LG 4.5 cu ft Washer Dryer Combo WM3998HBA - Can it wash and dry clothes well?
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
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LG 4.5 cu. ft. Washer/Dryer Combo Model WM3998HBA
How does this machine work, and can it wash AND dry clothes well?
How suited is it for a costume shop?
Demonstrates some functions and operations that are not well detailed in the manual.
The printed manual that comes with the machine contains a QR link to extended instructions. That link is: us.smartthinq.... and does provide more detail on the operation and usage of the machine, but it is also still missing some information and contains some errors that I detail in the video.
This is not technically a review of the machine, and I have no sponsorship agreement or expectations with the manufacturer. I simply felt there was a lack of good information online about this machine, and many complaints about operation and time usage in reviews through retailers further obfuscated that information. Some of those topics are covered in this video.
Many of these features and controls are duplicated on single-task LG washers or dryers so some of the information here is transferrable.
0:23 - Introduction
Doesn't the Dry Cycle Just Take Forever?
3:02 - My personal take on the laundry chore paradigm shift that will help you see the value of this machine
How Does It Work?
5:04 - The Control Panel
9:30 - Turbo Wash
11:03 - Cheeseman Cameo
11:53 - More Turbo Wash Experimentation and Information
13:27 - The Rest of the Control Panel
14:43 - Dry Cycle Controls
15:30 - What If I Just Want to Dry Wet Clothes?
17:32 - Difference between Turbo Dry and Normal Dry
Let's Do A Load of Laundry
18:13 - What is the Fastest Wash and Dry Cycle Possible?
18:45 - Speed Wash + 60 Minute Dry Cycle (90 minutes total)
20:06 - Time Lapse
21:29 - Results from Speed Wash + 60 Minute Dry for 7 Garments
22:39 - A Second Common Cycle Demonstrated: Towels Cycle
22:53 - Capacity of 4.5 cu. ft.
24:31 - Laundry Detergent Requirements and HE Detergent
25:30 - Start of the Towels Cycle; Machine Analyzes the Load
28:28 - Time Travel to the Future
29:01 - The Towels Cycle + Normal Dry, 4 hrs 06 mins later
30:06 - More Information about the Dry Cycle
Review
30:56 - Anecdotal Results of Some of the Cycles
Regular and Routine Maintenance and Care
32:25 - Lint Removal from Door and Seal
35:01 - Pump Drain Filter and Reservoir
(Not demonstrated or discussed: Tub Clean, see "Tub Care and Maintenance follow-up video below.)
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this is hands down the BEST review video I've ever watched! My wife and I were considering this machine but didn't see much info in the manual, we ordered some Chinese food and watched your video which we LOVED!
Great content! and love the references!
LG should pay you for this! 😂 thanks for your help on xtra info on this combo. I was very surprised that the manual it came in barely explained the dryer function.
I am considering this model and I appreciate this comprehensive review! Thank you!
You are right abou how ppl are funny about how long a load of laundry should take. Shift your mindset ppl.
Thank you so much. I've recently downsized and I was convinced a washer/dryer combo would not work for me. In reality, after listening to you talk I've now done a 180. I work from home and am only doing laundry for myself now. You're right I don't have to dedicate a whole day to doing laundry, I can spread it throughout the week. Sometimes it's helpful to listen to someone else with a different perspective. So....once again, thank you for sharing this video.
You are a lifesaver!
I was frustrated with the lack of information that came with the unit.. you answered every question I could think of.
Thank you for making this video.
Much respect!
I have washed several youtube videos on how to use the front loading washer and dryer. This is by far, the BEST.
Does it matter what type of soap you use? Like does it have to be a liquid detergent or can I just throw a tide pod were the clothes would go? Not entirely sure if that damages the machine so I'm just trying to get a little insight. Thank you so much for the illuminating video I know we all appreciate it!
The only requirement is that it is HE detergent. Can be liquid or powder. I don’t use pods but I think pods should be okay too. Do they come in an HE variety? My previous machine was a 1993 top load washer so I learned a lot quickly about newer machines and not to use excessive quantities of detergent, that it’s the agitation, not the quantity of detergent, that cleans the laundry. I stick to 2 tbsp of liquid detergent or less, depending on the size of the load. I do toss the tub clean packets directly into the tub before running a tub clean cycle, so that is a similar thing to pods.
I really appreciate you making this! I got my machine this morning and I was overwhelmed with the whole difficult-to-locate manual thing.
Just got mine (the same exact model) installed yesterday and this review is the best I've seen by far ❣️👌🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
This is an amazing video! You answered all of my questions and helped me narrow my search. Truly informative on everything I needed to know. I look forward to getting this unit. Thanks!
Omg thank you so much you have saved my mind I couldn’t figure this out.
Incredible attention to detail, and answered all of the questions we had regarding this product. Thank you!
Exactly I'm like it says washing machine no mention of the dryer are you sure we got the right one lol😅
I had an LG combo years ago and I was very pleased with it. The key was knowing on how to use it properly
Excelente video!!! Gracias! Desde Buenos Aires, Argentina! Hermosísimo gato!!!
Thank you so much for this video! I live in a small home and have been looking into this machine. This is the most thorough and informative video I've found so far.
LG really should pay you
Thank you from a frustrated new owner 😆
Great Video - I'm just now starting to look at these for a small apt I am setting up in my basement area. I'm sure someone asked, but I can't see where to search the comments - Did you notice your electricity bill increasing with the amt of time that this machine takes to wash/dry? That cat cracked me up too :)
No I haven’t seen an increase in electricity costs. The dryer runs on 3 amps of 120v power. When you do the math, a 90 minute dry cycle for this machine uses 1/6 the electricity of a standard 220v electric dryer running 45-60 minutes to dry the same load. For a gas dryer this machine uses 2/5 the energy for the same load even though the time on the dry cycle is longer.
Everyone thinks the longer dry times means more electricity usage but this machine is very efficient.
Great, thanks! Think I'm gonna take the plunge on this one too, due to the larger size compared to others.
Good information. Thanks for the time you took to make this video. Hope it serves you well, we just got ours and haven't tried it yet but thanks to you I'm not afeared! Lol... Cheers!
How do you find it? Just bought mine ahaha
*DONT DO THIS
I didn't like that I had to clean the filter from my pets fur every time I did my laundry so i broke off the plastic cage on the filter. I added the wire lint catching sleve at the end of the drain hose and it worked great. I thought I cheated the system. But a month later the washer started giving me the error that it can't drain the water. Sure enough the fur that would normally be caught by the filter was now preventing the drain pump from working. I blew into the drain hose a few times and that seemed to do the trick to get the drain motor working again. And then I bought an new filter on Amazon for $13. Lesson learned.
