Respect must be paid
In my humble opinion:
The Maytag family won US service awards for aircraft parts that helped the WWII effort; don't forget the significance of that when talking about their appliances which were some of the finest stuff the US has had to offer. And Maytag made and sold some of the best-cleaning, most capacious and best designed automatic dishwashers of the late 20th century.
Some points to consider:
Cons:
<ul>
<li>One could describe washers' performance and mechanics as "boring"; not a lot of drama.</li>
<li>Not good at heavy duty cleaning</li>
<li>Stingy rinses</li>
<li>Never had the most convenient dispensing systems like TOL Kenmores or Norges when accommodating extra rinses, soaks or pre-washes.</li>
<li>Bad handling of even slightly overloaded washes.</li>
<li>Inconvenient panel trim to clean (sorry, old CU review joke)</li>
</ul>
Pros:
<ul>
<li>Quietest washing machine on the market in its time</li>
<li>Compact design; simple controls</li>
<li>Low water use in comparison to other perf-tub machines.</li>
<li>Classic (boring?) industrial design using "circle in the square" geometries</li>
<li>Most accessible cabinet design for servicing until the Frigidaire 1-18s.</li>
<li>Very good spin effectiveness</li>
<li>Decent manual lint filter: important to those of us who have septic systems where it isn't good to flush more inert waste (lint) down the drains.</li>
</ul>
Not my choice for a daily driver (especially now that we have machines like Mieles out there) but one of a good many American appliance brands that existed before they were sold out to the uber-corporations (who regard US consumers as patsies) that deserve credit and respect as icons of what WAS good about our industries.
