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Thread Number: 43114
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| Post# 634247 10/25/2012 at 15:44 (4,193 days old) by nmassman44 (Brooksville Florida) | ||
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| Post# 634250 , Reply# 1 10/25/2012 at 15:47 (4,193 days old) by nmassman44 (Brooksville Florida) | ||
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So I went washer shopping and checked out what they had at Best Buy and Sears, I went to Lowes in Saugus Mass and saw what they had and lo and behold the same washer I had and it was built 09/2010 same thing and on clearance for $309. I was going to spend at least $1600 for a new stacked set since Frigidaire no longer makes the washer and I thought that there was no way I would find something that I could mate to the dryer...
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| Post# 634252 , Reply# 2 10/25/2012 at 15:49 (4,193 days old) by nmassman44 (Brooksville Florida) | ||
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| Post# 634253 , Reply# 3 10/25/2012 at 15:51 (4,193 days old) by nmassman44 (Brooksville Florida) | ||
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Post# 634298 , Reply# 4 10/25/2012 at 18:26 (4,193 days old) by Frigilux  (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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| Post# 634318 , Reply# 5 10/25/2012 at 20:56 (4,193 days old) by nmassman44 (Brooksville Florida) | ||
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Well considering that I knew that Frigidaire had stopped making these and I didnt think I would find something new and cheap makes me very happy. The washer should last or at least I hope it will. One thing I noticed is that when the washer fills it doesnt add anymore water to the load like the other washer did if the water level dropped some like with towels. It does rinse better and the motor doesnt coast down from spin like the other washer does. It more like going from high spin to a dead stop in a few seconds...its kinda cool. Also one thing that i noticed is that the wash drum vanes are held in place by one screw and its towards the rear of the drum. The other screw opening is there and the vanes dont feel as solid to me. I know they are snapped and channeled into place.
One thing I did notice is how quiet this washer is during spin, granted the pump is a tad noisy but thats normal. I was looking at the Maytag Performance 2000 washer and dryer and I like the build on them...I know that they are Whirlpool Duet sports in disguise but for my area to stack them they would fit the bill. I went to Sears and wanted the Kenmore LG built washer and dryer but my gawd they are tall. I think a tad too tall and they would hit my pipes in the basement. Nice machines though. | ||
| Post# 634336 , Reply# 6 10/25/2012 at 22:55 (4,193 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea)) | ||
Mine is a little older, still working. Little visible difference, 'door lock' light has moved. You say it has active braking? Mine doesn't. Mine also has a good spider, or it did last time I tried it.
To get a good fill I start it on 'heavy wash' which tumbles while filling. But the timer/cycles may have changed. | ||
| Post# 634338 , Reply# 7 10/25/2012 at 22:58 (4,193 days old) by whirlcool (Just North Of Houston, Texas) | ||
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This is the last vestige of the FriGEMore washer? | ||
| Post# 634370 , Reply# 8 10/26/2012 at 00:03 (4,193 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea)) | ||
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| Post# 634485 , Reply# 9 10/26/2012 at 12:44 (4,192 days old) by laundromat (Hilo, Hawaii) | ||
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| Post# 634499 , Reply# 10 10/26/2012 at 13:48 (4,192 days old) by nmassman44 (Brooksville Florida) | ||
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I brought the water level up on the new washer as well. Very easy to do but what this washer does is that it will fill for each segment of the cycle and not add more water after tumble begins for the rinses. The wash cycle I always use the Heavy setting on the Cottons/Regular cycle since it tumbles while filling. I didnt raise the water level much, just up to the lip of the drum and a tad below it. One thing I noticed after each spin is that with the motor "braking" it doesnt coast down like the other washer does...after spinning at 850 and then the pump shuts off and then it brakes the load falls right off the drum. I will have to video it to show how it works...its kinda cool...
