And the award for the most ugly dishwasher control panel goes to .....

[pulltostart]

Breast Cancer Awareness SQ's

What's the story on the SQ console with the pink?  Was/is this an official SQ offering or a one-off somewhere?  The pink makes a nice contrast to the black/gray/white of the console.

 

lawrence

 

[pulltostart]

Clean Styling

Although not exactly "clean" or "minimal" by today's standards, Olds used the phrase "The Linear Look" for their 1959 models.  Great graphics and pretty darn zoomie cars, too!

 

Typical Ad

 

lawrence

 

[tecnopolis]

I don't have any additional info on the pink control panel. It was something I had on my hard drive.

 

[dnastrau]

Speed Queen pink control panel

The pink control panel models were a limited edition as part of a promotion last year (see link).

Andrew S.

http://www.speedqueen.com/home/en-us/breast-cancer-awareness.aspx

 

[tecnopolis]

This is what pink looks like when it's done right.

 

[tecnopolis]

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[danmantn]

Apparently SQ does tweak it's controls. I noticed that between my original 2009 model and the 2011 model the knobs had ridges added (the washer knob was hard to pull out with wet fingers). Adding indentions/ridges made it much easier on the new model. I called them and they sent me a newer design for the 2009 model.

I like the big knobs, and I'm not baby boomer. Just hate the flip/toggle switches...cheapens the look. And the swoop design is subtle.

 

[mayken4now]

Toggle Switch Hell

In 1996, my best friend and I just had to have the MAH4000AWW and it's mate. Good, love the way the looked/performed etc. At the time we both had gone to a Maytag dealer in Tampa Florida, each bought a matching set to take home that day. First, we did his, then went to my house and installed mine. Within the first day, I called him as he was calling me (at the same time) to discuss why the dryer had this stupid chime on/off toggle switch and did not match the signal on/off button like the washer. We called Maytag, yes still Newton at that time and got some lame answer. We let them know that it was tacky and a big oops, and decided they came up with this "quick cheap fix on hangover Monday. As of today, I still look at it and think it's ridiculous that it does not match the on/off button underneath the start/stop for the washer.

As for the ugly dishwasher, Gee Ree hands down.

 

[allan]

Here's my ugly GE circa 1998

It still works, so I won't be replacing it anytime soon. I use Finish Powerballs and everything gets clean for my modest needs. A bit loud however. I still haven't removed the Energy Guide label, lol.

When I bought my townhouse brand new in 1998, it included shiny new appliances from GE, all bottom of the line of course. They all still work except for the top loader washer which I replaced in June with a front loader LG. All my GE appliances still have the EnerGuide stickers except for the fridge, which still has a "Made in Canada" sticker on it. I guess I never thought it was important enough to remove them lol.