This was the most beautifully done and most complete review I have ever seen. It was a great help to me. They need to hire some technical writers!
Think of the longer cycle times this way: if you are like me, in a conventional washer/change the load to dryer I often found that an hour or two after the washer is done I have to put it in the dryer. The “oh I forgot to change the laundry to the dryer” and there’s your four hour cycle time anyway.
Better yet you forget to take the wash out for DAYS and then have to do the load again. No more of that with the machine. If it says it will be done three hours later it’s completely done 3 hours later.
All in all it’s still a time saver.
That's why I had no trouble committing to this machine the other day. Not only do I have limited space but I am the exact same way in forgetting.
@@Fire_Marshall_Bill we got to a point where we were living out of the dryer. It made me insane. I hate doing laundry to begin with and having to rewatch loads when I was anxious to do a different load. Clothes would come out of the dryer still smelling musty. It was no longer worth the trouble. And boy could that stackable machine dance. This thing was in the kitchen and was just a monster. I’ve never been so happy to be rid of one appliance and the to own an this one. It solved every one of our issues and we are caught up on the laundry. It’s worth the 3 to 4 hour cycle time.
Not sure if one of the commenters has already mentioned this, but the manual says the Turbo wash is mandatory for both Normal and Heavy Duty cycles. In the chart on the manual you're holding, you can see there's a little dagger/cross beside the Turbo Option for those two cycles. Hidden by your thumb is the note: '[options marked with the dagger/cross are] automatically included in the cycle and cannot be deselected.'
I intentionally left in the footage of me struggling with the turbo because although the answer was in the manual and I had read through everything, not every little detail was immediately retained. I thought it would be more realistic to show that navigating the controls until you learn all the quirks and details can sometimes be frustrating. I didn’t want to sugarcoat the first-time-user “new experience” with the machine and put up a video where the machine and my navigation were perfect with every detail.
I wanted to take a moment to thank you for your video on the washer and dryer combo. Your insights and detailed explanation about the features of the product were incredibly helpful for my household in making a purchasing decision.
We followed your recommendations and ended up buying the same model that you reviewed in your video. It has been working perfectly for us and we couldn't be happier with our decision. Your video not only saved us time to figure out all the details.
Once again, thank you so much for taking the time to create such a informative video. We really appreciate your efforts and look forward to watching more of your content in the future. In my product review I have added your link for others to watch the video.
Thankyou.
Sally
Awesome! Thank you!
For anyone here in 2024 having heard about a "new LG washer dryer combo", I want to mention that the model in this review (WM3998) is *extremely* different from the new WM6998 which has heat pump drying. That's a big, huge, massive deal in terms of not only drying times (DOE 10lb load wash and dry in under 2 hours on the new model compared to 4 hours on the old one) and energy usage - less than 1kWh instead of 3.5kWh for the old combo (and also almost all new vented dryers). The WM6998 also has TuboWash, AI DD 2.0 (no hall effect sensor and the ability to detect fabric type from the motor winding feedback - very clever, and even more reliable so far than the already pretty-darn-reliable hall effect direct drive system!) and a *self-cleaning condenser* which means no need to tear it down and brush lint out of the heat exchanger assuming normal levels of lint and all seals and screens are kept in good condition. Washed a queen size comforter in my WM6998 just the other day and it was *still* under 2 hours to wash and dry, extremely impressive. The old WM3998 would have been well into the 6 hours for that.
It doesn’t take 6 hours to wash and dry a Queen sized comforter on the 3998. I steam wash my comforter on Bedding cycle which is 2 hrs wash. Then it’s 90 minute dry. Done. Defo could wash it on a faster cycle. The new 6998 is also a larger cu ft capacity, and as I say in other videos on the 3998, a queen sized comforter wash and dry is actually over the capacity that you can expect good performance on for this machine.
THANK YOU!! I was feeling overwhelmed with the lack of inateuctions that came with my machine. I appreciate how thorough you were and the step by step demonstration!
I’ve posted several follow up videos as well extending the library of applications and information to get best use out of the machine.
Never thought I would say this about a washing machine review from a crazy cat lady, but that was awesome!
That’s what I miss about my old hotpoint Aquarius washer/dryer combo! putting my work uniforms in at night setting it to wash and dry and waking up in the morning and it’s ready to wear 😃
From a question received by email:
Some of previous LG Washer/Dryer models like the WM3997HWA had even more dryer settings such as “Damp“ “Low” and “More”. Even the Kenmore Elite 4002 and 4003 both made by LG had a “Damp” setting. Do you find the lack of temperature control for the dryer limiting? Is it too hot for certain fabrics?
I have not been unhappy with the lack of temperature controls on this machine’s dryer functions. My guess is that because it is larger (4.5 cu ft) and there just isn’t room for the additional components or because it is a condenser dryer rather than a heat pump dryer, that is why it has no dryer temp settings.
Things do ”feel” hot coming out of the dryer, but all of the literature on ventless dryers say that they are all less hot than conventional dryers. I would not trust the feel of my hands to be an accurate gauge of the temperature of the fabric and the heat settings compared to conventional gas or electric. I guess that means I trust the literature.
I have not noticed the dryer to damage any fabrics that I have put in. Even things that I would previously hand wash and hang dry, because I don’t want extra abrasion on the fabrics, I have been washing those on the delicate cycle and then doing a regular dry cycle afterwards with no noticeable deterioration to the fabrics. So that suggests to me that it is, in fact, a lower heat dry process than peoples’ anecdotal experiences and reviews indicate.
This machine does caution you to avoid drying clothes with plastic-like fabrics like some active and exercise wear or bath mats with rubber backing or mattress covers that have a rubber or plastic lining. Those plastic and rubber components can damage the machine.
Very well done. Thank you for NOT doing this hand held. The two camera editing was really intelligent and the image of your face reflecting off the chrome knob was fun.
I am renting a place with a brand new one of these and I found it confusing and almost unusable until I watched your video. Now I at least know how to use it a bit and what to expect.
Thank you!! The face in the knob was totally accidental in-camera footage and I discovered it while editing. If I knew that was going on, I would have used it more and made an effort to get more footage with the effect for closeups.
Thanks for this review!!! I would like a review two years later, to know if you still think it is a good purchase and to know the problems you have had with this washer-dryer combo. I'm thinking about buying the same one and would like to know if you still recommend them after using them for some time.
I still love it. I am so much more efficient with my laundry as a result. And it treats my clothes so much better than my previous (and very old) top-loader.
I haven’t had any problems with the washer. Other than clogging the pump drain filter a few times from cat hair and bath mat fibers. But that can be prevented by more regular cleaning of that filter.
