BETTER THAN GE? The LG All in One Washer Dryer Combo: Test, Teardown & Review
Summary
TLDRThe script discusses LG's new 2-in-1 combo washer and dryer that claims to wash and dry clothes in just 2 hours. It provides an in-depth review, testing the machine's performance on various loads to evaluate wash and dry times. Key points covered are the machine's features, wash and dry cycles, app connectivity, noise levels, energy usage, tear down and inspection of the heat pump system, reliability concerns due to the small compressor, and comparisons to GE's similar combo machine. The review finds the LG machine solid overall but notes it did not meet the advertised 2 hour wash/dry times.
Takeaways
- 😊 The LG 2-in-1 combo washer/dryer claims to wash and dry clothes in just 2 hours
- 👍 The large 5 cubic foot drum capacity and 120 volt power requirements allow flexible installation
- 🤔 The actual wash and dry times were longer than claimed, closer to 3-4 hours
- 💡 The AI wash and dry features adjust cycles for faster completion times
- 📱 The LG ThinQ app provides impressive remote monitoring and control capabilities
- 🔬 The heat pump drying system is smaller than competitors, raising durability concerns
- ⚠️ Lint buildup behind the filter housing could reduce airflow and drying performance
- 😀 The washing machine quality and reliability match LG's reputation
- 😕 The 1 year compressor warranty seems short for an unproven heat pump system
- 👍 Despite some limitations, the LG 2-in-1 exceeds the GE model through advanced features
Q & A
What are the key features of the LG 2-in-1 combo washer dryer?
-The LG 2-in-1 combo washer dryer has a large 5 cubic foot wash capacity, a heat pump drying system instead of a vent, runs on standard 120V power, and has WiFi connectivity with a smartphone app for controls and monitoring.
How long did the first test wash and dry cycle take?
-The first test wash and dry cycle took around 4 hours and 40 minutes total.
What kind of compressor and refrigerant does the LG use for the heat pump?
-The LG uses an LG E072MA rotary compressor with R134a refrigerant.
What was the peak temperature reached during the overnight drying test?
-During the overnight test with blankets, the LG heat pump reached a peak temperature of 126.8°F.
How does the LG heat pump compare in size to the GE heat pump?
-The LG heat pump system is about 1/3 to 1/4 the size of the GE heat pump system.
What is the warranty length on the LG heat pump compressor?
-The LG heat pump compressor only has a 1 year warranty.
What wash and dry time was achieved on the second test with lighter clothing?
-On the second test with lighter clothing, the total wash and dry time was around 3 hours.
What is the capacity of the LG wash drum compared to a typical standalone dryer?
-The LG has a 5 cubic foot wash drum capacity compared to 7.6 cubic feet for a typical standalone dryer.
What is the final recommendation on purchasing the LG combo unit?
-The recommendation is to purchase either the LG or GE combo unit depending on which is cheaper and to get an extended warranty due to the new technology.
What advantage does the LG have over the GE combo unit?
-The LG has a better smartphone app than the GE for remote control and monitoring.
Outlines
😊 Overview of the LG 2-in-1 Combo Washer Dryer
The paragraph provides an introduction to the LG 2-in-1 combo washer dryer, a new machine that claims to wash and dry clothes in just 2 hours. It discusses LG's experience with combo units, the unique heat pump technology used, the large 5 cubic foot drum capacity, the 120V power supply, and questions around whether it can actually achieve the 2 hour wash/dry speed.
👕 Testing Performance on First Wash/Dry Loads
The paragraph covers testing the performance of the LG unit on some initial wash/dry loads, including a quick wash cycle suggested by LG, creating a mixed load with towels and coveralls, and using the AI wash and dry features. It took much longer than expected at over 4 hours due to the heavy load.
🔬 Inspecting the LG Unit's Design and Heat Pump System
The paragraph focuses on disassembling and inspecting the LG unit to understand the heat pump drying system design. It provides observations around the small size of the system compared to competitors, the evaporator coil susceptibility to lint buildup which can increase drying times, and suggests getting an extended warranty due to reliability concerns around the new heat pump technology.
