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Thread Number: 79216
/ Tag: Modern Automatic Washers
Whirlpool Auto Dosing System |
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Post# 1031513 , Reply# 1 5/1/2019 at 22:30 (1,821 days old) by Joe_in_philly  (Philadelphia, PA, USA) |
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I took some pictures of the detergent container when I saw the new machines at Lowe’s. The lower end machine has a smaller detergent container that fits on the right side of the drawer. The next higher up model has a larger container that fits in the left side of the drawer. The top-of-the-line has both containers, and the right one can be programmed for fabric softener or a second detergent.
All the pictures are of the smaller container, except the last one which shows the larger container in the drawer. | ||
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Post# 1031514 , Reply# 2 5/1/2019 at 22:43 (1,821 days old) by Joe_in_philly (Philadelphia, PA, USA) |
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Post# 1031516 , Reply# 3 5/1/2019 at 22:50 (1,821 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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 A friend has the auto-dose dispenser on a year-old Maytag f/l, it fits into the dispenser drawer at top of washer. It seems to work well, it's actually a pretty handy feature for regular washing.
I saw the new WP washers at Lowe's today, with the lower dispenser reservoir. I thought it was a good idea, not sure what the mechanism is to bring detergent from there to the tub, but it was pretty simple from the user-view. Overall, I thought the machine seemed cheap, the plastic door (glass) surprised me most. I didn't spend much time looking at the GE, LG and Samsung washers, I'll bet there were equally as many cheap feels on them as well.
The Samsung was the most cosmetically attractive of the lot, and I noticed it had a rinse # selector, hadn't seen that before. Up to 5 rinses.
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Post# 1031528 , Reply# 4 5/2/2019 at 01:55 (1,821 days old) by logixx (Germany) |
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Post# 1031532 , Reply# 5 5/2/2019 at 05:05 (1,821 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Tide Heavy Duty X10 | ||
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Post# 1031535 , Reply# 6 5/2/2019 at 06:09 (1,820 days old) by retro-man (- boston,ma) |
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In the commercial that I saw she was pouring the detergent into the normal draw it seemed at the top left of the machine. Maybe it was being poured into the bottom draw but it didn't appear that way. Do they have 2 types of storage? Jon | ||
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Post# 1031538 , Reply# 7 5/2/2019 at 06:28 (1,820 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Post# 1031637 , Reply# 8 5/3/2019 at 00:11 (1,820 days old) by Joe_in_philly (Philadelphia, PA, USA) |
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Jon,
The compact unit has a different type of dispenser that is not in a drawer, but rather fills from the top. The whirlpool website lists the 4 different types of dispenser options. See the link, and click on the “+ Explore Sizes” button. There a smaller drawer container, a larger drawer container, a machine with both containers, and the compact unit that fills on the top. CLICK HERE TO GO TO Joe_in_philly's LINK | ||
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Post# 1031659 , Reply# 9 5/3/2019 at 05:54 (1,820 days old) by retro-man (- boston,ma) |
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Joe, thanks for that info, did not realize that they had 2 different size machines. Jon | ||
| Post# 1031915 , Reply# 10 5/5/2019 at 22:54 (1,817 days old) by Tomdawg (Des moines) | ||
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Auto dose I had the first series whirlpool auto dose- great feature and really doesn’t use a lot of soap. It did break on me once in the three years I had it. Now that I’m back to manually adding the detergent to the washer, I sometimes forget to add the detergent! | ||
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Post# 1031927 , Reply# 11 5/6/2019 at 07:09 (1,816 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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I know this is a Whirlpool-related thread, but my Maytag front-loader had an auto-dosing system that worked beautifully. It was more parsimonious than I was. It had a cartridge that you'd fill and place in the dispenser drawer. I bought three more of the cartridges (about $20 each) and had one for each of the liquid detergents I was using at the time: Tide Ultimate Stain Release; Persil ProClean 2in1, Tide Coldwater, and Perwoll For Blacks.
The new Whirlpools look sharp...but kind of plastic-y. | ||
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Post# 1031930 , Reply# 12 5/6/2019 at 07:58 (1,816 days old) by littlegreeny (Milwaukee, WI) |
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Build Quality
I was looking at washers this weekend and was really surprised how cheap the build quality was of the new Whirlpool and Maytag washers, especially when you compare them to the Korean brands. Does Whirlpool not think people are going to open and close the doors, dispensers, look inside, feel the plastics, etc.?
It was so cheap feeling I actually thought for a second this has to be a hollow demo model but unfortunately it wasn't. Who would buy one of these thinking they'd get over a year or two of service before it breaks down and needs to be replaced? I'm very disappointed in Whirlpool's build quality lately. | ||
| Post# 1031941 , Reply# 13 5/6/2019 at 10:17 (1,816 days old) by johnb300m (Chicago) | ||
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| Post# 1032237 , Reply# 17 5/9/2019 at 18:13 (1,813 days old) by Iej (.... ) | ||
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I agree! Miele's autodose is totally independent of the drawer and you can continue to use it as normal. TwinDos pumps the detergent and additives directly into the outer tub. | ||
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Post# 1032265 , Reply# 18 5/10/2019 at 02:34 (1,813 days old) by logixx (Germany) |
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