What you think is the worst washer and why

[hooverkeymatic]

Just out of interest, I thought it would be good to create a thread of what you think is the worst machine.

I might post but i will need to have a good think!You can have multiple machines if you like!

Thanks!

 

[electron800]

Well of the machines we have owned

there are a number that have been the worst in a number of ways.

Wash results: Hotpoint WM52, just couldnt shift stains like the others.

Rinse results: Whirlpool AWM 5125/S, final rinse looks like a sudsy wash water!

Reliability: The WM52 again, broke down the greatest number of times in the shortest time period, 4 repairs in 4 years.

General build Quality: The Hoover AM 132 was the most "flimsy" feeling, but the WM52 sounded like it was about to drop to bits every time it span, so I'd say it's a tie between the two.

Cycle lengths: The Whirlpool again, 3hours for a cottons wash, what a joke!

Overall it has to be between the Whirlpool and the WM52 for the worst machine I've had personal experience of.

For me the award goes to the Whirlpool, because I'm a bit obsessive over rinsing and it basically just dosen't rinse. Also the stupid cycle times drive me mad!

Matt

 

[frigilux]

I don't know if I have the strength to counteract the bile which is inevitably spewed at my machine whenever these "Worst Washers" lists pop up. I speak, of course, of my beloved tub-indexing, sheet twisting, hunk of cheap plastic: The 2006 Frigidaire top-loader.

Certainly Glenn---who finds himself in the unenviable position of defending the admittedly far better Fisher/Paykel top-loader---and I deserve Purple Heart designations for bravery in the face of adversity!

And so, dear family at AW, allow me the indulgence of a preemptive strike: "F*ck off!!"

There. My work here is done, LOL.

 

[hooverkeymatic]

My nana has the AWM328.It is a good machine but she always has quick wash selected.The balance sensor is mad.it has jumped once!

 

[electron800]

Quick wash would be ok

if it weren't for the fact that with quick wash pressed it does 2 rinses at cottons wash level with no spin after the wash and 2 split second bursts at about 150rpm after the 1st rinse. Disgusting!

Matt

 

[hooverkeymatic]

electron800..

my nanas does a 600rpm(i think)spin after the wash and a 800rpm(i think) spin after the first rinse.

 

[ronhic]

Personally, and I'm sorry to some that like them, having had one of the Hitachi/GE small and larger top loaders at my parents coast house...that wins my worst machine award..

Nothing de-fluffs towels and turn clothes into rope faster.

 

[deeprinser]

Worst machine- I regret to say -
My old Hoover 1300 washerdryer 1990.
It washed ok but if I set it to wash and dry -The clothes were stuck to the drum after the final spin and then it dried (baked) them to the sides of the drum ! Cardboarded clothes !
Also has to be any front loader that wont fill above the bottom of the door. ( endless manual topping up water via soap drawer)
You are right in saying that the final rinses are similar to a sudsy wash !
OTOH- Mum had a Candy 1040 front loader for 16 years and never needed any attention whatsoever ! 3-4 washloads a week !
Deep washes and rinses also.
Lucky I guess.
Regards .Louis

 

[yogitunes]

IMO of working at a used appliance store, the worst washer built would have been the White-Westinghouse top loader, with the weigh to save lid, just a real flimsy machine as far as construction, difficult to replace the belt, noise level was loud, even with the indexing tub did not do a very good job of washing and that filter was worthless, these machines used to always come back for constant repairs, we always cringed when we saw one, better to toss in the trash....

 

[mattywashboy]

I loved the Hitachi top loader i had not so long back, the one in the video linked below, BUT it really wasn't a great performer on a few important levels. The spin between wash and rinse was about 5 seconds, which is nowhere near long enough in my opinion. It did used to turn things into rope and didn't cope too well with large loads. The fabric softener dispenser was a joke, u had to heavily dilute it down to get it to dispense properly (even then a lot was lost). Basically the dispenser was all around the top lip of the inner tub, when the tub span, it threw it all off down into the outer tub (which is the reason i think the rinse spin was so short, to 'attempt' to stop any from going down the drain).
So i agree with Ronhic when i say these machines are my worst choice out of all that i have used.

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[toploader1984]

the worst machine has to be the new ge HE top loader with the wash plate, the cabrio isn't that great either BUT the cabrio at leas rolls clothes over.

