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Just had the plastic drive pulley replaced on our GTW525 after 22 months of operation. It destroyed itself at the motor drive shaft. Repaired under warranty but was really surprised that the main drive component in a "commercial quality" machine was made of plastic. We'll see how long the replacement lasts.
I’ve had this washer for 2 weeks and run many various loads thru it. So far so good. Very impressed. It’s gotten everything I’ve washed very clean. Including dirty dog bedding. Everything comes out smelling very fresh. I went from a 18 year old front load Whirlpool Duet Sport to this GE. This washer is getting my laundry so much cleaner and fresher smelling, I’m very happy. It’s got a great warranty and I’m just hoping it lasts a long time. Yes it’s loud and makes different noises then I’m use to but it does a great job and that’s all I can ask for. I have a utility room so I don’t hear it anyway. I’m a happy customer so far.
@@abross86 Yes I love it. Love that it does get everything so much cleaner and even the dog bedding comes out fresh smelling. Something that never happened in the front loader I had. It has gotten off balance a couple of times, but I feel mainly because I had bulky throws or blankets washing and not enough items to keep it balanced out. Never an issue with regular laundry. I’m very satisfied with my purchase and glad I made the choice I did. 😊
The verticl sections on the agitator are designed to splash the water onto the clothes during the spray rinse. This has the best agitation I've seen on a modern washer. Their cheap washers have this same agitator and wash action along with the 20 minute spray rinse and spin on the normal eco. They've been this noisy since the 1990s, but my Hotpoint went strong for 13 years. As far as I know it's still working in the house I sold. My presnt cheap Hotpoint is noisy but works fine. For $429 if it still works after 4 years, I won't complain.
at first, I thought Google was doing it Google thing when this video popped up in my feed, but I watched this until the end and saw your upload date. I just sold this pair to a customer. I figured Google was looking up my search history.
I haven't used this washer for a while it's sitting in the basement. If I remember right it's fairly gentle on the clothing. I guess the thing is, if I want gentle on my clothing, I would put it on a gentle cycle. I don't need it to be gentle right up front.The thing I don't like, for certain, is it goes off balance real easy. I will stick with my Speed. Queen front-loading Commercial washer and my Maytag top loading commercial washer. Love them
It's pretty bad that manufacturers have to slap the word "commercial" on their product in order to try to portray that this is a better machine than their residential counterpart pieces of crap. They're pretty much admitting that they make crappy products nowadays.
GE's put "commercial quality" on high-end washers since the early 2000's. Only thing new is people here tricked into thinking this washer is somehow special.
I agree 100%. Slapping a commercial badge on a machine and throwing an extended warranty on it doesn't make it commercial. I haven't seen GE machines in the truck stops, Laundromats, or hotels in the area I live. What I have seen: Speed Queens, Maytags, and in the shower areas of some truck stops, the LG 3 series front loaders (such as the WM3600, WM3700, WM4000, and WashTower). If they're good enough for a truck stop, they're good enough for me.
I too have been burned by a GE top load impeller washer. It lasted 13 months at my house. Never again. And the agitator broke off within a month of purchase.
To get real hot water in a washer. I would think we might have to run the faucet in a nearby sink until it runs hot. Then turn on the washing machine AND maybe shut off the cold water faucet running to the washer ?
Yes, you could do this if stuck with a washer that makes it necessary. I've spent way too much time thinking about ways to defeat the dumb-a$$ery imposed on washing machines these days. If I had the capital I'd start a business with hacks and add-ons to deal with these issues. My idea is a valve system that you attach to your hookups and then the washer supply hoses hook into the system. There would be a switch or valve that you could turn so that when you wanted untempered hot water in a machine that always insisted on tempering, you would just turn the valve and it would divert the cold water supply back to the hot so that the machine would only fill with hot no matter how much it tried to add cold water. It wouldn't be hard to do this without any fancy "system" (just put in a y with a valve), but my idea is that it would provide a neat, clean appearance and be very convenient to just reach up and pop the switch or valve over when you wanted that full hot wash. Then you could switch it back to "normal" for rinse or any time you wanted the regular wash with access to cold and warm temps. Might make a cool cottage industry item . . .I'd certainly buy such a thing if Lorraine Furniture sold it. Bonus for the Lorraine Furniture Logo on the product!
Dramm Heavy Duty shutoff valve. Use Y hose to cold and control temp thru faucet. Water temp on washer must be set to cold. With that said, turn off water when done as a precaution as this is not intended use of this valve. Never leave washer unattended when running. Use this hack at ur own risk.
What's the point of having a spiral/corkscrew agitator if it goes back and forth instead of one way? I recently got the GE 4.8 cubic foot front loader with the vent fresh system and can tell you that, so far, it's the best machine I have ever owned. I previously had and LG front loader, 4.2 or 4.3 cf, but it threw an LE error on me, and my wife didn't want to wait to see if I'd be able to fix it. The same day the LG threw that error, I went to Lowes and bought the LG 5.0 top loader with an impeller and the matching dryer. The LG 5.0 with impeller is a joke! ABSOLUTELY no roll over at all. Lowes actually took the LG's back and we got the GE 4.8 front loader and matching dryer. My wife sent me an email at work last week stating that she loved the washer and the other day she restated that and said that it's probably the best washer that we've ever had. I would have to agree.