Just today for the first time (after 2.5 yrs) the selector dial was not responding right away to turning it. Will keep an eye out to see if that develops into a proper problem or if it was just a random thing and the dial just needed to be cycled through positions.
Overall really happy with it. I would buy it again. Though there is a GE large capacity combo unit that might be competition these days. I am with this one for the long haul, at least 10 years if it will make it that long, or longer.
I should do a video update. I haven’t made a video about the washer in a long while.
Thank you for this detailed review. I'm strongly considering buying one of these.
Be sure to read through the comments for even more details like about energy usage and the like. So much to discover in more than a year and a half with this machine. I also have 13-14 follow-up videos in the following playlist to help you further make your decision:
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@@calstatelaalproductions2358 Thank you👍
Still the most comprehensive review I’ve seen so far! Thank you. After a year of hesitation all I can say is that I regret not getting it sooner. The long time is not a negative in my experience, most of the lint is drained with the water and a quick swipe of the rubber works. I have white rabbits at home, their hair is everywhere. I’m dealing with way less hair and lint on clothes now and I love the remote app control ❣️Most complains I see are user error, very rarely a defect.
Absolutely mirrors my experience as well!
It’s like a crock pot!! Takes longer, but it takes care of itself. The liberating aspect is that you don’t have to be there to move your laundry from washer to dryer!
Ha! The crock pot of laundry!
So well done, fantastic intro and so thoughtfully presented! Grandma thanks you!
Thank you for the awesome positive feedback!
Just what I was needing ! Great job. LG should hook u up for doing this video
I can’t believe I watch your whole 30 min video. Even watching u struggle w the turbo wash. Was helpful
I felt I needed to be honest about the navigation struggle. Especially when first unpacking and navigating this machine. Some of the layout and operations are not intuitive, and there are distinct errors in the manual about what functions work with which options.
Thank you ma'm, I just bought one and I learned alot from you. Great explanation and you were very clear explaining it all.
Great video, great tips. I just bought this machine. I bought the pedestal too so I wouldn't have to bend down. Cant wait to get started. Also love ❤️ your cat. It was the cat for me..lol :)
I agree with Just 4 Fun..great info..I have had my combo for a week...no problems! Except the chimes, alarm sounds drivin me crazy. Can't find the solution...please share if anyone has found the answer. Thanks again for your video...
Thank you, we are going to buy this washer dryer combo so glad you have made this video. ❤️🥰❤️
Fantastic Video ! So well delivered... will subscribe just to see whatever else you may be chatting about - a great delivery of information but also just such great energy.
I have one of those and damn I love it so much. Fits in my small kitchen in an upstairs apartment giving us additional counter space. Clothes go in dirty and out clean and dry. Overnight wash/dry is a breeze.
Awesome video! I hope LG appreciate it. Clear instructions, easy to follow, funny and vey helpful. The funny/cute part was Mr. Cheeseman hanging out. I don't think LG knows that this appliance also is helpful for pets. Relaxing therapy :) Thanks for sharing your time.
We bought this one a couple of months ago, finally got it hooked up and running this week. Watching these videos before made a HUGE difference in "how do I work this thing?" I wash most of my clothes by hand in a wash tub and line dry; about the same amount of time. I don't like what standard washer/dryers do to your clothes. I am so excited this will wash "by hand" for me and I don't have to be there!
My unit finally arrived yesterday. After a lot of research i have ot dien pegged. Im on load number 3 and its been 6 hours. Thank you for your recommendation.
Loved that you mentioned the mental shift aspect I was used to the separate washer & dryer but with a change of mindset I wash all the time now 😁
I love how I can get clothes dirty, from gardening or yard work or other similar activities, and when I get out of the clothes, I throw them directly into this machine and they are ready to wear again the next day. No waiting until I had a large enough load for my ancient top loader, no muddy clothes sitting in the laundry basket for a week. And with very little work, they simply get clean and dry without me thinking about it.
I'm so excited. I am getting one because I have back injuries and cannot be taking clothes out and putting in back in another drum.
With a little more regular usage since shooting this video, I am finding that the cycles regularly need an extra 30 minute dry after running a full wash + dry cycle in normal, heavy duty, or towels. Especially if my load includes one or more towels or one or more pair of jeans.
When adding that 30 minute dry only cycle, I also like to let the machine cool down for an hour or more before running the extra dry cycle. Which makes the washing at night and then getting up first thing in the morning to do the extra 30 minute dry only cycle the most efficient use of my time.
I also prefer to wash jeans and towels on the normal cycle, because I can use steam with that cycle. I can’t add steam to the towels cycle.
After the extra 30 min drying time, does it come out dry or do you still need to air dry for some more time? Thanks.
It depends on whether you let the load settle at all before you run the extra 30 minutes. If it completes the normal cycle and you run the extra 30 minutes immediately, it may often result in no net "feel" for the clothes. I tend to crack the door open and let the humidity escape for at least 30 minutes before running the extra dry cycle. I also tend to wash a load at night, and the clothes sit in the unit all night to let the internal humidity and heat equalize, and then run the extra 30 minutes in the morning. For the latter, things are often dry, but I do the extra dry cycle to fluff them up before pulling them out. In both of these examples, the extra 30 minutes is usually all that is needed.
I have had some problems with synthetic rayon/spandex clothes where everything else will be fully dry after all the procedures above, but those one or two or three garments inside with the cottons will not be. In that case, I pull all the dry cottons out and just run the extra cycle for the synthetic fabrics that retain more moisture.
I had an LG washer-dryer combo unit for about 5 years which I recently replaced. It was the largest capacity unit available. From my experience, you are trading the time it takes to wash and dry clothes for the convenience of not switching the load from washer to dryer. If you have more than two people in the household, expect to have a backup of dirty laundry waiting to be washed. The cycle on this machine is much longer than the conventional waher and dryer were you can run two loads at the same time. Also, you have to be mindful of what you put in (separate by fabric type, etc.) To get the desired results and proper operation. If not, you will find yourself adding 30 to 60 minutes to dry further, adding to the cycle time. Because of this (and the drum motor failing with no parts available), I bought the LG wash Tower stackable which is compact without sacrificing capacity. Washing and drying is under 2 hours total with better results.
Actually the most important factor in choosing this machine is reduced energy usage. A typical complete wash and (longer) dry cycle uses less than one sixth of the energy of your conventional washer and (shorter) electric dry cycle.
Convenience of not moving laundry to any other machine is hardly a significant gain. I am still handling loads nearly as much. Some loads can’t do an automatic dry cycle. Some items still need to be line dried. If you wash a full load, you have to split it into two dry cycles, so you are handling the laundry the same as conventional setup.
