Beaverstate

Hopefully pre washed in a top loader.

Nutek

scrubbedexpat097

We could always go back to the old copper Boiler and use the copper stick to agitate the clothes while they are soaking and boiling, then use the mammoth wooden tongs to move them from the Boiler to the sink to rinse them and then...the best part...putting them through the wringer without catching your fingers as well and hanging them on the line to dry!


Oh the good old days, when the laundry took all day and you were totally screwed if it started raining. Then the clothes horse came out and the ceiling rack came down and the house looked like a Chinese laundry

Pulaski

Monday was laundry day when I was a child. Out would come the twin tub, and the trusty wooden tongs. And yes, it took my mother all day.

moneypenny20

Why was it always Monday, I never did understand that. Mind you the mother worked so god knows when she got it done, I honestly can't remember. I remember the twin tub with the hose going into the sink but the day escapes me.

Pulaski

You're not comparing like with like - British front loaders are much smaller, and they also have a horizontal spindle (at least all the ones I ever saw), whereas in the US the tub is larger and, in the case of modern ones, canted back, so you can get quite a lot of water in without it reaching the door.

Also your "amount of water" comparison is flawed because a front loader has multiple cycles of wash and flush, so it's like the difference between taking a bath and sitting in a bath tub of water that has all the dirt and oils suspended in it, compared to a shower where the dirt is washed off and rinsed away.

Pulaski

How am I suppose to know? You'll be asking why half day closing was on Wednesday next. I can't remember if the twin tub came with us when we moved, but shortly after that my mother went back to work and by then she had a new washing machine. It used "front loader technology", but was loaded through two flaps in the drum. The advantage was that it had bearings on both ends of the drum spindle so it could spin faster and put a lot less stress on the bearings.

Eventually that machine failed and she replaced it with another one of the same design, which she still uses today .... even though today isn't Monday.

hungryhorace

OF COURSE YOU CAN. Every washing machine I have ever owned (Bosch or Miele) has a programme that soaks laundry (usually as part of a stain removal programme) if required.

But GE make shit, so there's your problem. Seriously.

petitefrancaise

[QUOTE=Boomhauer;12242548]I do and I am pretty sure it is true. Having a rather strong case of OCD/Germphobia , getting clothes clean is pretty important to me.

Despite what the likes of Consumer Reports say, I can not fathom how a front-loading washer could clean clothes as effectively as a top loader with a dual action agitator , whos vanes comes all the way to the top ; unless the drum in the front-loader fills up close to halfway.

You also can't soak clothes in a front-loader, the water is too bloody little and I haven't found a washer that allows for soaking. We bought a close to top-of-the-line GE a few years back and it has no soak option.

The Hotpoint front-loader I had back in the early 90s in London actually filled up with more water than this G.E. unit. Bought a Whirlpool top loading dual action agitator a few years back cause I hate the front-loader.

what a load of tosh. If you knew anything at all you would know to stick a bit of bleach in to kill germs - instantly. Not soaking for hours with warm water ( that will actually allow the bacteria to proliferate).

SultanOfSwing

I really don't care as long as the dishes are clean

dc koop

I have a GE washer and dryer. Both around 20 years old. Never had a problem with either of them.

Maytag machines do not live up to their ad claims by a long shot.

Jerseygirl

I had a Maytag dryer and front loader washing machine for almost 20 years. Both were still going strong when we sold the house.

ian-mstm

Your penchant for making such definitive statements will be your undoing!

Ian

Boomhauer

Even with the GE's drum canted back a bit, the water is still noticeably less than what the old Hotpoint would fill. I remember clothes being full submerged, but not so with the G.E.

Multiple wash cycles, but still the water volume is soo tiny, that it won't matter much.

Boomhauer

I use quite a lot of Clorox. And use the santize and steam option also.