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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Kaleb C. Striplin
Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2007 10:10 PM
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] Front Loading Washers (was Re: Tools and Quality)
that one of my grandmothers has never had anything done
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Kaleb C. Striplin
Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2007 10:10 PM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Front Loading Washers (was Re: Tools and Quality)
that one of my grandmothers has never had anything done
For what it's worth, I ust got the water bill for last
month, and with the new washer only having been on
line for about two weeks of the billing period, our
water consumption dropped about 20%. Tossing a few
percentage points in for variations, that's still a
noticeable drop.
I'll be watching
Timely subject for us as well. The Hotpoint appliances in our new (c.
15 yr. old) house are all pretty poor. The washer has this mildewy
smell that I have not been able to irradicate despite thorough
cleaning with straight bleach.
We've been tempted by some craigslist stackable full-sized units,
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From: Kevin Kraly [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Friday, August 03, 2007 11:54 PM
Subject: [MBZ] Front Loading Washers (was Re: Tools and Quality)
I just cut about 35% off my water bill by going to a front
loading washing machine
I also did a bunch of research about three years ago and chose the top Kenmore
front loader.
To answer your question about getting clothes clean, it does so quite well.
It tosses your clothes throught the soapy water, which is more like hand
washing. Clothes get quite clean, they last
I've been wondering how the thing can get the same amount of clothes
clean with less water, and wondering if the door on these designs will
eventually leak.
That bothers me too. That and the fact that our water
is effectively free means that there is not likely one
in our immediate future.
The best long term one would be a Speed Queen (non-electronic), but
they require attendance (they hop all over the place if the load
doesn't balance on the spin cycle) and are expensive -- $1500 last time
I looked a couple years ago.
I ended up with a Bosch from Lowe's -- I believe they still
Door gaskets are a wear item. They will need to be replaced at some
point, but then the pump on every top load washer I've ever used
eventually leaked and had to be replaced, too.
Peter
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Holy cow! How many people in your household?
We paid $50 for water last QUARTER. Of course its only two of us...
-Curt
Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2007 07:31:53 -0400
From: The Wakin's [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Front Loading Washers (was Re: Tools and Quality)
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On Sat, 4 Aug 2007 06:37:58 -0700 Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
I've been wondering how the thing can get the same amount of clothes
clean with less water, and wondering if the door on these designs will
eventually leak.
That bothers me too. That and the fact that our water
is
There is more than one point to their efficiency. One is use of less
water. Another is spinning faster to extract the water more thoroughly,
which means you run your dryer less to get the clothes dry. Unless you
Definitely a factor.
dry your clothes on a line (hard to do in the winter), you
This was something I didn't realize, either. In fact,
my drying times are lower because the clothing comes
out of the washer much dryer that with a top-loader.
I will say that my purchase was precipitated by the
failure of my 6 year old Maytag, which blew the
transmission. There was no reason
This was something I didn't realize, either. In fact,
my drying times are lower because the clothing comes
out of the washer much dryer that with a top-loader.
Than with _your_ top loader. I looked into buying a
Fisher Paykel when it looked like I was going to have
to replace our washer.
Our water bill is about $25 or so per month.
---
Kaleb C. Striplin
Cox Auto Trader
730 PP Supervisor
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From: Curt Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Diesel List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2007 9:07 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Front Loading Washers
Holy
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Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2007 9:07 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Front Loading Washers
Holy cow! How many people in your household?
We paid $50 for water last QUARTER. Of course its only two of us...
-Curt
Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2007 07:31:53 -0400
From: The Wakin's [EMAIL PROTECTED
Jim Cathey wrote:
I doubt that _any_ front loader could be kept running
this long. Lack of availability of the custom door gaskets
alone would probably guarantee this.
The commercial ones probably run for an equivalent amount of time! Just
find a laundry mat thats going out of business ;)
] Front Loading Washers (was Re: Tools and Quality)
This was something I didn't realize, either. In fact,
my drying times are lower because the clothing comes
out of the washer much dryer that with a top-loader.
I will say that my purchase was precipitated by the
failure of my 6 year old Maytag
We're still running a 13 year old Maytag top loader here. With 4 kids,
it gets used a LOT. 6-7 loads a week, at least. I've had to replace a
timer and a tub seal, but that's it.
Gary Thompson
1995 E320 (just turned over 140K miles!)
On 8/4/07, Kaleb C. Striplin, work [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The Wakin's wrote:
Buy LG from Home Depot (or buy.com believe it or not)
Five years ago my mom was looking for a new washer.
I wanted to get her a front loader for a gift, good thing I asked
her some questions, turned out that women old enough to collect
Social Security don't always like to
John Robbins wrote:
I think the Kenmore/Frigidaire washers are based on a commercial design
(or they really look like it anyway) so it might be easier to find a
gasket for them.
I had a salesman tell me that once. I later learned that while they
look like a Speed Queen, they aren't the
Depends what you are after, if you just want a machine then anything
will do but if you are interested in the long term then you have to look
at machines that are servicable. We have had Miele machines in our
family for decades and while they are more expensive than Asian brands,
they are
Our Miele spins at 1100 rpm, can be set to 600 but don't know why.
Has water saving cycles and all the other stuff, which is not bad
considering it was the base model.
Anyway we just bought a new fridge and I have to modify the kitchen to
fit the blasted thing in, that's what happens when you
Anything can fail but the question is can it be repaired economically.
Strange how people put up with cars breaking down but if a washing
machine decides to go down after 6 years people are in shock.
Kaleb C. Striplin, work wrote:
Your maytag failed after 6 years? My grandmother always had a
that one of my grandmothers has never had anything done to it.
Hendrik wrote:
Anything can fail but the question is can it be repaired economically.
Strange how people put up with cars breaking down but if a washing
machine decides to go down after 6 years people are in shock.
Kaleb C.
The amount of use makes a difference - just like miles on a car.
We're on our second Maytag - and I've had to repair both of them. With
four kids, we've washed a LOT of clothes. Both washers had seals
damaged by stuff from kids pockets that got into them, then the water
either corrodes what's
I just cut about 35% off my water bill by going to a front
loading washing machine last month.
What brand/model did you go with? I'll be in the market for one very soon
since we're buying a house. My parents have a Maytag Neptune that seems to
be working well for the past 5 years. The
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