Why Washer/Dryer Combos Are Usually Bad (& How That's Finally Changing)
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- Опубліковано 1 лип 2023
- Washer dryer combo units have traditionally gotten a bad reputation--and for good reason in a lot of cases. So let's get into why the seemingly more efficient setup of having a washer and dryer in the an all in one unit doesn't usually work the way it should (and how that might finally be changing).
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Been using an LG version of this for about 3 yrs and it's been great. It isn't as fast as using standard units, but it doesn't matter much when you don't have to move the laundry.
are u using the washer dryer by LG? how long does it usually take to complete a full cycle?
I'm pretty sure LG doesn't have a version that uses a heat pump. I have a 2016 model washer dryer combo and it uses a heating element in the top right corner and vents hot steam into the drum
Really love the bloopers that you include in the end of your videos. Its makes me chuckle to hear the weird sounds you have to deal with in order to make your amazing videos.
Shows that it not always easy to make these kinds of videos and that you have to work hard to get it just right.
Thanks for your continual work on in forming the masses about these new and interesting technologies!
It's never easy. People that don't work in the industry, have no idea how difficult it is to create the images you love for cinema, motion pictures, television, presentations, etc...
Bought this unit three days ago. 5 loads through it so far including my king comforter. This machine works very well and is a game changer, I already wouldn't go back!
Not at nearly 3k it isn't
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I appreciate the peeling back the curtain of what you are up against creating content ❤😂. Great vid !
Gotta say, very innovative and kinda cool! Love the idea of not having to transfer from washer to dryer. (which I always seem to forget...)
Yes and I love the space I’d save to use for something else. Not to mention it’s about time they did something about the mold and stank smell caused by front loading washers
I love the sound of the music. It sounds every good on my speakers, surrounding sound. It's so cool.
Even washer/dryer video from you is great!
But you never tested it or said how good or bad it works for you...
I've been using for a weeks testing it.
@@TheUnlockr lie
You missed one, very essential, hook up, the drain. Both the washer and dryer need to remove the water from the system.
Here in the UK it's quite common to have a combo and again for the space saving the only down sidw to ours is that you can only fill the drum to a certain level then you can do a wash and dry, if you have loads of laundry to do it would take forever to do. Just my opinion washer dryers here are ideal for 1 person or a couple here, but that GE is so ideal here in the UK but again space is something we don't have and that machine looks massive
I've got a cheap Hisense washer/dryer combo, it fits more than my mum's washer at her place and takes 2h to dry all my clothes, it costs 300€
Thanks for the nice review I'm obsessed with this thing got one on order for my cabin
That's perfect! Do a little hiking, a little fishing, a little laundry. All of America's favorite pastimes!
These electronics, while convenient..my question is… how much if it breaks? Refrigerators for example, those smart touch screen ones I heard are expensive to repair. Though I do want a combo for the condo
Just bought one.I’m on the waiting list. I hope it’s as good as advertised. Looking to make more space in our utility room.
I'm a simple man. I'd just like to see them build an appliance that lasted more than 5 years.
I'm currently looking into buying a washer/dryer combo lol. How did you know?!!
The problem I see with washer dryer combos is that the majority of the stuff washed, can't go in a dryer. It has to be hung to dry. These machines would have to give you the chance to take certain things out before the dry cycle happens.
My question how often and how easy is it to change the filter
I have a combo one and the thing that people don't pay attention to is that the washer and dryer have different capacities. The same machine can wash more than it can dry, so most of the time they "overload" the dryer.
Not this beauty of a combo unit. Leave the entire load in if you want, it'll be dry at the end of the cycle. What's the point of a one and done if you have to babysit it? 🤔
@@geappliances But this unit only has a 4.8 cuft drum. That's fine for a washer but small for a dryer. For instance, my GE washer has a 4.6 cuft and my GE gas dryer has a 7.4 cuft drum. It's nice having a larger dryer drum size because as things dry out they expand, which works well for sheets, blankets and comforters.
@@Resist4did you not see their statement? If you can wash it, you can dry it.
@@cm7012 When the dryer space is small, the clothes will get wrinkled easier.
I don’t understand US washing and drying capacities? In the UK we use Kg. So our washers have a 5, 6, or 7 kg capacity for a small load, or an 8 or 9 kg capacity is standard, or a 10, 11, or 12 kg capacity for a large family or such.
Just got our new GE combo and it is amazing!
Where did you buy it from? Is it $2000?
@@Kne2450 Lowe’s Just under for a hose…. And taxes, of course.
I'm just curious about the longevity of this. Seems to be the more tech and features that are integrated into appliances, the sooner they fail. You want to be able to keep the dryer longer than 10 years
Most modern washer/dryers don't last 10 years anymore, just like with refrigerators and TV's. And they aren't worth getting repaired. That's the industry now and yeah it sucks.