 

[electron1100]

Worst Machine

The worst I have ever owned was a Hoover AL-150, flimsy build qaulity, the main drum weight broke away from the drum. washing performance mediocre, the water levels were hopeless, if you put a full load in on a cottons cycle it would not always get the clothes wet that were in the middle of the drum, pathetic weak motor it strained to turn a full load and the spin balance was a 50/50 shot, oh and also it would not always take in the fabric conditioner.........oh and of course it had one those noisy cheap magnetic pumps......not a good one from Hoover.......... :-(

 

[twinniefan]

Bosch front loader

Ours would be without any doubt the Bosch front loader we had for just 2-3 years before it gave out on us,what a waste of money that beast was.
Although something good did come out of that experience,I found automaticwasher.org.
Cheers.
Steve.

 

[newwave1]

Oooh here we go. for ME it is any servis machine made after they were bought by merloni. The shallow drum paddles (though they are four of them) were fine for full loads but anything that was half full or just a few items just bobbled along the bottom of the drum. It didn't wash or rinse that well. It fustrated the life out of me and after alot of complaining we bought a WMA62 hotpoint which was like heaven after that.

The WM52 i had before again wasn't too great. It wasn't a patch on the hotpoint 9534 that we had before it!

And how could i forget. The hotpoint WT960. I was driven to dispair by it. I have kicked myself everytime for not buying the electrolux insight which i knew inside and out would be like my aeg we had before. But because i was being stupid and wanted something different i bought the hotpoint. Welcome to 20minute final cottons spins. Welcome to an Out of balance correction that throws the load more and more out of balance. And welcome to 2 faults in a year. Though i do miss the fast wash for its long tumbles and high rinses. & did like the wash tumble speeds! The Rinse tumbles were too fast in my opinion But i did like the distribution at the end of the rinses.

So i think its a tie between the wt960 & the Servis gem.

Darren

 

[whirlcool]

While we have been very lucky when it comes to our laundry machines, from what I read those 2000 era Amanatags must be the worst.

Or those all plastic 1990 era TL washers. The tub was plastic, the entire cabinet was plastic including the lid. You didn't see those around for too many years. I don't think they even lasted long enough for people to have the time to complain about them!

 

[dyson2drums]

mine would be my servis m6115 as it broke in 6 months 2 to 3 times with about 8 callouts as first lights weren't working though we weren't bothered as long as it washed. Then it stated doing slow spins loud noises etc and finally repair men blew module etc and took it away as he knew we were sick n tired and he was too. We got money back and bought the wma 58 hotpoint with powerstream which is ace with the ditri wool wash and powerstream in cottons that works so well and spin balancing is really quick no faffing unlike newer hotpoints. now the hotpoint is at my aunts who is using it daily as her wm 64 which we both bought on the same day broke as drum went slanted and sis a really mad spin and it was too loud anyway, btw my wm 64 lasted a little time dont know why.

Now my dyson is doing everything daily and does 4 loads sometimes a day when no washes have been done in weekdays or few have been done in week days.

BtW- the two drums is off now but the intensed tumbles that hit distri speed for like 5 seconds have a nice impact on wash and stains seem to get out as well as before.

 

[dyson2drums]

the detested servis that we had poor washing performance from and cottons washes were far too long so we used synthetics most of the time.

 

[hoovermatic]

Think it would have to be a Servis Rainwave (i think that was what it was called). The baffles were too shallow and delicates or wool just used to sit there while the drum turned around them. I found the one way to overcome the problem was to put the clothes in wet - it seemed to do the trick. hopeless at stain removal and a very rickety clockwork programmer.

 

[mrb627]

Honestly

Well, in my opinion, I don't think I have a machine to report here. I think each and every machine when used properly and with care can get the job done as expected. There isn't a machine out there that doesn't have a few design flaws in it. The challenge is pinpointing the flaw and learn to work around it. Each and every machine is gonna have a breakdown at some point in its life. Some are just a little more inclined to fail more often than others.

MRB

 

[tristarcxl]

I'd list the Direct-Drive Shredmores here, but I'll catch flack for it, and besides......I've used one worse!

I had a lemon of a DD Shredmore and it's left a really awful taste in my mouth regarding those machines. I simply don't like them, they're too rough on clothes, particularly the standard-capacity machines. I grew up using older Maytags and then front-loaders when I went to college, so my first introduction to a "Shredmore" was when I bought my house in 2006. What an awful machine compared to what I was used to! Then of course the transmission housing actually cracked! Leaked oil everywhere......that's when it went bye-bye and I've strictly forbidden anything like it in my house again!

The WORST washer I've used though was another creation by Whirlpool. I used it at a wash in and honestly asked myself WHY did they bother? What was it?

