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Post# 428102   4/11/2010 at 16:14 (5,099 days old) by autowasherfreak ()        

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?




Post# 428106 , Reply# 1   4/11/2010 at 16:47 (5,099 days old) by powerfin64 (Yakima, Washington)        
yes , hydrowave

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and in my view, they are worthless. not worth the money.

Post# 428120 , Reply# 2   4/11/2010 at 17:54 (5,099 days old) by dnastrau (Lords Valley, PA)        
Hydrowave opinions

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)        
It's the new HE Hydrowave, been around for a while now..

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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:




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A queen set of sheets washing:




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And finally, showing that it didn't tangle things like many believe these machines do:




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Post# 428143 , Reply# 4   4/11/2010 at 20:12 (5,099 days old) by autowasherfreak ()        

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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OH MY!! It doesn't look like it does much for the towels. The sheets at least are moving through the water.

I wonder what it would do with a full load of jeans.

Jamie, did you add more water at any time to see how the turnover changed?


Post# 428149 , Reply# 6   4/11/2010 at 20:33 (5,099 days old) by cfz2882 (Belle Fourche,SD)        

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)        
White Tub

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Those aren't porcelain, they're plastic.

Post# 428169 , Reply# 8   4/11/2010 at 21:50 (5,099 days old) by cfz2882 (Belle Fourche,SD)        
plastic tub

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)        

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 ()        

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.

Post# 428274 , Reply# 12   4/12/2010 at 18:45 (5,098 days old) by maytag63 (South Berwick, Maine)        

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That poor thing is struggling with the towels. What a sad sight to see!

Post# 428294 , Reply# 13   4/12/2010 at 20:10 (5,098 days old) by PeterH770 (Marietta, GA)        

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I think the French word "pathetique" describes the washing action in the videos...

Post# 428322 , Reply# 14   4/12/2010 at 22:10 (5,098 days old) by dnastrau (Lords Valley, PA)        
Lousy turnover even with the "regular" agitator

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.


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Post# 428336 , Reply# 15   4/12/2010 at 23:50 (5,098 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc)        

Indeed the load in the Hydrowave shown in the film clip is too full-even the auger cannot circulate the clothes-After the machine is done bet those poor clothes will look like they went thru an Auger compactor-shredder than a washer.Looks like the clothes are taking quite a drubbing-take out half of them and the machine would do MUCH better!and yes with TL machines you need WATER besides the agitator to circulate the clothes.The water is the medium the clothes have to circulate in for cleaning or rinsing.

Post# 428350 , Reply# 16   4/13/2010 at 01:29 (5,098 days old) by BobbyD32L ()        

That GE was overfilled! I have the Hotpoint version (sitting right next to my Cabrio, which works worlds better than that GE with the impeller does) and it rolls the clothes over quite nicely. This is a large load on the large load setting(Could have used more water but I have to adjust the water fill valve, about half way I switch it over to slow to show the differnce because it looks like that other video was on slow not normal):





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Post# 428351 , Reply# 17   4/13/2010 at 01:30 (5,098 days old) by BobbyD32L ()        
And the Cabrio

Video is here... Much better roll over than the GE

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Post# 428360 , Reply# 18   4/13/2010 at 02:55 (5,098 days old) by whirlcool (Just North Of Houston, Texas)        

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)        
And the Cabrio ...

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 ()        

THat's because your Speed Queen is a fabulous machine that uses water!! Nothing like a Speed Queen!!

Post# 428405 , Reply# 21   4/13/2010 at 10:44 (5,097 days old) by BobbyD32L ()        
OMG, the noises that Cabrio makes!

Most of the noises where the furnace in the background lol. The Cabrio is actually extremely quiet. As for the internals taking a beating... There really isn't any internals to take a beating. The machine is a direct drive Fisher&Paykel "SmartDrive" type system that is a rotor and magnet that reverses to move the tub and wash plate. Then there is 4 suspension rods with springs to keep the tub balanced during the spin.

Post# 428413 , Reply# 22   4/13/2010 at 11:28 (5,097 days old) by vintagesearch ()        

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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I never felt so sorry for a load of towels!

Post# 428465 , Reply# 24   4/13/2010 at 15:46 (5,097 days old) by DMC ()        

I find it interesting that these front loader wannabe's even sell...



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