Sandy:
Your dislike of the acrylic knobs is funny... I also dislike them a lot and always saw them as a pander to the tastes of older women in the 70's, which had sort of a craze for over-sized crystal stuff (think of those coffee table lighters from the period).
I've heard different things about the "Halo of Hate" dryers and wouldn't mind trying one for myself. I have a 1976 DG308 dryer with "stream of heat". No complaints, but it's got timed-only heat and always seems to take forever to dry, much longer than the wash cycle per load. It only puts out about 22,000 BTU.
BTW, that DG308 and the matching A208 were my first "vintage" machines, purchased second hand about 1995. The washer started leaking as soon as I got it home (grrr) and is now long gone (slight remorse, but it was the days before internet support for these washers and after commercial repair men were interested in looking at them) - but I still have the dryer.[this post was last edited: 11/23/2014-00:19]
Your dislike of the acrylic knobs is funny... I also dislike them a lot and always saw them as a pander to the tastes of older women in the 70's, which had sort of a craze for over-sized crystal stuff (think of those coffee table lighters from the period).
I've heard different things about the "Halo of Hate" dryers and wouldn't mind trying one for myself. I have a 1976 DG308 dryer with "stream of heat". No complaints, but it's got timed-only heat and always seems to take forever to dry, much longer than the wash cycle per load. It only puts out about 22,000 BTU.
BTW, that DG308 and the matching A208 were my first "vintage" machines, purchased second hand about 1995. The washer started leaking as soon as I got it home (grrr) and is now long gone (slight remorse, but it was the days before internet support for these washers and after commercial repair men were interested in looking at them) - but I still have the dryer.[this post was last edited: 11/23/2014-00:19]
