Every year millions of new washing machines are sold in the United States. Prior to making their purchase, customers struggle to make the best choice based on capacity, wash-cycle time, steam clean options, brand, style, appliance color and price. But few people will evaluate the best location in their home for the washing machine. Almost every new washing machine that is purchased to replace an old or out-dated model will be installed in exactly the same spot that the previous appliance was installed at. But is that the best location? Very few homes have been designed to adequately withstand the constant wear from vibration and impact caused by the washing machine’s spin cycle. All washing machine manufacturers strongly recommend that your washer be installed on a concrete subfloor or a properly reinforced joist subfloor. But “proper reinforcement” is rare. This reinforcement normally includes adding joists, thicker or additional layers of plywood and up-rated fasteners and adhesives used to bond the joists and subfloor. Without this reinforcement, the floor will begin to weaken and degrade resulting in squeaking, sagging, gaps, cracks, and eventually structural failure of the support joists. But before you rush out to find a contractor to reinforce your laundry room, consider this, washing machine manufactures suggest that the best way to protect the structure and floor of your home is to install an anti-vibration pad like Silent Feet or Anti-Walk Silent Feet. The special military-grade rubber in Silent Feet anti-vibration pads absorbs washing machine vibration and prevents it from ever being able to cause damage to your home. The fix is simple and takes only a few minutes to install. So next time you’re shopping for a new washing machine make sure to do your home a favor and pick up a set of Silent Feet anti-vibration pads.
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Monday, December 19th, 2011Innovative Washing Machine Products – GE Profile Series
Thursday, May 19th, 2011If you’re looking for one of the world’s most advanced home washing machines then
The stylish design of the GE Profile series can make it the center of attention in your home
look no further than the amazing GE Profile series. The latest GE Profile washers and dryers include a huge range of cutting-edge new features like SmartDispense, Overnight Ready, Adaptive Vibration Control, HydroHeater, SteamRefresh, eDry, eWash and Stain Inspector. Today, we’ll cover these key features and how they can make your life easier.
All washers make claims about great cleaning performance, gentle and fast cycles, efficiency and high tech options, but GE has taken their Profile series to the next level with these great options:
SmartDispense: Unique pedestal that features 3 large capacity detergent and fabric softener reservoirs. This pedestal can hold up to 6 months of detergent and will automatically integrate with the washer to ensure that the right amount is dispensed with each and every load. It even dispenses at the precise time. This great feature ends the mess and hassle of having to measure out detergent manually before each load.
Overnight Ready: Now you can start the washer before you go to bed and in as little as 8 hours your load will be washed and dried without having to move the clothes to the dryer.
HydroHeater: Special internal water heater that boosts water temperature to 160 degrees F to assist in sanitization.
SteamRefresh: Rejuvenates clothes and fabrics using a special steam cycle to remove odors and wrinkles.
CleanSpeak: The washer and dryer can communicate electronically to preset cycle times to help you save time.
eDry: GE’s unique dryer sensor that can reduce drying temperatures and allow for an additional 10% energy usage reduction.
eWash: A very effective cold water wash option that is the eco-friendly way to cut energy usage in the washer by an additional 10%.
The unique GE SmartDispense pedestal can hold up to 6 months of laundry detergent
Stain Inspector: On-screen program built into the washer and designed to integrate with the SmartDispense system to clean even the toughest stains. It uses specific combinations of pre-wash detergent, cycle tweaks and temperature adjustments to make sure that your clothes always come out clean and fresh.
Adaptive Vibration Control (AVC): This active vibration reduction system is the latest in a long line of technology features on washing machines designed to reduce the amount of noise and vibration caused during spin cycles. This system allows the washer to adapt to changing load balances and spin patters to reduce noise caused by out-of-balance loads. It is still recommended that owner’s install an anti-vibration pad under the washer to absorb the remaining vibration noise.
Now that you’ve heard what makes the GE Profile series so impressive, remember that if you plan on installing this or any other washing machine on a second floor or plywood sub floor laundry room you will need to install a washing machine mat or pad. Anti-vibration mats and pads assist the washer and dryer’s built in vibration reduction technology and protect against the structural damage that long term appliance usage can cause. This is no place to penny pinch if you’ve just invested in a great new washing machine and dryer, spend the extra few dollars now on a set of Silent Feet anti-vibration pads and save yourself costly home repair bills later.
