bit-tech Shopping: Whirlpool Duet HT Series WFW9200SQ Washer

• Adjustible Leveling Legs
• Bleach Dispenser
• Child Lock
• Delay Start
• Digital Display
• Door Lock
• End of Cycle Signal
• Fabric Softener/Dispenser
• Noise Reduction
• Sanitary Cycle

Rating: 2

Time with product:

Strengths: NONE

Weaknesses: Will not start the first day code is F01

Summary: I bought this washer yesterday and had it delivered today and the drivers also installed it for us. So when we put our laundry into it and wanted to start it a message came up F01 this message came up every time we tried to start it and this is our first day of owning it.

Rating: 4

Time with product: 7 Months

Strengths: Great washing performance and very quiet

Weaknesses: After 5 months we noticed the tub sagging and laundry stay wet after high spin cycle: the shock absorbers were worn out.After 7 months door seal deformed and laundry get stuck between seal and tub

Summary: Bought is machine thinking Whirlpool would make a great washer as they used to do with the top loaders. The machine is built in Germany which gave me a good feeling.Despite the great performance we already have had too many problems for a 7 month old washer. Glad I bought the 3 yr extended warranty!

Rating: 2

Time with product: 8 Months

Strengths: great stain removal

Weaknesses: wrecks clothes (rips holes), balls clothes up

Summary: Have had holes in sheets, fleece, shirts, baby clothes and crib bedding. Despite having pictures of something physically STUCK in the dryer, Whirlpool is refusing to acknowledge the problem, and refuses to compensate.BUYER BEWARE!

Rating: 2

Time with product: 6

Strengths: Gets clothes clean while leaving a ridiculous amount of detergent in them.

Weaknesses: Does NOT rinse the detergent out at all.

Summary: I have owned this washer for 6 months. While it does a great job of cleaning the clothes, it does not rinse them. I have soft water and therefore use only 1/4 the recommended amount of HE detergent.The washer is designed to use so little water in the rinse cycle that the detergent does not get rinsed out, even after multiple rinses. To actually rinse the clothes, I have to manually add water to the rinse cycles. I manually select a Soak or Rinse cycle and then use a small hose to add water to the machine.Two Whirlpool repairmen have inspected this machine and have informed me that it is functioning as designed. The last repairman finally admitted to me that, yes, the machine does not rinse well.I have contacted Whirlpool and asked to speak with one of the designers of this machine, but they refused to put me in touch with an engineer. An executive secretary simply asked me to have repairmen inspect the machine. When I informed her that the repairmen ascertained that the machine is functioning as designed, she said that there was nothing more she could do for me.I absolutely DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS MACHINE. If you own one already, take some wet clothes that have run through a wash and rinse cycle. Put them in a bucket of water and agitate them. Watch as inches of soap foam will rise to the top of the water!

Rating: 2

Time with product: 5 Days

Strengths: Good for Whirlpool's short term profits

Weaknesses: Poor quality for the price

Summary: Shakes like a bat out of you know where! Broken 3 or 4 times in first 3 years. Every time I hear it, I think there's a helicopter outside our house!What a disgrace!