re: trouble getting clothes clean in your h.e. washing machine?

The people that came up with the "high efficiency" washer deserves to share the same spot in Hell with the inventor of the "low flow" toilet.

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The people that came up with the "high efficiency" washer deserves to share the same spot in Hell with the inventor of the "low flow" toilet.

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Both are the result of misguided government regulation.

He sounds like a disgusting dirty smelly arse person

I have a high capacity Kenmore HE washer and it cleans our lightly soiled clothes perfectly in the HE mode.

If we have heavily soiled clothes, or something really big, like a comforter or something, we set it on "Deep Fill" and it cleans like a champ. We use a good quality liquid detergent and we fill (instructions say to leave 1 hand width of space at the top of the tub) but don't stuff the tub. No issues in 8 years and very pleased with performance.

Forgot to add that, without the agitator, we never have any damage to clothes. Not that our old agitator washer ate our clothes every day, but occasionally we would get something wound around the agitator.

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Don't forget the person who came up with the spring loaded vent thing for those new plastic gas cans. I swear I spill more gas on one pour than I ever did with all the old hole on the top of the tank vents i've ever owned combined.

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This just sounds like user error.

I don't like the spring vent on gas cans either, but I also don't spill it everywhere.

I feel your pain. I also have a major issue with my washing machine going uneven during the spin cycle. It doesn't matter if it is a small load or large load, happens almost every time. They can't find a problem. I honestly want the thing to just bite it so I can buy a new one. I will never get this kind again.

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I have a high capacity Kenmore HE washer and it cleans our lightly soiled clothes perfectly in the HE mode. If we have heavily soiled clothes, or something really big, like a comforter or something, we set it on "Deep Fill" and it cleans like a champ. We use a good quality liquid detergent and we fill (instructions say to leave 1 hand width of space at the top of the tub) but don't stuff the tub. No issues in 8 years and very pleased with performance. Forgot to add that, without the agitator, we never have any damage to clothes. Not that our old agitator washer ate our clothes every day, but occasionally we would get something wound around the agitator.

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Same experience. Never gotten clothes that were still dirty. If we have a load I'm worried about, we put it on the extra water cycle.

I rotate about 8-10 dress shirts for work. I've noticed that the shirts last much longer without the agitator. They always lasted a long time, but after a bunch of washes in the old machine, you'd get some fraying, etc.. Never have that issue now. And it's so much easier to unload.

I can see that a really dirty load might get cleaned better with the agitator, but it's just not enough of an issue to overcome the things we like about the HE.

Not even speed queen does anymore.

I have a front load HE washer and was having all kinds of issues with clothes and esp. towels retaining a mildew type smell. The clothes and towels looked clean but if after washing and drying they even slightly damp (sweat, drying off etc) they would smell like mildew. I tried everything I could find to try from cleaning the machine with the HE cleaning kit from Tide, to washing everything on the heavy duty cycle to changing detergents several times.

I finally cured the problem by making my own detergent with the following ingredients:

1 bar of Fels-naptha grated or 1 cup of Zote soap flakes.
1 cup of borax
1 cup of arm & hammer washing soda (not baking soda)
1 cup of clorox II

Heat a pot with 1 gallon of water, dissolve the soap in the water until completely dissolved.
Add in one cup of borax and 1 cup of washing soda to the soap water mixture.
then stir until dissolved. may take a few minutes and it may not completely dissolve, that's ok.
Add water, borax, and soda mixture to 3 gallons of warm water and stir well. Let cool to room temp and then add 1 cup of Chlorox II and stir well.

I use a clean 5 gallon bucket with a screw type lid to mix and hold my detergent.

So now you have 4 gallons of really good detergent that cost about 2-3 cents per load.

I also started using pure white vinegar as a fabric softener and all of my clothes and towels come out soft and very clean smelling. If you absolutely have to have some type of scent in your laundry then add a few drops of your favorite essential oil to the finished detergent.

I find this works much better to clean my clothes and to make them smell clean. I do not find it necessary to use any commercial fabric softener because I like the smell of the laundry without the perfumes etc.

It works for me and I don't have the issue with clothes smelling nor my washer smelling any longer.

You aren't making detergent, you are making laundry soap. Nothing wrong with it if you are using a washing board, using a machine requires detergents that uses chemical reactions to break down dirt and oils. And your clothes are not getting clean no matter what you think. Gross pictures of "clean" clothes washed in homemade "detergent".

Have had two sets of HE front loaders for over ten years now and feel our clothes have gotten just as clean as they did in the top loaders with agitators. Never had an issue with mildew even though we don't keep the door open in between uses. The only time our clothes smell musty is when a baby sock got stuck in the filter or we forgot and left wet clothes in washer overnight.