suppose.

 

[peteski50]

Sport!

So it's only certin cycles that do the higher level. I had read that these machines were supposed to be good at being vibration free during spin. But I don't know what to believe or not to believe anymore. I still have been without a machine for one year now after my LG disaster. What I don't like about them all is that all the cycles and options are so locked down and you cannot set the way you want to set them. Keep us posted as to how this one does.
Thanks and Best Of Luck,
Peter

 

[frigilux]

A coworker bought a Sport pair recently and they love it. They have three young boys and do a lot of laundry. They're a sharp-looking machine. And congrats on posting your first pictures. God knows we love to see photos of absolutely everything around here!

 

[volvoguy87]

Quick cycles on that Sport!

My mother's GE (Adora I think) says 1:21 for the whites cycle on normal soil with a hot wash and high speed spin, without a water heater. It usually takes about 1:45 to run the normal whites cycle, however, because of balancing issues.

In the time it takes her washer to wash one load, I can wash and dry 2 using my Maytag A208 and her dryer and have a third load in the A208 finished and waiting for the dryer.

Better to have Whirlpool than GE,
Dave

 

[tomturbomatic]

Balancing for spin

I tried out an Adora and you are right, it does have a difficult time balancing a load. My Duet used to start one of the spins between the wash and rinses quite well balanced, but would then have to stop to drain when the water spun out of the load tripped the pressure switch because the pump could not suck the water out of the tub during spin. Since I replaced the stupid pump assembly with something sitting in the parts room made by Electrolux which necessitated some creative modifications best hidden behind the front panel, the machine not only empties in no time, but usually does not have to abort a spin to cope with the water. The only time that happens is after the wash if I use liquid HE detergent in towels. I drain the water into a 30 gallon container and pump it out into the yard. The other day I had load of shirts and slacks in the final spin and heard a sound that made me think a horse was peeing into the container, but it was the Duet pumping out a large quantity of water while in a fast spin. It is a much more satisfactory machine now.