Speed Queen FL w/ Heater

[mark_wpduet]

Most people I know do sort

But they over load the washer...I hate that!!

And speaking of manufacturers getting the energy star rating; that's fine, but I still don't understand why they don't include some cycle to use more water. Look at the Electrolux Wave Touch for example.....If you dig deep, there's is an "add more water" option. I was hoping Whirltag would do this with their newest updated front loaders hidden deep in the menu.....About everything you could want is there (except add more water) based on the manual.......

 

[jerrod6]

So with these new Speed Queens there is no way to get a "sanitized"  wash or wash that is in the 140F range?  How would you kill dust mites with 90F water?

 

As for sorting I didn't do that too much until I bought this current house which has a double laundry sink so that the washer drains into one side. You should have seen the wash water.  Color transfer into the water from every wash water pump out...not so much in the rinses. After seeing this  I began sorting more precisely but still there is dye transfer to the water.  Doesn't happen a lot with synthetics which I don't have a lot of, but it happens with cottons.    For me no colors get mixed with whites.  I have a white load.  I wash light blue and green together, dark blues together, blacks together, dark green and dark red together. Tans and yellows together.  I recently bought pairs of black, blue, olive green and tan casual pants.  All of these say that you cannot use fabric softener, so now these have to go into their own loads if I want to use Fs.

 

Not trusting consumers?  Miele included.  When I purchased my W1986 washer the pages containing the programming instructions were deliberately left out of the manual.  I stumbled into them when looking at the same model sold in the AU.  Even if you look at our Miele DW manuals you see that they don't contain the same detail about program cycles as manuals sold in other parts of the world.

 

I hope other manufacturers do not follow speed queen and at least allow consumers the option of using a heater. Maybe I should buy a new washer now and just keep it in storage until I need it.

 

[tomturbomatic]

Jerrod, same here with my W1986, but Edward (eddy1210) came to my rescue and sent me the programming he could get from Miele Canada to ensure proper rinsing in the machine. Now, when I choose a cycle, the "sensitive" dot lights up. In the cottons cycle the 3 rinses are all high water level (up on the glass) and the first one lasts a full 10 minutes. I am so glad I got the 1986 and the 1918 in 2004. I had wanted to see the features on the new models, but when I saw how restictive the new controls were, I started beating the bushes for the older machines. I found a deal on the pedestals for them at US Appliance and like the way the doors are at eye level when I am seated. The viewing is like in an old coin laundry, but better.

 

[neptunebob]

Jerrod, what brand pants are they that you cannot use fabric softener?  Are they Dockers?

 

[jerrod6]

landsend

 

Neptunebob: Landsend and also I have some shirts from Eddie Bauer that state on the laundering instructions that you should not use Fabric softener so I don't .  These slacks and shirts come out looking almost perfect even if I use the regular  cottons cycle instead of perm press so perhaps the restriction has something to do with fabric softener removing the reduced iron properties of the garments....Whatever.... they come out looking and feeling great without the Fs so I do separate loads for them.

 

Tomtubomatic: Yeah I was looking at the pre- 1986  Miele washer models and thought I would get the 4 to  5 rinses with the 1986.  Was kind of disappointed that mine did two or three with the sensitive option selected, but did realize that the 2 or three where higher level than the 4 or 5.   I called Miele tech and asked them for the water usage.  Turns out that, as delivered,  if you select sensitive - 3 rinses, it will give you slightly less water in each individual rinse than it would if you use the standard two rinses so no deeper rinse;---just 3 more of them each one with even less water than the standard.

 

Once I found the programming instructions and set it for water+ in wash and rinse I get much more water, up into the door glass  for the rinses just as you have described. I will  confess that lately I have been using two rinses for smaller loads and things work well.  A lot depends on how well the detergent formulation will rinse out in the first place.  

 

Now I love my W1986 especially the fact that it will adjust the cycle time to the load size which is something I don't think the 1926 or 1930 or 1918  would do--not sure about that, but I guess the newer LG, Duets, Maytags and other machines do this too. I also like the fact that the 1986 is  220V so it can heat the water to almost 200F in a very short period of time. I really wish I would never have to get another washer period.