I’ve watched a couple videos about this machine. Something unique that GE did was they made the heat pump a sealed unit so it can easily be replaced.
@@theblindredneck747 And that's fine but you have to wonder what the cost is to replace it, outside of the warranty. Because if it's like a washing machine motor cost, then it's not worth repairing without a warranty and you end up buying a new machine.
Love ! Can it still plug in to the outlet in the the Laundry room? Does it still sit on the drain ? Do you need a drain pan ? What size pan would you need for it ?
Uses the same electrical outlet that’s already there from the regular washer/dryers, 120 I think. And same with the water & drain. Just put a cover on the old dryer vent in your wall!
The flashing gave me the 'flashed away' vibes 😂
How loud is it?
Very cool! Where did get the internal drawing @2:52 ?
I have an LG one and it rocks!
How would someone go about cleaning this? Usually, there is a pod I put in my washer to clean it, is there something similar for this combo?
There is a wash only option without drying if that makes sense
In my 4 year old washer, you don't put a pod in to clean it. You use bleach only with the cleaning cycle, once a month.
One question ❓ how did you get the machine into the basement down those tight stairs❓
He most likely has a basement hatch door
Ummm, a dolly. Like people have been moving large items down into basements for like 100 years.
LG has a prototype years ago, it does fold your laundry! Although the size is the entire wall of a kitchen, a proper full-sized kitchen! Maybe someday they'll come up with a compact and affordable design. One can dream 😁
Ha I remember this at CES. It didn't work very well sadly 😂
so you didnt wash a single load for actual results
I'm looking for this tech to mature. Not because I want to save space. But because we are on a system where the cost of power varies depending on the time. Off peak is obviously the cheapest but we tend to be asleep during those times and no one wants to get up at midnight to change over the load from washer to dryer. I want to set it up on a timer to kick in at 11:pm and then wash _and_ dry the load without needing additional attention. We might even have, (dare I say it?) _two_ units and get _two_ loads done overnight. But by the time this comes around, I'll be retired, and with all the electric cars charging overnight, off peak rates will probably change anyway.
I don’t see how electric cars will help since it still takes fuel to use electricity to charge an electric vehicle.
This unit has the ability to set a delayed start time so you can have it run in the middle of the night and wake up to clean warm clothes in the morning. We got one last weekend and it has been pretty awesome so far.
@@jakepresley6993 Is the load capacity less than a regular machine?
@@Lord.Kiltridge it’s about the same. It can hold a lot if you stuff it in there, but that reduces efficiency and increases wear and tear. They recommend filling it 70%. It ends up being an average sized load.
Can I get this in UK with also included guaranty?
How much time does it take to fully dry normal load? Not dump dry but full dry.
Nothing comes out “damp”. It feels like is but it’s just the residual heat, if that makes sense.
So there is no need to vent the dryer? Is that a good idea?
I guess it would save on heating bill in winter, not sure if a good idea in summer?
Any chance on a Zenfone 10 real world test?? Pretty plz!!
What about SUMMIT brand version of this? GE sold out in 2016 to Haier. a Chinese company ( as of 2016 )
It's weird you guys discovering something that some of us had for a decade, and these days some of it had none of the complaints pointed in the video, and super smart and efficient
It's not a discovery, but the perfecting of a genius concept that had failed in the past. Bigger, faster, and more efficient than any other combo unit!
You said all you need to do is plug it in and connect the water supply and you're done. You missed one important step, the drain line.
Washer and Combo dryer are also supposed to replace the laundry basket, u are supposed to drop the laundry in it at the end of day and start the cycle before going to sleep and get finished clothes in the morning.
I wanted to give you the sales commission, and I clicked on your link, but there's no delivery to my area! I have Togo to a dealership. Sorry! Thank you for helping me find this machine!
Check back after 3 or 4 years of weekly use! 120 volt heat pump dryer ( not 240 volts) and a 1,600 final spin rpm- by Haier. Nice to see that the drum has very few holes to allow limited water extraction during final spin.
at last a regular house thats not 2 million dollars. Reg people exist
I had a washer/dryer we call them here in the uk they seem like something new over there and condenser dryers 🤷🏻♂️😂
It really wasn’t bad at all had a 9kg drum was big enough for a big double duvet but 5.5kg drying. It was really quiet everything come out really clean and a 1550rpm they were pretty much just damp by the time it finished spinning and that was before the dry cycle was a “hotpoint Aquarius washer dryer” . It was great till it developed a balancing problem and would take forever to spin unless it was basically overloaded weirdly lol. It was a bored fault so just gave it away still worked but Would take nearly 45 mins or not at all to spin a load so done my head in and it got replaced with a lg direct drive. But gt heat pump dryer which is amazing on electric ⚡️😃
If you live on your own like me or even with 1 child and 2 adults you can manage perfectly well with a 2in1 it’s so convenient having everything washed and dried in the same thing! Make sure you fast spin the highest setting was 1550rpm on mine or extra high spin dry 🌀 and everything will dry quickly use slow speeds it will take ages to dry especially anything below a 1000rpm. Do that and you will have no problems and save electricity and time 👍🏻🙂
I would not recommend this for a family of 4 or more as waiting for it to wash and dry say like on a hot cotton wash will take up to 3/4 hours to do it all. You do have quicker washes but I don’t use the quick or turbowash button on my whites or quite dirty clothes because they don’t come out clean. I only use quick options for darks and stuff that just needs freshening up.
