Thread Number: 57206
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GE top load high efficiency washers |
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Post# 795160 , Reply# 1   11/20/2014 at 18:51 (3,416 days old) by washman (o)   |   | |
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Post# 797112 , Reply# 2   12/3/2014 at 06:22 (3,403 days old) by GELaundry4ever (Nacogdoches, TX, USA)   |   | |
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I have clothes that are all sturdy cottons. However, my darks are the heaviest. I was wondering if the darks cycle will tolerate it. CLICK HERE TO GO TO GELaundry4ever's LINK |
Post# 797130 , Reply# 3   12/3/2014 at 09:30 (3,403 days old) by wayupnorth (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine)   |   | |
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My next door neighbor's old Whilpool bit the dust after serving them well for many years. He went into Lowes and the salesperson talked him into getting a GE high efficiency top loader. She has despised that machine since day one. Since it only uses about a cup of water, many times clothes are not even wet when done and many times she has to run the same load thru multiple times, so much for saving energy. She is hoping it dies a quick death and will take me to shop for her next one. Naturally, I will steer her toward a Speed Queen.
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Post# 797141 , Reply# 5   12/3/2014 at 10:31 (3,403 days old) by wayupnorth (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine)   |   | |
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She runs half the amount of laundry that used to easily fit in the Whirlpool, therefore taking twice the time. And she has tried all the different cycle options and none do a satisfactory job. She uses the dispensers and never goes near it until it shuts off and the lid unlocks. She absolutely hates this machine and swears to never have another like it.
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Post# 797171 , Reply# 7   12/3/2014 at 12:45 (3,403 days old) by joeypete (Concord, NH)   |   | |
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The top load HE machines DO work and i can totally see how anyone would think they don't. I was very skeptical myself until I saw it first hand. Problem is they are very finicky and you have to load clothes per the directions/cycles, etc. It def takes more work because you can't just throw everything in like a traditional top load or even a front loader.
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Post# 797206 , Reply# 9   12/3/2014 at 17:28 (3,403 days old) by logixx (Germany)   |   | |
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Post# 797297 , Reply# 13   12/4/2014 at 03:33 (3,403 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA)   |   | |
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Post# 797299 , Reply# 14   12/4/2014 at 03:56 (3,403 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea))   |   | |
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Post# 797306 , Reply# 15   12/4/2014 at 06:43 (3,402 days old) by GELaundry4ever (Nacogdoches, TX, USA)   |   | |
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I have called and asked them. I didn't get the answers that I was looking for. CLICK HERE TO GO TO GELaundry4ever's LINK |
Post# 797355 , Reply# 16   12/4/2014 at 13:30 (3,402 days old) by joeypete (Concord, NH)   |   | |
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From what I've found out just by observation (and some reading the manual, which is vague). The "Colors" and "Whites" cycle are identical in terms of wash intensity and spin speed, at least on my Hydrowave. The PermPress cycle has a lighter agitation and periods of pause. Honestly I don't know why they have "Colors" and "Whites". Perhaps just to appease previous users? I could understand if the cycles dictated the wash temp, but they don't. I am confused too.
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Post# 797488 , Reply# 18   12/5/2014 at 06:58 (3,401 days old) by retro-man (- boston,ma)   |   | |
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I have noticed lately not just on your posts GE but on others that the links that you provide just bring me back to the home page. Are others seeing this or is it a setting on my computer that is wrong. Thanks Jon |
Post# 797493 , Reply# 19   12/5/2014 at 07:14 (3,401 days old) by GELaundry4ever (Nacogdoches, TX, USA)   |   | |
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I think it will go to the home page. I don't know why. CLICK HERE TO GO TO GELaundry4ever's LINK |
Post# 797500 , Reply# 20   12/5/2014 at 08:22 (3,401 days old) by countryguy (Astorville, ON, Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 797503 , Reply# 21   12/5/2014 at 08:26 (3,401 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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The "URL Link to Share" field should not have an entry unless you have a specific web page or web site to share or reference that is related to the subject of your post. Navigation menus are on every page of the AutomaticWasher.org site so there's no need to place a link to the Home page in the share field. |
Post# 797532 , Reply# 22   12/5/2014 at 12:15 (3,401 days old) by murando531 (Augusta, Georgia - US)   |   | |
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I too have heard very poor comments about GE's HE machine. From what videos I've seen, it does use the recirculating spray for most of the cycle while agitating, but the clothes really just sort of jive left and right without seeming to disappear to the bottom.