I like the long wash cycle I feel like it cleans better that way speed queen maybe faster cycle but the strokes are faster I like how the barrel spins while agitating we’ll what’s next let’s see bulky blanket next
Why do all the newer washers sound like they're straining? Older top loading machines sound smoooooth!! I have the non-commercial version of this washer. It's just OK. So so! I like my commercial Maytag. What do you recommend for a front load washer that's reliable and I don't need all those Bells and whistles
Mainly because of how the older ones both had a larger higher power motors and the motor would spin in one direction for the agitation cycle and the other way for spin with the transmission doing the back n forth movement whereas nowadays the motor does the back n forth movement they did that since it's cheaper to manufacture and more energy efficient but you lose a lot in overall cleaning performance and reliability
@@terryb492I don't agree about the cleaning performance. Have both a Maytag commercial washer and a whirlpool non-vended commercial washer of the current belt drive design. I can guarantee you they clean as well as any old school washer. I think it's amazing how Whirlpool could come up with a motor that can move back and forth very fast and then have the long back and forth strokes like this one. This is only in their commercial models i see that kind of agitation.
Not a bad rollover .. think the max fill water level could be higher.. I have a similar model thats as high as the water gets .. the bulky cycle doesn’t add anymore water.. Wish they made a better agitator it appears to look like a dual agitator .. it would have been a better rollover if the top had 4 upper fins to match the lower fins on the wash plate or made it dual action. The overall agitation can be rough on clothing with possible shredding could be a little gentler The suspension could be better . If it comes unbalanced its slow to correct the issue and bangs horribly and possibly damage the machine or walks away from the wall
that wash action is really similar t oa GE I had in a condo I rented in florida for a couple years.. it always seemed like slow agitate but the turnover wasnt great but it did a good job of getting the clothes clean. your machine here seems to get the jo9b done!! I always kind of think about commercial machines being more aggressive.. NEXTEL!!! I got in on the ground floor.. back then cell service was super pricey.. and Nextel allowed you call anyone in your group for free so a whole group of us friends went together and got nextels.. we all held conf group walkie-talks all the time.. I had a big yellow phone called it the "steelers" phone :) we also had them in the HVAC company I worked for.. I miss them. these motors are driven in such a way they sound labored even at low speeds and low troque.. was that bird tweet sound the washer? that rinse is like the 'ECO' cycle on my speedqueen.. I use heavy duty on that machine so I get a normal fill-agitate rinse.. nice fast final spin..my SQ only has a short burst of that fast spin
Yes, and either the main detergent dispenser or directly into the drum on the tub clean cycle. As with your detergent, a little goes a long way. If I'm out of Tide washing machine cleaner, I often use OdoBan or Pine Sol as an alternative.
Commercial quality is very subjective, it may be slightly better, but not too justify the price difference. The warranty does help, and GE is pretty good about coming out and taking care of things. So part of that warranty you're paying for upfront. I was still take a 15-year-old machine any day of the week over any of this new crap, excluding a Speed Queen.
I shoulda went for the amana if I woulda known that this commercial Maytag commercial was gonna do all that noise or I shoulda went for one of these . Was looking at the speed queen but that was gonna be 1400for the tc5 swell I did get about 25% off so about 825 a piece after discount
I researched this make model because my friend told me she’s been putting laundry soap through the top right rectangle opening on the machine…. Something tells me there’s absolutely no way that that rectangle opening is for laundry soap, but she’s been using it for months which means she’s been washing her clothes with only water. They really should indicate by writing something next to that opening to explain people what it’s for unbelievable
I’ve had my GE gtw330ask1ww over 6 years ago. It’s very similar to this commercial version & this just doesn’t come off as better built. Because it’s so similar, I would never buy this. IMO The few little upgrades done to this is not worth the near $500 premium over the current base hotpoint / GE washer. TBH I’m actually surprised mine has lasted this long. I’ve only had to replace the lid latch & a few weeks ago I cleaned the belt and pulleys as they’ve gotten greasy from the seeping gear case seal. Belt would slip bit to heavy loads when the spin cycle started causing the machine to soon quit as it’d think it’s unbalanced.
@@albertcarello619 NO it does not. A full tub rinse is actually worse than a shower rinse. It cost more money to use (more water) and it is 40% MORE LIKELY to transfer a bleeding color than a shower rinse. nearly no washer does a full tub rinse anymore.
We are adding a second washer/dryer to our house to handle all the urine filled bed pads (and other laundry) of our adult disabled son. I need something that has a high capacity. Are there any speed queen models that have a larger capacity? I keep seeing 5+ ft3 for the popular brands…
Why do these ge washers cancel the cycle if the main knob is turned… no other company does that and it would either do nothing like lg or beep to let us know that the cycle has already been started like he whirlpool ones… if you can help me fix that, please let me know…
Thank you for all your efforts, much appreciated. I noticed you use powder soap, you prefer it to liquid? Unfortunately the only powder soap I am able to find is at Costco, I like it but wish there were more options.
I did consider this one, too. Even on Deep Clean and with the heavy load that was placed, it still doesn't fill rinse. And there's only a button for Extra Rinse. Even the noncommercial GTW series from GE, which is just a plain residential, have that option. They have almost the same agitation and cost about half. No, just no.
