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Thread Number: 81047
/ Tag: Modern Automatic Washers
Sister wants a new machine, recommendations please! |
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| Post# 1050460 , Reply# 1 11/9/2019 at 20:35 (1,622 days old) by pierreandreply4 (St-Bruno de montarville (province of quebec) canada) | ||
whirlpool duet
there always the whirlpool duet plus she can start the washer normaly or from her iphone or check cycle status
www.whirlpool.com/laundry... | ||
Post# 1050464 , Reply# 2 11/9/2019 at 20:57 (1,622 days old) by combo52  (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Best FL Washer By A Country Mile Speed Queen, they have both front and rear control models and the SS cabinet model has come down in price.
If she buys by the end of the year she will get the 10 YEAR Parts&Labor Full coverage, which is far better than a stupid service contract.
The other major advantage with a SQ is it is sold and serviced by smaller independent dealers who will also provide great service, do check out local dealers for best price and service.
John L. | ||
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Post# 1050479 , Reply# 3 11/10/2019 at 01:47 (1,622 days old) by RP2813 (Sannazay) |
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Speed Queen FL | ||
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Post# 1050484 , Reply# 4 11/10/2019 at 04:51 (1,622 days old) by Easyspindry (Winston-Salem, NC) |
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I bought . . . . . . a Speed Queen front load from Combo 52 a few years ago and love it!!! It cleans well, runs quietly, absolutely no vibration. Jerry Gay | ||
| Post# 1050530 , Reply# 8 11/10/2019 at 14:21 (1,622 days old) by PinkPower4 (USA) | ||
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Internal Heater? One feature that may be important is the internal heater. Does the SQ FL have one? I think the SQ FL does have a cycle that might work in place of it. How does it work? | ||
| Post# 1050552 , Reply# 9 11/10/2019 at 16:20 (1,621 days old) by jerrod6 (Southeastern Pennsylvania) | ||
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Does the Speed Queen FL have the handwash cycle? Maybe it does I haven't seen the new ones. | ||
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Post# 1050576 , Reply# 10 11/10/2019 at 19:09 (1,621 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Post# 1050580 , Reply# 11 11/10/2019 at 19:46 (1,621 days old) by lotsosudz (Sacramento, CA) |
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LG FRONT LOADER
I agree that the LG top loaders are, for the most part, Crap. But don't include the front loaders in that category! Their front loaders, are good quality, excellent running machines. Not only do they include a hand wash cycle, but do include an internal heater as well. I would suggest to her to not let the overall poor quality of their top loaders, to taint her opinion of their front loaders. That's my 2 cents worth.
Hugs, David | ||
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Post# 1050591 , Reply# 13 11/10/2019 at 20:39 (1,621 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Best FL Washer By A Country Mile | ||
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Post# 1050594 , Reply# 14 11/10/2019 at 20:55 (1,621 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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 The Speed Queen front loader is probably the best on the market, for many reasons and along with its shortcomings, can't be beat. I picked one up on FB a few months ago and can say that it would be my only choice if I could have only one washer.
For handwash, the delicate cycle with 'no-spin' selected would be gentle enough for most any need. In the pic, I have the controls set for the longest wash and rinse cycle combinations possible, a little over two hours.
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| Post# 1050613 , Reply# 15 11/10/2019 at 22:44 (1,621 days old) by Tomdawg (Des moines) | ||
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Post #14 I whole heartily agree. I’ve watched enough washers, I can’t really tell the difference between handwash and delicate. Usually the soil setting is set to “light” as well as no spin. The more I read about speed queen, the less I want to buy an LG... but that turbo wash 360 looks sweet! | ||
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Post# 1050639 , Reply# 17 11/11/2019 at 07:26 (1,621 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Best FL Washer By A Country Mile The Miele FL washers are a very good choice if you want bells and whistles, it is also good if,
Space is tight, it is much smaller on the inside and outside, you will not be able to wash king sized comforters or as I do every other month wash all five of my kitchen rugs in one load in just over 30 minutes.
Cost is no object, service is very costly and often takes a long time, so she might want to have a 2nd washer.
Miele only has an estimated life of 10,000 loads, SQ FL washers can last 25,000, SQ currently has a real factory warranty 10 times as long as Mieles 1 year warranty, We have a customer that has a SS pair of SQs that chalked up 45,000 loads in a hotel laundry, these machines are now in their home for over 6 years now with no major failures ever, original bearings spider and both control boards.
John L. | ||
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Post# 1050640 , Reply# 18 11/11/2019 at 07:28 (1,621 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Best FL Washer By A Country Mile The Miele FL washers are a very good choice if you want bells and whistles, it is also good if,
Space is tight, it is much smaller on the inside and outside, you will not be able to wash king sized comforters or as I do every other month wash all five of my kitchen rugs in one load in just over 30 minutes.
Cost is no object, service is very costly and often takes a long time, so she might want to have a 2nd washer.
Miele only has an estimated life of 10,000 loads, SQ FL washers can last 25,000, SQ currently has a real factory warranty 10 times as long as Mieles 1 year warranty, We have a customer that has a SS pair of SQs that chalked up 45,000 loads in a hotel laundry, these machines are now in their home for over 6 years now with no major failures ever, original bearings spider and both control boards.
John L. | ||
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Post# 1050658 , Reply# 21 11/11/2019 at 09:37 (1,621 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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SQ Stack FL Washer | ||
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Post# 1050685 , Reply# 23 11/11/2019 at 12:24 (1,621 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Well, given the SQ doesn't have an internal heater, high temps are not really attainable. The water heater could be set as high as possible and cold metal components and fabric temp being room temp, initial fill will be far from ideal. A warm prewash would help followed by the subsequent as hot as possible wash fill. But without a heater, maintaining temp will be impossible. Just my opinion. | ||
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Post# 1050735 , Reply# 24 11/11/2019 at 18:00 (1,620 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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No Home Washer Will Sterilize Clothing
The closest you can get is chlorine bleach, if things are that contaminated they should be washed at the hospitals laundry and not brought into the house where they can contaminate your home and washer.
You can get a very good hot wash in a SQ FL machine by doing a Hot prewash followed by a hot wash. If you have to wash contaminated items like this at home without LCB they should be placed in a large pressure cooker [ outside the house ] then the PC can be brought in the house and put on the range for the specified amount of time and then the items can be safely washed in your washer. John L. | ||
| Post# 1050738 , Reply# 25 11/11/2019 at 18:47 (1,620 days old) by stricklybojack (South Hams Devon UK) | ||
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Post# 1050741 , Reply# 26 11/11/2019 at 19:09 (1,620 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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| Post# 1051887 , Reply# 29 11/21/2019 at 21:29 (1,610 days old) by MaytagNeptune (FireAlarmTechGuy4444 on YouTube. Interlochen MI) | ||
SPEED QUEEN!! | ||
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Post# 1051892 , Reply# 30 11/21/2019 at 23:21 (1,610 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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 They're no longer available but just to say, one of the gentlest Hand Wash agitator machines I've run across are Fisher & Paykel's Intuitive Eco models. Westinghouse and Hotpoint/JCPenney had models with an additional Hand Wash agitator with lower-profile fins under the removable main agitator. Westinghouse had a print ad touting theirs as suitable for a Pucci scarf. | ||
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