☀️ Impact of Higher Ambient Temps and Hot Water on Performance
The paragraph covers moving the LG unit to a warmer room with hot water access to re-test performance. With slightly warmer conditions and lighter test loads, the wash and dry times improved, coming closer to the advertised 2 hour claim under optimal conditions.
🛏 Issues Drying Extra Large and Overloaded Laundry Loads
The paragraph discusses testing performance with some extremely large and overloaded laundry loads. It highlights capacity limitations related to drying very large loads, with sensors drying outer layers first while inner layers remain wet, and compares drum capacity to standalone dryers better suited for extra large loads.
👍 Final Recommendation and Comparison to GE Ultrafast Combo Unit
The final paragraph provides an overall recommendation for the LG combo unit, calling it slightly better than the GE Ultrafast unit. It highlights the LG thinQ app flexibility as the biggest differentiator over GE, and suggests the extended warranty as critical for the heat pump compressor reliability.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡LG 2in1 combo washer dryer
💡heat pump
💡drying times
💡energy usage
💡wash performance
💡LG ThinQ App
💡noise levels
💡rotary compressor
💡filtering system
💡GE comparison
Highlights
LG is not a newcomer to using combo wash or dryer units they've had a lot on the market before.
The huge ADV AG here isn't what's on the front of the machine, it's what's behind the unit that matters.
The app was way easier to navigate and use to select a cycle than the control interface on the washing machine.
The washing and drying times on this weren't quite as good as advertised but for a combo washer dryer they were still very good.
What makes this unit really really nice isn't just the features on it, it's really the LG thinQ app.
For those that care this machine was actually assembled in South Korea.
The secret on why the heat pump is so undersized by comparison to the GE is that it's using that heating element to run like a condensating dryer would in addition to a heat pump.
I would feel far more comfortable if LG had offered a three or 5 year warranty on it instead of the one year that is on this unit.
Yes I think this actually is a little bit better than the GE but not extremely so.
The app is the biggest difference between these two machines and the flexibility that offers could allow it to overcome some of the weaknesses.
LG has a much better reputation for their units but the GE is made and assembled in China this is made in South Korea.
Honestly a lot of it would probably come down to price.
If we can find that GE unit we'll do some tests in the future.
I hope you liked and enjoyed this video.
I hope you have a great day.
Transcripts
this is the allnew LG 2in1 combo washer
dryer this is a brand new machine at the
market that claims that it can wash and
dry your clothes in Just 2 hours LG is
not a newcomer to using combo wash or
dryer units they've had a lot on the
market before such as their trom series
and the thing that makes these kind of
units very interesting to use is that
they have a heat pump installed in the
unit uh kind of like a dehumidifier and
the huge ADV AG here isn't what's on the
front of the machine which is one of the
largest capacity washers on the market
at 5 cubic feet but it's what's behind
the unit that matters it does not have a
vent like a typical dryer it only has a
drain hose and then the other aspect is
that it runs off 120 volts ac in the
United States so you can put this
literally anywhere in your house that
you want to wash clothes which makes it
really special to where you can now do
laundry just anywhere you would like to
but does the machine actually run like
it claims and what's the deal with the
heat pump is that going to be a
liability in the future and then how do
the modes work on this we're going to
inspect and tear down everything today
in this video so let's get started once
it's powered on the unit offers a wide
array of choices and options including
AI powered modes for faster washing
choices and I think there are about 15
options on the dial knob that allows you
to make these choices but there are also
additional modes and options on the
right side of the panel including
typical wash modifiers such as Steam dry
times and additional options you can
also select to only wash or only dry as
well so you can do one or the other if
needed when you set Yours up for the
first time LG suggests a quick wash so
we're going to go ahead and do that
while we set up the thin qlg app it lets
us manage the washing machine from my
cell phone it took a little bit of time
to set the app up on this washing
machine but once I was done with that
the options features and power of the
app were extremely impressive I found
the app to be way easier to navigate and
use to select a cycle than the control
interface on the washing machine you may
like this or hate this depending on if
you have a Wi-Fi signal and like to use
your cell phone this system does require
a constant Wi-Fi connection though which
could be a problem for some people but
