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On 9/19/2010 1:03 PM, zzzzzzzzzz wrote:
On Sun, 19 Sep 2010 09:50:09 -0700, wrote:

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On 9/19/2010 9:44 AM, RickH wrote:
On Sep 19, 1:21 am, wrote:
On 09/18/2010 11:31 PM, RickH wrote:

We've owned a GE "Infusion" agitatorless "energy saving" washing
machine for about 2 months now. I have not had fully clean clothes
for about 2 months. These things are a piece of crap, they use about
a gallon of water so the clothes basically slosh around in a small mud
puddle, never getting fully clean. Forget about getting out tough
stains, also clothes have an odor as they never fully rinse (not
enough water) the rinse cycle is another small mud puddle. The washer
does not even fill enough to wet all the clothes until after 10
minutes of running. They enclosed a large yellow warning in the
manual that this is "normal", bull****, they're just covering their
asses on complaints. I called the GE consumer line and the guy told
me flat out nobody is happy with these washers.

I'm just warning others thinking of getting one of the GE agitatorless
washers. Stick with the tried and true, get the agitator and one that
uses a lot of water if you want it to, get a Whirlpool with mechanical
controls. Just trying to save someone else the headache and money.

Maybe if you live in a desert, but I'm in the Great Lakes, I dont need
to conserve water to this extent water's practically free here. These
washers have set things back to beating clothes on a rock.

I should have read the reviews first, they are not good, I'm not the
only one having dirty clothes all the time.

Thank you.

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Confirming, yes it's these models.

Clothes still smell like sweat (son is in football, I work out, wife
works out) and whites do not get white, neither do stains come out, or
even the gray look to sock bottoms. Also pre-soaking is totally out
of the question because washer does not fill up enough to even cover
the clothes. Also the soap powder does not fully dissolve (not enough
water to do that) I switched to liquid soap but all of the above
issues are still there. Tries more soap tried less soap, tried
everything, the basic issue here is not enough water to do much of
anything. They look impressive and roomy for the price, but they are
pieces of crap. I'm not going to resort to using scented soap as that
is just a cover up, and neither the wife or I like scented soap.

I have never been so disappointed in a purchase in my life, GE has
stonewalled me for returns, they are even stone walling the store who
is trying to get them to take it back and re-sell it in their outlet.
I wil probably try to sell it for $100 in the local classifieds, then
go buy a normal washing machine and eat the loss.

I wouldn't expect anything less from GE.

I'm not happy with GE right now myself. I recently bought a washing machine
model number WLSR2010KWW after researching it, and the specs say it comes
with a fabric softener dispenser, but there isn't one, or the part is
missing. Went back to Lowe's where I purchased it, and they called GE. GE
said they would fed-ex the dispenser, they did fed-ex a part that was
already there, an agitator cap, not the dispenser. I'm beginning to think
that there is no fabric softener dispenser at all. I have emailed and called
them myself to no avail. Last GE appliance I buy.

Does the fabric softener go in the agitator cap? I've had washing machines
that have similar "dispensers". Basically, the "centrifugal force" throws
(some of) it out during the spin cycle. Of course, the rinse water doesn't
flow through the cap so it's left a sticky mess, but it's a cheap solution.

Never used softener, never plan to. Don't like the thought of infusing
my undies and socks and such with chemical residue, even if I didn't
suffer from allergies so bad that I have to hunt down Cheer Free or
similar to wash my clothes in. When I lived in the 1st apartment here in
town, and had to share a laundry room, if the person before me left a
dryer sheet in the dryer and I didn't notice, I had to rewash the clothes.

I don't want my clothes to smell 'fresh' or 'springtime'. I don't want
them to smell like anything. I figured out that with soft water, you can
use like 1/3 as much soap as they recommend on the jug, and it all
actually rinses out, and the fabric does not feel stiff or irritate the
skin. I think a lot of people think they need softener because their
clothes are still full of dried soap. And yes, they do get clean. Past a
certain threshold point, adding more soap does not help.

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