Product review (1 stars): Whirlpool Duet Sport can make your family SICK!
We had our Duet Sport for five years, during which I kept the door open between use, ran the cleaning cycle, ran bleach through the machine, and continually wiped down the seal and the inside of the clear door to remove the mold and mildew that constantly built up. For the past three years we had noticed a sickly, trash-like, sour smell coming from our laundry room, and had the pipes and drains checked with no result. Every day, I scrubbed the grout on the tile floor with bleach because we had mold appear every morning between the tiles. We ran a dehumidifier in there. We made sure that our clothes were simply sweaty, and didn't throw things in that were muddy or covered with food.

Then last month I heard about the CLASS ACTION suit in Ohio against Whirlpool re the Duet Sport because it encourages and harbors mold growth. I decided to do some poking around in my machine and--lo and behold--the while plastic rim surrounding the metal barrel (behind the black rubber seal if you pull it back) is covered with slimy black mold. Apparently the back wheel behind the barrel often gets covered in it, too.  I emailed Whirlpool and they told me to run three cycles of Affresh (did you know Affresh is made by Whirlpool?) and that we must be letting wet things sit too long, etc.

We went out today and got an LG top loader so we can get that thing the heck out of our house, and also trashed the hoses because they too were coated with smelly gunk. That kind of mold build up will make you seriously ill, ESPECIALLY if you have young ones with rooms in close proximity to the machine. I cannot believe that Whirlpool is already being sued and is acting like its customers are doing something wrong. Protect your family...do not buy this machine!