Frigidaire vs Kenmore 2006!

[jasonl]

I still haven't found one of my favorite commercials, so I reinvented only this time, we're rooting for the underdog!
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[gansky1]

Excellent, Jason!!

Were they the same loads in both machines? No real surprises, but the footage is great!

 

[jasonl]

It wasn't the EXACT load but it was similar mixed load.

 

[jmm63]

"You get more from a Kenmore.. cuz a Kenmore has so much more to give!"
I wish they would rivive that old jingle!!

 

[brettsomers]

well, jason, i watched and used the Frigidaire and Kenmore (and many others, at the tx wash-ins), and aside from the fun-factor of the Frigidaires wash action, i dont see what all the fuss is about. seems that for a 1-18 to turn a load over, it has to be *just so*. same with the unimatic and its tangling/balance issues. jeff(washaholic) and i even joked about it. thats not to say they cant be fun. the unimatic austin has is really very attractive. i can see the slap-storm from the Frigidaire faction now...

 

[westytoploader]

Another FANTASTIC video, and yes, we know who the clear winner is. Believe it or not, the Dual-Action can handle jeans much better than the 1-18. After having used mine for loads of various types and sizes, I think the 1-18s are a little overrated. I know some swear by them, but in my opinion, they're by no means the perfect washer and you really have to get the load "just right" for proper turnover. On that particular load, that pair of jeans on the top (that just won't budge!) was taken out soon after Jason had filmed it, and the load began to roll over quite well. I have found that if I throw 2-3 pairs of jeans in on the bottom of the load, and then proceed to add a mixed load of average size, the machine will handle it fine. It is definitely not good for all-jeans loads, or if jeans are thrown on the top of a large Bob-load, as was the case here.

If the Unimatic didn't have the "perpetual off-balance" problem even after loading the tub in quarters, it would be the perfect washer! Perhaps I should start loading it in a circular fashion like I do with the rest? ;-)

I too would like to see the original someday; it was WAY before my time!

 

[westytoploader]

Btw, that would be a good "intermission" video on the DVD...time for a commercial break!

 

[rickr]

LOL!! Jason you are really pushing some buttons here! Better watch it, or santa may leave you a lump of coal this winter.

Nice video btw

 

[hoover1060]

I remember that commercial!!

Jason that does bring back memories!! The original commercial featured fully loaded machines such as these, and then a single gym sock was tossed into each machine. The Frigidaire's sock quickly disappeared, while the Sears' sock just kinda sat there.

It kinda looks like the opposite is happening here though...

 

[golittlesport]

cool video, Jason.

 

[mickeyd]

So nice to be older, sometimes

When the new two speed coppertone jetcone arrived at our home, replacing the tower unimatic, and when I saw the magnificent HUGE agitator with two enormous cones that dwarfed the former circulator and lint chaser, I went absolutely gaga, drooling and speechless, just imagining how fast they'd go and how unbelievable the ride would be.

Then when I saw them in action, I nearly cried. How could this possibly be? How could this visibly more powerful agitator have difficulty taking the clothes under, when the old one had them whirling?

The downward slope of the cones and their wide circumference impeded the curents in the upper half of the tub. I never got over that. And although, I give a lot to have a 1-18, nothing commpares to the sheer joy and freedom of movement provided by a unimatic or a pulsamatic. The cones just don't do it. Many of us were in denial about that for a long time.

And yet, the soothing waterfall sound of the rollermatic as it eased into the low speed first minute of spin, then the click and rush of the dial and pump as it hit high speed and the whoosh of fast water out the hose; the beautiful dial-free multi-colored control glass lit up in the dark; the fun of watching a frigidiare agitator on delicate--that was one gorgeous machine.

 

[zipdang]

Excellent video Jason! The original commercial is one of my all time favorites, and I would sit mesmerized in front of the TV every time it aired. Thanks for bringing back the memory, as well as for making an awesome recreation.

In one of my boxes of childhood treasures I have a VHS tape with a commercial from 1986 introducing the GE Spotscrubber Filter-Flo. It's the one where all the different packages of detergent (Wisk, All, Cheer, etc.) assemble to form the washing machine, and then there are shots of the machine in action. My goal is to one day convert it to digital format and share it with the group.

 

[mayken4now]

Ask Peterh

He will deny any claim that Frigidaire 1-18 or 1 18 wichever way you choose to capture the name turns clothes.

"If you are washing a load of jeans, then you must put some towels in the load to achive the turnover".

