Which model gets clothes the cleanest?

[organist89]

Hi there, quick question -

Of every make and model of automatic washer ever made for the USA market, which one gets the clothes the cleanest? Now that we have government-mandated water-saving and hot-water temperature limiters and all that, modern washers just don't seem to do the trick for me like the older models did.

I don't care how much water it uses, I just want the one that gets the clothes the cleanest, and gets all the soap out.

Thanks!

 

[cfz2882]

a few people on here have recent model speed queen T/Ls and
seem to really like them-these might be the last "old skool"
top loaders left,basic design dates to around 1981 and they
still have a long-stroke,powerful agitation.

 

[volsboy1]

Well I have a G.E. Harmony washer that if I want to it will wash over 12 hours with the right settings.That would be a 8 Hour soak with which it fills and washes then stops and does this off and on for 8 hours then depending on the 1000 other options you can force it after that soak to go into a 4 hour + wash which I would hit the stain remover and whites which will unlock the heater and basically boil the clothes..Its a great washer and a water saver but you can over ride that if you want.I had a G.E. Adora Frontloader first and it could never wash even on the longest cycle which we had to use the clothes were still not clean.I loaded it up and raised hell at lowes and they let me get this one that was 4 years ago and not one problem with heavy use..My Harmony gets clothes perfect clean on the normal water saver 50 min cycle but if you want it to wash 4 over 12 hours it will.It has sooo many options and you can have it rinse again and I always extend the spin so when I throw them in the dryer there done in 20 mins...

 

[gmmcnair]

Despite the dumbed down temperatures....

...my Admiralpool does a really good job cleaning if you don't overload it and feed it a good detergent (Sears Ultra Plus in my case).

I did three loads last night, one on dumbed down Hot, one on dumbed down Warm, and one on Cool. Everything came out fresh and spotless (except for my badly stained yard work shirt).

 

[strongenough78]

Any American top loader.

 

[supremewhirlpol]

Norge or GE FF

 

[norgeway]

Norge..BUT!!!!

It is rough on clothes,but for greasy nasty work clothes,it washes like everything!!also,contrary to popular belief it is rugged as hell,has a tranny that would pull a car,and the pump empties the tub faster than anything else ever did!!!

 

[huebschman]

I have a Huebsch TL (SQ). Very satisfied. Great agitation/clothes ciculation. Thought I would reget coughing so much dough on a TL... not anymore!

 

[yogitunes]

for vintage I would have to say any solid tub TL...a little newer go with a GE FF, just recently I have noticed how well the ones I have are at cleaning, turnover, rinsing, and spin out......for new go with the speed queen

I do like the GE Harmony, never owned one, but was wondering what speed these spin at?...

 

[foraloysius]

"I do like the GE Harmony, never owned one, but was wondering what speed these spin at?..."

IIRC 1010 rpm

 

[yogitunes]

Thanks.....this could be a machine I would be interested in...

I only seen 2 videos of these machines, with a full tub of water, and I wonder how they work with less as far as turnover and cleaning....

 

[foraloysius]

There are actually three videos on Youtube. Two made by somebody with a blackberry and the third was made by Robert and put on Youtube by somebody else with his permission. This is it. There is no sound.

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IIRC you can design your own cycles and Robert did this based on a cycle that filled to the top. I think it was a cycle for duvets or something.

 

[yogitunes]

Thanks again Louis....yes this is one I have seen, and didn't know if it always filled with that much water...seeing them in the store, I didn't think that pulsator would do a good job, but after this video, I have changed my mind....

 

[foraloysius]

So basically it doesn't fill to the top but there are ways to get around that.

 

[duet83]

I take it that this is a washer with no transmission. It relies on electronicly reversing the motor direction in pulses to affect agitation?

 

[volsboy1]

I guess I should make some Videos of my Harmony.The Normal fill is not even close to that you tube video that was the throw rug cycle I think.They fill until the machine thinks is enough.The wash action is great on them, it will wash the hell out of them if you want it to.The plate and steel basket spin separate from each other depending on cycle, it will pause and do a high speed spin kinda and pull the water through the clothes.It will do this about 3 times in each direction then pause and starts washing again but it does that quite often.When the tank is full it won't do that spin very fast at all cause the water would be spun out.They have a high torque pancake motor and that is it no belts or anything.

 

[foraloysius]

A video would be a great idea. Oddly enough there are hardly videos of the Harmony unlike some other HE toploaders. I think the GE Harmony is a fascinating machine, videos would be appreciated.