Also any older washers you have in stock that might be a good workhorse for us? I’m in Cincinnati but can travel up there to get a good vintage machine ❤❤ especially if parts are easy to get and I can work on it myself!
@@albertcarello619Out top load Whirlpool that is only a few years old is junk. The impeller stripped out, it’s ready to do it again and it’s leaking transmission grease inside the tub and getting on our clothes…pure garbage!!
Seems to do a pretty good job, other than the fact that it looks like it's kind of cheap in quality, and may have easy to break parts, but the performance was good. Never understand the reason that during the wash agitation, it does those short very slow agitation periods. What good is this, or what are these slow agitation periods designed for. Why doesn't the agitation just keep churning away at the same faster speed through the whole cycle?
Stephen Boisclair: Whirlpool Agitator WASHERS do the very same thing as you mentioned with the fast and slow agitations. I can't help but think that they copied each other's design. I still get the feeling that GE and WHIRLPOOL merged with each other. Their only differences are their Appliance Names.
@booandsue: The Whirlpools operate the very same way as this machine with alternating periods of slow agitation and back to normal agitation. It's sure seems like Whirlpool and GE merged with each other. Also neutral draining in both brands of these washers.
It lets the clothes spread out to prevent knots and twists and respread the clothes out evenly.. its a sort of protection for your clothes it also spreads the clothes to avoid the clothes bunching up and possibly lumping up to one side and causing an unbalanced issue.. The slow agitate has multiple purposes..
I spent $1,028 plus on a 2018 Speed Queen TR5 SERIES WASHER. Consumer Reports rated the washing performance as poor. By using the auto -fill feature I was able to better the washing performance.
Also extending the length of the wash cycle by increasing the soil level really helps with results because HE detergents are formulated to work over a longer wash period than the older formulas. Speed Queen should have labeled what they label the Normal Cycle as the Express or Quick Cycle and the new increment up in the soil setting as Normal and they probably would have avoided the criticism because the tests would have provided better results.
I honestly wouldn't mind having one of these machines in my laundry room, I mean it's not like it's the worst machine in the world or anything like that.
GRN Appliance: These machines would most likely clean better than the SPEED QUEEN TR5 SERIES and other TR SERIES WASHERS as well. However the longevity of these washers might be questionable.
Tap means the temperature of your tap water which depending where you live can range from just above freezing in the winter to almost 80 in the summer. The Cold Water setting mixes tap water with hot water to bring the temperature to a set temperature (50 to 60 degree + or - depending on the manufacturer) Wash water below a certain temperature does not wash clothing or anything else for that matter. Personally I think a water temperature of about 60 to 75 degrees F washes my clothes the best and I am a heavy equipment and truck mechanic. I have a separate washing machine (25 year old Maytag for my work clothes and make a pre wash spray that I spray everything down with and treat really bad areas with a petroleum based hand cleaner and scrub the spots with a brush a little bit from both sides. I then fill my machine with warm water and homemade laundry soap my Grandmother taught me to make that works better than anything I have ever purchased at the store and let them soak for several hours and then wash them once and rinse them twice. They come out as clean as any uniform service I have ever used and don’t bother my skin like when I send them to a uniform service
@@xChrisN1975xOf course there is. The more water, the more dilution. So if you have colors that bleed then they should be washed alone to begin with.
THESE HAVE THE DIME SIZE CHIPS ON THE BOARD THAT ARE DOING 257 THINGS AND FRY OR LOOSE MEMORY I MEAN THEY COULD HAVE MADE THE SAME CHIP WITH JUST MORE SUBSTANCE THE SIZR OF A NICKEL AND THAT WOULD SOLVE THE PROBLEM MATTER FACT THE CHIP THEY REPLACED WAS THE SIZE OF A NICKEL. THEY DIDN'T NEED TO GO SMALLER AND THE CUSTOMER DIDN'T ASK
He took off the lid lock and stck it in the lock hole to trick the machine so we could watch with the lid open. The lid stricke sticking out of the lock hole stops the lid from closing but it wouold not be this way new out of the box.
This is silly . I thought the spiral agitator was going to corkscrew clothing on top down to the bottom and the upper portion going in one continuous corkscrew direction. They could've just put in a straight vane agitator if it was going to go back and forth. Its alright but think i would look at other models in the meantime. WHAT DID YOU SAY? $1,100 FOR THIS WASHER. Forget it. Id rather save more money for a washer with turbo wash or a front loader. Something other than this. At a laundromat this thing would hold up 9 months before problems would get started.
Looks like they took the 335 added a black panel different knob and different lid and called it commercial. The 465 is definitely better than this one and it’s got a bigger tub and the dual action agitator
I don’t like the sound of it. Seems like the fast speed agitation is a bit slow, and the dual action agitator is a joke! $1100 is too much. This machine seems kinda cheap. Does that motor reverse during agitation?
As an appliance sales specialist have been unimpressed. This is nothing more than a gussied up previous residential machine that has a one piece agitator and 4.2 cubic foot capacity. The thin sheet metal lid gives it away. It may have a half horsepower motor but looking at the underside most of it is just cheap plastic and residential components not at all like the Maytag commercial if you do an inspection / teardown
have a new unit that has never filled with enough water. no adjustment like other models. water level controlled by timer to save the world. had all circuit boards replaced and still the same. have to add a bucket of water on each load. ge just blew me off and said i could get a different model and still have to pay about half price. if you dont have a high water supply pressure it will never fill to do the job right. told them that a minimum pressure notice should be on the machine. they could care less. save your money and time and dont buy this shit.
