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do they all require special detergent?? 
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Platinum Supermommy
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: VA
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not mine....The LGs..
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not mine....The LGs..[/b]
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what is the LGs??
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Platinum Supermommy
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Minnesota
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I have an LG too and it doesn't have to use HE detergent ..... I use my good ol' Apple Mango Tango ... but only 1/4 of the amount
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Platinum Supermommy
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Join Date: Nov 2005
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I use the kind that says HE on the front, same price I think, and I hardly use any.
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Mega Super Mommy
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Join Date: Apr 2005
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We had front loaders in our last house and we also used the HE detergent. It worked great!
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Mega Super Mommy
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Portland, Oregon
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YES!
It's VERY important that you use the detergent that has the HE symbol on it. Because front loaders use a much smaller amount of water, the regular detergent can't break down in the water. It will leave a residue in your washer that will act as a 'strainer' for all the yucky bacteria and dirt that come off your clothes. Your washer will end up stinking REALLY bad! If you read reviews about the frontloaders, you'll see some people complain that their washer ended up smelling really bad. That's why. And you can't ever get rid of the smell!  !
ETA: Found these links that may be helpful
http://ezinearticles.com/?Why-Front-Load-W...t&id=314243
http://www.wikihow.com/Get-Rid-of-Mold-Sme...Washing-Machine
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Mega Super Mommy
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Kentucky
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My front loading one says it requires HE. I have the Maytag Neptune set. I haven't been using HE, but I guess I will now. Thanks for the info, Sarah! I didn't know that.
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I called LG and asked them about it ... and they said as long as I only used about 1/4 of the normal amount, that I could use regular detergent
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Mega Super Mommy
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Join Date: May 2005
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oh, ok. My book says regular can be used if diluted. I just read it lol. I got them a year ago. I guess I will dilute it from now on. Those bottles of HE just aren't big enough for all of our laundry. It runs out too fast.
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Mega Super Mommy
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Join Date: Mar 2005
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not lucky enough to have a front loader!! lol
Would like one though! Maybe Santa will bring one this year....if I'm good!!!!!! 
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Mega Super Mommy
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Join Date: Mar 2005
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I called LG and asked them about it ... and they said as long as I only used about 1/4 of the normal amount, that I could use regular detergent [/b]
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you should be ok then Trina. However, I would document that in case anything were to happen with your washer re: smell or mechanical problems (all issues that I've read w/using regular detergent). Just to CYA, KWIM?
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Your'e looking at the new owner of front-loading w & d!!!!  Do you all have the pedestals??
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Join Date: May 2005
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We got the LGs.....what does that stand for? Lifes's Good? We got the pedestals...I think it will make it easier to load/unload.......DH came home with the BLUE! It's so dark it almost looks black....of course I wanted the red, but oh well......I didn't know that each color does something different...it's just not the color....weird.
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"I don't want to drive up to the pearly gates in a shiny sports car, wearing beautiful tailored clothes, my hair expertly coiffed, and with long, perfectly manicured fingernails. I want to drive up in a station wagon that has mud on the wheels from taking kids to scout camp. I want to be there with grass stains on my shoes from mowing Sister Schenk's lawn. I want to be there with a smudge of peanut butter on my shirt form making sandwiches for a sick neighbor's children. I want to be there with a little dirt under my nails from helping weed someone's garden. I want to be there with children's sticky kisses on my cheek and the tears of a friend on my shoulder. I want the Lord to know I was really here and that I really lived. "
— Marjorie Pay Hinckley
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Sounds like the same one....then maybe it's not the difference in colors??? I think there are three different models of LGs...maybe you can get each model in one of the 3 colors then? It sounds like we have the same one....does yours have a cycle on the washer for baby clothes? A drying rack? Remote monitor/timer? I guess it would??
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Sounds like the same one....then maybe it's not the difference in colors??? I think there are three different models of LGs...maybe you can get each model in one of the 3 colors then? It sounds like we have the same one....does yours have a cycle on the washer for baby clothes? A drying rack? Remote monitor/timer? I guess it would??
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Yes!!! I think we have the same one!!! You will love it Megan!!
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"I don't want to drive up to the pearly gates in a shiny sports car, wearing beautiful tailored clothes, my hair expertly coiffed, and with long, perfectly manicured fingernails. I want to drive up in a station wagon that has mud on the wheels from taking kids to scout camp. I want to be there with grass stains on my shoes from mowing Sister Schenk's lawn. I want to be there with a smudge of peanut butter on my shirt form making sandwiches for a sick neighbor's children. I want to be there with a little dirt under my nails from helping weed someone's garden. I want to be there with children's sticky kisses on my cheek and the tears of a friend on my shoulder. I want the Lord to know I was really here and that I really lived. "
— Marjorie Pay Hinckley
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Join Date: Apr 2005
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Megan! LOL!!!! Congratulations! Now MJ's (  ) arrival will seem so anti-climactic!!! 
I'm soooooo needing to understand the detergent issue.... I use the HE, but I don't know how MUCH of it to use. 
*off to read the links*
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We did a test run and the little tray...where it says MAX, DH was going to fill it up to MAX and I was like NO WAY! That is as much as a reg wash detergent....We got Tide HE to start out and then I want to try and use regular deterg. On the Tide HE the cap as lines for 1, 2, 3...We just filled it to 1 and then poured it in the tray.
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