The Great Washing Machine Scam

[Chetlaham]

Going on impulse doesn't end well, the 5-oclock news is living proof of that. 

 

You have to think, talk, reflect, then act.

 

Mental imagery and written language are a means by which future plans are formulated. 95% of this site consists of people talking about their dream machines before acquisition, during rebuild, and after success.

 

 

I understand what your ultimately getting at. You don't want me and Jerome reviving old threads and you don't want me and Jerome bringing up GE/Hotpoint/RCA washers daily. Conveying those two desires explicitly "clicks" faster (for me) than being tangential (peripheral). I'm guessing the same would hold true for Jerome.  

 

 

 

[gelaundry4ever]

to chetlaham

This is very true. As a blind person, I can see the decline in quality in feel and hear it in sound alone.

 

[cleanteamofny]

Finally got aroung to it.

   

 

Yesterday, I washed that oiled, bleach-spotted tea towel. As I had said before, I did not pretreat it.

I used the towel cycle with sanitize, solid soil, stain-soak, perfect steam, and pure rinse.

After the wash, I air-dried the towel to see if I needed a second round of washing.

The oil stain spread further into the fabric, covering close to 100% of it.

So, two months later, here are the results.  

 

The detergents that were used.

1. Tide Hygienic Clean

2. Clorox2

3. Booster Blend

 

(Sorry for lying that I would machine dry the towel when I didn't)

 

[jmm63]

Modern top load washers, especially ones with wash plates, make me angry.
The dribbles of water, the jiggling of the clothes, the spinning and stopping and the just sitting there make me crazy

I've only had a front loader the last 18 years and just got the LG Washtower and love it. The clothes come out clean, stain free and smell good and I can see things moving around ! Amen !

 

[adam-aussie-vac]

I’ll be real, I don’t mind it if there is a lot of action

And the Motor seems like it has a lot of get up and go instead of slowly starting to Tumble, I want a washing machine that’ll throw itself into spin

 

[kalanikaau1]

Mahalo!

Interesting read,Thanks for posting.

This is exactly why I jumped on the opportunity to buy a used 2018 Speed Queen LWN432SP115TWO1 top loader for a paltry $75 two years ago, the seller was relocating to Texas and did not want to pay shipping costs for the machine to follow her.

Mind you the machine still worked fine, matter of fact she was using it when I went to look at it.

The machine sat in my carport for almost two years as a backup for my trusty 22 year old Maytag top loader when it dies, that started to happen earlier this year with transmission issues.

Resultingly, I was forced into action to disassemble and sanitize the Speed Queen and finally placed it into service last August.

In watching YouTube videos about Whirlpool and GE top loader construction and design, I was amazed and appalled at the amount of plastic used in mission critical components, this reinforced my conviction to never buy a modern day machine, ever.

The Speed Queen is humming along just fine, with it's robust construction I expect it to do so for years, did I mention that it has an uber reliable mechanical timer?

About the only drawback to the machine is it's rather low water fill level but I'm working on that.

I absolutely refuse to spend $$$ on a Whirlpool or Haier produced machine and have to push it to the curb 5 years thereafter.