If you don’t adjust your laundry habits, this machine will not be good for you. As I mention in the video, if you continue to save all your laundry for “laundry day” you are going to be frustrated with this machine. If you do loads as they come up, even with multiple people in the household, you should have minimal backing up of laundry. This machine will wash and dry while you sleep. Use that time to your advantage.
If you have space for two machines and the disposable cash, buy two of these and place them side by side like your conventional washer and dryer. Now you’ve doubled your capacity while still dramatically reducing your energy usage.
@@calstatelaalproductions2358 LG Wash Tower energy usage is $13/year, pretty minimal energy usage. In addition, the LG washer dryer unit I had required a lot of effort in cleaning the lint buildup after every load. Think about it- all that wet lint from the wash cycle stays there during the dry cycle and hardens. Wiping down that rubber door gasket takes effort and after using it for a while, you will notice chunks of lint sludge buildup behind the rubber gasket in the narrow crevice around the drum. To remove those lint chunks, you have to disassemble the rubber gasket via the steel band that holds the gasket in place but that requires some effort and know-how. Over time, that buildup will hinder the drum operation and can lead to failure. That is what ruined my unit. I started off a big fan of this kind of machine until the problems started. The LG Wash Tower I have now has much less lint buildup as I described earlier and a separate dryer lint filter.
Thank you so much! I’ve never been so frustrated
Thank you. These instructions are perfect. I just purchased this machine and was totally lost on how it works as the instructions were vague at best. Looking forward to trying this out tonight.
Is the 110 volt like just a regular outlet ?
Yes it plugs into a standard 110v outlet. Parallel-blade-ground/PBG/U-ground 15A plug/outlet. Apparently the dryer component only draws around 3A when in operation. The washer has a higher amperage draw during a cycle than the dryer feature.
I know what happens when it tells you 7 or 8 hours. My machine is older and always says 6:20.
THE MACHINE DOES NOT KNIW WHAT ITS DRYING. So it starts out and determines what it has in the tub. You can kind of see it thinking it thru. Once it determines what you have it then gives you the time it thinks it needs to dry the load you gave it.
So I have put stuff in there and it said 6:20 six hours, 20 minutes. After about 15 minutes or less it brought down that time. Once to 1:15. Hour and 15 minutes and once to 1:30. Hour and 30 minutes.
Why it gives those 7 or 8 hour times to start I don’t know but it will adjust to whatever it thinks it has in the tub. I guess it’s assuming that the clothes are completely soaked?? I don’t know. But if your clothes are that soaked put it on a rinse and spin and then a dry.
I only just discovered this a week or so ago. The manual said nothing about it, so when I saw the 8 hour time, I was like, Nope! Not gonna do that! But I accidentally hit a Normal dry-only cycle the other day when I meant to do a 30-minute dry-only cycle. I didn’t realize until it had been drying for 15 minutes or more when I glanced at the machine and saw it had chosen around an hour or so for a dry time. It must calculate the weight and volume of the load (wet, soggy clothes will weigh more; my load was mostly dry so it weighed less), just like it does before the wash cycles, to generate the actual Normal and Turbo dry-only cycles. Why it generates those long times initially makes no sense. 🤷🏼♀️
@@calstatelaalproductions2358 funny thing tho is that it freaks ppl out and then they don’t want to buy the machine!! I saw a review on this machine and it was the exact reason they didn’t purchase it because they thought it would take six hours to dry clothes. You’d think the designers would have thought that thru a bit. 😂
I just did a load last night, Bedding cycle because it was a couple of throw rugs, no auto dry cycle after the wash cycle. I tried the Normal dry-only, and it was 8hrs plus until it finished the spin cycle, then it dropped down to just over an hour. It still needed another 30 minute dry this morning.
The fact that there was no information about it in the manual made me totally avoid that feature as a dry-only cycle for six months. I would only do the timed dry and do my best guess, which typically for me, I start with 90 minutes for most loads. Even after starting this cycle last night, I didn’t trust it and kept checking while it was doing the 30 minutes of spin. But it proved me wrong and adapted, eventually.
So in theory, if you buy 2 of these, with 4.5 vs normal 2.3...... you can do ~4 loads at a time, and get 4 loads done in 1.5 hours....
That's actually freaking amazing..... o.o
I have been musing that people who have a washer and a dryer should ditch both and buy two of these. It's a fair chunk of change to get two. But then you could double your efficiency versus having just one. The down side is that washing and drying a full 4.5 cu ft of laundry is not going to happen in 1.5 hours. The larger the load, the longer the dry time. I would guess more than 2 hours of dry time just to dry a larger load. And then if you ditched your full-sized dryer as in the scenario I just mentioned, which is typically around 7-8 cu ft, for this slower, ventless dryer, you might feel like you lost something that didn't quite make up for what you gained in the dual combo setup. I can't test the dual combo setup because my home only has the hookup for the washer, no dryer hookup, no power for a full electric model, and no gas hookup for a gas model, and no space for a second unit.
Thank you for such an informative presentation - greatly appreciated this!
You are so much better than the manual. Extraordinarily useful videos!!!
Awesome review!! You mentioned a lot of the things we learned upon using our first washer/ dryer!!
We pre sort our clothes. As we take them off we have a recycling bin to put them in. Once one is full do a load! No wait for laundry day!!
Waiting for mine to arrive!! I've had another previous version and loved it!! We wont fo back to two machines!
Kinda can't as we built our home to use one now😊 It drove the builder a tad nuts lol🤣
Only downside we had...if it REALLY breaks, well your replacing it and doing both wash n dry at laundromat . (Parts for previous model could easily be found online, not too difficult to fix, just getting to the part if the pump)
So far we've had to custom order both versions. This time sadly, hurricane Ian has made a HUGE demand.
Now of we could only get a it to fold clothes too!!😉
Question:.Which settings would you recommend for dress shirts.. less wrinkles as possible(I hate ironing) hubby's new job requires wearing them, so it's new to us that do each week. I figured a light load settings with less spin?
We used perm press on old version this has quite a few options.
I'm so interested in the steam feature! Can you use that solo?
Thanks for the awesome video!
NOI💜💖💜
I haven’t done a lot of dress shirts. I did do one a few weeks back so I chose Single Garment from the app’s downloadable cycles. I was worried about one garment not allowing it to spin and rinse properly, but it did balance fine. It was one button down white shirt. I think I did the normal dry cycle separately rather than automatically. I don’t remember it having significant wrinkles after the dry. (Single Garment works for a shirt or blouse or something lightweight. Don’t use it for a single pair of jeans or a single bath towel.)
