Classic UK Appliances & Kitchens February 2016

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Hoover spin dryer:

That spin dryer is a Thomas product:

http://www.robert-thomas.de/elektrogeraete/waschpflege/waescheschleudern

Air dry function:

This function just makes the machine spin for a longer time. My LG Turbodrum can spin up to 3 hours when the Air dry function is selected. While spinning it sucks a bit of air through the clothes, that's all. I can tell you it's not very effective in the sense that it totally dries the laundry, but it helps achieving somewhat drier laundry.
 
And thanks

To all who contributed up the thread - it always bothers me that I might miss some classic somewhere along the way.

Louis
I did not notice how BOL that AEG was as I was so struck by the deep down filer door, having never seen that arrangement before.
I wonder did someone from here buy that Philips unit, there were two bidders - neither of which was me - although I was tempted just to see what it was like.
And thank you fro the information about the Hoover dryer, it just does not look right to me for that style of dryer with the Hoover name on. Do you know were there many Spinarinses sold in the Netherlands? Or hoovermatics come to that?

Laundress
I will forever associate you with "helmet hair" now having seen that box. I think we has something similar over here but they were not widely popular as I recall. As I keep spare pillows and bedding in vacuum bags I can easily see what you mean about the bread

Steve
I always had a soft spot of those 3310E Hoovermatics even when they were on sale but I guess with two "washdogs" in the garage another would be just plain greedy.
There has already been a conversation about those scrappers especially as their was a 1504 amongst them but the general consensus was too far gone.
That LG looks interesting and it would almost be worth getting just to see what it was like but it would be an expensive curiousity
 
Alistair

Older AEG dryers sometimes had a drop down door or this bigger door. IIRC in 1982 all AEG dryers got the bigger door, but had the smaller opening like the dryer in this picture. Later models with the square buttons got the bigger door opening. Here are two pictures of those square button models, one model with the smaller opening and a later model with the bigger one.

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Spinarinses and Hoovermatics

I've browsed auction sites for many years and in all those years I never came across a Spinarinse. Only once I found a Hoovermatic. I tried to purchase it, but things went wrong when the owner discovered his kids were trying to get rid of his much loved washer! The model was a T5004, with the orange accents.

The reason they didn't catch on here, was probably the popularity of the AEG Turnamat.
 
I thought the same about the scrappers but you never know. The 1504 might look bad but could be OK under the bonnet - and there is always the possibility of transplanting various stuff like the 4-pole motor into a newer machine or visa versa or getting some spares off it. Looks like the indicator cord has gone and the special nut is missing too but easily replaced. I'd be tempted if it had been closer and if the innards were ok I'd take the cabinet off one of the newer machines to replace although I've got enough projects lined up lol

Out of all of them, the twinnie and the spinarinse seem to be the least knackered! Always good to know these things are still tucked away somewhere - would just be better if they'd been better protected.

Steve
 
Scrappers

Steve
I did wonder looking at the state of those machines whether they'd suffered in the Christmas floods in the Todmorden area. Hopefully someone will put that poor 1504 out of its misery.
Ian
 

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