Best new front loader washer
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Epic or Bosh front loader washer/dryer???
Comments (18)Well...I completely disagree that Bosch is worse on the problems you mention than other brands, the assertion is certainly NOT supported by the posts on this forum, nor is it supported by JD Powers customer satisfaction statistics. (I agree that people on this forum have had some issues with the dryers, which is why I was surprised at the JD Powers results on dryers.) If anything, most Bosch owners seem to get their problems resolved much more successfully than owners of other machines. Most such complaints apply (or not) generically to all FLs, and are a matter of owner negligence rather than actual machine problem. Complaints about various models tend to go in waves, for example back when you first bought your Bosch there were Sport owners discussing a lawsuit against Whirlpool because of pump problems. It is hard to draw conclusions from the frequency of such posts without information on market penetration for various brands. Were we all wearing dirty stained germ infested clothes? Yes. I think most of us just want a washer that is dependable, cleans our clothes and hopefully do that job for serveral years. For this only the classic washtub will work. - DR...See MoreBest Whirlpool, top-loader, non-high-eff washer
Comments (2)Consumer Reports online (which will cost money if your library doesn't offer it) has an advantage over the print edition, in that you can access user reviews in addition to CR's own tests. Their tests, while undoubtedly scientific and unbiased, don't always correlate with user satisfaction....See MoreWasher Recommendatrions - Top Loader vs Front Loader
Comments (12)Shawn1972ut: "Front loader complaints of smell, long cycle times, inefficient rinses, poor electronic components, and failure rates at less than 5 yrs concerns me. " It is necessary to separate issues of front loader vs. top loader from issues of generations -- both generations of people and generations of manufacturing. The numbers would be difficult to aggregate, but, with a fair degree of certainty, it can be said that a majority of the automatic washing machines ever made have been front loaders. Front loading automatics have been around since the 1930s, but top-loading machines did not lose their mangles (those wringer arms that you see atop older top-loading washing machines) -- that is, they did not become automatic, until after World War II. Like tail fins on automobiles, top loading automatic washing machines became all the fad in the United States in the 1950s, but never caught on elsewhere in the world. In the United States, though, some consumers mistakenly think of top-loaders as "traditional." There is a high correlation between those who refer to top loaders as "traditional" and those who simply do not know what they are talking about. A couple of generations of housewives (that is not sexist, just the way society was organized), brought up on the post-WWII top loading machines, were educated to think that you need at least 40 gallons of water to wash a load of laundry. And that much water required at least a cup of laundry detergent; and if one cup is good, aren't two cups even better? When those consumers encountered later generation water-conserving front-loading washers, they continued to use their two cups of detergent per load, and that detergent overload is the source of a lot of the negative comments you see about front loading machines. Now, getting to your question, there are two kinds of "features" in washing machines. One kind of feature is choice of materials and construction techniques. Speed Queen washing machines are rightly often praised for construction quality largely because of choice of metal bearings in place of nylon bearings, heavier gauge steel where it counts, etc. The other kind of features are multiple selectable cycles, programability, LED screens, etc. You pays your money and you takes your choice. Personal opinion: one of the better "features" is a dimpled stainless steel drum. When a washing machine's drum spins for water extraction, fibers of the laundry inside the drum are drawn through the water drainage holes in the drum, and that accelerates fabric wear. Miele pioneered the "honeycomb" drum, with the drainage holes positioned in small domes in the drum surface to minimize the fabric pull-through. Samsung rather blatantly copied that feature in its "diamond" drum. So far as I am aware, no other maker has followed Miele and Samsung down that road. Our family, starting with my mother, has owned only four washing machines in over 75 years; they all have been front-loading washing machines. The first three lasted, on average, over 20 years each in moderately hard use. We purchased the fourth machine a few years back, and the deciding factor in our purchase was the dimpled drum design; we selected a Samsung over a Miele for price considerations. HTH....See MoreUPDATE in reply....first time front loader washer and dyer user here
Comments (21)WM sells powder detergent in reasonable sizes, such as ALL Free & Clear powder. The box is small and the cost is low. Mail order or in store, I've found. Tide powder can be found in non-gigantic size boxes too every so often. Also, Miele website has their powder detergent available for shipping. Colors, Whites or Unscented. The price is dear, but you are only using a small amount per load, so a 4lb box will last you a long time. If we go back to a FL one day, and Miele still makes a powder detergent, we would probably buy theirs even though we do enough laundry here to make one think many people live here that we don't know about. We have a TL, but I'm very diligent about mold and schmutz since we had two foul FLers in the past, in spite of doing everything right. I use both liquid and powder in this washer (not at the same time). 6 years in, and knock wood, nothing suspicious inside the washer. I think the trick is to use a sanitize cycle more than once in a while and use some powder detergent in that cycle, for insurance. Wipe out the gasket at the end of wash day, keep the door ajar, make your last load of the day a hot one, with powder detergent if you choose to buy some. A glug of chlorine bleach once in a while is good too, even if it's just on a cleaning cycle. That's usually when I use chlorine bleach. Most importantly, enjoy your new washer! How exciting!...See Morejkayd_il5
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