Otherwise I would recommend delicates cycle and a small to medium load. Several commenters complain about everything coming out of this machine wrinkled. I suspect they have too many clothes during the dry cycle. If the clothes can’t tumble freely, that’s going to result in more wrinkles. So I’d suggest for clothes that need ironing to avoid wrinkles, try drying loads no bigger than halfway to the “max fill line” for drying, or about 1/3 of a tub.
I haven’t used the Fresh Care feature, but that is supposed to intermittently tumble your clothes after a dry cycle until you can get to them to prevent wrinkles from them just sitting there when drying is finished.
Curious why your builder would be having trouble meeting your request. It’s water hookups and 110v power, no dryer vent install, no 220v electricity, no dryer gas hookups. What’s the problem?
Folding and putting away the clothes, that would be next level Starship Enterprise stuff!
I’ve had mine almost 2 years and when I bought it, it was a 4-week wait or more depending on where I got it from. A couple months earlier I had to choose my second choice kitchen range because of pandemic appliance shortages and demands. But happy with that second choice because I think it is a better stove; it was a few hundred dollars more than my first choice.
You do want to use the highest spin possible for any dry cycle. Spin extracts the water to make the drying efficient and effective. It shouldn’t contribute to wrinkles. (I need to do a video about how using a medium spin affects drying. There’s too much moisture in the clothes so it struggles to dry and actually turns the dry cycle into a sauna cycle.)
Steam isn’t a solo option. It’s an add on to the wash cycles. Only the ones on the left side of the dial though. Can’t add steam to the Towels cycle because it’s on the right. So I do my towels in Normal so that I can get the steam option. Normal + Steam is usually a 2 hr 7 minutes wash cycle including wash, steam, rinse, and spin. So it significantly lengthens any wash cycle.
@@calstatelaalproductions2358 thank you!!! You've given excellent advice! (Things we learned from old versions too).
Oh yes that trap will catch some coins... if they get beyond that..the water drain pump is right there, literally.
Once we managed to dislodge the coin that was hitting part of yhe pump.. was past that thing, but could kinda feel it, was hitting the "hole area" you can feel in there.
Builder had NEVER heard of these. 🙄
County actually made him put in a vent. Grrr we foam sprayed and cover that right up. Just grrr people look it up!! Was built mostly in 2007, finished 2008.
I see loads more people knowing about these now! We only have 110 electric on the tiny laundry room. Was originally a closet off our bathroom! Easy place to store/ sort dirty clothes as you take them off! (No kids)
Love that you put yours in the kitchen!! (The 2nd best place for us.)
We often tell people don't you see European kitchens?!? The laundry is there!!😉
My comments are rather all over the place.
Been binge watching you videos in it... dreaming of mine coming in!! January 23rd 🤞
We had only a 2 week wait... but went on sale $400 off, we couldn't get them to honor price without canceling n reorder.
Weird how now online they say "delivery by December 22nd" 🤔
LG doesn't even have in stock fir our area now. Ian, ruined so much, (took ours out out electrically, old model part we needed wasn't made anymore,) certainly have people buying all of the stock up.
Just glad we and our home are ok! Only lost our washer/dryer and screens! Feel so lucky!
@@calstatelaalproductions2358 oh yes!!! People over fill, stuff it full then complain!!!
Heck we had a front loader with matching dryer..still washer held more than the dryer!!!
These machines are awesome!!!
Very helpful! I just received mine today and your video answered all of my concerns!
I truly appreciate your attention to detail. Thanks so much.
23:29 Starship Enterprise, love it! Good marketing idea.
Thank you, I ordered one of these yesterday, this is very helpful!!!
Great video, thank you so much. By any chance you know how to turn off the sound in this machine. Thanks again.
I haven’t thought to look for that feature, but will add it to the things I am putting into a follow-up video if I can find out how.
@@calstatelaalproductions2358. Thank you so much, I will appreciate.
great review. i just ordered one and like your comment about thinking about these differently; put in laundry before going to sleep and wake up to clean dry clothes.
I mean we don’t wait until every dish, utensil, pot, and pan is dirty and then spend a whole weekend day doing the week’s dishes. Why do we do that with laundry?
LG just came out with a slightly larger capacity unit that adds a heat pump process and a simplified control interface. Trying to compete with the GE unit that came out a couple years ago I suppose. I am still happy with this machine and feel like I get the success I need and want out of it. I do think people overload them particularly with drying capacity, use too much detergent, and expect it to be a miracle thing. It’s a tool and you have to learn how it works and how to best use it for success.
great job, amazing informative video, thank you
From a question received by email:
Some of the Amazon reviews for the previous model WM3997HWA suggest that the dryer function on that model works better when the drain tube is lower and is assisted by gravity. I’ve seen your video with the cold and hot water hook ups but couldn’t see how high or low you had the drain. How high is your drain?
I did have to cut down my drain tube on the back wall because I needed extra space to build the counter surround in the back. While doing that and installing the machine, I did wonder if the top of the wall drain position was important. It occurred to me that it should be lower than the outlet on the back of the machine, to prevent backflow and back siphoning.
I haven't experienced any issues that I can attribute to the wall drain position. If you put your machine on the optional pedestal, that would probably get the machine outlet higher than the top of a typical wall drain tube. Mine went on 2" anti-vibration pads, so that lifted it up a tiny bit.
There are significant design changes from the WM3997HWA 4.3 cu ft and the WM3998HBA 4.5 cu ft, so maybe they dealt with that issue somehow?
I don't remember anything in the manual about optimal position of the hose going into the wall drain tube.
The top of my wall drain tube is now 28.5", and it was previously around 33". The top of the first S-bend from the drain hose is at 28". But the drain hose originates at the bottom of the machine, goes up to that first part of the S-bend at 28", then droops down to come back up to above 28" to get through the final bend into my wall drain tube.
Great review. This may be a dumb question, how would you have this installed in say a small apartment/carriage house that does not have the typical hot/cold water connections for a washer, and that the landlord would not know about? Would you call a plumber to do the job?
I think some manufacturers make smaller units, 24” wide and only 2.3 cu ft or less and some of those units can connect to a faucet like a dishwasher. I’ve also seen. Some RUclips videos of someone adapting this or similar units to install in a location without an actual hookup with some additional plumbing hoses and parts. Those resources and/or consulting with a plumber would be good places to start.
How come u have the washer machine in the kitchen next to the stove
House was built in 1951. That’s where the hookup is.
It's very normal in British homes to have the washer in the kitchen
Drain and water supply same as kitchen most likely
I’m buying anything and everything you review lol. I just got this washer dryer combo today and absolutely loved this review. I didn’t get a book with mine since I bought it from my brother and he misplaced it. Thank you. So much for this review.