Ventless? Where does the heat go?
We have this one and love it, can't fill it too full to where it doesn't have any air space but other than that it fits us perfectly
Oh! Appreciate the fact you have it and it works well for you!
Yeah, wish the tub was bigger. At least normal dryer size.
@@Resist4 it's the 2nd largest we could find in the states and many of the steps up from the minimum size required removing items before drying, at least this allows normal loads and if not completely stuffed has the set it and forget it nature.
When used this way it won't need a dryer sized tub but that extra breathing room would allow even faster drying, or drying stuff that got wet outside the unit.
The other unit we considered was the heat pump LG stacker which I believe had normal sizes of both IIRC but it cost even more than this monster, didn't have the month of supplies hopper and you had to manually move items between the halves of the appliance, the bonus they had with my shorter wife was lower controls than most stackers. But since getting this my wife has done one load, I guess it was always the dryer or the swap that had her preferring to do it herself, now it's "hey that basket is full" I cart them over and push go and sometime later (up to two days, usually later that day or the next morning), one of us empties a basket of clean dry clothes and they get delta with.
@@KaceyGreen The thing with having a larger dryer tub is because clothes will expand as they dry. And as things are more cramped while they are drying, it can make the clothes more wrinkled.
@@Resist4 but why would they expand to a greater size than when you put them in the machine dry and dirty? Sure a little bit but are they all crumpled towels or something that compresses really well when dirty?
They've had all in 1 combo washer dryers in RV's for years.
Not like this! Bigger, faster, more efficient! You won't recognize the UltraFast! 🥸
@geappliances The only negative is that it weighs 300 lbs so not very RV friendly as weight is a big factor for traveling.
I still would prefer a traditional washer/dryer set, for the fact that you can only wash one load at a time with any washer/dryer combo. Even two hours is too much time for me.
Seeing this on a lot of channels. Wonder how many of them got their unit from GE for promotional reasons. (I'm assuming more than just you, though I think you're the only person who has said so outright.)
2:57 oh so its lik an air conditioner system but with different similarities
Air conditioner with a really powerful but surprisingly quiet fan, the condensate goes down the drain for the washer
That's basically what a heat pump is.
Google Pixel Fold?
i think a lot of people are starting to wise up to these giant plastic bottles of detergent, what about the pod users, or the Laundry sheets? Cool it has an auto dispenser for a laundry product that is not aging well.
Pods are thrown directly into the basket before the clothes and laundry sheets are not needed with the UltraFast. If you still want to use them, they can be thrown in before the dry cycle begins. There is no shortage on versatility with this!
After hooking up a vent in my mobile home for my dryer it was a night mare to have to crawl under and run the vent to the outside skirting. Having a machine that not only saves space but is ventless sounds like the perfect combination.
I'll stick with the separate washer dryer
anyone who buys this... do me a favor... Hear me out...any new machine that has tons of tech in it has a control board...Plug your machine into a surge protector (even if there's built in surge protection).. I can't say for sure that this will work...but I have a duet front load washer I got in 2005 (it's now over 18 years old) Within 2 years (around 2007) the control board went out...the control board got replaced and from that point on I've kept it plugged into a surge protector and no issues... Is this the reason? I don't know... but just to be safe, I'd do it.
No basement history lecture?
Another thing which is annoying about the combo is they usually allow you to put 10kg of clothes to wash but only 4kg to dry which means you need to do the whole cycle with 4kg not 10kg as advertised, I have one, I hate it
We solved it! If you washed it, you can dry it! No need to remove anything between cycles. 😎
You have this exact unit or are you like everyone else and comparing your old combo unit? This is not the same technology and the old units. There is no one that I’ve found that’s said their clothes come out wet or it takes a long time. People with videos that it. One lady on TikTok has a family if 7 and said it works better than her old conventional washer and dryer
@@jeffduncan2942 exactly my point, but looks like you didn't get it from what I said and it was on the video, but yes mine is 1 year old, totally different approach and that's why David in the video talks about the previous things many people don't usually like and I added one more that I have experienced and also heard other complaining about which is why this video makes sense
@@geappliances In a separated washer/dryer the washing machine is smaller than the dryer (~4 cu ft vs 7cu ft) to ensure that the dryer has sufficient airflow when a full load is transferred from the washer to the dryer. How do you ensure sufficient airflow and should this be thought of as a replacement for a 4.8 cu ft washing machine, or a 4.8 cu ft dryer in terms of capacity?
