Videos: 2013 Frigidaire Immersion Care Washer

[frigilux]

Load: 4 large, heavy bath towels; 4 large hand towels; one grimy bar mop
Cycle: Heavy Duty; actual cycle time is 58 minutes
Options: Warm water; Normal Soil; Fabric Softener (a deep rinse); Max Spin; Max water level
Detergent: powdered Tide With Bleach HE; manufacturer's suggested dose for normal load

This was recorded with an iPad 2. It can only record about 49 minutes of video at a time, so the cycle is not complete. I wanted to throw one grimy item in the load to see how it would play out. I went out to the patio and took a few swipes at my grimy glass-topped table with a bar mop. At the deep rinse, you'll hear some water flowing into the fabric softener dispenser, then the trickling sound of it entering the tub. That happens several times before the agitation begins.

Should you tire of watching paint dry, the wash water begins draining at 34:10; the load-balancing slow agitation at 32:00. Fill for deep rinse begins at 41:00.

Check back for additional videos (a load of dress shirts; the uber-stained kitchen whites) tomorrow!

I tried to transfer the video in HD, but it froze mid-process, so I began again and used standard quality.
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[frigilux]

Here's a photo of the grimy bar mop fresh from the washer: Clean and white without bleach.

 

[westie2]

Eugene thanks for the video Great to see and looks like it will do a good job.  Wish the spin speed was greater for extract.  Looks like a winner for a TL.

 

[gansky1]

Do you just get one deep rinse with softener selection made - no shower rinsing? Other than the lower spin speeds between wash and rinse, it's very similar to the cabrio action.

 

[launderess]

Great Vid!

Thanks all to pieces for posting it!

L.

 

[frigilux]

CHARLES: This was the first time I used the deep rinse option, and I was hoping for a full-speed first spin; but no. The slow spin makes sense when you use the default spray rinses, as you wouldn't want to compact the clothes; that would hamper the sprays getting completely through the items in the load. But, yes, that pokey excuse for a first spin grates on me, too, LOL! The machine seems to do its job, though, so who am I to argue?

GANSKY: No spray rinses when the deep rinse is selected. You can request both the Fabric Softener and Freshwater Rinse options at the same time, if I recall correctly. I may have to try that to see if it provides a spray rinse before the deep rinse. Or...what if it provides two deep rinses?!  Nah, that's impossible.  Right?

LAUNDERESS: Your are most welcome, my dear.

 

[mickeyd]

You edited the first post while I was viewing, so now I know

I could not for the life of me figure out what the spray rinse noises were during the rinse fill, complete with the pipe bangs, so much like a WP/KM. No water was flowing out of the flume or the jets. What sleight of hand is Eugene up to, I wondered. So glad to know what it was.

LOOK: this is a lot more dramatic than you let on, and somewhere early on, there was a view of the grimy mop, and it was noticeably soiled. And your photo shows the proof in the pudding--spotless and no more pudding.

I am impressed and thanks for filming.

The long contact of the laundry with the detergent, and the near-constant movement and immersion must be the secret to the soil removal.

And by the way, the jets were kind of cute.

 

[frigilux]

MICKEYD: I put this video up first because it has the most action/clothes movement. Wait 'til you see the load of shirts.

As for the waterfall jets, I think they should be pressurized, like the "circle of spray" or whatever it was called on my 1986 Frigidaire top-loader. That feature was a holdover from the 1-18 machines. These are so wimpy. It's akin to expecting fireworks but, instead, getting an old man riding past on a squeaking bicycle with a couple of sparklers, LOL.

 

[appliancelou]

HEY EUGENE THANKS SO MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME OUT TO MAKE THIS VIDIEO FOR ALL US

TO ENJOY!!! LOOKING FORWARD TO OTHER VIDIEOS OF THIS MACHINE LOVE IT, I BEEN DYING

FOR A NEW TOY THIS WILL DO IT LOL!! THANKS AGAIN LOU

 

[toploader1984]

frigidaire TL

thank you so much for posting the video! i know what my next machine is going to be;-) i can't wait so see her rev up to 800 rpm!

 

[peteski50]

Frigidaire!

Eugene thanks so much for the great video. I work selling appliances for who knows how much longer and I am Happy to see for a long time comming something that uses a decent amount of water! We have not carried these machines as of yet but I hope they get them real soon!

