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GE Washer At Home Depot |
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Post# 428102   4/11/2010 at 16:14 (5,099 days old) by autowasherfreak ()   |   | |
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I saw an interesting GE washer at Home Depot this past Saturday. It had a very deep tub with a short agitator about 6" tall. Is this the HydroWave or something new? |
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Post# 428106 , Reply# 1   4/11/2010 at 16:47 (5,099 days old) by powerfin64 (Yakima, Washington)   |   | |
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Post# 428120 , Reply# 2   4/11/2010 at 17:54 (5,099 days old) by dnastrau (Lords Valley, PA)   |   | |
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I am curious - what is so bad about the Hydrowave? Performance? Build quality? Reliability? |
Post# 428125 , Reply# 3   4/11/2010 at 18:16 (5,099 days old) by Pulsator (Saint Joseph, MI)   |   | |
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I bought one a while back and had my fun with it, I eventually gave it to a friend who desperately needed it. While I thought it was ok, she thinks it's absolutely fantastic. She says it is ten times what both her previous Maytag Neptune and Newton Drive Maytag were... Not sure I agree with that! lol
Here are some videos I took of it, a full load of towels washing: A queen set of sheets washing: And finally, showing that it didn't tangle things like many believe these machines do: |
Post# 428143 , Reply# 4   4/11/2010 at 20:12 (5,099 days old) by autowasherfreak ()   |   | |
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The one I saw had a white tub, and a regular agitator, but it was short. The control panel had only two knobs cycle setting and load size. Water temp was controlled by cycle setting. |
Post# 428148 , Reply# 5   4/11/2010 at 20:28 (5,099 days old) by surgilator_68 (Maryland)   |   | |
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Post# 428149 , Reply# 6   4/11/2010 at 20:33 (5,099 days old) by cfz2882 (Belle Fourche,SD)   |   | |
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my local damaged freight store has two styles of late model (Ca.2008)GEs:one has a ribbed SS tub like the one above but has a dual action agitator,while a lower end version had a white porcelain tub and a 4-vane agitator with a very short post. |
Post# 428158 , Reply# 7   4/11/2010 at 21:13 (5,099 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 428169 , Reply# 8   4/11/2010 at 21:50 (5,099 days old) by cfz2882 (Belle Fourche,SD)   |   | |
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yuck!..indeed i didn't look to close at that one! |
Post# 428206 , Reply# 9   4/12/2010 at 06:55 (5,098 days old) by whirlcool (Just North Of Houston, Texas)   |   | |
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That washer looked like it was beating those towels worse than a shredmore! It looked like it had little to no turnover. The sheets looked like they may have been cleaned adequately, but overall I wouldn't have one. |
Post# 428212 , Reply# 10   4/12/2010 at 07:44 (5,098 days old) by jaxsunst ()   |   | |
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I'm completely unimpressed. How do the towels get clean? Does the Cabrio work the same way? One of my used appliance haunts has one, and I've been thinking about it. |
Post# 428237 , Reply# 11   4/12/2010 at 10:54 (5,098 days old) by laundromat (Hilo, Hawaii)   |   | |
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Unless a miracle happens and the up and down agitators that FRIGIDAIRE pioneered and never contracted out to anyone are reintroduced to the market,or,the top loading horizontal axis washers'are increased in capacity and introduced to the U.S, I have no interest in ANY top loading washers that are current.They waste water,tear up clothes,waste energy and pollute the environment moreso than front loaders.If people would just sit back and read their use and care guides and not be afraid to try different wash methods,I'm sure that they'd agree.Just yesterday,I took a 9'X12' area rug and successfully washed it in my Frigemore.Everyone thought I was crazy but ate crow once the heavy cycle ended.The suds were dark brown as thy cascaded up the glass window and the new Tide stain tablets are awesome! The second rinse water was crystal clear!I line dried it about 2 hours and laid it back down on my lani. No top loader would ever have been able to wash anything that bulky. Well,maybe a 1-18 would have, but no other.
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Post# 428274 , Reply# 12   4/12/2010 at 18:45 (5,098 days old) by maytag63 (South Berwick, Maine)   |   | |
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Post# 428294 , Reply# 13   4/12/2010 at 20:10 (5,098 days old) by PeterH770 (Marietta, GA)   |   | |
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Post# 428322 , Reply# 14   4/12/2010 at 22:10 (5,098 days old) by dnastrau (Lords Valley, PA)   |   | |
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Even with the "regular" agitator these machines seem to have lousy turnover (see link.) Perhaps if more water were allowed it would do better. That load may be too large as well. CLICK HERE TO GO TO dnastrau's LINK |
Post# 428351 , Reply# 17   4/13/2010 at 01:30 (5,098 days old) by BobbyD32L ()   |   | |
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Video is here... Much better roll over than the GE CLICK HERE TO GO TO BobbyD32L's LINK |
Post# 428360 , Reply# 18   4/13/2010 at 02:55 (5,098 days old) by whirlcool (Just North Of Houston, Texas)   |   | |
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OMG, the noises that Cabrio makes! It's washing looks better than the GE, but all that noise, and it looks like the washers internals are taking a beating as you can see the washer bouncing around all over the place. |
Post# 428366 , Reply# 19   4/13/2010 at 03:49 (5,098 days old) by rapunzel (Sydney)   |   | |
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looks like it's vomiting up its load. Interesting washaction though. Regarding the Hydrowave with the regular agitator video; my Speed Queen would turn over that load with no difficulty whatsoever. |
Post# 428395 , Reply# 20   4/13/2010 at 09:58 (5,097 days old) by AndrewInOrlando ()   |   | |
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THat's because your Speed Queen is a fabulous machine that uses water!! Nothing like a Speed Queen!! |
Post# 428413 , Reply# 22   4/13/2010 at 11:28 (5,097 days old) by vintagesearch ()   |   | |
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what about the ge harmony? i havent really seen any videos or pics about them but heard plenty about them, and what about the cabrio agi model? i like those |
Post# 428438 , Reply# 23   4/13/2010 at 13:45 (5,097 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
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Post# 428465 , Reply# 24   4/13/2010 at 15:46 (5,097 days old) by DMC ()   |   | |
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I find it interesting that these front loader wannabe's even sell... |