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Post by Lexica on Jan 22, 2024 17:04:19 GMT
The previous owner left her washer and dryer here and the movers unloaded my new set when I was being distracted by a new neighbor that introduced himself and then wanted to talk me into attending his church with him. The movers put the set into the garage and then piled a bunch of boxes in front of my units so I can’t put them into the house until I can unearth them. On the existing set here, I just change the water temperature. I always leave the washer on normal and extra rinse and large load. On the dryer, I leave it on the lower heat since it seems quite hot enough and one cycle will dry everything enough. If there is something dense that is still damp, I hang it to finish drying.
On my new set, I used to use the silver ion setting when I felt something was a bit more stinky like a wet towel that I forgot about and it smelled that beginning moldy smell by the time I found it. I do miss that silver setting because it said the silver ions reduce 99.9999% of the bacteria in that load. If I was just washing clothing worn once for a couple of hours, I didn’t use that setting, but for under garments or sweaty exercise clothing, I definitely used it. I do miss that and look forward to getting my set put into the laundry room. The set that was left here works well enough so I will probably donate it to a group home or single mother that needs them.
The silver ion setting on the washing machine is a new feature to me and it might just be a mental thing but I feel better using it.
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Post by epeanymous on Jan 22, 2024 17:28:47 GMT
I have the washer/drier set from the previous owner and it probably needs to be replaced. The thing I use constantly that I'd want to make sure my new set would have is the speed wash cycle. The number of times something *absolutely needs to be washed right this second and we have no time* in this house is really high. The difference between 30 minutes and an hour matters more often than I'd care to admit.
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Post by papersilly on Jan 22, 2024 18:05:56 GMT
i use warm water, deep fill, and 2 deep rinses for clothes. hot/deep fill/2 deep rinses for bedding.
for dryer, i like a low setting. DH uses medium. i don't know if either one of us ever uses the high setting.
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Post by Crack-a-lackin on Jan 22, 2024 19:03:23 GMT
Why not just get a small step stool to stand on so you can reach the bottom? I can JUST BARELY reach the bottom of mine, otherwise I have a little plastic 6” high step thing that I could stand on if I couldn’t reach. caangel we have a matched LG set we bought last year that has way more features than we’ll likely ever use, but DH got a deal on them because they were demo units that were being discontinued from a place he sometimes orders things from for clients. I use normal warm/cold for most loads but will wash DD’s sweaters on delicate, blankets and comforters on the bedding setting with extra water and an extra rinse because that stuff tends to get clumped up and the soap doesn’t seem to get rinsed out as well otherwise. Most stuff gets dried on the standard setting with more time because some of DD’s and DH’s heavier pants don’t get fully dry otherwise. The dryer has an auto shutoff sensing thing that sometimes turns off too soon and I don’t have anywhere I can put a bunch of damp clothes to finish air drying. This actually makes it even harder to reach the clothes without actually putting my body into the machine. It's REALLY deep and I have short arms. I'd say that 90% of the clothes are too deep for me to reach in a given load. I'm 5'2" and the machines are really big! this is my issue too! When I was testing top loaders at the store I honestly felt like I could fall into it and not be able to get out. I didn’t want to become a news story of a grown woman drowning in her own washing machine.
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Post by pepperwood on Jan 23, 2024 0:52:38 GMT
I switched from 20 year old GE agitator to a new LG front load W/D when I moved last year. I use different cycles. I have noticed that a lot of my cotton and polyester knits now have pin holes in them. I know that they were fine before I moved because I went through my closet and pitched anything that was stained or damaged. Has anyone else experienced this?
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Post by Basket1lady on Jan 23, 2024 2:33:04 GMT
I switched from 20 year old GE agitator to a new LG front load W/D when I moved last year. I use different cycles. I have noticed that a lot of my cotton and polyester knits now have pin holes in them. I know that they were fine before I moved because I went through my closet and pitched anything that was stained or damaged. Has anyone else experienced this? Are they roughly at waist level? I've noticed this with some houses. It's the counter height and if it rubs against the button of your pants or some other place. The underside of the counters was a little rough and it rubbed holes in all of my shirts!
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Post by freecharlie on Jan 23, 2024 2:40:49 GMT
I ended up paying more to get one function on the dryer. I can't remember which one. I think maybe it was a lower heat setting which I use all the time I figure I don't have to use all the settings, but I can't add them later if I end up wanting them.
I use the towels/sheets, normal, and white most ofbthe time.
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