Ketchup Test: LG WM3500CW Front Load Washer

[@awestphal9602]

I scheduled a telephone consultation, and it was well worth the time and expense.

[@Lawiah0]

Based on your review we purchased, new, the base model WM3400CW washer and dryer, on sale, installed $1400,00; are only compliant is that the Units were not Leveled, and the washer defaults to Hot Water instead of Cold. Not a big deal but something else to cycle through. We owned the Maytag Neptune (series) purchased in 1996, which required minimal maintenance (belts, idler pulley, etc). After switching to propane from natural gas the motor went out on the dryer (5 years later in 2015) it was a simple fix and this Maytag Set is still doing heavy duty work for our daughter and her growing family. Thank You for these videos.

[@12333]

Still can't fathom how well this machine washes despite using such a small amount of water. Thanks for the video.

[@mrlaundry101]

Less water = more concentrated detergent

[@jeromedavis8575]

It would perform much better with a water recirculation pump and rinse jet. Just saying.

[@mikebennett703]

Front load washers wash really well. As well as this appears to have done, it is actually sub par compared to older front loaders that acually use a generous amount of water. If it had a visible water level, there wouldn't be any stains at all.

[@BrigitaTaure]

@@mikebennett703 it is possible to adjust water level on lg washers. I adjusted mine, now it's absolutely the best washing machine I ever had. It needs a little bit more water to rinse detergent better and it does after adjustments were made. KZbin has videos on how to do that.

[@mikebennett703]

@@BrigitaTaure Well, some of the newest machines use sensors and computer controls in addition to the pressure switch in some cases to determine water amounts. The pressure switches may only adjust a small amount but may cause computer errors if adjustments are too much out of spec..Front load washers have no equal if they are allowed to use a decent amount of water though. Time to scrap the energy star program!

[@jeromedavis8575]

I can't wait to see what the wm3900 can do with the turbowash360 active at all times.

[@iron1215]

my top loader discharge water too fast for my old pipes... im thinking a washer like this will be better because it appears to us a lot less water...

[@duperdude25]

If you want it to perform better, adjust your water level by turning the water pressure transducer screw 1 1/2 turns clockwise, and use a regular detergent not the HE one, and your laundry will smell fresh and the washer will wash things much better.

[@Kubulek17]

They don't make regular detergent anymore. All detergent is HE

[@Blurain727]

However there is a flaw when doing this, you talked about increasing the water level by turning the pressure switch, you know doing that can void your warranty, meaning if something breaks inside the machine, YOU are paying for it. Unless you're machine is old enough to no longer have a warranty

[@davidcarias4407]

Is it possible to just stop the wash and add water directly into the drum using a bucket, and resume the wash?

[@maxsaviation9512]

@@davidcarias4407 I did this on my Samsung but it would drain and start over

[@davidcarias4407]

@@maxsaviation9512 it actually is possible and it’s how i always fill up my washer, you just have to be careful not to overfill

[@littlegreeny8510]

Awesome video! These new generation LGs certainly agitate much longer between pauses than their previous ones. I wonder if they upgraded the DD motor?

[@tjc-gaby9687]

non leurs moteur sont toujours les ême j’ai une lg 13 kg direct drive depuis 2008 et elle est toujours opérationnel

[@JohnMcMahan5]

What happen in the background at 5:30 cracks me up!

[@joser9810]

wow i like how it makes alot of foam from 1 pod. does this washer do that with any other soap?

[@s.linn5086]

Because it's not filling up with 70 gallons of water and making murky, mildly-soapy laundry soup like an old trash-loader. lol

[@x3mann]

in Europe when we have this kind of stains we turn ON prewash and then boilwash 95 [temperature of wather 200 F] and kitchen cloths are 100% clean .Of course in Europe we use normal powder detergent no pads shit like that .And some normal wash in Europe are about 2 hours with prewash are longer...

[@Kubulek17]

who's we ? This look like a regular cotton 60 with extra rinse to me . 1hr 45 mins

[@kateri17]

it's amazing what people think is "Americans" as a whole when they see an example of ONE person on KZbin, doing a test video.

[@washerdream]

Hey man, may i ask you to make same ketchup test with pre wash, hig soil level and extra rinse?

[@nrehberg]

I don’t understand your love of short cleaning cycles. Yes, short cycles are nicer than long cycles, but I am limited by how quickly my dryer can dry, not how quick my washer washes. How long do you need to leave your cloths in the dryer?

[@specialestness]

I have a wm3900 and most of the time my clothes are more than dry after 30-40 minutes. Dryer is typically done well before my washer is if I run a big load.

[@jerrodsix545]

Thanks for the video. During the tumble pause in the rinses, I hear a sizzling sound along with water trickling. Is this from the washer or something in the background? If it is the washer what is going on?

[@Italman45]

Is there a big difference between the 3400 & the 3500 ?

[@alecvip7562]

Awesome

[@OwnYourOwnBus101]

I really wish I could love these LG washers.., but to say that I am really not a fan of all these dry tumbling and swirling intervals for 5 and 10 minutes at a time would be an understatement. My Maytag Neptune gets right down to business: wash, rinse, spin, done. A normal wash takes just 46 minutes. I don’t know what all the LG time wasting stuff is all about.

[@davidcarias4407]

It's about water savings. Because the water amount is much less, therefore a longer wash time is needed in order to achieve a similar performance. Us who live in places where water is scarce don't mind the sacrifice

[@carwashgaming3727]

You can still ever so slightly see the ketchup but it did a very good job nevertheless

[@mrlaundry101]

It would have cleaner even better if there was not so much foam during the wash

[@ScantPear]

Mrlaundry101 stop listening to consumer reports and other people

[@mrlaundry101]

@@ScantPear I'm not thank you very much

[@jeromedavis8575]

Plus water circulation.

[@ScantPear]

Front loads suck

[@washerdream]

Europen front loader are much better because they have a heater and they boiling white laundry

[@iamtheiceman]

I don't understand how still seeing a ketchup stain is a good result. is this what you expected and you think this is good ? That is a very long wash to have a result that is not even cleaning that towel.

[@Blurain727]

He said his goal was *NOT* to get that towel clean, this test is to show us how much of the ketchup stain the machine can remove with out pre treatment! I will defy this comment until you get it right!

[@BobbieGWhiz]

@@Blurain727No one who looks at your stained items will ask you how much of the stain was removed. They will simply notice the remaining stain.

[@ravipeiris4388]

Your beginning statement made no sense about having all towels cleaned. You can mark a clean towel(s) as the control with an inorganic made marker and then stain all the other towels with ketchupas the experiment. While I appreciate your video, running the cycle on "light soil" negates the efficacy of running the experiment on the heavy duty setting. Ravi Peiris M.D.

[@cadonbarton1933]

All it does is decrease the wash time. it still has the same roughness. He wanted the times between all of his washers to be relatively the same time. His test is just fine.