Generation 2 Silent Feet YouTube Video Released
Monday, September 13th, 2010The second generation of Silent Feet Anti-Vibration pads for washers and dryers have been available for a little over a month. To help explain some of the differences and improvements that have been made we’ve launched a YouTube video. The video gives a brief explanation of the new features found in this great new product revision.
Here are some of the highlights:
- New Dual Rubber Construction Absorbs More Vibration
- Soft Rubber Top Conforms to Appliance Feet to Lock them in Place
- Stronger Bond Between Materials to Increase Product Life
- Improved Modern High Gloss Finish
- Same Great Price and Warranty
If you still have any questions, check out our website at www.VibrationSolution.com. Generation 2 Silent Feet are now available for sale on our website and on Amazon.com.
The Latest Generation of Anti-Vibration Pads Has Arrived for Washing Machines
Sunday, August 22nd, 2010
The compeition just doesn't stack up against the amazing results of Silent Feet pads.
3 years ago the first generation of Silent Feet were sent to the test labs. Just a few months after that they made history as the number one anti-vibration pads for washing machines and dryers. Today, we are proud to bring you the next generation of Silent Feet pads. To engineer and build this latest appliance accessory we had to take our design back to the drawing board and totally re-created it. We started with the same superior Sorbothane rubber as the primary vibration isolating material, but this time added a second top layer of stiff rubber. This second layer of rubber provides a second wall of vibration resistance to the pads. Then we added unique ridges to the top of each pad to help lock your washing machine in place. After installation, the rubber ridges deform slightly allowing for a custom fit on every installation. Finally we polished our molds and finished them with the highest grade of Teflon coatings to give every one of our products a clean, brilliant shine to accent the high gloss finish on modern washing machines.
Never before has there been an anti-vibration pad that offers all of these benefits and looks this stunning. In fact, these new Silent Feet make all other washing machine pads look like, big ugly blocks of rubber. Just like before, our Original Silent Feet offer easy installation and can be installed in most applications in less than 5 minutes. Also like before, our Anti-Walk Silent Feet offer the best solution to eliminating unwanted appliance movement and “walking” without using any glue or adhesive. All of this has been provided at the same great price as before. And just like before, all of our washing machine pads carry a 10 Year Limited Warranty against defects and material failure.
The 2nd generation of Silent Feet pads makes our product line-up even better than before.
Still not convinced that we’ve outdone ourselves? Then give our products the greatest test of all. Install them in your home and if you’re not completely satisfied that they have solved your washing machine vibration and noise problem, simply return them. We’re so convinced that you will love them that we still offer our 100% satisfaction guarantee. Take this opportunity to try them out today. You’ll see and hear the difference one the first load of laundry and on every load after that for years and years.
Consumer Reports Tests Silent Feet Anti-Vibration Pads
Thursday, June 17th, 2010A posting on the Consumer Reports website has officially confirmed that Silent Feet as well as other anti-vibration pads
for washing machines are in the labs for testing. This marks the first official independent comparison of vibration isolation pads. The washing machine anti-vibration pad industry is only a few years old. The Vibration Solution was one of the first companies to really begin putting significant funding towards research and design on washing machine noise and vibration reduction. Prior to 2007, most R&D was done internally at major appliance manufactures like Maytag, Whirlpool, Samsung, LG and General Electric. However, as the front-loading washing machine market expanded, it became clear that the major manufactures were falling behind on providing noise and vibration protection products.
The Vibration Solution began product development in 2005 when the company discovered a loud consumer outcry for a real anti-vibration product that worked for washing machines. Prior to the release of Silent Feet, consumers were forced to resort to a wide range of cleaver but not always effective alternatives. Some examples included tennis balls cut in half, rolled up gym socks, cow and horse mats, anti-fatigue mats, rolled up towels and our favorite, sitting on the washing machine. None of these really solved the problem of washing machine noise and vibration. Our company, realizing that no regular rubber would provide enough vibration dampening, contacted Sorbothane. Sorbothane had already developed cutting-edge solutions for NASA, the U.S. Military and NASCAR. Together our engineers developed Silent Feet Anti-Vibration Pads. After 2 years of exhaustive testing to ensure that every Silent Feet pad would withstand years of use and abuse without degrading, Silent Feet were officially released.
Now, just a few years later and with a market now filling with knock off imitations, Silent Feet have officially been recognized by Consumer Reports as one of the leaders in the industry. Check out the August issue of Consumer Reports Magazine and Consumer Reports Online for full details of the tests.