you don't need the Wi-Fi to actually run
the unit it's optional but I definitely
suggest it this system does let us push
options and features directly to the
combo unit for my phone so I can change
the features I want on the Fly and
there's just too much to go over in the
video in terms of all the options I want
to say there are at least 40 to 50
different options that I can choose for
my cell phone it also features energy
monitoring which we verified
independently on a kilowatt meter and
found that what LG put on the screen on
the phone was pretty accurate it they
claim a 30% variation but we found it
was about 10% overall for the first re
load once the quick wash was done I
tried to mix a various load of towels
and smaller mixed laundry as well as one
of my large coveralls that you see me
wear on screen a few towels did make it
into the mix which tend to be bulkier
and cont tax a combo unit in my
experience for the first wash we are
going to use the AI wash and dry
features one caveat to my tests is I
only have cold water here which could
affect the drying times and on this test
the drying times are well trying times
once the unit began the initial time
estimate was 4 hours and 42 minutes ouch
at least the app showed me what time it
was going to be done so I could plan my
videos and my life around the load of
laundry and to LG's claim there are
certain restrictions on what they say
can be washed and dried in two hours
they say a 10 lb load on energy saver
mode which I don't think we use that
option in this case so we'll give the
unit some credit the unit ran and ran
and ran and in the process of it running
I would note that the AI wash did drop
the total run time down from 4 hours and
40 minutes to just a little bit over 4
hours for it to be fully complete one
major note was energy usage on the
kilowatt meter as well as the app the
unit showed that it rarely went over 450
or 500 watts but and quite frankly I'm
not surprised it took 4 hours to run
because that low of energy consumption
would will take a long time to dry your
clothes now that we have our first 4 and
1/2 hour wash and dry done I had opened
it yet to check anything so we're going
to open it and see uh how dry the
clothes ended up being as well as the
wash quality on my jumpsuit that I
normally wear for my mayag
uniform now one note I guess is I did
throw some towels in this some light
ones that may have added to the wash and
dry time especially with that towel
really really really dry these are bone
dry here's my
suit um this suit was really banged up
with all kinds of just different stuff
on it there's paint on it that obviously
is not going to come out but overall
everything else on my jumpsuits in
really really good shape everything went
really well it seems like on drying and
I'm noticing way more uh bedding in this
than I thought there or way more to in
this I thought there would be so that's
why the dry time was much higher than I
thought and ironically the machine
figured out there was a ton of tows in
this I guess when it was uh sensing
everything uh which is really surprising
uh in kudos to LG for figuring that out
so I guess we'll have to get some more
clothes and uh put in this to see if we
can get close to that 10 lb limit but so
far everything's really really good
after filming this I had a strange
feeling about the load so I went through
and checked what we put in it I did
notice some more towels than expected
the load ended up also being heavier
ended up being 15 lbs of laundry that
was definitely on the higher end of what
you would expect so this is atypical and
as soon as this test was over I got a
call from my mom telling me her May tag
washing machine was broken and she
desperately needed to wash clothes I
figured this was a perfect way to get
someone else's opinion on the LG
all-in-one washer dryer one key thing
though is that she wanted three pieces
of clothing not to be ran through the
dryer cycle because she wanted to line
dry them I don't understand why she
wants to cuz it's Ohio and it's like 20°
outside but hey it's my mom and I have
to listen this time we made darn sure
that the unit had no heavy clothing in
it other than maybe one sweater and this
load definitely came in at 10 lb to see
if we can get a lower wash and dry time
but before we could run the load again
the unit prompted me to clean out the
filter one really neat thing is that
this filter is very easy to remove and
when you pull it out it cleans the lint
as you remove the filter box from the
housing and this is really ingenious I
would note that it's a mesh filter so it
needs to be cleaned with hot water every
10 loads according to the LG manual back
to Mom's clothes once loaded on AI wash
we get 3 hours and 6 minutes it's still
not what LG promised but at least it's
not 4 hours thanks to the thin Q app I
was easily able to figure out when the
unit stopped washing so I could pull her
clothes out before the dryer started
when it came time to take out the items
that she wanted to line dry my mom
remarked to how incredibly dry the items
already were thanks to the highe speed
spin on this LG unit if you've never
