New Whirlpool Front Load Washer Models

[pulsator]

It seems Whirlpool has stopped making the belt driven front load washers entirely (apart from the European made portable model) and has launched three new lower end direct drive front load washers!!! How exciting! I only wish that they came with drum lights... On the plus side, the lower end models don't have the tinted windows!!!

http://www.whirlpool.com/Laundry-1/Laundry_Laundry_Washers-3/102110047+4294965784/

 

[pierreandreply4]

they are nice models but for me they will not beat the cleaning power of a good old fashion topload washer

 

[pulsator]

Let's not dig up that old argument again...

 

[mrb627]

8hour pre soak option

Wow!

Malcolm

 

[jerrod6]

Nice machines, but I wonder. Would like to read/hear reviews

 

[launderess]

Why Does A Washing Machine Need "Fan Fresh" ?

12-Hour FanFresh® option with Dynamic Venting Technology®:

 

[tomturbomatic]

Laundress, I think it is to cut down on stinking by helping to dry the inside of the machine and dry light weight fabrics at the same time. With dishwashers taking 4-8 hours to wash a load of dishes, a dryer that takes 12 hours to dry without heat is the next logical sequence in energy saving.

 

[qualin]

It's not a bad idea, a front loader with fan forced venting.. Probably there as a way to prevent mold from growing as a result of idiotic owners who keep the door closed after a cycle.

Whirlpool has already had a lawsuit about this once already... Makes sense.

 

[logixx]

That would be great for our landlady's washer, though it would need to be a 48 hour option for her...

 

[logixx]

That would be great for our landlady's washer, though it would need to be a 48 hour option for her...

 

[mark_wpduet]

These look cool -

For anyone who buys these be absolutely SURE to avoid the normal cycle. I hear it's the most stingy with water. I have to wonder if these are built as well as my current Duet that's 8 yrs old.........I sure hope they are because I'm sure mine's days are numbered.

 

[pierreandreply4]

my duets days are numbered as well as my duet set will be 10 years old in june looks like it time to start looking at prices for a replacement set lol

 

[paulc]

The new Maytag Maxima XL

Has an overnight wash and dry cycle which takes 12 hrs for a very small load. Was this a feature on Whirlpools a while ago? I seem to have heard of it before.

http://www.maytag.com/laundry/maxima/

 

[rp2813]

I just noticed this "washer/dryer" in a two-page advertising spread in this morning's paper for a sale at a large local appliance dealer.  It seems reasonable to me that with such a large drum, a pair of Levi's would constitute a "very small load" but I doubt highly that even 12 hours of forced-air tumbling would get them dry.

 

[laundromat]

Mine has the fan fresh and I rarely use it. However, it does keep clothes from souring and mildewing.I  was also able to increase the water level on this model.My favorite cycle is Small Load.During the final to minutes of the wash cycle,it increases the water level up half way on the window. Then,it drains and goes right into the first of two rinses.I normaly set extra rinse to have three full rinses.Great washer!!I don't normaly choose Whirlpool washers but this one as well as the new set being delivered tomorrow have nice features and take a beating with little or no problem.

 

 

[logixx]

Was this a feature on Whirlpools a while ago?

Originally, it was just Fan Fresh, I think. Then GE brought out their line of front loaders with Overnight Ready and Fan Fresh quickly became Fan Dry.

http://www.washerdryerinfo.com/features/whirlpools-fan-dry-washers-are-made-for-lazy-launderers.htm

 

[jerrod6]

A fan in a washer is no selling point for me. I don't have a fan now and I don't have odor problems.

A fan to dry using room temperature....ok my laundry area is 64F in the winter...not much drying gonna take place. It would be faster to just hang the clothes up in the bathroom of my upper floors, which I do sometimes to finish drying towels because I don't want them to be bone dry in the dyer.

I doubt that these washers are built as well as Marks older model, after all nothing today is built as well as it was even 10 years ago... not even Miele machines.

The owners manual for this machine says that the normal cycle is designed to be the most energy efficient, translation I bet is, next to no water and no water heating going to happen. Lord knows what the ATC mixing valve renders a hot or warm wash to be.

So I guess this washer may meet the low normal cycle expectations present in all washers sold in the USA. Even Miele doesn't heat the water in the normal cycle.
The situation is shameful.

 

[mark_wpduet]

The selling point for me

are two things

A) Built in heater
B) A cycle or cycles that use a decent amount of water.

I noticed for some of the WP washers a couple of years ago had a MAX Rinse button which made the rinses add more water......Well, that is no longer on ANY of the WP washers that I could find.

Strange to hear the small cycle puts water half way up the window.

 

[mark_wpduet]

Forgot to mention

Does anyone find it strange that NONE of those new WP FL washers have a BULKY cycle?