An agitator Whirlpool Cabrio..... Even if you over-rode the automatic fill and told it to do a full load, it would take over 10 minutes to fill! Constantly weighing clothes and checking stuff before it would finally give up and just fill the stupid tub! It was nice and quiet, but the wash action was rough on clothes. Even worse than a shredmore! With the machine properly loaded and with a full water level, there was clothes twisting and one of the older shirts actually suffered ripping! Vote NO to "HE" top loaders! Did I mention the useless fabric softener dispenser? During rinse spin, it would throw the fabric softener, then slow down and allow it to trickle out of the agitator, then ramp back to speed and literally DRY it on the clothes! After the final rinse it would leave spots that had to be re-washed out.

So yes, it can always get worse...

 

[thomasortega]

The modern Brastemp top loaders.

it's a washing machine that can also be user as food processor, rock breaker, paper shredder.

probably the next version will come with stainless steel victorinox or sabatier blades instead of the agitator.

 

[favorit]

Candy C134 (year 1972)

- dreadful temp control. Thermostop till 40°C/105°F, then timed heating : when the half load (lower water level) was selected warm washes actually were darn hot. Not to mention those long boiling times (big energy waste)

- missing baffles : awful tumbling action on half loads. Those delicate loads that need to float as in a US toploader hadn't any roll-over action : i.e. the top of a pile of curtains came out still dry @ the cycle end.

- Sh##### bearings

Have to say that a later Candy combo (16 WD - year 1986) was better that this piece of junk. It had baffles, temp knob , but it was a nasty dryer just like Louis/Deeprinser' s Hoover

LINK to Candy Time Machine - note in y 1971 , pic #14 that odd frontloader that opens like a euro toploader .. obviously this strange design disappeared in a while

http://www.candy-group.com/60candy/home.html?keepThis=true&TB_iframe=true&height=600&width=800

 

[favorit]

Brastemp TL killing clothes ....

... maybe they're Dexter made ?? ;-))

 

[hotpointwf220]

My worse Machines

I only have 2

Washing = Whirlpool Aspirations AWM328 never cleaned clothes well despite having welded paddles.

Rinsing = Tie, Hotpoint WF220, for like 2 turns then drains for spin on E and whirlpool for just messing around.

Spinning = Hotpoint WF220 balancing is a joke whirlpool span better if i skip past the first stages of final spin.

Washing Times = Whirlpool Aspirations AWM328. 3 hours and 2 hours with Quickwash.

Build Quality = Tie, Hotpoint WF220, the drum paddles were rubbish, always fell off. Whirlpool Aspirations AWM328, always banging against front casing when spinning and most bits were wobbling too.

Overall the worst machine to me was the Whirlpool Aspirations AWM328 it just takes the mick for the length of the cycles.

 

[hotpointwf220]

Electron1100 ur AL150 must have been unlucky for u as my grandma's is still going strong with no problems to date.

 

[servisslimline]

servis

the maodern servis machines are the worst in my opinion because i saw one washing quite a few times, and it was not a good sight, during the wash, they are supposed to do about six second turns but it only does three of six because it cant move the drum it was wierd, also they are ALLWAYS Unbalanced on the spin cycle! every single time! its horrible

 

[norfolksouthern]

I'll cast my vote for the HE Whirlpool Cabrio and Kenmore Oasis with the impeller. Watching them on YouTube, they make the weirdest sound and the wash action looks very disgusting. They are, overall, just icky. I'll take an HE front loader over that any day.

NorfolkSouthern

 

[douglasdc6]

I agree , I do not like the u-tube posting of the oasis washing in a setting that uses little water - However I do use my oasis washer in bulky bedding setting every time & this allows the machine to fill the tub almost to the top whitch works well - If they had tried this setting on u-tube all would be good.

 

[aquarius1984]

Hmmmmmm

Worst machines, from a very personal experience,

Candy Domino 1000 - lasted 4 years with multiple repairs 1988 - 1992

Later stung again with a Candy Activa 1000rpm in Feb 2000 which lasted until June 2000

Stung even further with a shoddy Hoover Quattro 1300 Express.
June 2000 - June 2000.

Hoover HDV6 Ultracare dryer Dec 2003 - Nov 2008. Shocking how a tumble dryer didnt make it over 5 years old.
Broke weeks into service with drum lifters snapping off regularly.

Wont produce a rant, made my feelings quite clear about Candy appliances previously.

Impressed with the new Hoover Vision, just hope the one in Brum makes it to a good age, fingers crossed and touch wood!
Im sure the particular owner im thinking is putting it thru the paces too.

The dreaded HDV6, photo taken in 2007.

 

[aquarius1984]

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