What you think is the worst washer and why

[whirlcool]

We had a GE stacked set in our condo back in the 80s. The washer couldn't wash more than two pairs of jeans at a time or three bath towels at a time. Even then turnover was not existent. The clothing just moved back & forth with the agitator without rolling the clothing over.

The dryer dried pretty good, but it had no provisions for outside venting. The air came out of a vent panel along the top of the machine in the front. It did have a lint filter but didn't catch much lint. A few hour after you used the dryer you'd have to dust the house and it threw the lint out the front opening into the air in the house, creating dust everywhere.

We left the set there when we sold the place. I have never seen another set that looked like it. But for us, it was the worst washer & dryer we ever owned.

 

[washer111]

This is Easy...

We had a Simpson (ala "Electrolux") washer from early-2009 to late-2012. It was the SWT802.

It broke down once (daughter-board and recalled lidlock fitted), although the recirculation pump gave out some time along the way and washer couldn't tell it had failed (there was *supposed* to be an error-code for a failed pump...)

The machine left lint on clothes a lot of the time, although a panty-hose bag fixed that. Clothes were usually cleaned adequately.
It also had the nerve to stuff around during the drain period, and take at least 5 minutes to do its very slow spins before finally taking off for a spin.

Finally, we got a Miele W5741 and that thing was given away (for free). The old machine probably packed up ages ago, as it was *starting* to make some strange noises agitating/shifting the transmission on occasion.
This machine also seems to have received a boatload of dreadful reviews on 'ProductReview.'

And to help with "Defending the F&P Title," well, I know of a Smart-Drive machine that's seen 20 years of farm use, typically with very full loads and cold water. Aside from mice (its in a laundry attached to the house, but has an open door to the verandah), who caused several malfunctions, it still functions very well to this day.

 

[BoschExxcel]

It has to be the Caple WDI2202 washer dryer for me. It was awful at washing and drying, would never spin out of balance, was noisy, made the kitchen hot when drying and was just generally awful. It would not have been my choice, it was in our house as a new build. Awful thing and the neighbours hate them too! (There's a reason you haven't heard of them)

Sold it for £160 and put that towards a Whirlpool AWO/C 7714. It's a great machine. Glad we went for Whielpool again. It's like using a Miele after the Caple! (Would've got bosch to match everything else but was not prepared to pay £700!)

 

[haxisfan]

Personally I used a dozen of washers and...

I'd say at least 2 of the washers I used made me feel like I needed to look elsewhere if I wanted to keep my sanity! The absolute worst was the Zanussi Nexus (from 1997 - can't remember model number)... as it was extremely poor in cycle choice, didn't wash well enough in certain programs and didn't rinse adequately on all programs... often leaving traces of powder despite its 5 rinse cycle choice(without interim spins). It was also terribly unstable and not particularly reliable.

The other machine which carries the title of worst washers a Bendix (circa 1985) which was extremely optionless and inflexible... however, it was fighteningly reliable and a workhorse.

My views do not in any way reflect my opinion for the brands in question... especially the Zanussi which was most probably an unfortunate model.

 

[gelaundry4ever]

Did I mention...

Did I mention that the GE commercial hydrowave washers and dryers on my dorm are the worst? That hydrowave washer couldn't turn my full load of dark clothes over! I had it on the bright colors setting. Supposedly, it had cold/cold, normal/fast. Well let me tell you! The last time I washed a load of my darks, I opened the lid during the wash cycle and the jeans were still on top! Even worse was the rinse cycle! It did not fill up again! It just sprayed and spun the clothes! Pathetic! I had to put another $0.50 to restart the cycle just to get the laundry detergent out, not to mention use fabric softener! As for the dryer, I had to run it 3 to 4 times just to get the clothes dry! Yes, I had it on cottons/high! Wash clothes 2 cycles and dry them for 4? That is ridiculous! Oh, let's not forget the washer was so loud you could hear it from across the dorm! Bad design! Bearings going out in the tub! GE how dare you! And they had the audacity to call it a commercial washer! How stupid is that? GE can suck on a ****!

 

[gelaundry4ever]

Loud noise

It was so loud on the spin cycle too!

 

[gelaundry4ever]

So-called commercial grade quality

GE commercial washers and dryers are just a bunch of bull! I hate it when these commercial washers do a so-called rinse cycle! Like I told you, if you observe the GE commercial hydrowave washer during rinse, you be very disappointed! It's a sorry excuse for a rinse, not a true rinse! If it were a true rinse, it would refill and agitate some more! Yes, the washers and dryers are weak! Commercial grade my ass! Let's move onto the dryer! The dryer, like the washer, can't even handle a full load! Barely hot with a very large load and very hot on a small load! Yes even on cottons/high will it not dry your big loads! I have observed it on delicates/low and the dryer was so hot like if it had been set to cottons/high! Again! the dryer doesn't even get hot with a big load on cottons/high! What they (GE) should've done was put timer holds (true rinse for the washer, thermal holds for the dryer) in the timing system so we could get a commercial grade quality wash! They (GE) should've also put commercial grade parts into their commercial washers and dryers too! Who do they think they are? Con artists? Liars? Scammers? Cheaters? Thieves? Get a clue GE! Do they even know what doing laundry properly is? I don't think so! Everybody. Commercial grade is a lie with GE. Same is true for most brands except Speed Queen. I should've had put speed queen into their laundry rooms! But I am a college student who knows how washers and dryers should work! But NO! Commercial grade quality? Yeah right! Bull.

 

[aeg03]

Zanussi Flexi Dose ZWG7160p bought late 2011 and sold Sept 2012

Awful machine. Was very sensitive on spins. It would abort a lot of it's spin cycles or spend at least 20 minutes each time trying to balance a load that was already balanced!! I used to want to get a hammer and smash it up cos I had to keep stopping it to try and assist it with balancing. Washing heavy duvets tended to be a 'No Go' area with this machine because it couldn't spin anything like that! The suspension was creaky. I suspect that's why Electrolux made it so sensitive on spins. The wash cycles were a bit 'growly' and the spins were sometimes screechy. That filter in the drum I never liked and finally the 'Flexi Dose' drawer was tiny and the feature was nothing new. Most machines allow you to dose liquid and powder via the dispenser. My Hotpoint has that feature and they don't make a big deal about it. Last thing I disliked was that it dispensed the water and detergent straight into the top of the door seal. I washed a duvet once and powder was chucked onto the load from the inlet above the door but water never touched part of the duvet - even on rinses so there was still powder at the end of the cycle on the duvet. I'd still like to see how the new Zindos do and see one in operation.