LG vs GE Top Load Washers

What do you think of LG vs GE top load washers?

Front load washers used to be more efficient than top loaders because it roiled your clothes in a partial drum full of water.

Now they are trying to make top loaders as efficient as front loaders.

The problem is that they save water in some GE top loaders by spraying a jet of water on the clothing instead of immersing it.

That would seem like a water saving measure.

However, it rinses them but doesn't actually wash them hard enough to get out the stains.

OK, that is not good.

There are GE washers that skip the tall impeller and full immersion and use a short impeller. The result is often bottom clothes somewhat clean and top ones with soaked in stains.

That does not sound like the GE quality I've heard about.

GE may make quality generators and MRIs, but their appliances are some of the least reliable on the market.

What else do I need to know?

You can run into the same eco-design problems, like using so little water you have to run the load twice.

What about LG?

LG units tend to have high tech controls, sensing what level of water, agitation or temperature to use -- and thus can get the appliance equivalent of a blue screen of death.

It sounds the advanced controls and learning behavior of a smart TV is bad in a washing machine.

For smart appliances, they can be really dumb. For example, not being able to resume the load where it stopped when you lift the lid and throw in the bib the kid just threw up on.

I've heard about that problem with other brands.

Another issue is the longer cycle time, as it tries to sense whether it needs additional rinses. Then again, some of them just can't go through another rinse.

As long as they are not the water misers that can't seem to fill or drain properly.

GE drains, and leaks.

I'm going with LG.

[JoeyIgnacio]

wtf doesn't even explain the difference between lg and ge