Looks cheaply built and the wash cycle did not look very impressive. Didn't appear to be a whole lot of clothing turnover. The 90's Hotpoint Rim-Flo in another of your videos looked a lot nicer to me. It would be interesting to see a shootout against other "commercials" with control samples like you've done in the past (ketchup stains, etc...)
No its not. Its a Commercial Quality or commercial style. Not a true Commercial unit like the Maytag or Speed queen commercial units. Not even close in quality.
Yeah no, there’s nothing commercial about this machine. It’s exactly the same as their residential models except for a slightly better motor and knobs.
It actually feels like it's more tightly assembled and has thicker steel panels. I know the Maytag commercial has galvanized steel panels unlike their residential machines.
Want hot water turn off the cold side. A little inconvenience. What i dont want is hot water in my cold water wash. I usually have my hot water valve turned off. 73
The entire unit looks shabby AF! I agree with Dennismirac6603, I’d be better off with entree-line Amana or LG… If a, gonna pay premium for something, it better be for real long-lasting quality AND built in North America. Just my 2 cents…
@@jeromedavis8575 I think it may have been direct drive . From the operational characteristics of both the Whirlpools and the GE Top Loaders of the late 1990s and newer.
Trash. 1: not a true dual agitator. Clothes struggle to the bottom. 2: no second rinse. Most of the spray is on the agitator and not on the clothes. Restricted water flow during the spray rinse. A rinse is standard, not optional.
Why would anyone buy a GE "commercial" unit when you can buy an actual Sp Queen commercial unit? Can you ever see anyone who owns a laundromat putting these in their mat? NOT!!!
Worst machine I’ve ever owned. ALWAYS gets off balance and doesn’t spin clothes! I can’t say enough bad things about this machine. The 5 year warranty is a joke because GE refuses to honor it!
Just had the plastic drive pulley replaced on our GTW525 after 22 months of operation. It destroyed itself at the motor drive shaft. Repaired under warranty but was really surprised that the main drive component in a "commercial quality" machine was made of plastic. We'll see how long the replacement lasts.
Same thing happened to mine after 14 months!
Were the gears plastic or nylon? I am guessing that the pulley did not have a metal bushing molded into it
I’ve had this washer for 2 weeks and run many various loads thru it. So far so good. Very impressed. It’s gotten everything I’ve washed very clean. Including dirty dog bedding. Everything comes out smelling very fresh. I went from a 18 year old front load Whirlpool Duet Sport to this GE. This washer is getting my laundry so much cleaner and fresher smelling, I’m very happy. It’s got a great warranty and I’m just hoping it lasts a long time. Yes it’s loud and makes different noises then I’m use to but it does a great job and that’s all I can ask for. I have a utility room so I don’t hear it anyway. I’m a happy customer so far.
Pennie Hubel: At least you know the washer is working being loud and it's doing it's best job. I mean Penny Hubbell spelling name correction.
IMO, the duet was the worst for getting clothes clean.
Do you still like it? I’ve heard that the GE top loaders have balancing issues
@@abross86 Yes I love it. Love that it does get everything so much cleaner and even the dog bedding comes out fresh smelling. Something that never happened in the front loader I had. It has gotten off balance a couple of times, but I feel mainly because I had bulky throws or blankets washing and not enough items to keep it balanced out. Never an issue with regular laundry. I’m very satisfied with my purchase and glad I made the choice I did. 😊
Curious do you still like the washer?
The verticl sections on the agitator are designed to splash the water onto the clothes during the spray rinse. This has the best agitation I've seen on a modern washer. Their cheap washers have this same agitator and wash action along with the 20 minute spray rinse and spin on the normal eco. They've been this noisy since the 1990s, but my Hotpoint went strong for 13 years. As far as I know it's still working in the house I sold. My presnt cheap Hotpoint is noisy but works fine. For $429 if it still works after 4 years, I won't complain.
I'd like to see the deep clean cycle with laundry detergent and fabric softener with a full load on max fil and extra rinse.
at first, I thought Google was doing it Google thing when this video popped up in my feed, but I watched this until the end and saw your upload date. I just sold this pair to a customer. I figured Google was looking up my search history.
Looks and sounds like my cheapo Hotpoint.
Hotpoint is manufactured by GE. LoL
I haven't used this washer for a while it's sitting in the basement. If I remember right it's fairly gentle on the clothing. I guess the thing is, if I want gentle on my clothing, I would put it on a gentle cycle. I don't need it to be gentle right up front.The thing I don't like, for certain, is it goes off balance real easy. I will stick with my Speed. Queen front-loading Commercial washer and my Maytag top loading commercial washer. Love them
you have two washers ?
My GTW460 with the DA agitator will fill the whole tub and circulate those clothes 10 times over. GTW465 is the equivalent updated model number.
The water is dirty. GE is doing it's job.
The specs are 1/2 Hp motor. 750 rpm spin speed
It's pretty bad that manufacturers have to slap the word "commercial" on their product in order to try to portray that this is a better machine than their residential counterpart pieces of crap. They're pretty much admitting that they make crappy products nowadays.
