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Thread Number: 60787
/ Tag: Modern Automatic Washers
Playing with the LG 3570 and it's app |
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| Post# 834135 , Reply# 1 7/28/2015 at 03:10 (3,188 days old) by nmassman44 (Brooksville Florida) | ||
That phone feature and app does not work with anything Apple. And you really can't control the washer or dryer over the internet. I thought that too when I bought them but nope it was wishful dreaming. The app only works with Android and with an NFC featured phone. I bought my LG G3 phone just for that reason. That app is kinda neat where it will show you all the faults that have occurred as well in the diary section. It also does the self diagnoses as well. I have used the app a few times.
The washer is very fun to use and is my daily driver as well as the dryer. It does use plenty of water in my opinion yet no where near what my SQ toplaoder used per load and all around performance is much better than the SQ washer. And my water bill reflected the savings that I am enjoying now. Not to mention the electric bill as well. I use the TurboWash with every load and activate the feature for Bright Whites and Towels. On Cotton Normal, its the default setting. I also love the high speed spray rinsing in the final spin as well. | ||
Post# 834313 , Reply# 3 7/29/2015 at 05:03 (3,187 days old) by appnut  (TX) |
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| Post# 834347 , Reply# 4 7/29/2015 at 10:27 (3,187 days old) by murando531 (Augusta, Georgia - US) | ||
The one reason I wouldn't mind being able to control my appliances with an app would be to keep track of when it's being used, when it has been used, and what cycles were used. Especially for someone as particular as I am with my machines. And if I could lock them out with a passcode? That would be the bee's knees. We have this roommate that I'm ready to kick out because before he moved in (by his request by the way) I set the rule that he either A. puts his clothes in the hamper and I'll wash everything together, and trust me, his clothes couldn't be in better care, B. he spends enough time with me where I can show him the Do's and Don'ts and I can catch any bad habits he has until I'm comfortable with him using the washer and dryer, or C. he can take his stuff to the laundromat. I'll even send him a link to Google Maps.
So far things have been decent, except that he seems to think that jeans and the like need to be washed when they still smell like detergent, and he also thinks that he needs to put his clothes, literally just a shirt and some pants or so, into the dryer for 20 minutes at least 3-4 times a day to "freshen" them up, it could be normal clothes or gym clothes, doesn't matter. I put a stop to that real quick. We bought him a portable steamer and I explained that all the dryer is doing is baking any body oils, sweat, and any odors he's been around into the fabric, as well as baking the fibers themselves because there's no moisture to dissipate the heat. And yet he says he's "particular about his clothes". Okay. He can do what he wants, in his house with HIS machines, but here that's not how it works. That's just a bunch of unnecessary wear on my machine not to mention the energy it takes to heat up in the short amount of time, only for the machine to be stopped at peak temp just to waste away into the house that we're already trying to keep cool. So, if I could passcode lock my machines with an app? You better believe I would. That way I don't have to worry about him sneaking around when we're not here. Although I did tell him that with the diagnostics modes on both the washer and dryer that I could tell how many cycles had been run since the last diag. run, and he knows no better. :P | ||
| Post# 834430 , Reply# 5 7/29/2015 at 18:56 (3,186 days old) by mark_wpduet (Lexington KY) | ||
I think it would be cool | ||
| Post# 834446 , Reply# 6 7/29/2015 at 21:27 (3,186 days old) by nmassman44 (Brooksville Florida) | ||
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The thing with the TurboWash feature is that it is very effective in adding to the wash/rinse action of the washer. It also uses just the right amount of water too and recirculates that water so all the detergent solution is used. Its especially handy when using the Persil PowerPearls where it dissolves the detergent thoroughly unlike in the Frigidaire built front loader where the detergent goes into the sump and sits there not doing anything.
Rinsing in the washer is superb. The first spin does have a spray rinse but half way thru the pump shuts off and the drum will generate some suds. The washer will stop and then add water to drain the suds away. Once the suds have been taken care of, it will then turn the jets on and spray the water onto the load and add water for rinsing. The washer uses more water for rinse cycles than the wash segment. If you add rinses and you can add up to 3 extra, it will do a spray rinse with every spin portion. The final spin will use a 2 minute spray rinse thats uses atomized water and jets from the top of the drum opening and covers the whole depth of the drum. Nothing is missed and that jet flushes the load at high speed, pulling the water thru the fabrics. Odd thing is though, on the Towels cycle that final jet rinse does not happen. And I think on the Bright Whites as well, it doesn't happen...on Cotton/Normal it does. I do use Cotton/Normal for most loads and its also the fastest cycle too. I can also wash whites in that cycle and there isn't any difference in performance. I just use the Normal/heavy soil setting to add some time to the wash cycle. The other thing one will notice is that when the jets do come on in the wash cycle , the drum will speed up and do a Catalyst action of spraying the detergent solution onto the load and pulling it thru the fabrics, then it adds more water until the washer is satisfied with the water level. The washer is a lot of fun yet very effective. | ||
| Post# 834533 , Reply# 7 7/30/2015 at 17:28 (3,185 days old) by mark_wpduet (Lexington KY) | ||
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I wonder why Whirlpool doesn't do something like this?
I know my Duet is cool in that it spins and adds rinse water at the same time. As rinse water is filling the drum, it slowly spins as water is sloshing through the clothes stuck up against the drum for about 2 to 3 minutes until it stops to tumble. That is really good rinsing. It also does it on the 2nd rinse too (but not as long). But from what I understand, Whirlpool even took that AWAY from the newer duets and they just stop spinning and fill/tumble normally.
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| Post# 834707 , Reply# 9 8/1/2015 at 06:30 (3,184 days old) by mark_wpduet (Lexington KY) | ||
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Yep
My duet starts adding water at the high rpm and slows down as the water is constantly being added and keeps spinning slowly as it fills with rinse water until it finally stops to tumble..I love that about my machine....Today I was washing a load and I had to go through the laundry room to the garage to get something and it happened to be on the final spin and it sounded so smooth and perfect, even at over ten years old. I hope it lasts me another 5 years at least (but I doubt it)
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| Post# 834717 , Reply# 10 8/1/2015 at 08:50 (3,184 days old) by A440 () | ||
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Mark it will last many more years. You could have issues like the pump, or seal, or belt needing to be replaced but you can do all of these replacements yourself. It is a very easy machine to work on. | ||
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Post# 836823 , Reply# 12 8/15/2015 at 18:15 (3,169 days old) by Mattl (Flushing, MI) |
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I was a little disappointed when I took the towels out of the machine -- they were all plastered against the tub! Even on the top. I really appreciate my Duet that gently tumbles and fluffs the material in the machine. One demerit for LG. | ||
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