owned a front loader in general or
especially an LG unit they do a really
good job of spin drying the clothes to
where there's not a lot of moisture left
it runs at about 1200 RPM Which is far
beyond what you would see on any
traditional topload washing machine a
May Tag's G to doe between 700 and 800
RPM on a smaller drum than this 5 cubic
foot so that's something to keep in in
mind that's a huge advantage on these
units when my mom came to look at the
washer she also remarked how incredibly
quiet the machine was in operation
despite the fact that it was running and
drying the clothes it did not make a lot
of noise and there's even options on the
LG app for overnight and nighttime
volume levels which reduce fan and spin
noises which is really neat now we have
the second load of laundry done in this
and it definitely got the mom seal of
approval this one took only 3 hours
which is not where we want it to be but
it's significantly better but probably
more importantly even in the wash and
dry times the electric consumption on
the dryer is significantly lower than
the first load we used less than half
the amount of electricity um the dryer
drum still quite warm we got to put a
meter in this at some point but it's I
was worried about these clothes not
coming out dry or warm it came out much
better and nicer than the first load
credit to the wash AI or the dry AI eye
I was disappointed the amount of time it
took didn't drop when we took my mom's
heavier clothes out but it is what it is
for the next test I want to go back to
beding on this load I'm doing two heavy
blankets six large towels and one small
towel just over 10 lb I wanted to use
the overnight remote start feature on
this which I think is really neat once
you set it on the console the door will
lock so be prepared with your detergent
or whatever you're using like I'm using
these off brand Tide Pods we're also
going to put an elitech Data Logger in
the unit to see how hot the drum gets
and we're going to set the load to start
around 7:30 a.m. the next morning well
before the time I get to work the unit
ran for about 4 hours and 30 minutes
which was very disappointing to me and
it used about 2.2 kwatt hours of
electricity and that was pretty expected
for a bulky load of clothes the runtime
was bad but the energy usage again was
about what I would have expected it to
use it used the amount of electricity I
expected but it used it slowly now from
the Data Logger we see how the dryer
performed it ran for quite some time it
took a while for it to ramp up but it
ended up building a peak temperature of
126.80 f which is pretty impressive
given the amount of wattage that the
unit continues to use after using the
sensor I went ahead and cleaned the
filter again marveling at how ingenious
this design was to use by the way now
it's time to do the part of the video
which I care about which is figuring out
why the unit takes so long to dry and we
got to avoid the warranty in the process
to figure this out at the back of the
unit there is not a lot to see but I
wanted to inspect the motor anyway to
see if there's anything quickly we can
discern from Once the plate is off you
can see that this unit has a typical LG
direct drive motor which has a 10-year
warranty on it they're extremely wellb
built and they help the machine run
whisper quiet now let's get to the core
of the unit one major thing that I saw
when taking this apart is the rear piece
of the filter housing there was a ton of
Lent on it which is not a good sign but
I will tell you after rereading the
manual LG does tell you and show you how
to clean this as well as the condenser
coils so let's continue to dig deeper
into the machine and remember while I'm
taking this apart if you enjoy the
review and are considering buying this
LG 2in1 washer dryer unit use the link
in the description or the product
picture on the YouTube video I get a
small credit if you end up buying one
and I use the money from the GE Ultra
fast combo unit to actually pay for this
so I could do the review at my own
expense that way LG or no manufacturer
influenced my opinions on the unit the
nicest thing I can say about the
suppliance as a technician when taking
it apart is that it tears down like it
should I did not have any manual or
guide or support from LG on how to do
this but it wasn't hard to do or at
least so far but in order to really get
to the heat pump unit you have to remove
the front of the machine which I was not
a thing fan of but at least it wasn't
super hard if you are a technician the
good news is that if you've ever fixed
an LG washing machine and had to take it
apart this operates fundamentally the
same as any other unit despite the heat
pump two screws in the dispenser two on
the lid switch four on the top of the
frame and then finally the door boot
wire and then the two screws on the
drain pump housing and that's it to take
the front off with the door off you can
see at what is at the bottom of the unit
which looks like any other LG unit and
this one does have a DC voltage drain
pump which is a new Wrinkle in LG units
that I've taken apart most use vac but