GE's put "commercial quality" on high-end washers since the early 2000's. Only thing new is people here tricked into thinking this washer is somehow special.
I agree 100%. Slapping a commercial badge on a machine and throwing an extended warranty on it doesn't make it commercial.
I haven't seen GE machines in the truck stops, Laundromats, or hotels in the area I live.
What I have seen: Speed Queens, Maytags, and in the shower areas of some truck stops, the LG 3 series front loaders (such as the WM3600, WM3700, WM4000, and WashTower). If they're good enough for a truck stop, they're good enough for me.
I too have been burned by a GE top load impeller washer. It lasted 13 months at my house. Never again. And the agitator broke off within a month of purchase.
GE we bring good things to life.... I guess that it being commercial quality it will last longer?
To get real hot water in a washer. I would think we might have to run the faucet in a nearby sink until it runs hot. Then turn on the washing machine AND maybe shut off the cold water faucet running to the washer ?
Yes, you could do this if stuck with a washer that makes it necessary. I've spent way too much time thinking about ways to defeat the dumb-a$$ery imposed on washing machines these days. If I had the capital I'd start a business with hacks and add-ons to deal with these issues. My idea is a valve system that you attach to your hookups and then the washer supply hoses hook into the system. There would be a switch or valve that you could turn so that when you wanted untempered hot water in a machine that always insisted on tempering, you would just turn the valve and it would divert the cold water supply back to the hot so that the machine would only fill with hot no matter how much it tried to add cold water. It wouldn't be hard to do this without any fancy "system" (just put in a y with a valve), but my idea is that it would provide a neat, clean appearance and be very convenient to just reach up and pop the switch or valve over when you wanted that full hot wash. Then you could switch it back to "normal" for rinse or any time you wanted the regular wash with access to cold and warm temps. Might make a cool cottage industry item . . .I'd certainly buy such a thing if Lorraine Furniture sold it. Bonus for the Lorraine Furniture Logo on the product!
Dramm Heavy Duty shutoff valve. Use Y hose to cold and control temp thru faucet. Water temp on washer must be set to cold. With that said, turn off water when done as a precaution as this is not intended use of this valve. Never leave washer unattended when running. Use this hack at ur own risk.
That’s what I do
Looks like good turnaround.
What's the point of having a spiral/corkscrew agitator if it goes back and forth instead of one way? I recently got the GE 4.8 cubic foot front loader with the vent fresh system and can tell you that, so far, it's the best machine I have ever owned. I previously had and LG front loader, 4.2 or 4.3 cf, but it threw an LE error on me, and my wife didn't want to wait to see if I'd be able to fix it. The same day the LG threw that error, I went to Lowes and bought the LG 5.0 top loader with an impeller and the matching dryer. The LG 5.0 with impeller is a joke! ABSOLUTELY no roll over at all. Lowes actually took the LG's back and we got the GE 4.8 front loader and matching dryer. My wife sent me an email at work last week stating that she loved the washer and the other day she restated that and said that it's probably the best washer that we've ever had. I would have to agree.
Front loaders are great and you’re going to find that all of your new clothes are going to last so much longer you’ll wish you switched years ago.
A corkscrew agitator that’s single stage can still be effective if the agitator itself rotates further in the clockwise direction with every stroke.
This is a heavy duty agitator it doesn’t need to go one way
LG is trash. GE is much better
I like the long wash cycle I feel like it cleans better that way speed queen maybe faster cycle but the strokes are faster I like how the barrel spins while agitating we’ll what’s next let’s see bulky blanket next
Why do they temper hot water on new washers? That's a deal breaker.
Because Obama and all these environmental idiots
Blame it on all the California politicians who push for this mess in Washington DC.
If you still have those big white towels, I’d like to see a full load of those on the bulky cycle with auto fill.
Why do all the newer washers sound like they're straining? Older top loading machines sound smoooooth!! I have the non-commercial version of this washer. It's just OK. So so! I like my commercial Maytag. What do you recommend for a front load washer that's reliable and I don't need all those Bells and whistles
Mainly because of how the older ones both had a larger higher power motors and the motor would spin in one direction for the agitation cycle and the other way for spin with the transmission doing the back n forth movement whereas nowadays the motor does the back n forth movement they did that since it's cheaper to manufacture and more energy efficient but you lose a lot in overall cleaning performance and reliability
@@terryb492I don't agree about the cleaning performance. Have both a Maytag commercial washer and a whirlpool non-vended commercial washer of the current belt drive design. I can guarantee you they clean as well as any old school washer.
I think it's amazing how Whirlpool could come up with a motor that can move back and forth very fast and then have the long back and forth strokes like this one. This is only in their commercial models i see that kind of agitation.
