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Suggestion on New Washer nick 04-21-2008
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Posted by on April 21, 2008, 10:49 am
Hello,


I thought I would post this here as most people would know what
washers have the most problems. I'm looking to replace our horrible
Maytag Atlantis Washer MAV7504EWW since it has torn through the
majority of our clothes and leaves a lot of lint on them coming out of
the wash. This washing machine was prior to the acquisition from
Whirlpool

I was looking at the Whirlpool WTW5500 which seems that it may do
the job, but after talking with a rep I'm not sure if this is the
model that I want. I'm looking for a washer where the hot cycle will
take exactly that hot water and not mix it with cold. The only model
that Whirlpool has is the front loaders which have the sanitary cycle.
I want to avoid front loaders as I have read problematic issues with
them and want to avoid as may problems down the road as possible.

Does anyone have any suggestions as to what to purchase or should I
stick with this model? The other option is to turn the cold water off
for the first cycle but that means I have to be around after the first
cycle is finished to turn the cold water on for the second cycle.

Thanks in advance,
Nick

Posted by Robert Neville on April 21, 2008, 11:18 am
nick@nowhere.com wrote:

>I'm looking for a washer where the hot cycle will
>take exactly that hot water and not mix it with cold. The only model
>that Whirlpool has is the front loaders which have the sanitary cycle.
>I want to avoid front loaders as I have read problematic issues with
>them and want to avoid as may problems down the road as possible.

You should know that all new washers have to meet the same energy and water use
requirements, which means that most new top loaders will do less well with
cleaning than a front loader. Especially a top loader with a standard
transmission...

I have a 6 month old GE front loader that will do either straight hot or add
additional heating ("sanitary cycle") that I've been pleased with.

http://www.geappliances.com/products/introductions/frontload/

Posted by on April 21, 2008, 11:41 am
wrote:

>nick@nowhere.com wrote:
>
>>I'm looking for a washer where the hot cycle will
>>take exactly that hot water and not mix it with cold. The only model
>>that Whirlpool has is the front loaders which have the sanitary cycle.
>>I want to avoid front loaders as I have read problematic issues with
>>them and want to avoid as may problems down the road as possible.
>
>You should know that all new washers have to meet the same energy and water use
>requirements, which means that most new top loaders will do less well with
>cleaning than a front loader. Especially a top loader with a standard
>transmission...
>

BALONEY

I have a Fisher & Paykel top loader that equals or exceeds the
performance of front loaders, costs half as much and does not require
special expensive detergent to work properly.



Posted by Robert Neville on April 21, 2008, 12:14 pm
salty@dog.com wrote:

>I have a Fisher & Paykel top loader that equals or exceeds the
>performance of front loaders, costs half as much and does not require
>special expensive detergent to work properly.

Glad you like your FP.

Unfortunately, the hard data collected by Consumer Reports and shown at

<http://www.greenerchoices.org/ratings.cfm?product=washer&orderbyw=OverallScore_DESC&ordersetw=ASC,ASC,DESC,DESC,ASC,DESC#Cat2>

supports my statement. Note the 20th best front loader listed had a total score
of 69, whereas the best top loader was 75. The only FP top load model listed had
a score of 63.


Posted by dpb on April 21, 2008, 12:24 pm
Robert Neville wrote:
...
> Unfortunately, the hard data collected by Consumer Reports ...
...
> supports my statement. Note the 20th best front loader listed had a total score
> of 69, whereas the best top loader was 75. ...

I notice mostly that all the top loaders that score much over the front
loaders are roughly twice the price and that those in roughly equivalent
price range are no better and generally worse in the cleaning rankings.

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