Washing Machines

[matt8808]

Miele washer and dryer.

Both replacing LG products that were disasters. LG washer lasted 2 years and the dryer about 6 months.

We've had the Miele washer for about two and a half, maybe 3 years - it has a 10 year parts and labour warranty on it.

The Miele dryer is only a few months old.

Both are used heavily.

Sadly they're not side by side like Chris'... the washer is hidden behind units in the kitchen and the dryer is located in a room we use for storage.

Not that they match properly anyway as the dryer has the latest style slanted control panel.

Both machines have the funky honeycomb drums too

Love them both. Use the time delay on the washer quite a lot (thats what the little timer display is for). The countdown display on the dryer is always spot on. The LG dryer used to keep adding time during the cycle... the Miele dryer senses the load, estimates a time and then sticks to it.

 

[dysonman1]

HANS: the last time I was at your home, you were using a 1960's Kelvinator with the 'burpalator' lint filter. Did it finally die, or were you tired of the shredded bath towels? That thing could AGITATE.

 

[kenkart]

It was a Norge

But Donald, who rarely complains, got tired of his good towels being frayed around the edges, It was the BEST washer I ever used, it was a 1972.

 

[dysonman1]

Hans

I remember standing there mesmerized by the roll over action of that very odd agitator with those big 'fins' at the top, and the burping lint filter. It was awesome to watch.

 

[electrolux137]

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We have a G.E. washer-dryer set that came with the apartment. They're somewhat older, "Plain Jane" but work really well. I was able to fix two issues with the washer -- a malfunctioning triple water valve and the cycle selector knob which has an incredibly stupid design. It's held in place by a cotter-pin that is impossible to access without nearly breaking the knob off! I've also done routine things like new hoses, etc.

The dryer has been problem-free. I do get inside there about every six months and clean it out very thoroughly.

There was a building-related problem a year or so ago. The dryers were all vented to a common exhaust pipe that went up into the roof! Because the vent was working against gravity and was only three inches in diameter [and made of cast iron!!], it was always getting clogged up. (The apartment building was constructed in 1937.)

The new owner replaced that old system with new aluminum 5" vents that go down underneath the building and exhaust out of an exhaust opening on the side of the building.

After the new vent was replaced we kept getting a strong odor of "dryer exhaust" in our apartment. Another contractor came out and said that there is supposed to be a backdraft damper in the vent between our dryer and the neighbors' dryers that was not installed -- the way it works is that when we turn our dryer on, the air pushes closed a flap on the neighbor's side and vice-versa. Without that backdraft damper, exhaust from the other dryers were just coming into our apartment, presenting a carbon monoxide hazard. Great. We almost got done-in by our neighbor's dryer!

He installed the backdraft damper and everything is fine now.

 

[sitop]

Maytag

Maytag front loading 5000 series. HATE THEM! It takes forever to go through a cycle, sometimes it spins everything perfectly, other times I have to put them through the spin cycle again. They are in the basement on concrete exactly leveled. The Maytag dryer goes on for 40 minutes on a cycle, I go downstairs and the f*****g dryer says that it has over an hour to go and the clothes are dry!

I had a Kenmore Elite he3T that I loved! For 10 years it worked perfectly! The laundry room was upstairs in that house on wood floors and it spun perfectly!
I was soooo dumb not to get another Kenmore Elite. My whole family have Kenmore Elites and they all tease me that I got a Maytag

 

[junior119]

Hoover A3260 Electron 1100

Made in August 1983 and running just like new. Usually does 5 loads or so per week, generally 1 on Whites (boil wash), 2 on Whites Economy (75 degrees - equiv to current machines' 60 degrees), and 2 on non-fast coloureds (equiv to modern machines' 40 degree).

Briefly had an LG in 2008. It blew up (quite literally) 3 times in 9 months and LG kept sending the wrong parts to the service engineer, so I skipped it. Never touch LG ever again!

Few clips of it operating on my YouTube - link below.

http://https//youtu.be/BsQ_7fgayjs

 

[packardmanken]

1964 Lady Kenmore Wringer!

My vote goes to our 1964 Lady Kenmore wringer washer!! It recently saved us when a pipe burst in the downstairs and flooded the laundry room and den. Everything was carted out, so no laundry.
The wringer (which was upstairs) was pressed into service on a daily basis and is holding up great! (better than me lugging wet clothes out to the line and back!) It does a great job as I can control the temperature (cant get a really hot wash with the new machine) as well as indefinite agitation if I want it. However, I had forgotten how crunchy and scratchy underwear can get after hanging in the sun all day!
All that said, I will be glad to get the Kenmores back in action and spend less time doing the laundry.
Sheets will continue to be done in the wringer and line dried, starched and mangled. There is nothing like sleeping on ironed sheets!

 

[human]

Yeah, my girlfriend is becoming very disillusioned with her fancy-schmancy high-tech Samsung washer and dryer. In the past couple of weeks, she's dropped several hundred dollars getting these four-year-old appliances repaired. The washer got a new water pump today to the tune of about $135. It would have been almost twice that but the repair guy cut her a break since he'd just been out week before last to fix the dryer. He said she'd "already paid the trip fee". She told me today the next time they go out, they're really going out—the door, that is.