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Post by jstblondie on Dec 4, 2017 5:58:00 GMT
I had my washer installed today I was surprised that my washer was no louder than the 18 year old one was. By all the reviews I’ve read the most common complaint was on how noisy these front loaders are. Couldn’t hear it at all up stairs. Hardly heard the finish signal. What disturbed me most was that there was hardly any water in it. I’ll be making a service call this week about it. It got stuck in a rinse cycle. It keep on rinsing for 20 mins then finally finished. It didn’t do it again after that. The clothes came out damp and dried in 20 mins. Not sure if it was the super fast spin or the lack of enough water or both. Any have experience with these issues? Oh I also got a roomba this weekend. I have very little time cleaning and hope to save more time. My impression. I could of sweep that floor 4 times in the amount of time it took. I did like the fact it cleaned under the couch. It brought out stuff I didn’t know was under there. Anyway it did an okay job. I did have to do quick swifter job where it didn’t pick some debris. My dog went out of her mind. It was very funny to watch her. Dang that thing was loud. Louder than the washer machine. Well sorry for the long post. That’s what I did today and catching up with work. No scrappy time for me☹️
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Post by LisaDV on Dec 4, 2017 15:20:06 GMT
Front loaders use less water in general. I believe it was stated that they use only the amount that is truly needed to clean. Most of my clothes dry on an eco-normal setting in 38 minutes. A load of jeans I tend to bump up to a hotter setting or just dry twice to get the wasteband/zipper area really dry. It actually has more water than you think in there though, I learned that the hard way when I had an issue a month or so ago.
I don't have the roomba, but my MIL does. I think it's just that you can let it go and it does it's thing. I think she uses it everyday or every other.
**ETA** with your shoulder should you be cleaning?? Make the husband do it.
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Post by GiantsFan on Dec 4, 2017 15:52:32 GMT
Yes to what LisaDV said regarding front loaders. High Efficiency clothes washers (and dishwashers, too) use less water and less soap. |
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Post by mikklynn on Dec 4, 2017 15:59:54 GMT
My top load HE washer is the same way. It is so slow, however! The drying takes less time.
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Post by jstblondie on Dec 4, 2017 16:56:53 GMT
I sat and timed it. The rinse cycle was stuck on 8 mins but I estimated 20mins or more. I got tired of watching it cycle through 3 cycles
Of rinsing. I went upstairs and took out the trash, washed dishes made bed with clean linens and a bunch of other stuff. Went back downstairs and the machine was still on 8mins in the rinse cycle. I gave up and let it do it’s thing it finally stopped and unlocked the door. I was hesitant doing another load but I gave it another shot. This time I set my alarm for the time the machine said it would take. It was off by two mins. That was fine. I hope it work out the bug and will behave correctly from now on.
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Post by caspad on Dec 4, 2017 19:03:56 GMT
is your washer a Samsung?
because with our Samsung front loader the number on the timer is not equivalent to actual time
we call it "washing machine time" in our house.
if the cycle says it will take 42 minutes, I set a timer for 55 to go down and switch the laundry
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Post by LisaDV on Dec 4, 2017 21:39:24 GMT
is your washer a Samsung? because with our Samsung front loader the number on the timer is not equivalent to actual time we call it "washing machine time" in our house. if the cycle says it will take 42 minutes, I set a timer for 55 to go down and switch the laundry Mine is a maytag and I think I'll use your "washing machine time" phrase here too. I've seen it say 1 minute for at least 5 minutes. I set my phone timer for 15 minutes longer than the cycle too. I'm so glad I'm not the only one! |
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Post by ellewood on Dec 4, 2017 21:56:07 GMT
I’ve heard people say that rinsing takes a long time if they don’t use HE detergent.
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Post by jstblondie on Dec 6, 2017 2:00:29 GMT
I put an extra rinse cycle because I feel there isn’t adequate water to rinse out the soap. When the second rinse starts I see small amount of suds swishing on the door. My washer is whirlpool.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Dec 6, 2017 4:46:01 GMT
The front loaders do use less water and soap, but make up for that in how long it takes to wash a load of clothes. My old top loader at the old house would take about 35 minutes for the longest cycle. When it died we replaced it with a front loader and a typical cycle takes over an hour just to wash. The old dryer would take over an hour to dry, the dryer that matches the new washer takes about 40 minutes to dry a typical load. Jeans or something heavy will take longer, but it’s definitely much quicker because the clothes come out of the washer less wet to begin with. As for the Roomba, all I have to say about that is “meh.” DH bought one to take to the lake cabin not even thinking about the fact that the floors there are wet half the time, so it’s still here. We had three shedding dogs at the time when we got it and it wasn’t very effective against that amount of hair. The dust cup maybe holds a cup and a half of dust and hair, which took about five minutes in this house before it would start beeping to get emptied.  It’s really slow, plus it’s noisy and would drive our pets insane. It would also get stuck under the couch every time we ran it unless we blocked off the couch, and what’s the point of that? The biggest reason I stopped using it was because we had an old incontinent dog, and I feared the dog would poop on the floor and the Roomba would run through it, and through it, and through it in every direction, ugh. |
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It’s really slow, plus it’s noisy and would drive our pets insane. It would also get stuck under the couch every time we ran it unless we blocked off the couch, and what’s the point of that? The biggest reason I stopped using it was because we had an old incontinent dog, and I feared the dog would poop on the floor and the Roomba would run through it, and through it, and through it in every direction, ugh.