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Were the KitchenAid Front-Loaders any better than the Whirlpool or Kenmore models?

When GE and its subsidiaries started using the term "Potwasher" (it's like one of Trump's lame and pathetic "Boast-Lies")to promote their mediocre dishwashers in the Seventies I actively persuaded my Parents to ditch those products and turn to KItchenAid. They were sold and never went back.

Well, is it or isn't it? I can't tell from the enlarged photo. Doesn't make that much of a difference to me. The one I really want is this one, the WWA-8500N. It featured a better choice of cycles, timer-controlled B and F dispensers and the very short lived powdered detergent dispenser. Alas...

You hit the nail on the head. I am tempted to buy the MEGA for those times when I want to launder bulky bedding items, an occasional huge load of T-shirts ( I have big numbers of them that I wear most days for work) when I have allowed the hampers to fill up. The Mega would do that stuff and my...

Thanks to all of you who responded. What about the MEGA dryer? Are these another bait and switch like the GE/Hotpoint machines? Big capacity with insufficient power and air-flow? I'd be willing to pay for the huge drum if it came with the performance. I would LOVE to get a "Little Giant" if...

Thank you. I didn't know that the MEGA doesn't allow for manual dosing. I still like to use powdered detergents and those automtic dispenser systems only work for liquid. That alone might be the deal-breaker.

For the last several months, I've been using a very nice local laundromat in Branford called the Sea Suds. I haven't used a laundromat since college, 45 years ago. I'm renovating my house and all of my vintage machines are either in storage (the ones I want to keep), gone to a neighbor who takes...

1978. My Parents had this model bought for an apartment they moved into that year. It was paired with the BOL dryer that matched it. They were happy with it. The dryer lasted at least 16 years; the washer had to be replaced after 12 years. Don't remember the cause.

Jon, that AI image is AMAZING! What program are you using?

Loved this. Would the Frigidaire Rollermatic that Consumer Reports totally dissed in their 1969 Automatic Washers report now qualify as a bona-fides water saver? I wondered how and why CU would take a once Check-Rated Brand and throw it to the wolves. And yes, I remember that the big negative...

Do any of you have any information on these machines? Who manufactures them?

My Mother, who was no fan of automatic dishwashers, especially ones with lots of different cycles, eventually DEIGNED to wash her very expensive English Bone China (that had gold over-glaze piping) in our wonderful 1962 GE SU-70. It was the only time she'd ever use one of the three other cycle...

Did ANY of the 1-18 dryers come with a drum light?

Well, so far, my 11 dollar thrift store Black and Decker toaster oven seems to be working well. BUT... the controls on this thing required me to print out a Quick-Guide cheat sheet to post on the wall next to it so I can figure out how to make my morning toast. Somehow, lowering one lever is no...

Are they (Breville) f**king kidding????? You have to pay 159 for a toaster oven and then you have to pay extra for the rack and the pan???? It looks like a top-notch SMALL appliance but, no thank you; I'll wait for it to come out on disk.