HELP!!!! Need new washer: - Page 3

JGalt · ‎03-10-2010

@Pooky1, Thank you for your reply. I don't understand the timing: do the pause button thing when there is already water in the tub? Is that what you are saying?

Pooky1 · ‎12-23-2015

yes. once it starts adding water and is sensing and water stops hit your pause then and hit again and it will give you more water.

Ms X · ‎09-13-2012

I'll pass on a shopping tip I read and used to save a couple of hundred dollars on a washer. Ask if they have any scratch and dent models in the back room. The one I saved $200 dollars on looked perfect to me. I never did find the scratch or dent. It's in an unfinished basement, so how it looks isn't important anyway.

A couple of years ago, both this washer and the dryer I bought in 1995 broke. I was going to buy new ones, but I found a local repairman. He fixed them both for under $200. The dryer needed only a $6 belt to be good as new. They're still going strong, and I'm so glad I didn't replace them. A local company would have charged me much more just to come out and look at them, but they have much higher overhead.

drizzellla · ‎03-14-2010

I bought a Whirpool a few months ago. Was I in for a shock. The "normal" load washes the load in about 6 ' of water. It is horrible. Yes, some of the load never gets wet. AND if there are any black clothing items, they come out of the washer with streaks of white from the laundry detergent. I use HE laundry detergent and use very little and still I have to run the washer again without any detergent. Because you don't get a choice to pick a cycle. I always have it go through 2 rinses and still there are lines on the clothing.

And it takes forever. I used to do a load of wash before work. Not now. I would have to stop the washer well before it was done so I could leave for work in the morning.

I am sure I now use more electricty and water than my old washer ever did. Because my old washer got clothing clean with only having to be washed once.

Pooky1 · ‎12-23-2015

as long as your getting white streaks your still using to much detergent. i had that problem to and it took me a few months to get use it and love it.it doesnt use alot of water but they do get completlly wet. it spins so heavy that stuff can start to dry in spin. put just alittle detergent like a couple table spoons should be fine.

DreamWalking · ‎09-08-2010

@esther22 wrote:
Prefer top load, large capacity, something that will wash large loads efficiently with plenty of water. I have just returned a GE that made so much noise it gave me a headache. I tried to wash a full sized bedspread in it (easy peazy for my last machine) and it washed it in 9 inches of water. When it was thru washing, the top of the load was still dry and the bedspread did not smell clean. I am so frustrated. I have gone on line, to various stores, and talked to friends. The general consensus seems to be that there aren't any good washers out there. Govt controls have ruined all of them and none are worth what you pay for them. I just want a basic washer that lets me control the amt of water I put in it, that doesn't take over an hour to wash a load of clothes , and one that leaves my clothes CLEAN. Suggestions?

LAINELANE....... can you tell me which GE model # this was ? My mother is looking for a new GE machine, and if this one you are referring to is all problems, I'd rather have her skip that model.

151949 · ‎03-09-2010

Some of us buy things like washers/dryers and refridgerators to get a job done and others buy what they feel will impress their friends. I guess it depends on what end result you are looking for.

No one walks by my washer/dryer and says Oh i wish I had those but - hey - they came free with the house and they do the job I need them to do, so , for me , that is all I expect.

proudlyfromNJ · ‎05-01-2010

I didn't see anyone say they buy their washer and dryer to impress their friends. I don't think any of my friends have ever even seen my washer and dryer.

151949 · ‎03-09-2010

@proudlyfromNJ wrote:
I didn't see anyone say they buy their washer and dryer to impress their friends. I don't think any of my friends have ever even seen my washer and dryer.

Where did I say anyone SAID that? But I think it is on some people's minds when they go shopping. Many homes now a days have the washer/dryer in the hallway instead of in the basement and , yes, people do see it. Mine is right next to the guest bathroom. A friend of mine has her laundry set in her kitchen.

proudlyfromNJ · ‎05-01-2010

Well, I guess I misunderstood. Although I never thought anyone would buy a washer and dryer to impress, but everyone is different. Mine are in my bedroom in a closet behind doors. I have seen ones in the hallway, but they to have been behind doors. I think people are getting away from having them in the basement.