Thread Number: 73491
/ Tag: Modern Automatic Washers
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Post# 970517 , Reply# 1   11/29/2017 at 02:06 (2,333 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)   |   | |
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Speed Queen top-loaders are definitely not quiet machines. The robust 'hum' of the washer can be heard throughout my apartment even though the washer is in a hallway on the other side of my kitchen wall. My sister likes her new SQ, but also mentioned that "It's kind of loud."
Quite a few of my loads are washed on the medium (tub about half full of water) or large (tub about three-quarters full) settings. I haven't noticed that it's any louder with smaller loads. Will have to listen for that. Maybe a full tub of water/clothes deadens the sound a bit because the hum isn't reverberating through the partially empty tub. What I have noticed is that it's a bit louder when using cycles with slow agitation and spin speeds. First spins in all cycles are slow on mine. The machine is quietest once the water is thrown in the fast final spin. |
Post# 970520 , Reply# 3   11/29/2017 at 02:18 (2,333 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)   |   | |
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My Frigidaire-badged WCIs generated a little more sound during the wash tumble than did the 2010 redesign or the 2015 Maytag, but they were certainly quieter than many top-loaders of the day---until the spins, when plenty of suspension noise was evident. The pre-HE front-loaders had significantly more water in them, so perhaps some of the sound was water movement.
Speaking of my pre-HE front-loaders, I experienced better cleaning and less oversudsing in softened water by cranking back the water levels quite a bit. Didn't decrease the level to today's ultra-low standards, but cut at least a couple of gallons from each fill. Those machines still had three rinses, so I didn't feel rinsing was compromised. This post was last edited 11/29/2017 at 02:41 |
Post# 970554 , Reply# 5   11/29/2017 at 08:18 (2,333 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey)   |   | |
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