otherwise this is quite familiar finally
to the last bits of the heat pump system
I had to remove the front bulkhead which
was not hard but it was nerve-wracking
because I've never done anything like
this before and there probably are few
techs that have outside of LG and I'm
sorry if any LG tech is watching this I
probably didn't do this the right way
but at any rate here's the part that
you're paying the $2 to $3,000 for fully
shown we can start making some
observations about what really makes
this unit different and special for
consumers and that is the heat pump
system right here you have the
compressor in the back you have the
evaporator and condenser coils in the
front and then you have a blower motor
that runs to circulate air through the
entire system this is a radically
efficient design that uses very low
wattage to accomplish the drying of your
clothes this is powered by an LG e 072
ma compressor it is an R134 refrigerant
compressor in a rotary configuration
this is very important to me because LG
has been known as not always having the
best compressors on the market for the
refrigerators but since this is a rotary
compressor it may not be privy to some
of the complaints or issues that the
other types that LG has on the market
another thing that's interesting is is
the size of this entire system it is
rather small the compressor only runs on
300 watts of electricity according to
the online documentation that I found uh
it's a three-phase 280 volt DC
compressor which is a little bit unique
in the market I think the evaporator and
condenser coils are quite small so it's
definitely on the lower end of sized
units especially if you compare this to
the uh G e Ultra fast 2in1 combo which
has a much larger system by comparison
this is probably 1/3 to maybe 1 quarter
of the size why would LG have such a
small system in this and the answer is
well size this unit is not very large
this is essentially the same size or
very close to their standard 5 cubic
foot units that are on the market in the
United States this will fit anywhere in
your house but it's doesn't have as much
power as some other units would have now
to its credit there is a nice resistive
heating element underneath the tub that
can be used for sanitization cycles and
I suspect it may run in the normal
drying mode to help operate this not
only on a heat pump mode but a condenser
dryer mode that is where you run a
heating element and then circulate a lot
of air through a condenser that is a
lower temperature and then it coalesces
all that water to go to the drain pump
and then out and essentially on this
unit I think it can use both things in
our kilowatt testing we saw this Peak at
about 600 watts of electricity which
would make me suspect that it went way
over the capacity on the compressor
which means that maybe there's a heating
element involved in the process of
heating one bad thing about this unit
that I don't like is the fact that as
far as I have seen LG only has a one-ear
warranty on the compressor
when you get the machine you see the
large 10-year stamp on it for the motor
and I am not happy that they only put a
oneyear warranty on that compressor and
another thing that I don't like about
this is the evaporator fins here up at
the front if you look at it there is
already some lint that has bypassed the
filter and has got stuck on the
evaporator and then also during the
initial tear down the rear plastic
housing that goes into the filter was
clogged with tons of Lent this is
something that was easy to take apart
but I am concerned that degradation of
air flow will increase rapidly to higher
and higher drying times which is a very
common complaint of the older LG systems
that did not have a heat pump in it it's
also a great concern on the GE units and
accessing this evaporator system is not
as easy I think as the GE units because
of how the housing is mounted it's
Direct it goes directly down and then
takes a 90° angle and the fins on the
evaporator are quite small and I would
be concerned that they would be prone to
damage if you have to clean them but
that is only speculation on my end as a
technician what I wish LG would have
done is put a three or fiveyear uh
warranty on this unit like its
competitor General Electric has that
would inspire a lot more confidence in
me as a technician that they've done
right by the consumer on this if you end
up buying this system I would highly
suggest that you do purchase a 3 or
5year extended warranty on this because
if there is an issue I predict this is
where it's going to be because otherwise
LG does actually have a fantastic
reputation on all the other parts in
their system the only part that's
questionable is the new part there so
this is a little bit questionable but I
understand why they designed it the way
they did because of the size concerns
also I suspect this model will be
available all throughout the world um it
will probably use a different
refrigerant I've heard uh some people
say that it uses r290 r290 is propane
and I would have suspect that the
European models of this and maybe the
Asian models would use r290 as well but
unfortunately Hank Hill is going to be
