Thread Number: 84755
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Post# 1092182   10/6/2020 at 13:20 (1,269 days old) by smurdle450 (California)   |   | |
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Upon scouring a local dealer's website, I came across this new GE washer which appears to be a competitior to the Maytag MVWP575 commercial grade machine. It claims it has "upgraded parts" and has a more "commercial-ish" appearance.
Anyone know anything about this? CLICK HERE TO GO TO smurdle450's LINK |
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Post# 1092187 , Reply# 2   10/6/2020 at 14:27 (1,269 days old) by smurdle450 (California)   |   | |
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You are correct that this machine doesn't use the dual action agitator. It uses the so called "heavy duty agitator" that the GTW330 uses. to be fair it does seem like a decent agitator.
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Post# 1092188 , Reply# 3   10/6/2020 at 14:28 (1,269 days old) by panasonicvac (Northern Utah)   |   | |
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Post# 1092202 , Reply# 5   10/6/2020 at 16:00 (1,269 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 1092207 , Reply# 7   10/6/2020 at 17:13 (1,269 days old) by Combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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Post# 1092278 , Reply# 9   10/7/2020 at 11:02 (1,268 days old) by GELaundry4ever (Nacogdoches, TX, USA)   |   | |
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returning into the commercial laundry business? I hope they do. |
Post# 1092315 , Reply# 10   10/7/2020 at 15:45 (1,268 days old) by GELaundry4ever (Nacogdoches, TX, USA)   |   | |
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should be considering ordering this washer. I'd like to hear what this machine sounds like. |
Post# 1092327 , Reply# 11   10/7/2020 at 18:30 (1,268 days old) by littlegreeny (Milwaukee, WI)   |   | |
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Post# 1092328 , Reply# 12   10/7/2020 at 18:51 (1,268 days old) by GELaundry4ever (Nacogdoches, TX, USA)   |   | |
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it too! |
Post# 1092499 , Reply# 13   10/8/2020 at 23:32 (1,266 days old) by SudsMaster (SF Bay Area, California)   |   | |
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Personally I think all this emphasis on washing hands is fine in general. However it's been shown than the virus is mostly spread through the air, in aerosols from breath/sneezes/coughs. So wearing face masks that cover mouth and nose is far more critical than just hand washing. Yes, hand washing is good for many reasons, but limiting the spread of Covid-19 isn't going to happen just by washing hands.
The reason for all this is the virus has a limited lifetime on hands and surfaces. A matter of hours. But when and infected someone speaks, yells, coughs, or sneezes, the aerosols produced are more likely to contain infectious viruses and to infect others who breathe them in. Hand washing is probably more important to prevent the spread of infectious bacteria. Not respiratory viruses like Covid-19. |
Post# 1092506 , Reply# 14   10/9/2020 at 00:14 (1,266 days old) by qsd-dan (West)   |   | |
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Post# 1092565 , Reply# 15   10/9/2020 at 10:01 (1,266 days old) by mrsalvo (New Braunfels Texas)   |   | |
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I'm also interested in learning more about this machine. It looks like it would be a good machine. Barry |
Post# 1092580 , Reply# 18   10/9/2020 at 13:12 (1,266 days old) by smurdle450 (California)   |   | |
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I can attest to this, I have a fair few contacts with European washer community members, and one has a Samsung that achieved 63 on a 90 cycle, and a Hoover that achieved 58, also on a 90 cycle.
