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I bought a new dryer and I spent an unreasonable amount of time looking at dryer reviews.
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What did you learn about your washer?
I've never had an issue with my washer, and I'm not gonna spend $600+ just to have a matching set, but when it goes I'll probably swap it for a front load. Despite a little more maintenance they tend to wash better and spin faster so they will dry even faster.
I might also consider replacing it if I move into a space where stacking them makes sense.
Spinning faster seemed to damage my clothes faster. I just use medium now, and it's back to what I expected. Clothes come out much, much cleaner than my old top load.
I would avoid Samsung. Their designs require a sacrificial plate for wear, but they do not use one.
Hmm I wouldn't think that spinning faster would do much. I mean, what's the difference? Once it gets going any decent speed the clothes should be pinned against the walls so going faster just kind of compresses them, which I wouldn't expect to do much in terms of damage. Interesting.
Welcome to the wonderful world of appliance shopping, where facts don't matter but people's made up impressions apparently do, and resistance to change is a huge driving force behind purchasing decisions.
You're probably right. If machine A shredded that commenter's clothes more than machine B, it's unlikely the spin speed difference -- especially between comparable front loaders -- was actually the differentiating factor.
I didn't expect it either, so I was surprised to see damage show up relatively quickly (a couple of months). My theory is that it's wringing them out with a much stronger force than anything you could ever do by hand, stretching the fibers beyond their normal use.
While it seems to be a controversial issue, there's something everyone agrees on - delicates should not spin at the highest speeds. Why is that? If it caused no additional wear, wouldn't it make sense to use the highest speed on everything? If not, wouldn't the same forces apply to all clothing, even if the wear is not immediately obvious?
It's entirely possible that the damage was coincidental and unrelated to the spin speed. My data is anecdotal, and should not be taken as gospel. I could not find any meaningful tests on the subject (e.g. we ran these towels 1000 times on medium spin then measured the wear). Every source I found is either a random person pretending to know everything, or part of an obvious sales pitch.
Sure they do. It's just that their "sacrificial plate" is the same part that attached the drum to the bearing, so when it corrodes as expected the whole fucking washer breaks.
If you live in a humid climate, you'll struggle with mold in a front load. Work great in the desert tho!
It stays dry enough with the AC on. I've heard you just want to keep the door cracked open and swipe under the rubber seal once in a while
And buy the above-mentioned afresh tablets every 6 weeks. I got rid of mine after a year. My sister still complains about it. It's such a problem that brands advertise that they've fixed the problem with nanoparticles and space age coatings. Muchike Subaru, they haven't fixed the problem.
I'll readily acknowledge that they spin way more water out and are likely more gentle on clothes, but I'll never buy another.
I wish I still had a top load washer and will be going back to that when this one breaks. The front load always dumps newly cleaned clothes on the floor when we’re moving them over to the dryer.