(12-21-2022, 09:21 AM)homebiscuit Wrote: We bought a new Maytag washer and dryer a couple of years ago with all the computerized bells and whistles that will cost a fortune to repair in the future. Maytag went into a partnership with Affresh to hawk their washing machine cleaner. The Affresh logo is even plastered on the control panel. All of that is fine and good, however, to ensure the user doesn’t ignore the Affresh brand, Maytag has programmed a hard routine into the washing machine which forces the user to run a “Cleaning cycle with Affresh”. There is no warning or advance notice of this cleaning cycle. Once the washer is loaded and start selected, the display informs that a cleaning cycle must be run and the machine must be empty. It will do nothing else until the cleaning cycle is run, so all of the laundry has to be removed and the cycle run before it can be used again.

What’s worse, the only purpose of the cleaning cycle is to ensure every single drop of hot water is used to complete it over the course of an hour.

SMRT.

They shoulda made that notification pop up at the conclusion of a wash cycle, rather than at the beginning.

I think ours will remind, but it won't rebel if we choose to wait until all the loads are cleaned. I dunno, wifey treats laundry like it's some secret science. I stay outta that mess so long as she doesn't screw around with my dishwasher racks.

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