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Post by maryland on Aug 21, 2015 17:24:09 GMT
We have a high efficiency washer, but it broke on Monday and we are waiting for repair person.
We may have to buy a new washer. I hear from others that the HE washers take so much longer to wash clothes, and clothes don't get as clean. Has anyone compared their water bills with a high efficiency v. one that is not high efficiency?
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Post by mirabelleswalker on Aug 21, 2015 18:11:17 GMT
We got a HE washer several years ago when California was going through voluntary water cutbacks. We definitely noticed that our water consumption went down--and we are only two people. I rarely run a full cycle. I usually do speed wash, which is about 20-25 minutes depending on the settings I put in. I think my clothes get very clean. I run the dog bedding and toys through on sanitize every week because she has allergies. That cycle is about 2 hours but a lot of it is steaming and soaking.
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Post by padresfan619 on Aug 21, 2015 18:27:00 GMT
I have read and realized on my own that the amount of soap is directly related to the length of a cycle in my HE washer. These machines use much less soap and it was difficult to adjust, but I feel like my clothes get very clean as long as I don't overload on the liquid detergent. I have never attempted to use powder detergent with this machine. I can't say whether our water bill went down or not because the HE machines were here when we moved in.
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Post by iowgirl on Aug 21, 2015 18:59:50 GMT
I don't have a water bill - so I can't comment on that.
I have both a HE top loader and now a new Speed Queen (old school heavy duty machine).
I hate the HE with a passion. It may use less water -but my clothes are NOT clean. I have very dirty laundry. Farm laundry. Poop, blood, more poop mixed with hay and corn... it doesn't come off. I can pull jeans out that still have chuncks of sh!t on them. I was not impressed.
HE takes at least 1 hour 20 minutes to do a load - if all goes well.
I got a heavy duty Speed Queen. It does a load in about 20 minutes. Laundry is CLEAN. I don't know that I am using any more water. I adjust to my load size.
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Post by penny on Aug 21, 2015 19:04:41 GMT
I have a HE front loader and it uses very little water... Definitely don't add too much detergent - because it only uses a little water, it only needs a little detergent... (The amount of detergent is related to the amount of water, not to the amount of dirt on your clothes...)
I love mine for how gentle it is on clothes while still getting them clean... Haven't ever had problems with how clean they get things - I actually don't pre-soak stuff with mine, but do if I'm staying at my mom's (old top loader)... Not sure what the difference is because of, but I like being able to just toss stuff in so I'm happy...
The time depends on the setting for mine... Heavy settings take longer than the casual ones... Habit at my mom's was to turn the machine on so it would start to fill, grab the laundry baskets, then toss everything in... Habit at my place is to toss in the clothes, add the detergent, then turn the machine on... The perception of time is different - as soon as clothes go in at my mom's the washing starts while when the clothes go into mine it starts filling up,with water first, then starts to wash... Can't say I noticed it taking longer overall though...
ETA: I have noticed a difference between HE top loaders and HE front loaders... That might account for some of the differences you're hearing about...
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Post by AN on Aug 21, 2015 19:06:27 GMT
We haven't lived in the same house with a HE and my Speed queens, but our water district releases "average usage" statistics and we are still on the lower end of that average for our area. Only two are adults in our house though (so you would expect us to be on the lower end vs families), do probably 3-4 loads of laundry a week.
The wash load takes about 25 minutes.
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Post by maryland on Aug 22, 2015 4:53:41 GMT
I don't have a water bill - so I can't comment on that. I have both a HE top loader and now a new Speed Queen (old school heavy duty machine). I hate the HE with a passion. It may use less water -but my clothes are NOT clean. I have very dirty laundry. Farm laundry. Poop, blood, more poop mixed with hay and corn... it doesn't come off. I can pull jeans out that still have chuncks of sh!t on them. I was not impressed. HE takes at least 1 hour 20 minutes to do a load - if all goes well. I got a heavy duty Speed Queen. It does a load in about 20 minutes. Laundry is CLEAN. I don't know that I am using any more water. I adjust to my load size. I will have to look into it! 20 minutes sounds great! But the repair man fixed our washing machine when he came today, so no new washer. Good for the money savings, but I want a top loader standard washer next time it breaks. |
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Post by cmpeter on Aug 22, 2015 21:57:10 GMT
We have an HE (Whirlpool Duet front loader). I didn't track my water usage, so I can't comment there. But, my clothes come out very clean. It takes between 45-50 minutes for a regular cycle. I can fit a ton more in it than I could it my old top loader, which was its biggest selling feature for me.
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Post by penny on Aug 23, 2015 2:35:27 GMT
We have an HE (Whirlpool Duet front loader). I didn't track my water usage, so I can't comment there. But, my clothes come out very clean. It takes between 45-50 minutes for a regular cycle. I can fit a ton more in it than I could it my old top loader, which was its biggest selling feature for me. That's the make/model I have too... |
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Post by bwife on Aug 23, 2015 2:51:27 GMT
We got a HE washer several years ago when California was going through voluntary water cutbacks. We definitely noticed that our water consumption went down--and we are only two people. I rarely run a full cycle. I usually do speed wash, which is about 20-25 minutes depending on the settings I put in. I think my clothes get very clean. I run the dog bedding and toys through on sanitize every week because she has allergies. That cycle is about 2 hours but a lot of it is steaming and soaking. We also use speed wash.... Or I think ours is called Quick Cycle. It is only about 30 mins depending on if you put it on a light load or normal load. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2015 2:51:56 GMT
I have a top loading HE washer too...and I hate mine also. Clothes come out with dry spots where water never touched them. We have flat rate water bills, so I can't say if we are saving water, but my guess would be no since I have to wash many things twice.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2015 3:10:43 GMT
I have read and realized on my own that the amount of soap is directly related to the length of a cycle in my HE washer. These machines use much less soap and it was difficult to adjust, but I feel like my clothes get very clean as long as I don't overload on the liquid detergent. I have never attempted to use powder detergent with this machine. I can't say whether our water bill went down or not because the HE machines were here when we moved in. This. I have had an HE washer for 6 years and cannot get used to using so little soap. I'm still using too much soap. I just saw a commercial tonight for Tide (I think it was Tide) that gets the load done faster. It's a formula that doesn't create so many suds. (I suppose you also have to use the right amount - a small amount.) |
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