veg-o-matic
Well-known member
I just read the February Consumer Reports.
I rate it "Not Acceptable."
Remember the Good Old Days where CR actually printed INFORMATION? Take a look at the report on washers; there's nothing there.
No information about cycles, speed combinations, water levels, temperature selections. Nada. Zilch. Zippo.
There *were* pictures, though. Two. A Kenmore and a Whirlpool, both taken from about 300 yards away.
They mention that the Neptune TL and that GE Whatever (the grey one) both have newfangled washing mechanisms.
How's about showing us what they look like? Not everyone has seen them, you know.
Quirks? In the 60's, they'd mention how GE and Hamilton would oversuds (with photographic evidence), how funky lint filters and softener dispensers would interfere with loading (more pictures), how well each model spun, etc., etc. Now, there's nothing. I feel like I don't know any more than I did before I read the article.
Tub size? They practically chuck us under our collective chins while they tell us not to worry out pretty heads about it.
Oh, and one more thing, guys. How's about testing some models that Average Joes like myself would buy? I don't want an $1100.00 washer. I'm not that rich (or foolish, all evidence to the contrary notwithstanding.)
A friend of mine is refrigerator shopping. CR did fridges a few months ago. Know how many bottom-freezer models they rated?
ONE. And a foreign one, at that (LG.)
End of vent, at least for now. But just wait until I get started on dog owners who don't clean up behind them!
veg the old crank
I rate it "Not Acceptable."
Remember the Good Old Days where CR actually printed INFORMATION? Take a look at the report on washers; there's nothing there.
No information about cycles, speed combinations, water levels, temperature selections. Nada. Zilch. Zippo.
There *were* pictures, though. Two. A Kenmore and a Whirlpool, both taken from about 300 yards away.
They mention that the Neptune TL and that GE Whatever (the grey one) both have newfangled washing mechanisms.
How's about showing us what they look like? Not everyone has seen them, you know.
Quirks? In the 60's, they'd mention how GE and Hamilton would oversuds (with photographic evidence), how funky lint filters and softener dispensers would interfere with loading (more pictures), how well each model spun, etc., etc. Now, there's nothing. I feel like I don't know any more than I did before I read the article.
Tub size? They practically chuck us under our collective chins while they tell us not to worry out pretty heads about it.
Oh, and one more thing, guys. How's about testing some models that Average Joes like myself would buy? I don't want an $1100.00 washer. I'm not that rich (or foolish, all evidence to the contrary notwithstanding.)
A friend of mine is refrigerator shopping. CR did fridges a few months ago. Know how many bottom-freezer models they rated?
ONE. And a foreign one, at that (LG.)
End of vent, at least for now. But just wait until I get started on dog owners who don't clean up behind them!
veg the old crank