Peter

 

[frigilux]

Load: 10 dress shirts
Cycle: Normal
Options: Light soil; warm water; low spin speed; auto water level
Detergent: powdered Tide With Bleach HE; manufacturer's suggested dose for normal load

I dropped the shirts into the tub and it filled loosely to the top. You'll notice the clothes shift positions far more slowly compared to the load of bath linens. I think the impeller finds it easier to grab heavier, textured fabrics. The light soil-level selection shortened the cycle time by a whopping 12 minutes compared to normal soil. It performs a couple of 120 rpm spins at various points during agitation; something I've never seen it do, before. I'm assuming it's to aid cleaning in exchange for the shortened wash period.

You'll see the machine's spray rinsing feature (the default rinsing process for all cycles) in lieu of a traditional deep rinse.

Sequence: Slow, load-balancing agitation at 18:32
Wash water drains at 20:37
Rinsing procedure begins at 27.05
Final spin at 34.00

The scraping sound you hear during agitation is a shirt button in contact with the spinning tub.

My dress shirts always have noticeable ring-around-the-collar, so they always receive a shot of Amway classic stain-pretreat. The right sleeve of dark blue shirt which spends the entire wash period languishing at the top of the load was covered with dust/dirt from my reaching around the top of a closet in the garage. Despite minimal movement, everything emerged clean---including the collars.

This was actually the first video I made. By the second (the load of bath linens), I'd learned to angle the iPad differently to get a slightly better view of the tub. The iPad, by the way, is teetering precariously at the edge of a fully-raised music stand, which, in turn, is perched atop a cardboard box. I believe these no-budget accoutrements place me squarely in the "indie filmmaker" category, LOL.

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[pdub]

Great video Eugene. Thanks for sharing. It really is quite entertaining and I agree the machine is doing a great job on this particular load. I am looking forward to more reviews and videos.

Thanks again!

Patrick

 

[mark_wpduet]

Thanks! Looks good. This is one of the better HE TL washers I've seen in action. I like the way it uses a little more water and really tried to move things around. I like the way it spins with water both ways a few times then immediately starts agitating again.

 

[launderess]

If You Think About It

This washer tries to create the water movements of an agiator toploader without the beater.

Between both the tub and impeller movements currents of water are pushed through the laundry. This is done without the usual tangling and other problems associated with impeller washers because the machine is not creating the normal vortex water action. Because of this in theory washing action is almost equal throughout the tub rather than just underwater/towards the impeller/beater. Also because while there is enough water to get the job done, it is just enough so the machine can make the powerful currents required to do the cleaning.

 

[georgect]

Just watching the first video now.
LOVE the sounds...this machine gets down to business fast.

It doesn't sound like it's straining like Whirlpool and the wash action beats LG hands down.

Damn...I love how fast it scenes the load and how it stops before changing all it's steps.

Now I'm a fan of this Frigidaire Top Loader, although I'm a bigger fan of the Electrolux Front Loader.

 

[vintagesearch]

Aaaaaand the proof is in the pudding! It's neat a little different than what's out there. I want one now!

 

[frigilux]

Glad you're enjoying the videos, gang!

I don't have experience with other impeller machines, and perhaps the top-rated ones at CR (by Samsung, LG, Maytag) do a better job than this one. The selling point here is that you can choose the water level manually; and I haven't had a single problem with unbalanced loads, which is a frequent complaint about impeller machines in user reviews.

Using auto sensing, the machine would have used less water for the load of bath linens. The reduction of total water used comes courtesy of the spray rinse procedure, which actually does a great job. In fact, I think I prefer the multiple spray/extract rinses to a single deep rinse.

The machine uses just as much water as a traditional top-loader if you manually select the MAX water level coupled with the deep rinse option. Best of both worlds: I can choose to be a bit more extravagant with the wash water by manually selecting the water level, but still save a substantial amount of the total water used by taking advantage of the spray rinsing procedure.

I do feel I need to restate this: While I'm having great fun putting the Immersion Care through its paces, the list of reasons I far prefer the Frigidaire front-loader would be as long as my arm.

Again, check back later today for one or two more videos; the kitchen whites---wait 'til you see the stains, LOL!---and maybe a load of jeans or sheets or something like that.

 

[kimball455]

Thanks for posting. And thanks for the after picture. It looks really clean.
Harry