@@terryb492that would be the induction motor which that's better than the newer washer motors that goes back and forth
Not a bad rollover .. think the max fill water level could be higher.. I have a similar model thats as high as the water gets .. the bulky cycle doesn’t add anymore water.. Wish they made a better agitator it appears to look like a dual agitator .. it would have been a better rollover if the top had 4 upper fins to match the lower fins on the wash plate or made it dual action. The overall agitation can be rough on clothing with possible shredding could be a little gentler The suspension could be better . If it comes unbalanced its slow to correct the issue and bangs horribly and possibly damage the machine or walks away from the wall
that wash action is really similar t oa GE I had in a condo I rented in florida for a couple years.. it always seemed like slow agitate but the turnover wasnt great but it did a good job of getting the clothes clean. your machine here seems to get the jo9b done!! I always kind of think about commercial machines being more aggressive.. NEXTEL!!! I got in on the ground floor.. back then cell service was super pricey.. and Nextel allowed you call anyone in your group for free so a whole group of us friends went together and got nextels.. we all held conf group walkie-talks all the time.. I had a big yellow phone called it the "steelers" phone :) we also had them in the HVAC company I worked for.. I miss them. these motors are driven in such a way they sound labored even at low speeds and low troque.. was that bird tweet sound the washer? that rinse is like the 'ECO' cycle on my speedqueen.. I use heavy duty on that machine so I get a normal fill-agitate rinse.. nice fast final spin..my SQ only has a short burst of that fast spin
Same end of cycle signal as on my GE dishwasher.
Can you use Pine-Sol in a front loader, and if so, where is the correct place to put it?
I don't know where the proper place is to put it. I only use about a quarter cup if that and I dump it right in the machine
Yes, and either the main detergent dispenser or directly into the drum on the tub clean cycle. As with your detergent, a little goes a long way.
If I'm out of Tide washing machine cleaner, I often use OdoBan or Pine Sol as an alternative.
Commercial quality is very subjective, it may be slightly better, but not too justify the price difference. The warranty does help, and GE is pretty good about coming out and taking care of things. So part of that warranty you're paying for upfront. I was still take a 15-year-old machine any day of the week over any of this new crap, excluding a Speed Queen.
I had a Speed Queen. Did not wring the clothes out adequately.
I think I'll get one of those Amana machines you discussed and save $500. For two old people, I think that will suffice.
Dennis Miracle: That machine would have sufficed for me too and give great washing performance.
Dennis Miracle: It certainly would have sufficed for me too given since I'm the only one in my household and my age.
I shoulda went for the amana if I woulda known that this commercial Maytag commercial was gonna do all that noise or I shoulda went for one of these . Was looking at the speed queen but that was gonna be 1400for the tc5 swell I did get about 25% off so about 825 a piece after discount
Do yal know how to level up the Maytag commercial 5year on water level?
I researched this make model because my friend told me she’s been putting laundry soap through the top right rectangle opening on the machine…. Something tells me there’s absolutely no way that that rectangle opening is for laundry soap, but she’s been using it for months which means she’s been washing her clothes with only water. They really should indicate by writing something next to that opening to explain people what it’s for unbelievable
I’ve had my GE gtw330ask1ww over 6 years ago. It’s very similar to this commercial version & this just doesn’t come off as better built. Because it’s so similar, I would never buy this. IMO The few little upgrades done to this is not worth the near $500 premium over the current base hotpoint / GE washer.
TBH I’m actually surprised mine has lasted this long. I’ve only had to replace the lid latch & a few weeks ago I cleaned the belt and pulleys as they’ve gotten greasy from the seeping gear case seal. Belt would slip bit to heavy loads when the spin cycle started causing the machine to soon quit as it’d think it’s unbalanced.
speed queen made a teardown of this washer and discovered that the "commercial" name was just for marketing
Better spray rinse on GE than Maytag Commercial washer.
BubbaKuns2000: I hope the GE has an optional full tub rinse as well. I'd like to see that feature if it's available on that machine.
@@albertcarello619 It's the extra/deep rinse.
@@jeromedavis8575 That's what I always use when using a fabric softener the second deep rinse cycle.
@@albertcarello619 NO it does not. A full tub rinse is actually worse than a shower rinse. It cost more money to use (more water) and it is 40% MORE LIKELY to transfer a bleeding color than a shower rinse. nearly no washer does a full tub rinse anymore.
Did i miss something? After washing, did it FILL with rinse water or just spray????
We are adding a second washer/dryer to our house to handle all the urine filled bed pads (and other laundry) of our adult disabled son. I need something that has a high capacity. Are there any speed queen models that have a larger capacity? I keep seeing 5+ ft3 for the popular brands…
speek quees in 3.2 cubic feet. This GE is the larges residential commercial at 4.2 cubic feet.
Why do these ge washers cancel the cycle if the main knob is turned… no other company does that and it would either do nothing like lg or beep to let us know that the cycle has already been started like he whirlpool ones… if you can help me fix that, please let me know…
Thank you for all your efforts, much appreciated. I noticed you use powder soap, you prefer it to liquid? Unfortunately the only powder soap I am able to find is at Costco, I like it but wish there were more options.
I did consider this one, too. Even on Deep Clean and with the heavy load that was placed, it still doesn't fill rinse. And there's only a button for Extra Rinse. Even the noncommercial GTW series from GE, which is just a plain residential, have that option. They have almost the same agitation and cost about half. No, just no.
Also any older washers you have in stock that might be a good workhorse for us? I’m in Cincinnati but can travel up there to get a good vintage machine ❤❤ especially if parts are easy to get and I can work on it myself!
Call my shop I can help
Melissa Lewis: Count on WHIRLPOOL, MAYTAG,AND SEARS WASHERS.
@@albertcarello619Out top load Whirlpool that is only a few years old is junk. The impeller stripped out, it’s ready to do it again and it’s leaking transmission grease inside the tub and getting on our clothes…pure garbage!!
