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The ship sailed when Whirlpool discontinued the direct drives, even before they discontinued the direct drives since they had that stupid low water rinse which did a number on the motor coupler and transmission for sure, possibly the motor.
All Whirlpool employees, engineers, management, CEO need a good scolding to put them in their place. They’ve screwed over enough people already, committed fraud as well.
Don’t care how “good Whirlpool is”, they haven’t made anything with an ounce of quality for over 10 years. Anyone who defends Whirlpool is essentially polishing a turd.
The ship sailed when Whirlpool discontinued the direct drives, even before they discontinued the direct drives since they had that stupid low water rinse which did a number on the motor coupler and transmission for sure, possibly the motor.
All Whirlpool employees, engineers, management, CEO need a good scolding to put them in their place. They’ve screwed over enough people already, committed fraud as well.
Don’t care how “good Whirlpool is”, they haven’t made anything with an ounce of quality for over 10 years. Anyone who defends Whirlpool is essentially polishing a turd.
I'll defend Whirlpool since they're still the last U.S. full line manufacturer of home appliances.
They've done a lot of things wrong, but I will still defend them because they ARE THE LAST FULL LINE U.S. APPLIANCE MAKER!
Only one machine that I bought in all the years I've been buying Whirlpool products that gave me a bad time. Just 1.
LG is not a U.S. company and neither is Samsung, Yet now all of a sudden they come at the tops of the ratings in consumer reports ? Why ? What did they really innovate ? Spray rinsing in their front loaders ? A mini washer under/over the main washer ?
As far as LG build quality being better than Whirlpool that's a laugh. The dryer bulkheads in Samsung and LG are thinner and more flexible than what Whirlpool uses.
Even Whirlpools front load wash tub, the SS feels more substantial.
Whirlpool gets a lot of hate these days but maybe people should write into them about their concerns. I for one will stick with them through thick and thin.
You don't abandon your team just because they're having a bad season.
They've done a lot of things wrong, but I will still defend them because they ARE THE LAST FULL LINE U.S. APPLIANCE MAKER!
Only one machine that I bought in all the years I've been buying Whirlpool products that gave me a bad time. Just 1.
LG is not a U.S. company and neither is Samsung, Yet now all of a sudden they come at the tops of the ratings in consumer reports ? Why ? What did they really innovate ? Spray rinsing in their front loaders ? A mini washer under/over the main washer ?
As far as LG build quality being better than Whirlpool that's a laugh. The dryer bulkheads in Samsung and LG are thinner and more flexible than what Whirlpool uses.
Even Whirlpools front load wash tub, the SS feels more substantial.
Whirlpool gets a lot of hate these days but maybe people should write into them about their concerns. I for one will stick with them through thick and thin.
You don't abandon your team just because they're having a bad season.
Sean, I remember those energy star direct drives. The machines would literally fill just a few holes above the bottom of the wash basket and then proceed to agitate on high. The greatest damage was done to people's clothing. Whirlpool could have simply added a few spray rinses where the rinse increments would be with the cycle labelled as normal eco "do not use fabric softener" just as Speed Queen did. Nobody would have noticed. Whirlpool has access to timers that can perform an identical sub-interval sequence across several increments low cost. Instead they choose the more expensive, complex method of stretching and tearing customer clothing while leaving detergent all over them. Its like these companies are wittingly trying to get a rise out of people just so they'll blindly accept FL washers.
Whirlpool officially came to and when they ceased production of their direct drives.
Whirlpool should have not discontinued the direct drives. It was the end of an era, the last good yet economical top-loader ever produced stripped from the market. Everybody loved their DDs. They should and could have re-tooled keeping the DD lineup in production for another 30 years. With cool washing and spray rinsing energy regulations would have been satisfied as well. Taking away DDs left consumers with either buying short lived failure prone junk or having to spend near $1,500 on a Speed Queen that does the exact same thing as direct drive does that costs half as much to build. There are no longer any middle of the road, level headed, common sense offerings. Consumers only have extremes to choose from.
Whirlpool officially came to and when they ceased production of their direct drives.
Whirlpool should have not discontinued the direct drives. It was the end of an era, the last good yet economical top-loader ever produced stripped from the market. Everybody loved their DDs. They should and could have re-tooled keeping the DD lineup in production for another 30 years. With cool washing and spray rinsing energy regulations would have been satisfied as well. Taking away DDs left consumers with either buying short lived failure prone junk or having to spend near $1,500 on a Speed Queen that does the exact same thing as direct drive does that costs half as much to build. There are no longer any middle of the road, level headed, common sense offerings. Consumers only have extremes to choose from.
energy star direct drives
I didn't like them. The ones I used on the dorms were Maytag Commercial Laundry. The water level at so-called large load size was looking more like a medium water level. That was so stupid! I was either forced to do smaller loads or go to the laundromat. On top of that, they never did a spray rinse. This is so stupid! Pat, I feel your pain.
I didn't like them. The ones I used on the dorms were Maytag Commercial Laundry. The water level at so-called large load size was looking more like a medium water level. That was so stupid! I was either forced to do smaller loads or go to the laundromat. On top of that, they never did a spray rinse. This is so stupid! Pat, I feel your pain.
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I used to really like Whirlpool, nowadays not so much. I feel like it's just another company that doesn't make them like the used to anymore. Even the Maytag Commercial top loader that despite they've added a water selector knob unlike it's predecessor, apparently I've discovered online they have even more problems with the water levels. In addition my brother's Maytag top loader bit the dust and it wasn't even five years old. My LG washer is still going and it's older than my brother's Maytag. My point though that just because Whirlpool may be assembled here doesn't mean I'd buy one today if my Korean made LG cleans better and/or lasts longer, in fact the best washer I've used before wasn't made here. And as much as I love my Whirlpool built KitchenAid dishwasher and would love to get another KitchenAid, I still have my eyes on Bosch because that's what my appliance technician recommended. In fact that's how I got my LG washer in the first place was because of him. Whatever is the best regardless where it's made at, that's what I'd want to have. Now as for Whirlpool being the last full US manufacturer today, I'd say only 80% of that is true. If you're not counting the commercial models, all of the consumer microwaves are being made elsewhere. And when they were back to selling central vacs, they were also made elsewhere.
