Red lint- Filter Flos and the failure of dryers

[jetcone]

Now

to give John's idea a handicap the dryer lint was left out in the basement all day absorbing ambient basement humidity and the pan lint has been dried per request.

 

 

[Unimatic1140]

We're all on the edge of our seats waiting for that "Ding".

 

[jetcone]

Lets weigh

the dryer lint again since the scale was turned off and on that way it will be assayed at the same time as the baked pan lint:

 

 

 

[jetcone]

So we did

see the Pan lint loose some moisture 0,2 grams but it still was double the weight of the dryer lint even after the dryer lint was allowed to breath moisture from the basement all day.

 

 

 

[jetcone]

Yes Mikey

The napkins were used for the burger meal with Eddie and John but the tableclothes were already in the JetAction machine when I tossed in the white napkins. It was a stroke of luck I wasn't thinking about Louis request to use contrasting materials. So it all came together at the last minute. Now we have a format anyone can reproduce.

 

"Ding" Filter Flo Lint wins over Dryer lint by a mile.

 

"But any comparison between the weight the washer and dryer caught is invalid. The washer had the chance to extract the lint first so less remained for the dryer to have a swing at."

Phil, the proposition as presented to me was that dryers lint systems will catch more lint than washers lint systems; especially it was surmised that the best washer filter system was made for the WP/Kenmore machines. I can't say from this test wether GE or WP has a better or worse filter system.  I did not test a WP product but the  Filter Flo system.:

 so if they are inferior to  WP/Kenmore then we should see a greater discrepancy if we had used a WP/K product. 

So I understand your statement but the claim was made and addressed as made. I can't change horses in midstream.

 

 

 

[jetcone]

Here they are

reunited again one last time: And thats the way it is May 15, 2013

 

 

 

[this post was last edited: 5/15/2013-17:32]

 

[mickeyd]

How sweet and cute.

They look like little lint people of different nationalities greeting each other.

 

[frigilux]

Thanks for hosting The Great Lint Debates of 2013! It's been fascinating as well as great fun.

 

[kb0nes]

I agree this whole test is quite interesting, and I thank Jon for running it and humoring us all. Not to mention putting up with some of us more opinionated types

But, for me it all came clear with this statement

"Phil, the proposition as presented to me was that dryers lint systems will catch more lint than washers lint systems"

Well forgive me if I am mistaken but the dryer DID indeed capture more lint then the washer. Yes some may have been created in the drying but surely there was lint from the washer that the dryer caught that the FilterFlo did not catch... Had you just sent the napkins straight to the dryer, bypassing the washer, do you not think the the dryer would have captured almost all the lint the washer did _in addition_ to what the washer had missed (i.e. more)??

My point is that the load that enters the washer and the dryer both need to have the same amount of lint if we want an apples to apples comparison of lint capture ability. Allowing the washer to remove 80% of the lint before the dryer gets its shot doesn't prove the point this statement fairly.

I don't dispute the FilterFlo's ability to capture lint, it seems to do a great job. Quite possibly it may be the best washer lint system there is, but we aren't comparing washers here. Also I wasn't involved in Jon & John's conversation so I have to only go by the statements I see here, but I have to agree with the statement above that the "dryer will catch more lint". Because it did...

 

[combo52]

Lint Collection Comparisons

Jon when you REWASH items covered with lint they did not produce of coerce the washer has an advantage because it has first crack at catching foreign lint.

 

Now go get a real load of clothing and wash it in the GE FF and then dry it in your dryer, then have the lint at the same temperature and humidity and then count the individual lint particles and let us know which one wins. [ when I said a dryer will catch more lint than a GE FFs filter I meant more individual lint particles ] Now get to it before I have to come up there and really slap you, LOL.

 

From Lefever # 3, # 1&2 have never been heard from on this site, YET but if three of us already here can't beat you in to submission I might get them on board.

 

[jetcone]

I think

I've earned my margaritas boyz.

 

 

 

[mickeyd]

Sure do.

And after you've had a few, could you verify the origin of the lint people. Is one Norwegian and the other Aborigine ? Or are they both Le Fevresque? Smiles.

 

[super32]

Did I see a Thermador oven?

 

[laundromat]

The way I see it is the more vigorous the oscillating agitator washers are in SPM (strokes per minute) along with the length of the oscillations they move, determines the ware and tare on the load of laundry you're washing. The type of fabric is also going to make a difference in how worn the clothes will get. For example, if you're washing a load of towels, wash cloths, and bath mats in a GE FF and the same exact load in a BD Whirlpool, there will be more lint in the filter pan then in the filter brush or pin tray. Then, as you dry them, the GE load will also have more lint then the other. Because the front loaders are a lot less vigorous and have no sharp agitator blades, the same load will leave a lot less lint in the dryer. The front loaders have a trap but it's made mostly to catch loose change, paper clips, hair pins, etc. to save the pump from any damage. When I clean my front loaders, there is very little, if any lint in the button catchers. When I wash bath linens, the dryer lint filter has a real narrow line of lint,. Usually easier to remove after a few more loads are dried. Not a fat line of lint like my old DD Kenmores or GM Frigidaires had. My clothes smell cleaner and last longer too.

 

[jetcone]

Chuck I agree totally

I see hardly any lint using my Speed Queens, but lots with the FF. However the GE Combo and the Duomatics do fill their traps up with lint that has to be emptied from time to time.