Silent Feet - Anti-vibration Pads for Washing Machines and Dryers (Gen 2)
by The Vibration Solution
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Silent Feet - Anti-vibration Pads for Washing Machines and Dryers (Gen 2)
Customer Review: Wow, saved buying a new washing machine:
Summary: 5 Stars
I recently bought a used front load "super high effeciency" washing-machine and dryer set made by LG. I have an LG dishwasher and have been very impressed with how quiet and well it works.
When I first used the new washing machine, it was reasonably quiet, except for when spinning. It is up on 14 inch tall pedestals, and when the spin cycle started, it jumped all around. Also it was shaking my whole house, making paintings, even in non-adjacent rooms, rattle on the wall.
My wife was afraid of it and refused to even do laundry. I assumed I was going to have to sell it again, probably at a loss, and buy something else. But, first I convinced my wife to let me try a few things, such as these feet.
I orderred these feet, then while waiting, I also put two 30 pound cat litter buckets on the washing machine, this stopped it jumping around, but it still shook the entire house.
Today these feet arrived, they are really well designed. The box has two pair of feet, a "sliding" pair for the back feet, and a "sticky" pair for the front feet. You put the "sliding" pair under the back feet, so you can then adjust the position before installing the front "sticky" pair. The result is your machine can't slide once setup. This alone is handy. Best of all, they actually successfully damp the vibrations so that my wife didn't even hear the washing machine running spin cycle on the "high" speed when sitting down-stairs, directly under it.
Alas, they are not complete miracle workers. If I remove the two 30 pound cat litter buckets, the washing machine starts bouncing up off the feet still, and thus makes lots of noise. BUT, with the extra 60lbs of weight, and these feet, what was once impossibly loud, is now nearly silent, and my house is once again stable, no bouncing paintings or photos.
HIGHLY recommended.
Customer Review: Awesome but expensive
Summary: 4 Stars
First let me tell you my situation. I put our frontload washer and dryer on pedestals on our second floor room in a converted closet/laundry room. It's in an old house with a floor that slopes, I leveled the washer with a bubble level and could not get it to stop shaking. It shook so violently that it would walk across the floor. So I ended up taking lag screws and screwing it down to the wood floor. That is how it was for about 10 months. It would shake most of our upstairs including our bed pretty bad. Then I had to have a maintenance call for a broken door latch and he said it was bad that I bolted it to the floor cause there was no place to dissapate the vibrations and was hard on the machine. He suggested a rubber mat. Well I found these, saw the reviews and bought them. I was so skeptical of it working once I started unscrewing my machine from the floor. The memories came back and I thought there was no way it would work. Well I installed them and I am absolutely amazed. The washer doesn't walk at all. If I stand more than 3 feet from the washer, I can't even feel vibrations on the floor. If it worked that good for me, I can't imagine the results other people are getting. I am very happy with the product. The only drawback is the price. I had to buy two sets to make the dryer the same level off the floor. The dryer doesn't need it but what else are you gonna do?Customer Review: Let your washer go into hyperspace and don't take you with it
Summary: 5 Stars
Whether or not these pads work for you seems to depend on your specific washer model and floor situation, so I'm giving you my setup: I have an LG washer/dyer combo unit in a pre- war Manhattan walkup. I did not have tremendous vibration problems to begin with, as the washer sits close to a load- bearing wall and I wouldn't dare let it spin on High. Still, on Medium the floor would vibrate and the items in the fridge next to it would rattle. I figured that couldn't be good for the building or my neighborly relations.
Enter the Silent Feet. I didn't expect much after reading another reviewer's verdict with his LG combo unit. But, in my case, the appropriate word is "wow". The vibrations are gone! Everything is serene in the fridge again and if I close my eyes and stand next to the washer, I can barely tell that it's spinning. The machine is just shaking away by itself (a lot more so than before since it's no longer connected to the floor) and it actually becomes blurry at 1200 rpm (20Hz), like in a SciFi movie before things disappear into subspace.
Oh, and forty bucks - it seems a lot for some rubber pads, but since the product worked so well for me and they give 10 years warranty, I think it's fair. Also I had looked into an industrial solution before, but dropped it after I realized that those pads or mounts easily go for $400 - a piece!
Customer Review: These made my LG vibrate more than before
Summary: 1 Stars
I am very dissappointed with this produc. First I bought the Kellet pads from Lowes. I noticed they worked quite a bit (did not resolve all vibration though) yet had bad reviews. I thought- ok - silent feet have excellent reviews, so I bet they will work even better! Wow... I was wrong wrong wrong!!! My machine shook tons more with these "feet" than with no pads at all!! I am talking rocking back and forth!! This is a big concern for me because I have neighbors below! I tried adjusting and adjusting my leveling feet and that did not help. It didnt help because that was not the problem - the silent feet were. These pads did nothing but kill my back. I am a small girl... I had to lift the machine at all four corners, remove the Kellet pads, slide the silent feet on, then lift again slide the silent feet off, and the kellet pads back on! Talk about excruciating. I am left exhaused and a little depressed...not just sad, depressed. The great reviews let me to a dud, my back hurts, and my machine still vibrates a bit...boohooo I know but anyway. Save yourself the money! I will be returning these to either Amazon or the manufacturer---whoever will take them!Customer Review: Didn't meet expectations
Summary: 2 Stars
My washing machine (front loaded Samsung, with stacked dryer on top) vibrates when the load isn't balanced and the spin cycle begins. It's bad enough my wife thinks the house will fall apart, even though it doesn't bother me that much. I was willing to try anything to appease my wife, even spending $40 on some "silent feet". That seems like a really high price to pay for a few small pieces of fancy foam, but if it worked, I'd be happy.
Needless to say, these aren't miracle feet. We still feel the washing machine vibrate the windows downstairs, or shake the beds. My approach now is to try to do as much laundry as possible when my wife and kids are not home, because silent feet didn't save the day.
I'm not saying they don't work for others, but in my situation my wife still thinks the house will shake apart, and wants to try adjusting levels (done that), and everything else to stop our washing machine from shaking when it begins the spin cycle. Don't have miracle expectations from these, or you will likely be disappointed.