Hoover Keymatic

[ronhic]

Mayner and Cochran

..In Canberra had one years ago that they couldn't get the keyplate out of....

May just give them a call tomorrow and see if they still have it....

 

[chestermikeuk]

Wow

So I take it cold wash powders had to do their job in these machines!!! would you maybe have to pre-treat stains or did "Cold" powder really work on its own?? Gosh at that rate it would be quicker pound for pound than a Hoovermatic!!!

 

[vacbear58]

Four minutes makes sense

For the cottons/regular cycles as that was the maximum wash time on all Hoovermatics. They must have used quite a lot of water to have made the pulsator action any good. How was it for tangling given that that was a critism often directed at the Hoovematic?

I was wondering how the Keymatic might have fared in the US had it been sold there - presumably as a portable given that it was on wheels etc. I presume that it was not sold in Canada either.
Al

 

[mynameismiele]

Question for timon90

When are you going to post new vids of your washers on YouTube?

 

[matchboxpaul]

My two penniesworth and guess what, its a question!

Me being daft but why were the Australian Keymatics, that I have seen pictures of, called MkIV or Mark IV.

Silly question I know but were there Mark I, Mark II and Mark III versions, or was it a simple marketing name?

cheers
Paul

 

[ronhic]

LOL....

....no, that is a GOOD question

 

[gizmo]

I have never seen a Mk anything except a Mk IV.

I have owned a couple of the early ones with a timeline display and the green body panel. The one I restored was the round display type with the word "Keymatic' with the capital K and lower case other letters, like Brisnat's photo above. The one I have now is a Mark IV, with the "KEYMATIC" in all caps.

So as far as I know, the only Keymatic called "Mark" was the Mark IV.

Chris.

http://automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/00ShowCollectionGETD.cgi?photoshow=03@Keymatic%20Mark%[email protected]&dir=/COLLECTIONS/GIZMO

 

[chestermikeuk]

Could it be...

Is it that the early ones where imported from Merthyr Tydfyl and that the ones presented Mark IV etc where made at Meadowbank??

 

[mayfan69]

No Keymatics made in Aus

Hey Mike

My contact who used to be an engineer at Hoover told me ALL Australian Keymatics were imported from the UK. Why they were only called Mark IV, don't know. I'll ask him the next time i'm chatting to him.

Leon

 

[ozhoover]

Looks like mine was Ozzie made

Hi Leon

My Keymatic's rating plate shows it was made at Medowbank, here's a few pics... Think the early one's where imported from the UK.... as have seen machines with both made in the UK and Australia in the past...

Mark

 

[ozhoover]

Pic 2

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[gizmo]

Mine definitely says made in Australia, and I think the older timeline one was too.

 

[mayfan69]

My mistake then

My mistake then

Sorry!!!!...i bow to the experts! Hoover isn't my favourite brand unlike Simpson and Wilkins Servis
Leon

 

[ronhic]

Still....

Leon,

I've had a look around my mothers laundry as promised some months ago for the instruction book for her Simpson washer...no luck I'm sorry to say...

Given that Hoover isn't your most favoured brand, and I now have a HUGE by our standards laundry, if you happen to see anything interesting....say a functioning Keymatic......on your travels, feel free to let me know