I have a 12+ year old LG front load washer and I have always left the door ajar once I am done with the laundry. I just pull out the dispenser drawer and open the machine door against it. I also make sure that I take out the dispenser drawer and empty it into the sink as there is always some water left in it. I leave it sit overnight and then close it up the next day. So far I have not had any odor problems. I have the Affresh but don't really use it much. I think I have used 1 tablet in the 12 years. I always use Tide HE, Downey and bleach for whites. I have cut down on the amount that I use more for not having a coating on my clothes and have not noticed a difference in the clean. When I wash my towels I always use the sanitary cycle, and hot water for anything with bleach (whites, sheets, mattress pads). Everything else is warm. I don't use cold at all, but then again I don't have anything I wash that is hurt by warm. I have done all this since day one. If there is already an odor problem it would need to be cleaned first, of course. I would try the bleach in a sanitary cycle first, as suggested above. Or if the unit has a machine cleaning cycle use that. Mine doesn't.
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