Videos of my new GE Hydrowave with Infusor!!!

[pulsator]

If you look closer at the pic of the lid, it only shows the water level at just above the halfway mark on the Super setting. The nice thing about this machine is that you can set it to do a double rinse, whether it be 2 "fabric softener" rinses aka, "fill" and Infuse or 2 sets of shower rinses.

 

[chestermikeuk]

Washers

Hi Jamie

Nothing like a new machine for getting you out of bed in the morning (and no sleep at night!!) fab birthday present, all the best for the birthday!!

Interesting concept for eco values, question being just what does it take to move clothes through water to achieve cleanness?? love the infuser spray fill & wash effect, how does the fabric dispenser work?? does it spin it out or dilute it underneath??

Enjoy, Mike

 

[estesguy]

Question..

Unless water conservation is a prime consideration,,,I just wondered why you would pick this machine over a WPRE6100, which, as I've discussed in previous threads, is the exact same machine as far as the drive system goes, but has a conventional agitator and is NON-Energy Star rated, and therefore fills the tub all the way to the top with water, as a toploader should. Anyways, congrats on your purchase. These are very quiet machines, and with no transmission to go out, if the electronic control board holds up, they should provide dependable service. I've had my 8100 for 2 years now without incident, and I love it.

 

[pulsator]

Mike, the fabric softener dispenser works exactly like an old Maytag and the same as most American toploaders. The cup is shaped with slight outward angle so that when the washer goes into spin the fabric softener gets flung out into an outer cup and held there by centrifugal force, when the machine stops from the spin the softener falls down and dribbles out holes in the agitator. On this machine, it doesn't work the best....

Estesguy, I had a Hydrowave machine with an agitator and got bored with it fast, it was too much like my mom's Fisher Paykel machine but with a really crappy dual action agitator! That machine is waiting to be sold, my new Hydrowave with Infusor machine is MUCH more fun to watch!

 

[scrubflex]

Can you post some videos of mixed full loads and jeans? (longer wash, rinse & spin times)

 

[maytagwc401]

Sorry, but it looks pathetic. All that space in a big tub, and everything is at the bottom being swooshed around in a few cups of water. I am not impressed. Sorry.

 

[mrb627]

Hoo-Hum

I too an unimpressed. Sorry GE.

MRB

 

[mayguy]

I'll have to agree, I am not impressed... I can't see how a full load of clothes get clean by it just sitting there.

 

[davek]

This type machine

I have to say that I bet these machines are much harder on clothes than a regular top loader. A Shredmore packed to the top on the lowest water setting is kind of the idea. I feel like the tub size is deceptive, and I don't like that this will be the dominant top loader in just a few years. These combine the worst of both top and front loaders. I do like the near magic Alien-type crawl of clothes up through the middle of an Oasis/Cabrio machine though. At least these machines are usually quiet. I would fell better about them if they had a circulating waterfall like the Calypso and didn't look like they were mixing up a load of dry clothes.

 

[maytagwc401]

If you put a very dirty towel or t-shirt, and it sits on top, like in the towel load video, I am sure it will not come clean. I can do a better wash action in the sink, with my hands. It's totally ridiculous. And I am sure that a lot of people who will buy these machines have no idea how it works. They will take it home, and wonder why the hell it is not filling up more than that. Most people don't care about washing machines like we do. They do not research like we do. (Let's face it, there are only a few nuts like us in this world)

 

[cleanteamofny]

I know that this washer is not popular, but it is very effective getting clothes just as clean with their wash plates or even better because of the speed bumps on the basket wall.
It's a extra action that the WhirlMayMore's lacks which may get a better cleaning rating as tests are performed in CR in the future.
If you compare wash plate action to a Haier/Sanyo/GE Harmony wash plate motion,
you will see all three are different and one is less agressive than the other. But Keep in mind with the right sorting, water temp and detergent will reduce damage to fabrics if done right......

Hey, did you noticed that the reverse rollover is slower than the WhirlMayMore machines?

 

[cleanteamofny]

Happy Belated Birthday Jamie!

 

[pulsator]

The reverse rollover is very very slow in this machine, about 3 rollovers during the wash and one during the rinse. However, I don't mind the slow roll over at all, everything has come out great so far and nothing seems to be stressed or worn after the cycle, I guess only time will tell how truly gentle it is!