I love GE. Went off track and bought Westinghouse washer/dryer. Can't wait for them to crash so I can go back to GE.
BUT - to diverge. This past Christmas I treated myself to the $10 Dash single waffle maker at Target. I LOVE THIS LITTLE GUY! Plug him in...wait for heat...cook...clean. Makes Eggo size waffles and I make a batch of 20 or so on Sunday morning then freeze most of them so I can have toaster waffles during the week.
Nice sound from mine, but after 10 years the CD player began to skip, and not just once in a while but constantly. I searched online for advice and found a post by someone who, before taking it apart and really fixing it, noted that the problem went away after being on on for an hour, indicating that heat is beneficial.
It's been a while since I have lusted after transistors at Radio Shack, so I just put the unit on an electric space heater. Works fine all the time now.
So shit happens. Maytag so far has been perfect in making it just an inconvenience and not an actual expense.
Glad they're making it right. A rare appliance repair success story. Well, it will be...
We have a Bosch (came with the house) and it's supposed to be among the best, but I find the racks impossible to use. The tines are too close together, and sharply angled: only FLAT plates really fit. Whoever designed it never loaded a dishwasher! But it is crazy-quiet - there's a red light that shines on the floor so you know it's running. c.
We had a Bosch stackable washer/dryer set and boy was it fussy. Glad to finally get rid of it. Had a breaker in the dryer that sometimes the dryer would overheat (electric, 220, no real reason) and it would trip. Is this little red button accessible? No it is not. 60 minutes, disconnecting everything, taking off panels, taking off covers under the panels, *push*, put on covers, put on panels, reconnect everything, test. After a few years we just tumbled everything cold or hung it outside summer or winter. Was never so happy as when we finally got rid of that mofo and put in a truly large capacity gas dryer. I'd gone with electric because I had scored an electric dryer on the cheap decades ago and never felt like doing gas lines. Well I finally got under the house and hooked up the gas. On low, that thing is hotter than the electrics ever got.
So shit happens. Maytag so far has been perfect in making it just an inconvenience and not an actual expense.
Glad they're making it right. A rare appliance repair success story. Well, it will be...
We have a Bosch (came with the house) and it's supposed to be among the best, but I find the racks impossible to use. The tines are too close together, and sharply angled: only FLAT plates really fit. Whoever designed it never loaded a dishwasher! But it is crazy-quiet - there's a red light that shines on the floor so you know it's running. c.
Our Whirlpool dishwasher (heh: I just typed "dishwaster") was underperforming lately, and the racks breaking down etc etc. so we saw a Maytag at a good price and grabbed it. I installed it the first week of December and WOW, it's not rated as being ultra-quiet, just the middle of the pack, but compared to the old one, we have to study this one for signs that it's running. It's super quiet.
Well actually it's even more quiet now because it DIED. I came in from the garage and the kids were kind of staring at it, open, and I smelled burning plastic. We thought a plastic something had fallen onto the heating element or something but never found it. At the end of the cycle it hadn't drained. Uh oh. So onto the Maytag site, scheduled a service call a couple weeks out, caught covid, had to reschedule, finally had the repair guy come yesterday and he says the main control board fried ($190). After hitting his suppliers, they all say "Backordered" with no date given for when it could be in stock. He has to get his warranty stuff from authorized sources, of course.
So I went back to the Maytag site and chatted with a rep again, very nice person in Tennessee named Courtney. She spent about 15 minutes on this, but eventually came back and said "It's being FedEx'd to you because we couldn't get in touch with (the appliance repair guy)." No charge, btw, and really no questions asked.
So shit happens. Maytag so far has been perfect in making it just an inconvenience and not an actual expense.
part of the problem is that i bought the first rev
i cleaned like crazy, replaced the seal, etc.
practically impossible to stop the front seal from molding
only top loaders need apply
They're much better now. We really like our Samsung
WF42H5000AW
The instruction manual recommends leaving the door and detergent tray open when not in use, and so far no mold or smell issues at all. It also has a self clean cycle for the anal retentive, germophobe types.
Better cleaning, easier on fabrics, less water and detergent usage . . . what's not to like?
We had a low-end front loader and it was fine except for one major flaw: the spider arms holding the drum (which are under water in operation) are an aluminum casting, and are fixed to the hub with brass bolts (IIRC) which (IIRC) those two metals + water = a highly corrosive environment which rots and pits the aluminum until the whole drum breaks free of the hub. And the drum assembly is sold only as a complete cassette for about 60% the cost of a new machine, can't just buy the spider.
Mold has not been an issue here but that's a very common complaint from people in moister climes. They suggest keeping a dilute bucket of bleach water to wipe down the gasket after each use.
We have a bosch set now (used but like new for $250) and the washer's been fine; the dryer needs a lot of attention. But we line dry a lot so...
Depends on the grade of aluminum, type of brass, phase of the moon, blah blah blah. Brass and aluminum typical play fairly well together, but add in sodium hydroxide and/or sodium hypochlorite (bleach) and funny stuff starts happening.
I lost a front load a few years back. There are also issues with the cylinder's spinning and maintaining the mechanism; according to the repairman, gravity causes wear to a horizontal cylinder spin mechanism which vertical cylinders do not experience. Reparations can cost almost as much as a new machine.
We had a low-end front loader and it was fine except for one major flaw: the spider arms holding the drum (which are under water in operation) are an aluminum casting, and are fixed to the hub with brass bolts (IIRC) which (IIRC) those two metals + water = a highly corrosive environment which rots and pits the aluminum until the whole drum breaks free of the hub. And the drum assembly is sold only as a complete cassette for about 60% the cost of a new machine, can't just buy the spider.
Mold has not been an issue here but that's a very common complaint from people in moister climes. They suggest keeping a dilute bucket of bleach water to wipe down the gasket after each use.
We have a bosch set now (used but like new for $250) and the washer's been fine; the dryer needs a lot of attention. But we line dry a lot so...
part of the problem is that i bought the first rev
i cleaned like crazy, replaced the seal, etc.
practically impossible to stop the front seal from molding
only top loaders need apply
I lost a front load a few years back. There are also issues with the cylinder's spinning and maintaining the mechanism; according to the repairman, gravity causes wear to a horizontal cylinder spin mechanism which vertical cylinders do not experience. Reparations can cost almost as much as a new machine.
GE is closing out their "Profile" line of appliances, have opened an online Outlet Store to clear them out.
We have been wanting to replace our old refrigerator with one that matches the rest of the kitchen, got this one, originally 3,599 for 1,449, 60% off. Ordered it Saturday, free delivery and installation tomorrow!