Ha! Not sure I am going to get into reviewing more appliances. I'd have to buy more appliances to do that! Still waiting for LG to notice my review and ask me to do more of their devices...prolly won't happen!
The only other recent acquisition is a Frigidaire range for the kitchen, after I tiled the floor December 2020. Not a whole lot to discuss with that unit. Though I am thinking of posting a "how to" clean the stove top without scratching up the surface, removing oil and grease droplets, and leaving a clean, streak-free finish.
Delay cycle is great too. Our kitchen is so so cold in the winter mornings and I put that puppy on delay so that it washes just as we’re getting into the kitchen for the morning routine. Kitchen is now the toasty warm spot in the house in January. It’s just enough warmth and not too much
That’s brilliant! Use it as a pre-warmer for the kitchen!
So this can not just auto drain out the same tube the water goes out??Ya need to empty the tank and can't set it to auto drain?
Gosh no. All the water drains out the same tube that the wash water goes out. But most front loaders have a pump drain filter that it passes through and you need to clean that out regularly. In order to clean that filter, you need to drain out the 3 cups of water that is left behind by any wash or dry cycle.
All water from the wash cycle or extracted moisture from the dry cycle (after it is re-condensed into water) exits first through the drain pump and drain pump filter on it’s way to the hose and your washer drain hookup. But there is a reservoir and 3 cups of water or so always remains behind there. You don’t want to leave that water sit there for a long time. And the pump drain filter will catch fibers and other things in both the wash and dry cycle and will need regular cleaning. I do it at least once a week.
5:35 it’s so amusing seeing your tiny face reflection in the dial lol
That was completely accidental and didn’t see it included in the footage until editing, so I had to use it.
@@calstatelaalproductions2358 it made me smile!
Thank you for this video. I purchased another model from equator, but I had no idea how big a cubit was. Long story short it is too small and I am buying this washer/dryer at the end of the month.
I have no idea how big a cubit is. I am sure I have looked it up at some point but do not remember the volume. I will however always remember that a barleycorn is 1/3 of an inch.
Can I get your advice for my specific situation? I have space for separate units but am tempted to get this so I have the freedom to use the extra space however I like (maybe even as a mini server room some day). I'm not worried about the smaller loads since I don't need to do laundry very often anyways. Would you say the use and maintenance (draining it and the lint on the door) of this unit is annoying enough that you'd recommend people only buy it if they truly Can't buy separate units? I'm so torn! Help!
Before I committed to this, I was going just buy a new washer and continue line drying clothes, because I don’t have any dryer hookups and would need to do an electrical panel upgrade to install a dryer and it would have to go outside. I was on the fence a bit, put off by reviews online and on the home improvement stores that sell this machine. But I plunged. And I am sooooo glad I did.
The maintenance does not bother me. Long term, yeah, the lint cleanup in the door seal can get annoying but I have found the tub clean cycle with an additive helps break up any hard to get buildup and so far after 18 months it’s still looking good.
The drain pump filter maintenance doesn’t bother me at all. What bothers me more is if I neglect that and have a drain clog mid wash, so I am cleaning out the pump drain filter every week to ten days due to my laundry and pet situation.
The minimal energy use is the best sell for me. This machine takes longer to dry but uses 1/6 the energy of a conventional electric dryer for the same load and 2/5 the energy for the same with a gas dryer. Plus it is definitely gentle on my clothes. Things feel warm coming out of the dryer but the condition of clothing does not indicate any heat damage to normal cotton-type fabrics and blends.
Mine is in the kitchen and I intended to make a butcher block cover for additional kitchen prep space, but I prefer keeping it clear for sorting and folding clean dry laundry.
I almost never have more than 1.5 loads of laundry accumulating. And a load for me is half to 2/3 the tub capacity. There’s no hesitation about doing a load if I can put it in at bedtime and it be dry by the morning, or at most need an extra 30 minute dry cycle.
If your clothing wardrobe is comprised of mostly active wear with plastic or rubber-like fabrics, then this machine is not for you.
If you have a king sized comforter, that will need to go to the laundromat. I can do a queen sized comforter, wash and dry (I made a video about that).
Oh and I use a lot less detergent now. Apparently no front loader HE machine needs more than 2 tablespoons of detergent. But the max fill line is like a quarter cup. So I have been scaling that back as well based on the recommendation of appliance repair techs. Definitely using less detergent than my old top loader.
This is an incredible video. Thanks for putting this together. Totally changed my mind and I am going to try out this unit to move my laundry into my home - from outside.
Can you use tide pods with this machine?
I don't know about tide pods. I use a liquid laundry detergent and use the dispenser tray in the way the machine is designed. I do put the tub clean capsules directly into the tub rather than using the dispenser tray because the ones I use are a block of cleaner material, so I assume you could do the same thing with a tide pod.
Been watching an appliance repair tech on TikTok, username renduh, and apparently all modern machines only need two table spoons of liquid laundry detergent, even though the tray can hold 1/4 cup or more. Many use too much detergent and it is bad for clothes and modern machines, this one included. So keep that in mind about how much to use.
For years I had been planning to move my laundry outside the kitchen, to a deck or area that I was going to install pavers. I wanted to be able to have a washer and a dryer. My small kitchen only fits one machine, and I don't have any electrical hookup for an electric dryer. I even had a plumber install washer hookups out there when I replaced my water heater years ago (installed a tankless in that location.) When I was tiling my kitchen floor eighteen months ago, I moved the washer to that location on a temporary low platform for several weeks. The machine got so dirty so fast. I don't think I would have been happy with outdoor laundry from that trial.
In the kitchen, I could use that space for more kitchen cabinets, counter space, and/or pantry space. I considered a stacking unit, but finally settled on this machine. I am so happy with it because it solved my problem without getting a second unit, without moving things outdoors, without having to install electrical or gas hookups for the dryer. The trade-off of not gaining kitchen workspace or storage space is totally worth it.
im having issues with how wrinkled my clothes come out.... is there something im missing? i always choose normal wash and dry options. I wish there was a wrinkle release type option..
Lots of ppl experience this. I don’t. But I don’t wash a lot of clothes that need ironing. If the clothes don’t have enough room to tumble while drying, that could be a factor. The tub has a max fill line at 2/3 for drying. Still don’t know if that is the the fill line for dry laundry before the the wash or if that is the fill line for wet laundry after the wash.
Fresh Care is supposed to help with wrinkle control by continuing to tumble things after the dry finishes and as clothes cool down. Or if you forget to get your laundry out right after the dry cycle.
