Whirlpool Duet or, HE-3T

I have a Duet and the normal white cycle (called "whitest whites") takes

Same with the Kenmore he-3, you can adjust the cycles for more or less dirt, extra rinses or not,extra spin, etc. It is an hour an whitest whites if you leave it at their original settings but about 40 minutes on a normal cycle

Use much less water, clothes practically dry when come out so less dryer time, MUCH less.

I have a new Kenmore HE 3T. It has a variety of cycles and cycle modifiers. It has a minute countdown but don't believe it. I've seen it on the final minute for a long long time. Expect cycles to be longer than top loaders. I've owned a Maytag Neptune too and those cycles were probably shorter than the HE 3T but still longer than top loaders. By the way both front loader brands are good.

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My clothes are also very dry coming out of the Duet (after the 7.2 on the richter scale that comes from the spin cycle), but that thing can fit such a huge pile of clothes that it still takes an hour in the dryer.

I also have the HE 3T. Like Art I've noticed that the minute countdown is not reliable.

Good but not reliable. If you buy a front loader be prepared for repairs. Mine's broken now. I had an appointment for today, but Sears somehow lost it. Since it is an electrical problem I'm expecting a whopper of a charge. Since I live alone, I figure in the year and a half that I've owned it I haven't even run it 100 times yet.

Don .

You need to balance it. Then tighten the nuts on the feet to lock it in.

Don .

It's not on the Duet either.

I had a problem with mine leaking, but I was able to fix it myself. The boot between the door and the drum had worked it's way loose.

He could also add plywood as the instructions recommend. Even so at highest spin speeds the sheet metal on the left hand side of my KEnmore HE3T sometimes makes a racket.

Somehow I think there is a way to reset the electronics..... have you given that a try? Check the instructions. If nothing there I'll try to find where I saw it.

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Oh, I can reset it. But it still doesn't spin properly and the clothes are still heavy with water. After the cycle is over, if I do a spin only cycle, it does spin properly. But add in the wait before I get back to the machine, and then the additional 15 minutes or so for a real spin cycle (it says 11 minutes, but it isn't reliable), it adds up to too much time.

Don .