Washer Debate

[ingliscanada]

There's an ongoing debate on which style of TL washer is best in areas of tub design, filtering and drainage.

The makers of solid tub washers claimed:
Fresh water is added as dirt and lint overflow and go out the drain, not recirculated into the clothes;
After agitation, wash water is spun out up and over the tub, whereas in a perforated tub, clothes act as a filter recollecting dirt;
At the end of the overflow rinse, the water is crystal clear.

The makers of perforated tub washers claimed:
The recirculating filter keeps wash water clean;
Dirt exits through perforations, away from clothes;
With spin drain, dirt and lint is spun up and over the clothes and out through the perforations, unlike neutral drain where dirt settles back onto clothes;
With neutral drain, clothes float to top while dirt and lint are drained away below them, not spun into clothes.

Maybe one's better than the other, who knows?

 

[mixfinder]

The Proof is at the Bottom

Agitation combined with proper load size had the most to do with clean laundry. Some solid tubs used more water to dilute the rinse if they had an overflow drain. GE solid tub FF did not and didn't even offer a spray rinse between wash and rinse. It seemd to me, based on nothing scientific that my Frigidaire with overflow rinse turned out the whitest whites. I was never able to get whites I was proud of from any perforated tub with the exception of Maytag. The proof was in soil and sand removal. It was common for farmers and ranchers who had a solid tub machine to see a ring of dirt that caught in the bottom of the clothes as the water swirled up and out of the tub. Solid tubs fared better in city laundry rooms.

 

[jeffg]

I prefer a neutral drain, not only because it removes more lint from the washbasket, but also because loads come up to full spin a lot faster when the water is emptied first. This has to save wear and tear on the motor, transmission and other components.