Anyone have a towel that doesn't wash up nice and fresh?
I've got a swimming towel that frankly smeels terrible now, even right after the wash. It smells stagnant, Mrs Stud won't even give it to the Dog LOL.
I thought perhaps the machine isn't rinsing thoroughly but nothing else smells, clothes are fine and smell great. I'm forced to believe that it is something to do with the water at the YMCA...perhaps even after showering I am sweating chlorine or other things into the towel.
Does anyone else have this issue or any thoughts.
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The icon you used is called "confused" and it seems particularly apropos to me. How do you know how much water it takes to wash clothes? I think your posts on this subject are complete and utter drivel.
I've heard cases where certain front-load washers had problems of not draining properly causing mold to grow, but that's a design flaw of those particular machines, not front-load, HE washing machines in general.
Hey Nelson
From laboratory tests, the minimum "Water Factor" for a workable washing machine is 1.9 gallons per cubic foot. HE front loaders (and some HE top loaders) are about 1.4 (or even less) which is way too low to get a full load clean.
By the way, I was one of the expert witnesses who helped launch the successful lawsuit against Whirlpool (over their Calypso HE washer) which resulted in a $5 Million payout to buyers and a withdrawl of the machine from the market in 2004.
I can tell you for a fact there's a lot of "Do-Do stuck to the ceiling" regarding the mold/mildew problem with these new HE washers (and also their probable connection to staph) and more lawsuits are on the way.
Incidentally, I took a trip to a large scrap metal recycling plant at the Port Of Oakland (with one of those monstrous shredding machines that can grind up a whole car in 15 seconds) and right there in the pile is an almost new HE front loader waiting to be dropped on the conveyor to the shredder. The plant operator says they're getting about 2 or 3 of them a week. Given the rate they're being junked, HE washers aren't turning out to be very environmentally friendly.
Dolphin 2
The icon you used is called "confused" and it seems particularly apropos to me. How do you know how much water it takes to wash clothes? I think your posts on this subject are complete and utter drivel.
I've heard cases where certain front-load washers had problems of not draining properly causing mold to grow, but that's a design flaw of those particular machines, not front-load, HE washing machines in general.
Hey Nelson
From laboratory tests, the minimum "Water Factor" for a workable washing machine is 1.9 gallons per cubic foot. HE front loaders (and some HE top loaders) are about 1.4 (or even less) which is way too low to get a full load clean.
By the way, I was one of the expert witnesses who helped launch the successful lawsuit against Whirlpool (over their Calypso HE washer) which resulted in a $5 Million payout to buyers and a withdrawl of the machine from the market in 2004.
I can tell you for a fact there's a lot of "Do-Do stuck to the ceiling" regarding the mold/mildew problem with these new HE washers (and also their probable connection to staph) and more lawsuits are on the way.
Incidentally, I took a trip to a large scrap metal recycling plant at the Port Of Oakland (with one of those monstrous shredding machines that can grind up a whole car in 15 seconds) and right there in the pile is an almost new HE front loader waiting to be dropped on the conveyor to the shredder. The plant operator says they're getting about 2 or 3 of them a week. Given the rate they're being junked, HE washers aren't turning out to be very environmentally friendly.
Dolphin 2