It is a smaller tub than your typical stand alone dryer. 4.3 cu ft as opposed to 7+ cu ft for most dryers. So you have to scale your dry load size down.
I would also suggest not to mix and match in the same load items that need ironing with things that don’t, especially jeans and towels.
Okay Thank you! I'm also going to try and use the steam care option in hopes of clothes and jeans becoming less wrinkled. @@calstatelaalproductions2358
Thanks for the through review. I was interested in a combo unit to save some space so I could add some shelves. The fact you need to drain the reservoir & remove wet lint every two weeks or less convinced me these combo units are not for me.
The drain is a feature on all front load stand alone washers, so any front loader will have this maintenance requirement, not just the combo units.
If you neglect it in the washers, it will get stinky and rank. I have cats which creates a lot of stuff to get caught in the lint filter. I also do a lot of steam washes and some of my bath mats shed a lot. Those factors require me to do more frequent cleaning.
THANK YOU. SO helpful. What kind of manual doesn't tell you how to turn on the dryer. Crazy.
Right?!?
It's a magic hamper.
This has been very helpful. My machine arrives tomorrow and I am glad I viewed your video.
I am working on a follow-up video with more info after 2+ months in use. Should contain additional helpful tips to get good results with this machine.
Awesome review! very detailed. I wish you would review all the things im interested in 😂
I would gladly review more appliances and other things if some manufacturers wanted to sponsor me and send me items to review! 💕💕💕
I have this machine and the dry cycle it says seven or eight hours but it adjusts.
Yes, I figured that out after using the machine a couple months. Unfortunately the manual doesn't mention that so the eight hours is both off-putting and misleading.
Excellent video! Thk u!
Thanks for the great video
THANK YOU!!!
I was so excited to purchase this machine only to be frustrated with the lack of info on how to run it. I was so relieved when I found your helpful video and I can’t say thank you enough. LG should be thanking you too.
That was a great video! I have this exact same machine and yes I do agree that the manual completely sucks. Even when I called them, the girl on the phone couldn’t believe how bad the manual was especially when it came to the drying part of it which is not mentioned in the manual and barely mentioned in the PDF. I have used this machine a number of times and the thing that annoys me the most is how wrinkled the clothes are afterwards. I’m still trying to find that sweet spot. I remove the clothes immediately and yet they are still wrinkled. Cute cat by the way!
Another commenter also mentioned continual problems with wrinkling. I offered some thoughts in reply, but also learned recently (like just a couple weeks ago) there is a max fill line on the inner rim of the tub opening near the door latch. That is the maximum dry load level you should fill the machine if you want to also dry it afterward. If you fill the wash load higher than that, you should take half the load out after the wash and dry it in two batches. I wonder if that will help with wrinkles?
I don't wash a lot of clothes that need regular ironing, so I can't comment on how those clothes do for wrinkles at the various load sizes.
Great info, thanks!
I agree that it depends on your mindset. In our building, we can only have non vented dryers in our suites. It's an old building with old wiring. So I bought a Blomberg washer and dryer (after having 220 wiring and the plumbing installed). I've had my washer and dryer for over three years. I'm very satisfied with my purchase. But I'm not comparing them to a washer and vented dryer. I'm comparing them to lugging my washing down to the basement and all the inconvenience that entails. Which means I am extremely happy every time that I do laundry. My washer and dryer is quicker than an all in one, but slower than a vented dryer.
After using it for a year and a few months, that’s similar to what works so well for this machine for me. The time and energy saved.
Like the other day I was walking out the door and going to be gone for 3-4 hours. Perfect time for the machine to do a wash and dry. Towels and jeans and a few other misc cotton items. You start the load, go about your business, and however long it takes doesn’t matter because it’s done when you get home.
@@calstatelaalproductions2358 And since almost all dryer related fires happen in the venting hose and there is no venting hose, you don't have to worry about coming back to your building burning down.
THANK YOU! I love the machine ( had an earlier version ) but the lack of instructions was frustrating as it works differently from my last one. Now I know I can get it to dry automatically right after a normal wash by turning it once and it staying on normal. Not exactly intuitive ! Your other info was also very helpful and saved me a lot of time. Great video many thanks
Can u please explain your way in drying with normal way i did not get it
HI Cal, I was thinking of getting this all-in-one- combo but wonder if the washer/dryer all together works ok or not please advise.
Been using it for just over a year and I have been successful at both washing and drying. So yes, it can work, but there is a learning curve and success comes through approaching laundry differently than with conventional washers and dryers.
@@calstatelaalproductions2358 Thanks !
Thank you for the wonderful review !!I would like to ask if you have ever had steam coming out of the hot air safety valve? It happens to me and it wets the whole wall and no one can tell me if this is normal or a defect. Thank you well in advance
You are referring to the white tub vent on the center back? I haven’t had that issue. But several commenters talked about it being an issue when I first posted the video. I didn’t have a good answer for them at the time but have since learned that if you have steam and hard water deposits and calcification coming out of the tub vent, it is usually a sign of using too much detergent in your loads. For most loads you only need 2 tablespoons of HE detergent. I do medium to small loads most of the time, so I am often using less than that. It’s not the detergent that gets the clothes clean as much as the agitation process, so adding more detergent doesn’t get things cleaner. It just creates buildup in your machine and on your clothes. So less detergent or “use less laundry sauce” as one trusted appliance repair tech says. I think overloading the machine could also contribute.
@@calstatelaalproductions2358 Thank you very much for the comprehensive answer. I just bought this washing machine and even from Best Buy they told me that they will replace it with another one but I see a couple of reviews where customers complain about this problem and I live in a very small apartment and my washing machine is in the bedroom and maybe I should give up on that idea.Thank you again 🙏
Thank you for the video and all the information! We had decided to get a washer and driver all in one and we were wondering exactly which Brand to get and we saw your video and decided that we should get the LG 4.5 all in one! We want to ask if it will be ok if we use 4-5 times weekly!
I use mine for anywhere from 30-60 cycles a month! That includes 25-40% as dry-only cycles for additional dry time on some loads.
@@calstatelaalproductions2358 Thank You very much!👍
We've had ours for a couple of months, there is definitely a learning curve but we love it. It seems to dry very hot though and has been shrinking some of our cotton clothes. Have you found a way to adjust the heat it dries at?
I have not seen any feature to adjust dry temperature. My guess is the only way to do that is to dry in shorter timed manual dry cycles and then crack the door open to let some of the heat and humidity escape between cycles. I do that sometimes if I am drying something after a wash cycle (rather than through the auto dry cycle feature) and I am guessing how long to run it. I’ll start with 60 minutes. Then let it cool down and de-humidify with the door cracked, then follow that with another 30 minute dry cycle and another rest cycle, repeating until dry. Still learning how much time to program in for those manual dry cycles. Most of my laundry is cotton and I haven’t noticed any shrinkage, but I have almost always washed clothes exclusively in hot water, so perhaps my clothes have already shrunk as much as they are going to from past wash history. the potential with an app is to add new functionality to the washer with app add ins and firmware upgrades, though it’s hard to tell if LG would even think to do something like this as an app add on.
