Score one for top loading washers

Posted by Jules on November 3, 2009, 3:49 pm

On Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:29:11 -0800, DerbyDad03 wrote:

> re: "It's a problem for all front-loaders"
>
> So here's the issue - when I see something in an article that I know
> is not true, especially one written in "panic prose", I have to
> discount the entire article.

I start to suspect that the guy who wrote it was paid a handsome amount
for writing exactly what he did, to be honest.

> re: "Desperate for relief, Rae hired Scott Wiseman to remove and replace
> the disgusting rubber gasket. It cost $300."
>
> I wonder how often he plans on doing that...

The gaskets seem to run to about $100, so maybe he'll learn to do it
himself and then he can do it three times as often.

Posted by Jules on November 2, 2009, 4:37 pm

On Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:14:30 -0800, mike wrote:

> How would you like to pay top dollar for a new washing machine - only
> to have it stink up your laundry room?

Well, if it's such an issue it makes me ask the question - what the heck
are they doing with the USA ones that they aren't doing in models for
other countries where front-loaders have been the norm for decades?
Front-loaders do seem to be relatively "new tech" to North America (until
I moved over here I hadn't seen a top-loader* in over 20 years), but it's
not like they're new to the planet and I've never known front-loading
machines have anything like the problems mentioned.

* I'm not knocking them, though. I like the fact they're easily
repairable, the spares availability is high - and from a usage point of
view that you can add stuff after the machine's already running.

So - design fault in US designs? Different usage pattern to
other countries (often cold-water washes rather than hot, maybe)?
Different location (lots more machines in basements in the US I bet; maybe
they take longer to dry out)? Different formulation for the detergent used
in the US compared to other countries?

> "It's a problem for all front-loaders," Wiseman said.

No, it's most definitely not.

curious...

cheers

Jules

Posted by mike on November 2, 2009, 4:46 pm

wrote:

> > "It's a problem for all front-loaders," Wiseman said.

> No, it's most definitely not.

Maybe he was using a mild hyperbole. For example, maybe he meant to
indicate that it's a common problem for all models in general, not
that it's currently affecting 100% of units.

Posted by Jon Danniken on November 2, 2009, 4:56 pm

mike wrote:

> Maybe he was using a mild hyperbole. For example, maybe he meant to
> indicate that it's a common problem for all models in general, not
> that it's currently affecting 100% of units.

Maybe next time you should post your *own* shit instead of parroting
something you read somewhere else.

Kids these days!

Jon

Posted by Jules on November 2, 2009, 5:30 pm

On Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:46:26 -0800, mike wrote:

> wrote:
>

>> > "It's a problem for all front-loaders," Wiseman said.

>> No, it's most definitely not.

>
> Maybe he was using a mild hyperbole. For example, maybe he meant to
> indicate that it's a common problem for all models in general, not
> that it's currently affecting 100% of units.

Hmm, maybe. The article just sounds odd, because surely if the picture was
as bad as claimed then there'd be recalls everywhere, scrapping of entire
product lines as not being fit for purpose etc. and to my knowledge that's
not happening. I don't have experience of *US* front-loaders, but 30-odd
years of owning (and knowing people with) front-loaders overseas, and I've
never seen anything like what's claimed, which makes it even more puzzling.

Like any rubber seals that get wet I've seen machines develop a few
spots here and there, but nothing remotely like "permeates the whole
laundry room and basement" or "It's definitely all around the tub".

Maybe the article really means "It's a problem for all front-loaders owned
by the people who wrote in when asked 'do you have a bacteria problem with
your front-loading machine'", which is perhaps more believable - but
even then the comments all seem rather sensationalist to me... :-)

It'd be interesting to get a few more actual facts behind the story,
anyway.

cheers

Jules

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