very depressed knowing that this uses
134 instead of 290 one other thing about
the tests we've done with drawing time
now that we've said all this is that the
room that I'm doing all these tests in
is a little bit chilly it is not optimal
for laundry and we are only using a cold
water wash so we're going to go ahead
and put the unit back together
reassemble everything and take it to
another less glamorous part of our shop
that is warmer and has access to warm
water so we're going to do some
additional washes and see if that
changes the wash and dry time at all or
if LG's claims about the 2our wash was
definitely on the a questionable side
for an average load of laundry on these
final two tests I did set some stains in
on clothing but when I showed my wife
what I was doing she told me that I let
this sit too long and she turned out to
be right about most of it oops we have
another 10 lbs of light and mixed
laundry here shirts Rags a flannel shirt
and a few other pieces along with the
far too long set in stained shirts I put
a GoPro camera in film but due to the
shape of the door glass and the size of
the load the filming quality wasn't that
great other than a few shots of how well
the water sprays on the clothes ends up
doing a great job of spraying water in
to wash the clothes and I will have a
dedicated video on how the wash
operation Works soon with a little bit
less clothes for easier viewing using
the AI wash and dry we finally got the
time down on the unit to just under 2
hours at this point it's clear that
ambient temperatures and potentially
water temperature do play a part in the
dry times however I will note that it
did have to run a little bit longer than
the initial estimate it ended up taking
a real world time value of 2 hours and
15 15 minutes on my barbecue covered
stain on this Erp shirt that wasn't set
in quite as long the LG washer did a
great job removing the stain on the
kimchi shirt I wasn't so lucky but I'm
quieter than sour cream so I really
didn't do any pre-treatment on this
which will offend every South Korean
that is watching this and I apologize on
the flow meters the LG unit used 1.9
gallons of hot water and 13.3 gallons of
cold water for the wash I didn't use any
special modifiers like extra rents the
would have added more even though that
was an option that you can get on the
machine or the app after the load was
done I washed the air filter as well as
cleaning it as per the LG manual you
want to actually clean this with hot
water every 10 loads and you want to do
that on any dryer regardless if it is
this type of heat pump dryer or a
standard unit the last set I wanted to
do is a queen siiz comforter set and I'm
adding two twin-sized blankets as well
this is without a doubt a terribly large
load for this unit I'm selecting the
bedding mode and it puts the system only
into a wash mode for 1 hour with a
medium speed spin dry once the wash was
done we switched to the dry only mode
and let the unit make the decision on
the run time which was 2 hours and 43
minutes however when we got done with
that load the items were not fully dried
even though the unit said that it was I
ended up having to manually set it for
another hour and a half to run to get
the bedding dry for a total wash and dry
time of 5 hours but before you get mad
at this time note that the drum that the
drum was absolutely packed full of
bedding and that creates two problems
for a unit the first one is that when
it's too full it prevents the fan from
properly blowing air to circulate moist
air throughout the unit to run it to the
heat pump to dry the clothes the other
unit is that the bedding was dry on the
first pass at the front of the unit and
not the center or rear and that is
because the sensors likely saw that the
front was actually dry and called for it
to finish the load and this again is a
problem that happens when a drier drum
is too full lastly the LG washer dryer
has a capacity of 5 cubic foot for the
inner wash basket if you compare this to
a similarly large Standalone dryer like
this Samsung it has a 7.6 cubic foot
drum which is significantly larger and
could have handled this quite a bit
better on hindsight if I had just ran
the three-piece queen comforter set it
would would have probably done a fine
job in dried within 2 and 1/2 hours but
I wanted to stress test this which some
people may end up doing inadvertently
and that's why it would take so long to
dry now that we've gone through all
these different tests about a dozen
different washes uh would I recommend
this LG combo washer dryer yes I think
there's a lot to like about the specific
LG WM 6998 combo washing machine the
washing and drying times on this weren't
quite as good as advertised but for a
combo washer dryer they were still very
good because I have used the old tra
series before and this works much better
than those and the common complaint on
the last generation WM 3998 was the dry
times are ridiculous again although they
were a little bit more than that
advertised 2 hours they weren't super
bad but what makes this unit really
really nice isn't just the features on