@geappliances To further clarify, it sounds like this can handle the same size load as 4.8 cu ft washing machine, which would typically be paired with a 7.8 cu ft dryer. Is that correct?
6hrs to do a full cycle? Is that an exaggeration
I understand that this thing weighs 300 lbs. Not RV friendly as weight is a huge factor for the traveling folks.
I have it for three days and it doesn’t seem that impressive. Had 2 major issues already. Costco gave me 90 days to return it. First , issue it froze on the spin cycle with water for an hour. Needed to power off unit and restart unit. Then on the second cycle, when drying. It estimated 55 minutes. Took 4 hours and i had to pause the dryer and take the damp clothes and put it in my old dryer.
Congrats on the UltraFast! We're sorry to hear it's been a bit of a bumpy road so far, but we're happy to help. We highly recommend connecting it to WiFi and making sure it has the latest software update. This will be crucial in making sure it runs properly. Let us know if you have any questions!
@@geappliances I doubt a software update will fix that issue. It clearly didn't perform as advertised. This is the problem with new products, they just aren't tested enough before being released and customers end up being the testers and dealing with the issues and inconvenience. Make it work right first, then sell it!
You may have a bad copy. I have ran 5 loads through it so far and it has been WONDERFUL. Clothes are clean and dry. I already would not go back. Google the youtube video from yale appliances talking with the lead designer for the combo product. They tested, tested, tested and tested. This appliance is a game changer and this will absolutely be the new 'go to' way of doing laundry. 'Resist4', sounds like a heck of a handle. Do you have one of these or are you just here to grumble miserably about things you do not know about?
@@fotalimark Science doesn't care what you believe.
Good commercial, I would like to get one so bad !
BUT:
- I'm not in the US and doubt it's sold where I am
- I can't afford it
- I'm a renter and the furniture is part of the apartment, if it breaks down I have to call my landlord... And in a nutshell he isn't the friendliest out there...
Hi David
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Oh and for everyone out there stop wasting money on detergent and softener, simply use about 2tbls of baking soda "much cheaper and does the same job" and use distilled vinegar for the softener. You are welcome!
That’s what I use and my clothes do not smell like vinegar
Be careful w consistent use of baking soda because it’s very corrosive and tears up the parts in your washing machine!! I learned this the hard way and since the quality of parts these days that companies use for everything. Parts are not made to handle anything corrosive!!
I use cleaning vinegar and baking soda to get the urine smell out of my uncle's bedding. I ran out of softener and have noticed that the residue is no longer there. I'll take it that extra mile and get distilled vinegar to put in the softener compartment. Thank you. Maybe the reaction of mixing it with the baking soda will reduce any issues with machine parts.
@@_S0urR0ses_baking soda corrosive ,where did you get this info ?
I never heard of such nonsense. Snuggle has you covered
Electric drying
Why don't u let clothes dry outside,,
in India we do hang clothes outside in daylight..
here in the states many HOA's have banned clotheslines even temporary or collapsible/hideable arrangements
Not everyone wants bugs, dust or pollen in their clothes. Plus, you can't hang clothes outside during cold freezing or rainy weather.
I currently hang dry and if I understood there is an option to wash only. Clothes from a dryer never smell as good. I hang dry all winter too. This gives an option for extended rainy periods
@@bryanandjamie2032 yes you can run wash or dry modes separately. It doesn't have that burnt electric clothes smell nor the residual gas smell. Everyone says the clothes come out cooler but mine lives in the garage where currently ambient is 80 to 95 Fahrenheit so maybe later I'll feel those cooler Temps. I have had the damp to magically dry feeling when I catch it right at the end of a cycle.
@@bryanandjamie2032 I assume you mean you hang dry inside during winter and rainy periods.
Please use metric system instead of cu.ft.
Please convince my country to switch
Waaaaaay too expensive.
How lazy can people get it literally takes one minute to transfer
Those noises at the end are just like my 2003 built flat in the UK! Absolutely horrendous what I can hear!! No peace when there’s a stomper upstairs who is mentally unstable!
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The explination of how the unit works, needs work.
ouch!! rough views on this one... maybe stick with a day in the life videos
Sorry, but you look just like the character “Godwin” from the Netflix series “Vikings: Valhalla.”
Speak with an English accent, and you can break into that series as a family member.
They don't dry the clothes all the way, I don't want damp clothes..2. I rarely want everything that I just washed to all be tumble heat dried. They take up too much time. With separate machines, while one load is drying the other can be washing.
I explain this in the video!