Seems to do a pretty good job, other than the fact that it looks like it's kind of cheap in quality, and may have easy to break parts, but the performance was good. Never understand the reason that during the wash agitation, it does those short very slow agitation periods. What good is this, or what are these slow agitation periods designed for. Why doesn't the agitation just keep churning away at the same faster speed through the whole cycle?
Stephen Boisclair: Whirlpool Agitator WASHERS do the very same thing as you mentioned with the fast and slow agitations. I can't help but think that they copied each other's design. I still get the feeling that GE and WHIRLPOOL merged with each other. Their only differences are their Appliance Names.
Copy catting each other. Identical agitation and neutral draining.
That under powered motor has gotta cool off somehow 😂
@booandsue: The Whirlpools operate the very same way as this machine with alternating periods of slow agitation and back to normal agitation. It's sure seems like Whirlpool and GE merged with each other. Also neutral draining in both brands of these washers.
It lets the clothes spread out to prevent knots and twists and respread the clothes out evenly.. its a sort of protection for your clothes it also spreads the clothes to avoid the clothes bunching up and possibly lumping up to one side and causing an unbalanced issue..
The slow agitate has multiple purposes..
I spent $1,028 plus on a 2018 Speed Queen TR5 SERIES WASHER. Consumer Reports rated the washing performance as poor. By using the auto -fill feature I was able to better the washing performance.
Also extending the length of the wash cycle by increasing the soil level really helps with results because HE detergents are formulated to work over a longer wash period than the older formulas. Speed Queen should have labeled what they label the Normal Cycle as the Express or Quick Cycle and the new increment up in the soil setting as Normal and they probably would have avoided the criticism because the tests would have provided better results.
@@LlyleHunter Very true!!! I use either the Heavy Duty cycle or the Permanent Press cycles 90% of the time with Auto-Fill feature.
the TR5 Speed Queen will likely last longer than this GE but this GE has proven to be a better cleaing washer.
I honestly wouldn't mind having one of these machines in my laundry room, I mean it's not like it's the worst machine in the world or anything like that.
GRN Appliance: These machines would most likely clean better than the SPEED QUEEN TR5 SERIES and other TR SERIES WASHERS as well. However the longevity of these washers might be questionable.
Seems like a decent machine. Do you have a dryer in your shop to dry all those clothes you wash?
No, he just works in wet clothes
What does tap cold mean versus cold wash cycle?
Tap means the temperature of your tap water which depending where you live can range from just above freezing in the winter to almost 80 in the summer. The Cold Water setting mixes tap water with hot water to bring the temperature to a set temperature (50 to 60 degree + or - depending on the manufacturer) Wash water below a certain temperature does not wash clothing or anything else for that matter. Personally I think a water temperature of about 60 to 75 degrees F washes my clothes the best and I am a heavy equipment and truck mechanic. I have a separate washing machine (25 year old Maytag for my work clothes and make a pre wash spray that I spray everything down with and treat really bad areas with a petroleum based hand cleaner and scrub the spots with a brush a little bit from both sides. I then fill my machine with warm water and homemade laundry soap my Grandmother taught me to make that works better than anything I have ever purchased at the store and let them soak for several hours and then wash them once and rinse them twice. They come out as clean as any uniform service I have ever used and don’t bother my skin like when I send them to a uniform service
The Maytag commercial would have had this load circulated multiple times already.
So on the heaviest wash cycle all you get is a spray rinse ?
correct. There is no advantage to a submerged rinse. A spray rinse is 40% less likely to transfer bleeding colors.
@@xChrisN1975xOf course there is. The more water, the more dilution. So if you have colors that bleed then they should be washed alone to begin with.
What is the difference between the GTW525ACP1WB and the GTW525ACPWB
What’s the capacity of this washer AND how much does it cost?
I use cold water for colors. My mom never used warm water. However , hot water for whites.
warm is fine for colors unless garment is brand new. those will need 5-10 washes on cold, first.
THESE HAVE THE DIME SIZE CHIPS ON THE BOARD THAT ARE DOING 257 THINGS AND FRY OR LOOSE MEMORY I MEAN THEY COULD HAVE MADE THE SAME CHIP WITH JUST MORE SUBSTANCE THE SIZR OF A NICKEL AND THAT WOULD SOLVE THE PROBLEM MATTER FACT THE CHIP THEY REPLACED WAS THE SIZE OF A NICKEL. THEY DIDN'T NEED TO GO SMALLER AND THE CUSTOMER DIDN'T ASK
I don’t know how we got here , the sound of that would absolutely drive me crazy and the plastic outer tub , I would rather have a speed queen
Whirlpool direct drives used a plastic outer tub their entire run and rarely had any problems with them.
LG should make a commercial version of the 5.3 Cu.Ft WT7405!
Why does the lid not lay flat when you lean on it?
He took off the lid lock and stck it in the lock hole to trick the machine so we could watch with the lid open. The lid stricke sticking out of the lock hole stops the lid from closing but it wouold not be this way new out of the box.
Video starts at 7:00. Might be able to cut that front bit out, Eugene.
The load starts @12:16
This is silly . I thought the spiral agitator was going to corkscrew clothing on top down to the bottom and the upper portion going in one continuous corkscrew direction. They could've just put in a straight vane agitator if it was going to go back and forth. Its alright but think i would look at other models in the meantime. WHAT DID YOU SAY? $1,100 FOR THIS WASHER. Forget it. Id rather save more money for a washer with turbo wash or a front loader. Something other than this. At a laundromat this thing would hold up 9 months before problems would get started.
