frigidaire HE top load

[toploader1984]

found some pics of a prototype of the new frigidaire HE top loader, released this fall sometime. No Agitator No Transmission, Inverter controlled motor.
motor speeds up to 200rpm then stops, switches directions then speeds up again,
called water immersion wash.

 

[toploader1984]

motor shot

inside

 

[arbilab]

Skeptical of anything badged "Frigidaire", despite owning one (FL) that's been faithful since 1998. Thing is, you don't know what it really is or where it really came from. But then that can largely be said of ALL brands today. Hotpool. Kentag. Westmore. Ropuzzi. Hoovandy. You know what I mean.

I'll suspend judgement until the reviews come in. One of my favorite washers was a disc/swirlator, a Panasonic twintub, so I know the design can work. It will all depend upon the implementation.

 

[cfz2882]

looks like a modification of the old horizon 2000 franklin style washers,acually
looks pretty decent by todays standards.Guess we will have to wait untill some
are sold to see how it washes...

 

[macboy91si]

Baseplate

That baseplate looks pretty rigid. Quite a different wash plate than we have been seeing. Interesting.

-Tim

 

[yogitunes]

these wash-plate designs can be effective as the TwinTubs and portable pulsator machines......

what made them function well IS water......by churning water with detergent, the clothes rolled around in a tidal wave and got clean.......they DID NOT have the clothes laying on top of the impellor causing wear from the spinning disc...

what they can't do it create a machine to wash the clothes without touching them.....ie, most TT's clean by tossing water around to move the clothes....even most agitators, one way or another, either move the clothes, or the water to clean......and they complain that the agitators scrubbing will wear out clothing.....what the heck do you think an impellor is doing?

FLers are effective.....IF.....they use enough water for cleaning and rinsing.......its just that most have taken water consumption too far.........

we did a big jump going from a TL to a FL in water and energy.......now their pushing it too far.....whats next?.....cleaning with air?

their so worried about useing cups of water to wash clothes..........they need to put their resources where it needed......let me give them a cup of gasoline, and make any given car or truck get 100 miles with it.....and I don't mean these select few econobox hybrids.....if you want to stretch energy consumption, start there

 

[lebron]

Looks cheap and ineffective. Not much different than any other modern machine with the Frigidaire name.

 

[yogitunes]

although.....it does cover most of the bottom....and wonder if the tub will index....will be interesting to see what it can do

 

[qualin]

The bottom of this reminds me a bit of the washplate style Whirlpool machines, albeit a cheaper version. (At least the Whirlpool machines have a SS tub, it's kind of weird to see a plastic washplate on the bottom of an SS tub.)

Until videos get posted of the washing action, I think of a lot of us would be skeptical of the washing ability of this machine.

How did you get your hands on Prototype pictures?