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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...
 
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

 
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.
 
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
 
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
 
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.
 
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.

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This is the most poor washer: doesn't clean, have a lot of problems to made a good balance to spin and the control board stops to work woth only 2 years of use..

So Patetic

Frigidaire affinity.. buy and try

 
Has to be...........

The Hoover Vision 8KG 1600rpm spin machine I had. Its a shame a machine could break down so frequently :(

We had it for about 8months and throughout the time it had constant issues with the motor struggling and then eventually burning out. In total it had 4 Motors, (Including the one it came with), the Wiring loom, pcb and speed control boards were also replaced on the final service call ( when the 4th motor was being fitted)

Unfortunatley the same thing happened to that motor, kept over heating and cutting out, so in the end I never really knew why it kept doing it and just couldnt go on with a machine that would temporarily work properly.

This, with the really bad suspension that would let the drum wobble out of control and hit the cabinet all the time made it sound and look like a really shody machine considering we paid almost £400 for it.

So for me that has to be the worst washer Ive had for all those reasons! Was glad to see the back of it when they took it out! Its a shame because I thought Hoover/Candy machines wernt too bad, until then!

Richard :-)
 
Worst Washer

The worst US washer has to be the washer that replaced the GE top loader design of the 50-60-70-80 to 93 era. I know a recycling warehouse in the DC area that has rows of them that they can't give away.
 
KeithELong was definitely referring to the post Filter-Flo General Electrics. These are the ones with the cork-screw type agitators. They are similar to the Electrolux Frigidaire top loaders with the Franklin transmissions, from some of the videos I've seen on YouTube.

NorfolkSouthern
 
Hotpointwf220 - nice to see another local!

My mum had this Electra thing in the early 90's. We had it about 3 years from 93-96ish. I can't remember the model number but it had 2 dials on the right hand side (a program dial and a delay dial) and had a very similar door to the Creda's of the time. I remember the whole thing having to be stripped down because the drum casing was wearing away at the back. Constantly unbalanced, loud, didn't wash that well. Bearings went after a few years and we replaced it with a Zanussi (model number escapes me) that we had for about 10 years. I think that was the worst experience I've ever had with a washer.

Chris
 

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