I wonder if a dual action agitator from a GTW460/GTW465 would fit in this washer?
Theoretically it'd fit right in.
That agitator doesn't sound long for this world.
Speed Queen is a much better machine.
I missed the Stream ‘cause I was asleep!
So did I!
You snooze, you lose.
I wish this washer would give straight hot water. Otherwise it seems to be doing a fantastic job of washing.
I just got mine and the hot water was so hot steam was coming out…so I would say id does straight hot water
@@netty10453 That's great news about the hot water in this machine.
Looks like they took the 335 added a black panel different knob and different lid and called it commercial. The 465 is definitely better than this one and it’s got a bigger tub and the dual action agitator
the 465 model has a 1/3 hp motor and a 1 year warranty. 465 < this commercial washer
I'm not sold on the "hanging drum basket" that modern top loaders use...too prone to balance issues IMO.
I don’t like the sound of it.
Seems like the fast speed agitation is a bit slow, and the dual action agitator is a joke!
$1100 is too much.
This machine seems kinda cheap.
Does that motor reverse during agitation?
As an appliance sales specialist have been unimpressed. This is nothing more than a gussied up previous residential machine that has a one piece agitator and 4.2 cubic foot capacity. The thin sheet metal lid gives it away.
It may have a half horsepower motor but looking at the underside most of it is just cheap plastic and residential components not at all like the Maytag commercial if you do an inspection / teardown
have a new unit that has never filled with enough water. no adjustment like other models. water level controlled by timer to save the world. had all circuit boards replaced and still the same. have to add a bucket of water on each load. ge just blew me off and said i could get a different model and still have to pay about half price. if you dont have a high water supply pressure it will never fill to do the job right. told them that a minimum pressure notice should be on the machine. they could care less. save your money and time and dont buy this shit.
They Ramp up during the spin my GE does I have a more advanced model still like the older machines better
Looks cheaply built and the wash cycle did not look very impressive. Didn't appear to be a whole lot of clothing turnover. The 90's Hotpoint Rim-Flo in another of your videos looked a lot nicer to me. It would be interesting to see a shootout against other "commercials" with control samples like you've done in the past (ketchup stains, etc...)
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No its not. Its a Commercial Quality or commercial style. Not a true Commercial unit like the Maytag or Speed queen commercial units. Not even close in quality.
Commercial? You’re arm is bending the lid just leaning on it! The agitate cycle is impressive thou.
Yeah no, there’s nothing commercial about this machine. It’s exactly the same as their residential models except for a slightly better motor and knobs.
"Commercial" in the name only
Ive made up my mind. I'll pass on this one.
how many rpm?
750
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what makes this commercial??
It actually feels like it's more tightly assembled and has thicker steel panels. I know the Maytag commercial has galvanized steel panels unlike their residential machines.
The price!
F*ck that thing is loud!!
Want hot water turn off the cold side. A little inconvenience. What i dont want is hot water in my cold water wash. I usually have my hot water valve turned off. 73
The entire unit looks shabby AF! I agree with Dennismirac6603, I’d be better off with entree-line Amana or LG… If a, gonna pay premium for something, it better be for real long-lasting quality AND built in North America. Just my 2 cents…
I think GE and WHIRLPOOL merged with each other from the operational characteristics I've seen with both brands of washers.
Here in Eastern Iowa, Amana merged with Whirlpool and Maytag.
I thought it was Whirlpool and Maytag who merged.
@@jeromedavis8575 Yes they did. However the operational characteristics of the latest GE Agitator WASHERS seems very much the same as the Whirlpools.
@@albertcarello619 What drive did GE call theirs when whirlpool called it vmw?
@@jeromedavis8575 I think it may have been direct drive . From the operational characteristics of both the Whirlpools and the GE Top Loaders of the late 1990s and newer.
Trash. 1: not a true dual agitator. Clothes struggle to the bottom. 2: no second rinse. Most of the spray is on the agitator and not on the clothes. Restricted water flow during the spray rinse. A rinse is standard, not optional.
looks like junk to me....Speed Queen for me !!
Tbh speed queens are crap
Why would anyone buy a GE "commercial" unit when you can buy an actual Sp Queen commercial unit? Can you ever see anyone who owns a laundromat putting these in their mat? NOT!!!
Not everyone has $1500 for a washer
Worst machine I’ve ever owned. ALWAYS gets off balance and doesn’t spin clothes! I can’t say enough bad things about this machine. The 5 year warranty is a joke because GE refuses to honor it!
Build as cheaply as possible and still work as a washing machine.
Heath Wirt: With good care and maintenance and proper loading this machine should last at least 10-15 years.
@@albertcarello619 At least 1 to 1.5 years in my opinion.
@@heathwirt8919 That's an awfully short life span.
@@heathwirt8919 well you're wrong.
10-15 years is normal according to todays industry.
slow
Try washing a set of fitted sheets. Lemme know how THAT turns out...One BIG TANGLED BALL!
Just did my fitted sheet …no ball…came out great!
And I did two sets off twin size sheets with fitted …no problem
Stop talking during the cycle.