I said I will not. Then gave an example of laundry preference of softner in Jeans and not in Towels, it was excused as well. In addition, I have only White towels/linen, so was I suppose to mix with with denim???? The conversation came to a close. Am I confrontational? NO, just FACTS.

You go Kenmo!

Steve

 

[frigilux]

Great vid, Jason! I graduated from high school in '77 and I remember the commercial you're recreating.

 

[user 12105]

Great vid Jason. I love that wildly swinging tub on the kenmore.

 

[jasonl]

Kenmo tub swinging

Yeah, the tub really rocks with the DAA in it, as opposed to the gentle back and forth of the Rotoswirl.

 

[mcmodern]

Sears called. You're hired.

Great commercial. The dual action is an ingenious design, but for sheer poetry, I still like the old up 'n down. I must load my 1-18 "just right", since I've always witnessed pretty good roll in it. Clothes will hang for just a moment at the top, then as they approach the cone, whoosh! down they go.

 

[peteski50]

1/18

I have saw the 1/18's do a much better turnover than that. I do remember with certain types of loads it was a slow turnover. But most of the time the 1/18 outshined them all. The kenmore didnt look fully loaded anyway. I remember the origional commercial the 1/18 came out on top. But it is true the rapid dry still had a better turnover than the 1/18. But the 1/18 will always be superior to me.
Peter

 

[neptunebob]

Jason, I notice you even have the message at the beginning just lke the beginning of "Star Wars", that really is 1977!

 

[user 12105]

Well Pete the proof is in the pudding. I always wondered how would these pulsators handle heavier weight fabrics such as denim.

As many here have learned from this site or/and experience, any
top load washer will have a harder time rolling heavier cottons,....but for the action to completely stop???

Peter even with a fully loaded kenmore there wlll be more movement for the simple fact that the agitator vanes will push and pull the load where the pulsator relys only on water currents.

 

[user 12105]

I remember that commercial too with the fade-off GM logo and you could still here the jetcone pounding away. That Kenmore had to have been overstuffed. I have seen many of these original DAA machines in use and rollover was always achieved.

At least GM picked real competition for the time

 

[washertalk]

excellent Jason

I think one would be hard pressed to see a commercial these days showing a washer IN ACTION. certainly not as entertaining as either of these machines.
great job!

 

[user 12105]

That BD DAA has much better wash action then the DD DAA i am currently using,..though the DD does roll the clothes over more consistently...the wash *DRAMA* is so much better with the older style.

 

[Unimatic1140]

Hmmmm, something sounds fishy to me...

If the Unimatic didn't have the "perpetual off-balance" problem even after loading the tub in quarters, it would be the perfect washer! Perhaps I should start loading it in a circular fashion like I do with the rest?

That's strange Austin, if that is happening then something isn't right. Is the mechanism leaking oil? Is the unbalanced lever out of adjustment? Maybe its the difference between being installed on carpeting or on a cement floor. I only say its strange because I have four Uniamtics hooked up and they generally do not have unbalance load issues unless the load size is half or less of full capacity.

 

[peterh770]

Fun video, but it appears to me that the winner is underloaded and the loser is overloaded...

I'm really surprised that the original commercial still hasn't surfaced.

 

[peteski50]

Frigidaire vs Kenmore

In the real commercal the 1/18 came out on top. It had a different type of load that really moved. As Peter stated the Kenmore is underloaded. Someone must have the real commercal somewhere.
Peter

 

[jasonl]

But that's how the real commercial was setup. 1-18 underloaded, Kenmore Overloaded hehehe.

 

[jasonl]

All things considered, it was the commercial that got me interested in the Frigidaire washer, even though they were dissing Kenmore.

But it was the Kenmore commercial and the full page ad of the DAA that made me cut loose from my mom and haul @$$ through Sears just to look at the new agitator.

 

[jetcone]

jason

Honkin nice video there!

Love the music too, its perrrrfect!

BrettSomers found slapped in Texas ,film at eleven! (Although you are totally correct about the 1-18)
One needs to have the water level set 2 inches below the wet clothes for good turn over and grabbing action thats the key to the 1-18.

I did notice the lack of suds in the Kenmore, "If you don't have heaping suds you'll have cleaning failures"!

 

[jasonl]

Suds in the Kenmore

I was using Fresh STart in the KM when I shot the video. Belive it or not, I use TideHE in both the Oasis and the Frankenmore and it cleans well and even makes a little suds in the KM.