That said, one collector had a modern Bosch that reached 85 on a 90, another had a Miele w1 that did similar, and another has an LG v9 that had a 95 cycle, and hit the full 95. |
Post# 1092644 , Reply# 20   10/9/2020 at 23:03 (1,265 days old) by GELaundry4ever (Nacogdoches, TX, USA)   |   | |
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what the agitation would be like on these washers? |
Post# 1092997 , Reply# 21   10/12/2020 at 20:28 (1,262 days old) by GELaundry4ever (Nacogdoches, TX, USA)   |   | |
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What is the agitation like on this machine? Can I use fabric softener? How well will it wash? |
Post# 1092998 , Reply# 22   10/12/2020 at 20:33 (1,262 days old) by GELaundry4ever (Nacogdoches, TX, USA)   |   | |
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what is the suspension system like? |
Post# 1093076 , Reply# 23   10/13/2020 at 15:49 (1,262 days old) by Maytag85 (Sean A806)   |   | |
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Post# 1093202 , Reply# 24   10/14/2020 at 21:05 (1,260 days old) by GELaundry4ever (Nacogdoches, TX, USA)   |   | |
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to have a steel drive transmission. Is this true? Or are they lying? Will the agitation be weak or strong? |
Post# 1097568 , Reply# 25   11/18/2020 at 22:35 (1,225 days old) by GELaundry4ever (Nacogdoches, TX, USA)   |   | |
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GE has a video of their laundry pair describing their new laundry pair on youtube. I'd love to hear what it sounds like in action. |
Post# 1097706 , Reply# 27   11/20/2020 at 10:13 (1,224 days old) by lakewebsterkid (Dayton, Ohio)   |   | |
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I actually just looked into it, and this machine does in fact have what they consider to be a 'steel drive transmission'. |
Post# 1097890 , Reply# 28   11/21/2020 at 21:29 (1,222 days old) by GELaundry4ever (Nacogdoches, TX, USA)   |   | |
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a 1/2 horsepower motor in it. What did the steel drive transmission look like? What would it sound like when agitating? |
Post# 1097894 , Reply# 29   11/21/2020 at 21:38 (1,222 days old) by SudsMaster (SF Bay Area, California)   |   | |
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Post# 1098101 , Reply# 30   11/23/2020 at 13:31 (1,221 days old) by GELaundry4ever (Nacogdoches, TX, USA)   |   | |
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speaks for itself. I too am highly interested in learning more about this washer. I'm interested in the agitation action of this machine, especially on big loads. |
Post# 1110880 , Reply# 31   3/10/2021 at 19:23 (1,113 days old) by GELaundry4ever (Nacogdoches, TX, USA)   |   | |
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Have there any updates on this washer? I'd love to see and hear how the wash action behaves. |
Post# 1110882 , Reply# 32   3/10/2021 at 19:24 (1,113 days old) by GELaundry4ever (Nacogdoches, TX, USA)   |   | |
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how it will handle extra heavy and dirty loads? |
Post# 1110918 , Reply# 33   3/11/2021 at 06:51 (1,113 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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We picked this machine up on the scrap heap last week , while not exactly the same machine at the start of this thread it is 90%+ the same junk.
When I hooked it up it actually did a few loads and we wondered why someone got rid of it, then the fun began.
We put a very small load of wet rags in the machine and it went into its stupid sensing routine the machine proceeded to take 20 minutes ti fill to the brim and actually overflow a little [ according to the service Manuel you should not wash wet clothing in these washers ]
There is something very wrong with it however, the controls flash on and off, it keeps changing cycles from what you set it on and it just blacks out and refuses to work much of the time. reading the Manuel suggests a bad lid lock or main control board.
There is an unbelievable amount of service pointers on these washers already, it also sounds cheap like it is straining when ever the main motor starts to turn.
The day of top loading washers is simply over, I have not seen a single one that is satisfying to use or does what you want. in the last 5+ years.
We are continuing to sell lot of SQ TC5 series washers and people seem very happy with them, The MT MVB575 will also do a good job but you will be lucky to get ten years of heavy use out of one.
John L.
