It's a sad day in the steamer household.

[kustomkb]

Without exception, every HE washer by every manufacturer had aweful reviews! Seems they don't work or require an operating license to debug.

Not even one!? We were thinking about "upgrading" too.

You'll love this little instructive video

So every time the Mrs. washes the sheets, I'm going to hear "can you come fix the washer" and there I'll be "powering down" the machine and flapping the lid like some kind of idiot!?!

Modern convenience eh? The creek isn't too far from me.... We still use the rope though.

2 days ago I snaked the drain line and stepped away without putting the hose back in the drain pipe. We went out for an hour and guess what she did just before we left.

At least the basement was already gutted. maybe I am some kind of idiot.

 

[Ken I]

They all by law have to be "high Efficiency"

And I'll bet you they aint.

Don't you just love government interference in free choice or engineering decisions.

Ken

 

[steamer]

........"Not even one!? We were thinking about "upgrading" too...."

Kevin, if you find one I want to read it. My wife looked on line and with Consumers reports for a day and a half.....When we went to the Sears "scratch and dent place" I bet there was at least 60-70 washing machines of all shapes and budgets....everyone had a tag that said

Returned/tested.

Not one was a standard top loader....they were all HE.

GE has one that you can "choose not to use" the HE feature and it has a agitator.....but the 1 online review on it said it was aweful!

Every person I've spoken to hates their HE washer.

don't know what to believe....but what I got...when it's running works!

I'll let the dust settle for a couple more generations of products before we dish that kind of money out for junk.

If someone has an HE washer that works well and has large capacity and doesnt take an hour to run a cycle....I want to hear from you!

The sad thing about the video....it doesn't let you know that you have a fault...you don't even know if you just lost power to the outlet!

It just sits there!...Nothing you do would change the state other than that stupid door open/ close procedure.....how moronic is that!

At least give the poor person a idiot light that says "fault"....and a button to clear the fault!....if it reoccurs...you can call someone.

And as far as "high efficiency" is concerned....I wonder what perameters dictate high efficiency?....run time an ease of use is certainly not on the list!

Dave

 

[Groomengineering]

Every person I've spoken to hates their HE washer.

Sorry Dave but I love like am satisfied with mine. : It's a scratch & dent Whirlpool Duet Sport (Sport!??? :shrug: ), and yes the reviews were bad, and yes it takes forever to do a load, but I got good deal on it and it's been chugging along happily for about 5 years now. It does seem to have a bit of an issue with plugging up the detergent tray, but a quick washout every 6 months or so seems to fix it.

Would I recommend one? Probably not. But it gets the clothes clean and as you've learned we're going to get shoved into HE's whether we like it or not.

$.02

Cheers

Jeff

 

[steamer]

OK everybody but 1 hates their HE washers!..... ;D


I'll poke at them again in 3-5 years......maybe they'll be better.

Dave

 

[steamer]

OK we're in dissassembly mode! I have the tup out of the machine! The Exxon Valdiz got nothing on the bottom of that machine! The tranny obviously drained itself....

The last nut is a large left hand ALUMINUM NUT on a rusty STEEL shaft under the agitator..All I have room for is channel lock pliers.......brilliant design work! :

They warn to have a cutting chisel and hammer on hand. I opted for the PB blaster...and some patience....we'll see which way it goes!

Dave

 

[Mosey]

Did you ever think about what appliances would be like if men did the housework? Shhhhh!
They would be more like lawnmowers or power screwdrivers. They'd work and be repairable.

 

[steamer]

Oh can you say line shaft!....and a coal fired boiler....just to have something to get the clothes dirty in the first place.....

If I chisel this nut off, I'll just make up a new one.....

Dave

 

[steamer]

Still no love! More PB on the nut for the overnight.....but the chisel is all nice and sharp!

Dave