I have been pleasantly surprised at how well the Bravos XL has performed in the two weeks I've had it. So long as you make sure nothing is covering the center hub of the agitator, and you select a cycle that matches what you're washing, everything comes out perfectly clean with no tangles. It seems to do fine with a normal rinse (NOT a spray rinse. I will never trust spray rinsing to completely flush my clothes clean), but to ensure my sanity I've been using the extra rinse and Fabric Softener options for every load even if I don't use a softener. It's interesting that it always flushes the softener dispenser with hot water, which I find to be a nice feature. I agree with the above statement about not using the Normal cycle. Despite the 54 minute count on the display at the start of the load, it seems like there just isn't enough wash time, even with increasing the soil level. Thankfully there are also the PowerWash and Heavy Duty cycles, both of which use the recirculating spray often and include a few soak periods. The rinses for these cycles seem to use a little more water as well. I've also learned that the rollover and performance is much much better when the machine has a FULL load. The clothes bloom like they are supposed to, but still, nothing tangles. I think my mind is still trying to find faults with it, but I do think honestly that Whirlpool has a good machine when it comes to their Fisher&Paykel designed washers. |
Post# 797689 , Reply# 25   12/6/2014 at 11:32 (3,400 days old) by kenmoreguy89 (Valenza Piemonte, Italy- Soon to be US immigrant.)   |   | |
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All this makes me laugh....these machines makes me laugh...
These HE toploaders are not even washers....LOL If you're concerned with water etc, then get a front loader, the only kind of lower water machine that can potentially make possible that something MAY get clean. User's fault? Please....did you see them? Today the only good traditional agitator toploader is the Speed Queen, they really cleans laundry like traditional washers do and like a washer is supposed to, but they also use the water agitator washers are meant-to. to do their job "as it should be..... That's it.. I'll never understand how some people decide to go top-load for a low water/ energy/eco whatever (I don't like the use of the US "HE" selling stratagem word ) machine...i mean top load with weird settings such as wash plates whatever. I don't make this question to manufacturers as for them every new BS is a new thing to claim fantastic but total made up things about and so to sell you something..... If its a matter if loading on the top, H axis toploader are around since ages, yet they now have to vomit these obscene machines with obscene nonsense ways to do on the US market....ahhh the money they make...not an H axis toploader yet, just the staber with that nonsense exagonal tub.... They came in all sizes and shapes....why can't they just make something like these for "low water toploaders" and thats it? But that's my opinion. This post was last edited 12/06/2014 at 12:02 |
Post# 797748 , Reply# 27   12/6/2014 at 17:05 (3,400 days old) by GELaundry4ever (Nacogdoches, TX, USA)   |   | |
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Also, do these washers use the old drive system as the Harmony, or a completely different one? |
Post# 797756 , Reply# 28   12/6/2014 at 18:26 (3,400 days old) by wayupnorth (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine)   |   | |
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Jerome, Sorry but I really dont think all the members here can really help you with technical things you would like to know, as it seems nobody here has one or knows alot about them. Going direct to GE is your best bet to try to pry the info you want from them it seems from your posts. Good luck. I gave away to a tenant a basic Filter Flo and it is still going strong after more than 35 years with just 1 pump replacement.
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Post# 797773 , Reply# 29   12/6/2014 at 20:22 (3,400 days old) by logixx (Germany)   |   | |
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The tub is suspended by four suspension rods held by metal brackets - like most of the other HE models out there. This is a DirectDrive washer. The one and only thing the service manual says about the cycles is that Colors and Whites have the greatest wash intensity.
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Post# 797928 , Reply# 30   12/7/2014 at 17:38 (3,399 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA)   |   | |
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Post# 798015 , Reply# 32   12/8/2014 at 00:01 (3,399 days old) by murando531 (Augusta, Georgia - US)   |   | |
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I agree as well. I wouldn't take a GE appliance if it were brought in wrapped in gold free of charge, unless of course it was a pre-'94 FilterFlo in mint condition. GE has been hanging by strings for years in regards to the quality and design of their products, and who's to say what they'll become once Electrolux begins making changes of their own.
The Cabrio/Bravos/Oasis machine, along with its Fisher&Paykel cousin, are the best TL low-water use washers in my opinion, and either a Speed Queen, an older TL, or the new generation Whirlpool agitator machines are all great traditional washers. |
Post# 798073 , Reply# 35   12/8/2014 at 07:03 (3,398 days old) by joeypete (Concord, NH)   |   | |
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