Are you drying on the turbo dry setting or the normal dry setting? I remember reading in the manual that with turbo dry the machine needs to cool the drum down more frequently and uses more energy as a result. Perhaps that means the turbo dry setting is significantly hotter than the normal dry setting? I haven't really used the turbo dry setting at all. I'm never in that much of a hurry to save a few minutes on the dry cycle and I lean toward the more energy efficient options anyway when given a choice.
I love this video
This must be your review
ITS LIKE FLYING THE STAR SHIP ENTERPRISE
After installing the machine and sitting in front of it for about an hour and putting it through some cycles in order to become familiar with its operation and getting it to do what it is that I require, I find that I love the system. This is an intuitive machine and you must become familiar with the control panel to operate it at its best. (This may be a bit of a difficult learning curve for some and so I suggest a bit more operation instruction be included) The design, fit and finish is well done and the machine is very pretty, I love the color and the shine. And because of that I have refinished my laundry area to match it. And another benefit has been the extra room that I have gained with the removal of my old dryer, a win, win. I have read other reviews and watched a few related youtube reviews before I bought and there are some that say that after the cycle the clothes come out a little damp. And what I have found is that they must not have 1. loaded the machine properly, and 2. taken the time to learn how the machine works best. Most all of my washes with dry cycle included all have come out bone dry. Only once in a while I have to include a bit more drying time. And after that 30 or so minutes the wash is warm and bone dry. This kind of machine is not for everyone. But if you want to load your washer in the morning, set it to wash then dry and come home at night and just fold your nice clean and dried clothes, and you are not required to remove the wet wash from the washer and then dry it, this is the machine for you. I love it. I would enthusiastically recommend this washer / dryer combo unit.
I don’t remember writing a review anywhere other than what I posted on these videos. It is possible I did post this somewhere and forgot. The title mentioning the starship enterprise certainly lines up with comments in the middle of my video. I don’t recognize the writing style as me tho.
Pretty sure I would not post in a review that loads almost always come out bone dry. Mileage may vary depending on how you operate the machine. And depending on how you build your loads. I’m someone who likes to try out different things, see what happens, come to conclusions, try again and see if it is repeatable. Experimentation and discovery. Not a skill that everyone has. So I made videos with many of my discoveries. I follow an appliance repair technician on another platform and I regularly see my discoveries through experimentation validated by a professional.
@@calstatelaalproductions2358 I should not presume it just seemed to line up with what you said lol, my bad.
There was a lot of overlap! Especially the Starship Enterprise reference! I do agree with probably 90% of this review too.
Thank you soooo much, we thought we would loose our minds trying to figure out how to use our new machine!! We watched all your video's and can finally do a load of laundry, lol
I've had the machine a year now and I'm still incredulous how unhelpful the manual is and how incomplete it is about covering all the functions and operations. Glad I could help!
@@calstatelaalproductions2358 so helpful &I love your Dr Who tee in the video!
I love how you talk about the mindset change! I was hesitant since I've been hearing a lot of negative experience about this machine, but you made up my mind and I will purchase one myself. Awesome video!! Thank you
Thank you for this video, we just purchased, haven't received yet, but started to worry because of some bad reviews we found [after the purchase, of course].
Still a bit worried about humidity it might create in the summer....
I did a humidity test and made a follow-up video. Link in the description. Pretty sure it does not have any effect on room humidity. Of course the day I tested we had some showers throughout the day so that made for some confusing humidity fluctuations in the room.
I too read a lot of negative reviews but still decided to purchase. Which is why I made this video. Most of the negative reviews don’t understand that you need to re-think your relationship to laundry and how washers and dryers work in order to have success with this machine. You can’t apply the same rules that you use for conventional washers and dryers.
Thank you! Again, your video is so much more useful than many "reviews". I've used these combo units in Germany/France/Kazakhstan, and you are right about the changes in mindset.... But I think it's worth it for several reasons, including no longer blowing heated air outdoors in my Ohio winters!
Hope you are getting some good ad revenues :-)
I don't think the comparison of energy usage gets discussed nearly enough of within the right context. Conventional dryers to expel a LOT of energy through heat. Apparently if you don't vent it outside, then you are overtaxing your air conditioning in that laundry area.
I've re-run the numbers again on the energy usage. A conventional electric dryer uses 5-7 Kw per hour, and a typical dry load will be 45-90 minutes. So let's say one hour. A gas dryer will use about 30% of that cost in the same hour, plus a smaller amount of 120v electricity; let's call it 2/5 of the cost of the electric dryer. These ventless dryers may take 3 hours on average to dry a load of laundry, and everyone thinks that means the energy usage is much higher, but it's actually not. Stand-alone versions of this dryer only use 3A, which when the math is done, comes to less than 1 Kw for the full three-hour cycle. Net result, this machine dries for 1/6 the energy cost of the electric version (even though it can take 3x as long) and less than half the energy cost of the gas version. Seems like a strong selling point, but it's just not there in the literature, reviews, or marketing.
This is the best best review I've been able to find for this type of washer/drier combo. Thanks! I read a few reviews saying that it may the room it was in humid. Have you noticed anything like that?
This absolutely does not put any humidity into the room. The process extracts the humidity and moisture and pumps it out the washer drain. It can heat up the room a few degrees while drying, tho. And one commenter said they run a load intentionally on cold mornings because they also have it in the kitchen like me and doing so warms up the kitchen.
When opening the door immediately after a dry cycle, there can be a brief release of humidity from inside the tub but not enough to actually change the overall room humidity.
Perhaps some variations of ventless dryers put humidity into the room, but not this model.
I did a humidity test video this weekend and hopefully will post the footage within the next few days. :-)
Results of my first humidity test. Was kinda messed up but random showers and drizzle all day. Humidity Test - LG Combo WM3998HBA
ruclips.net/video/ZbRZOxHXll4/видео.html
@@calstatelaalproductions2358 About to check it out! Thanks!
Bought one a few weeks ago. You are absolutly right about the mind shift in washing clothes and having washing it in the back of your mind 'all Sunday afternoon'. It's like a Ronco of washers, "Set it and forget it".
Thank you,
The manual says
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Available Options
† This option is automatically included in the cycle and cannot be deselected.
Normal and Heavy Duty are the case.