Hitachi Portables

[pulsatron]

Hitachi washers

Matty,
My late father and his lady friend had a little Hitachi top loader with about a 4kg capacity I think and it lasted them 19 years and it only needed one service call whaich was in it's last year of life to tell them it was finally finished.
I believe Hitachi is a bit of a hidden brand here in Oz as all the attention is given to Hoover and Simpson and probably L.G.as well.
One of my neighbours has a Hitachi split system air con, and says it is fantastic.
You may be interested to know as well Hitachi makes the only large capacity twin-tub on the market here now as it seems Haier have discontinued their jumbo twin-tub,perhaps I had better get one quickly before Hitachi stop them as well.
Cheers.
Steve.

 

[mattywashboy]

'New' washing machine

I am in the process of moving rental houses at the moment. In the rental house that we are moving into there was a Hitachi portable washing machine just sat in the laundry. It is quite old and dirty but still works like an absolute dream. It is one of the first models with a 'pulgitator' (see above posts). The owner of the rental assured us it had never needed a service call and has been well looked after. I have numerous pics which will follow. As you can see i'm using Spree laundry detergent at the moment, very cheap but does the job well.

 

[mattywashboy]

Of course the compulsary timer shot

Sorry if its a bit bright, with the dial being shiny the flash reflects, none of the writing is faded.

 

[mattywashboy]

The buzzer volume, water level, temp, action and rinse hold

At the end of the final spin the drum coasts to a stop before the brake clicks on and the machine shuts down. As soon as the drum begins to slow down, the buzzer activates to let you know the cycle is ending. Even at a medium volume it is quite loud.

 

[mattywashboy]

Here it is washing on a Regular wash, just doing some sofa throws and towels. As you can see a lot of dog hair has accumulated in the top of the drum and if you look in the bottom right hand cornere you see a hole surrounded by powder residue, this is the fabric softner dispenser. It annoys me how people tend to use fabric softner dispensers as powder detergent dispensers. My first job when i have a minute is to clean it up a bit, its yellowing with age and i think the previous tenants smoked, but still it washes fantastically and is actually not very noisy. It also has the funky Shower fill that Austin was describing in his earlier post.

 

[pulsatron]

That's the same one!!!!!!!!!!!

Matty,
That is the exact same machine I described in my last post on here as I mentioned earlier Dad and his lady friend really loved this machine,she now has a Hoover 5kg capacity which to be honest she is not really rapt in,she says it is a bit rough on the clothes and also one of the knobs broke of it within the first 3 months of using it,she has told me she would rather have the Hitachi back any day.
Cheers.
Steve.

 

[Designgeek]

That looks so classic 1970s, especially the shape of the pushbuttons, and to a certain extent the shape of the knobs to the left of the pushbuttons.

The yellowing is probably sunlight over a 30-year period, in an area of Australia that's suffered from the ozone deficiency.

I'd be concerned about all the doggie hair. If that's what you can see, there might be more hanging out inside in places you can't see. I'd suggest wiping all the surfaces down with bleach after you clean up all the actual doggie hair including the lint filter and underneath the agitator.

Question, what's the no-spin cycle for?

 

[mattywashboy]

the no spin cycle is another name for Rinse Hold or Drip Dry, if you select no spin cycle them it will stop in the rinse and not drain or spin, so you can get things out that you don't want to be spun. I use it on Perm Press shirts. I have cleaned all the dog hair out now and yes i did wipe it all down with a spray containing bleach

 

[stainfighter]

Austin, if you ever get bored...

with this GE I would love to have her (probably not)! Sounds like a LOT of fun. Given my space constraints small machines are the way I have to build my collection..