In theory, he machines are wonderful – the reality is somewhat different. Apparently the consumer is too stupid to figure out the proper water level and needs this machine to handle all that complicated stuff. There is no override feature, so you’re stuck. Unless you bought the stupid piece of sh*** recently enough to return. which I did. today. I found one friggin’ non-he machine in the entire store. This one has a green-saver space on the dial which will never be used.
he machines calculate the amount of water based on the weight of the load. Again, theoretically this might work, but if you are washing bulky, lightweight items, your smart machine (this is sarcasm, folks) assumes you have a small load and gives you less liquid than my dog uses to mark his territory. So you have dog rugs go in dirty and come out 53 minutes later (under normal cycle) just as nasty.
Couldn’t ya just throw a heavy rock in there?
That SUCKS as we are in the market for new machines and the ones you got we’re exactly what we were looking at since we are Samsung loyal in this house.
Ugh. Like laundry isn’t annoying enough.
I have LG for 8 years and love it. I felt the same way at the beginning but I Got used to it. I was wondering ….hot is it going to wash it without water…..but it does. It always comes out clean and most of time I do big full loads. My suggestion is just wait and you will get used to it. I personally would buy another LG if these would break. Just wait….
Nope, I’m done with it. If I were only washing full loads with normal laundry it might work, but washing the very lightweight but bulky items like the dog rugs and pee pads totally throws it off. And I really wouldn’t want to mix that load with, say, bathroom towels!
I totally agree with you goddess. i do not like HE. My clothes are not as clean as with the old washer. My clothes seem to pick up a lot of lint and I truly think the HE detergents don’t do as good a job. But we are stuck using HE detergents because the other stuff gunks up the machin esince it doesn’t use enough water to flush it all out.
Doing my first load (beds and pee pads – both for dogs!) with my new, non-he machine. It’s a pleasure to see the water pour out even when I’m holding the lid open! HAH! I wonder if the machines would be as crummy if they had been named her machines…
I still have the “older” model washer that uses lots of water and I hope the thing never dies. I like being able to add things like the sock that got dropped on the way to the washer. You can’t do that with the new ones because they lock.
Yes, the hes lock, but you can hit the pause button – nowhere near as good as my replacement, where the water starts pouring out when you hit start. But this new machine is much more efficient at wringing out water than my old Maytag, I must say that. As soon as things return to semi-normal, I’m going to look for a back-up wringer washer on Craigslist or freecycle.
LOVE my HE machine and it is an EVIL Kenmore product that is 8 yrs. old…I wash rugs and stuff all the time and never have a problem…this is essential when you are stuck with an old school septic system like mine! Sorry it sucked for you though!
Maybe they’ve gotten worse over the years? This one allowed no control over water level, etc., and it couldn’t distinguish between light & bulky items and one dirty rug – they both got the same amount of water because it was doled out by weight of items.