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Post# 1110933 , Reply# 34   3/11/2021 at 10:40 (1,113 days old) by GELaundry4ever (Nacogdoches, TX, USA)   |   | |
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What is the wash behavior of these GE commercial machines? Will it be similar to the commercial Maytags or the rest of the GE line? |
Post# 1110940 , Reply# 35   3/11/2021 at 11:24 (1,113 days old) by Pierreandreply4 (St-Bruno de montarville (province of quebec) canada)   |   | |
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Post# 1115373 , Reply# 37   4/22/2021 at 23:18 (1,070 days old) by GELaundry4ever (Nacogdoches, TX, USA)   |   | |
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on what the wash action will be like? I'm anxious to know how it will behave during agitation. |
Post# 1115379 , Reply# 38   4/23/2021 at 00:41 (1,070 days old) by Maytag85 (Sean A806)   |   | |
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GE just put the “Commercial” name on this washer in the hopes that some gullible consumer/customer buys the machine then throws it out just to buy another one and it really does seem that GE is trying to do whatever they can to force people to buy their crappy machines over and over again. My younger sister who lives in Arizona has one of those newer GE washers (it’s actually her boyfriend’s parent’s machine) and isn’t exactly thrilled with it and says it either doesn’t use enough water or fills up to the brim with water which is a huge waste of water. It seems like we are going backwards with the water level control with only having 2 water levels and not a small, medium, large or infinite water level.
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Post# 1115382 , Reply# 39   4/23/2021 at 04:38 (1,070 days old) by GELaundry4ever (Nacogdoches, TX, USA)   |   | |
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how manufacturers don't show their wash action of these new washers so we can see how it works! This is so stupid! |
Post# 1115409 , Reply# 40   4/23/2021 at 15:54 (1,070 days old) by panasonicvac (Northern Utah)   |   | |
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Post# 1115413 , Reply# 41   4/23/2021 at 18:27 (1,070 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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That is not even 1/2 a load for this crappy washer and only 1/4 load for my SQ FL machine, yet it still uses more than twice the water and takes at least 20 minutes longer,
No thanks never in my house,
we have the same machine in the shop that we found on the scrap heap at just 2 YO,
Had a bad lid lock, but machines like this take all the fun out of doing laundry,
Imagine having to grow up with a washer like this.
John L. |
Post# 1115419 , Reply# 42   4/23/2021 at 18:58 (1,070 days old) by GELaundry4ever (Nacogdoches, TX, USA)   |   | |
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GE needs to do videos on how the gtw525 washes and its comparison to their competitors and other offerings. They must think we're stupid. |
Post# 1115420 , Reply# 43   4/23/2021 at 19:09 (1,070 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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John, that appliance store in Austin runs newer machines as test examples so usually smaller loads with too much water to show the water action and that it can do a deep fill. He sometimes runs overloads to check how that is handled. He usually purposely loads impeller machines by piling the stuff in on the premise that a typical user will do it that way instead of placing the items distributed around the basket. He occasionally runs tests on older "haulaway" machines for comparison to the newer offerings. |
Post# 1115425 , Reply# 44   4/23/2021 at 21:18 (1,069 days old) by GELaundry4ever (Nacogdoches, TX, USA)   |   | |
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for Kirk Rivas. I've worked with him before. I wish more appliance stores would test new washing machines to get a full cycle video of what goes on. I'm grateful that he also does real-life tough loads, such as the dirty jeans test. |
Post# 1115435 , Reply# 45   4/24/2021 at 01:11 (1,069 days old) by Maytag85 (Sean A806)   |   | |
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Modern machines like that GE definitely make laundry more of a chore compared to the Filter Flo machines they made decades ago since there’s no real flexibility and what options you do have a very limited since everything is all programmed in. Sure, the older mechanical timer machines can be limited in operations and flexibility but if you have something like a a Kenmore 80 series from the 90’s or a Maytag A806 you have a good amount of flexibility since you can choose the wash and spin speed combinations along with the wash and rinse temperatures and such flexibility isn’t really possible at least on most mainstream machines these days sold at Lowe’s and Home Depot or any other big box retailer.
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Post# 1115438 , Reply# 46   4/24/2021 at 01:55 (1,069 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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Hi Glenn, I would never put a video on line showing such wasteful use of water, yes it is interesting to washer guys to try just so we know not to do it, Water Shortages and climate change are real by doing a video like that more people are going to follow it, thank goodness GE makes it hard to select.
And no hot water in his shop it doesn't sound like they are very serious about cleaning things even for the business.
And 9 minutes to fill for wash, standard capacity WP-KMs would fill all the way up in just under 2 minutes.
As flawed as CRs is I would still take their testing over this.
John |