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| Post# 634597 , Reply# 12 10/26/2012 at 22:33 (4,192 days old) by nmassman44 (Brooksville Florida) | ||
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| Post# 634619 , Reply# 13 10/27/2012 at 00:11 (4,192 days old) by tecnopolis (Ocala/Dunnellon, Florida 34481) | ||
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| Post# 634684 , Reply# 15 10/27/2012 at 12:21 (4,191 days old) by nmassman44 (Brooksville Florida) | ||
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I do like this washer and I use it more than the SQ washer. I use the front loader and dry in the GE Profile dryer and it takes less than 25 mins to dry a load. The dryer on top of the front loader does ok but doesn't have the finesse thatt the Profile dryer has or the accuracy of drying. The Profile dryer is electric , 7 cu ft drum, and uses Sensor Dry Plus system. The piggy back dryer is thermostatic control and gas. Plus a smaller drum at 5.7 cu ft. And it has the pesky drum vanes that catch small items like socks at the ends...still a good dryer just same. I have not encountered scortching with this dryer....yet.
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| Post# 634705 , Reply# 16 10/27/2012 at 15:33 (4,191 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea)) | ||
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| Post# 634729 , Reply# 18 10/27/2012 at 17:02 (4,191 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea)) | ||
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Just my perspective...
The market has changed since ~2000. This machine was better than the price might have suggested, even at ~2.5 x an average $350 toploader at the time. But there wasn't an established US market for frontloaders, no energy-star appliances. It was a Euro design assembled by White for GE, Frigidaire, Kenpool/Whirlmore. Those alliances were model-expedient, not meant as permanent.
Meanwhile every industry has become more cutcorner and reliant upon Chinese junk. And the market having been established, the prices have inflated while reliability and performance were compromised and gizmoized. Samsung and LG entered the market. Both brands were fairly well regarded at one time but lately in appliances seem to have lost integrity despite NOT being 'cheap' by any definition. If I had to replace my Frigiwhite I honestly can't say what I'd do. I'd like the smallest crossover Wascomat but that exceeds my net worth by twice. | ||
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Post# 634731 , Reply# 19 10/27/2012 at 17:05 (4,191 days old) by super32 (Blackstone Massachusetts) |
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Strange but true
My partner had the frigidaire version when I met him. His dryer was squeaking and catching clothes at the top of the drum in the front. I replaced the rear bearing and the front glides on the top. 6 months later, the dag blasted washer did the same thing your did. You are right about the noise it makes when it's spinning with a heavy load. First I heard 1 part break then you knew when the second one came loose. We then replaced it with a set of my products.
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| Post# 634762 , Reply# 20 10/27/2012 at 20:50 (4,191 days old) by nmassman44 (Brooksville Florida) | ||
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Well I ran a few more loads thru the washer today and I did notice something...the wash water level is lower than the rinse water level. Before I put the dryer on top I adjusted the water level switch and turned the wheel in the middle like I did for the other washer and noticed the switch had two screw areas. At the time I didn't know this but I do now is that one controls the rinse fills and one the wash fills. Kinda odd me thinks. But what I said earlier about the washer not adding water to a rinse cycle was wrong. I washed towels yesterday and the washer added more water to the rinse cycles after the washer tumbled the load. I was quite happy to see that.
These washers are quite durable and I was lucky to have found the same model I had that died on me. Not much changed since the first machine was made in 2001. This new one 2010. I think that they were still being made in 2011. After that me thinks that Electrolux moved the washer production to Mexico and the dryers as well. The new Frigidaires have Made in Mexico on the product ID tags. If one can find one left over in the stores snag it. Lowes had this washer listed as Dead Old Stock. It wasn't even listed in the computer when we bought it. The guy that helped us told us that they didn't think that the washer would ever sell since they didn't ave the matching dryer. I told him well it sold since I had one like it that threw the spider and was 11 years old at that. So it was meant to be. The washer holds as much as the SQ toploader. In a nutshell I am a happy man.... | ||
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