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My grandmother had an IGNIS It was front loader though. I remember watching it as a kid. It was a really cool machine. Mid 1970s model, called the "Oblo 12" I believe. It had a brown faux-wood finish on the top and some chrome accents. The timer was really cool too, it was a small circle with a...

Saw this while perusing eBay http://cgi.ebay.ca/Antique-1920s-Maytag-Ringer-Washing-Machine-Washer_W0QQitemZ7626561440QQcategoryZ71256QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem

Friday, Aug. 02, 1963 Household Revolution From Vespas the Italians graduated to Fiats; from radios they went to TV sets. Now the big move is on in appliances. Refrigerators and washing machines are being installed in Italian homes at a pace that is rapidly building new industries and...

Frankly, I doubt it's the end, and I hope it isn't. But I think it depends on people's laundry habits. And I know, from personal experience that in Eastern Europe for instance (serbia) the standard programs are prewash + 95 for whites, and 60 for colours, especially for older people... This is...

I called the service line to ask about the pre-wash. The short answer is, this machine does not have a pre-wash. Basically, they took a perfectly good Gorenje design a dumbed it down. According to them, a "pre-wash" means cold water being flushed through the pre-wash compartment at the...

Here it is: http://www.moffatappliances.ca/jsp/ge_Features.jsp?model_id=51952&product_id=24 The model is MCCH6110H It is sold under the Moffat name here in Canada, by GE I assume. It looks to me like the younger sister of the Danby. I strongly suspect that this one as well is made by Gorenje...