it it's really the LG thin Q app
offscreen I ended up using this app far
more than I thought I would especially
compared to the GE smart HQ app that was
for that unit I liked using it more than
the interface and I think that it offers
a lot of distinct advantages that most
homeowners are going to like if they use
a combo washer dryer let's be serious a
unit like this isn't going to run as
fast as a washer and dryer pair ever
will if you have the room for a washer
dryer I definitely suggest the LG wash
toer washer and dryer stack unit because
it will run so much faster than this but
that app allows you to do a lot of
remote control stuff from your phone
that allows you to start loads whenever
you want so you can be at work or asleep
that will give this unit some advantages
another huge thing with this unit is how
shockingly quiet it is both in the dry
mode and the spin mode
I did not hook up any sort of deciel
meter to it although I will at some
point but this thing runs so quiet it
shocked me and when my mom watched the
unit in operation she was stunned too
coming from a mayag topload washing
machine additionally LG is probably the
most reliable brand of washer dryer on
the market that is not named Speed Queen
and of course they don't have a washer
dryer combo like this and never will for
those that care this machine was
actually assembled in South Kore Korea
where there are issues though on this
machine I think is the undersized heat
pump that could present some drying
issues which I think we ran into on
further inspection on this machine I
think the secret on why the heat pump is
so undersized by comparison to the GE is
that it's using that heating element to
run like a condensating dryer would in
addition to a heat pump to condense that
water quicker faster better this makes
for an interesting tradeoff and a small
smaller unit but is more susceptible to
low ambient temperatures like we had
here increasing the dry times and a few
other issues but the heating element
does give you additional benefits such
as a sanitization cycle the other
concern on this unit is the compressor I
believe the rotary compressor in this is
a good idea I think it's better than
some of LG's other compressing systems
but I would feel far more comfortable if
LG had offered a three or 5year warranty
on it instead of the one one year that
is on this unit by comparison the GE
Ultra fast combo 2 in1 unit has a 5-year
warranty and I question why they offered
that when they're both very close to the
same price I would highly suggest
getting a extended warranty no matter
what on a unit like this just because
it's new technology and you could run
into problems finally at the very end of
this is this unit a GE killer is this
better than the GE Ultra two in one
combo unit yes I think this actually is
a little bit better than the GE but not
extremely so I think that the app is the
biggest difference between these two
machines and the flexibility that that
offers could allow it to overcome some
of the weaknesses such as the slightly
longer washing and drying times it's a
much bigger Advantage than I thought it
would be when I started doing the video
and running all these loads of clothes
but I think that it can't be understated
however GE could always introduce new
upgraded iterations of their smart HQ
system that would make them even but the
fact that you can push commands to this
machine from your phone is very very
useful that's probably going to run when
you're not around build quality wise I
like LG over GE LG has a much better
reputation for their units but the GE is
made and assembled in China this is made
in South Korea I think build quality on
the parts at least is a little bit
better however the GE heat pump is a
much larger system and a more probably
robust system and they backed that with
a 5-year warranty so there are some
advantages on the GE so don't think that
you have to throw that away because this
is so much better honestly a lot of it
would probably come down to price I
bought this for $2,000 on sale I bought
the GE for $2500 on sale I would get
honestly whichever machine is a little
bit cheaper and get that warranty
regardless however you don't have to
take my word on which unit is better if
I can go out and find another GE
ultrafast 2in1 combo maybe we can just
bring it in the test room and run these
units side by side in the marathon and
compare every single feature line for
line and see which one really truly
comes out better or at least would be
better for you and that's it for the
video I hope you liked and enjoyed this
video make sure to subscribe because if
we can find that GE unit we'll do some
tests in the future also if this video
helped you just make a decision to buy
this if you click the links in the
description and the YouTube shopping
stuff at the bottom it does help me earn
some money back because I did pay for
this machine out of my own pocket and
business expense but I hope you have a
great day and see you
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oh that was a lot easier to find than I
thought it would
be
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