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hoovermatic

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I imagine this is pretty rare now to find one of these with the purple switches and timeline? Shame there is no internal shot. I still have mine in the shed waiting to be fitted in to the kitchen (not as old as this model), and keep contemplating selling it and then worry that I will not get hold of another. There seem to be quite a few of these around at the moment if any UK guys are interested. Have seen 3 on Ebay in the last month.

 
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Hoovermatic!-I was thinking the same thing myself when i came across this earlier, very rare but quite a few have popped up this month.

My brothers g.fs, grandmother had one of these *woo that was complicated* And alongside it she had a servis supertwin! lovely machines.

I remember standing on a chair so i could see all the display and in the drum properly! Very nice machine that she swore by.

An excellent machine for the winner!

Darren
 
Wow! That machine looks so immaculate! It should be a museum piece or better still, it should be on display at Hotpoint's HQ lol!

I hope it goes go a good home, if I had a Top-Loader, this would be it!
 
Same machine as my grandma had until I was 5 or 6, used as a farm machine for 30 years and only broke down once apparently.

This machine was on TV this morning, was on one of the houses on Homes Under The Hammer!

Jon
 
i dunno what era this would be from but yes it would have the spiral agitator and filter stream, i don't think British hotpoint made any top loading auto's without the spiral agi and the filter flow. I've heard bad and good things about these machines but i love the way they look and the fact that they can heat up to 85 degrees like a front loader and spin up to 1050rpms, very cool.
 
Hotpoint TL Automatic

Hi, all there!
Yes, I remember this machine in the house of my aunty's mother in Lymington near Southhampton/UK which was later replaced by the Modell 9403 after the other one was broken, two years before Mrs. Herrington died at the age of 96!
I promised myself to get one of those fabulous machines someday...
Sweet memories....
They came back while I was standing in front of MY 9405 in the basement, watching her doing the final rinse and spin of our black wash-load yesterday afternoon....smile!

But, Matthew, tell me, what bad things have you heard of that machine, actually? My aunty's mother was very content with these machines as well as I am!

And, gansky1, yes, it has the spiral agitator with the filter clean tray as well as mine has, like the more modern twinnies (like my T 9414) of Hotpoint have, too!

But...none of these are made any longer.....

Ralf
 
Jon - well spotted on Homes Under The Hammer. It was difficult to see anything from within all that pine cladding!!!

I think that was even older than this model though. I remember my friend's mum getting one of these when I was in junior school so that would make it 1975/1976 but no doubt an expert would be able to pin the date down. If it was 1975 then 25 years later I visited a friends flat when living in Luton and she had a FL Hotpoint with the purple door and buttons and was still in working order. Only problem was that the door had to be held closed with a chair but it still worked!
 
Hotpoint FilterFlow with SpiraClean

Now thats a classic filterflow, quite a few of the last model 9604/5 around but not many of these...the design never really changed in all the years of production from 1963 to the 1990`s, the 1509 being 1974 model, and having the 3kw heater and the 1050rpm spin, (I know, I really hoped it could have beaten the 1140 you know what!!!)

Its gotten such a deep throaty roar to it and when that spin brake "Bangs" you feel like you have been shot, heres the 1978 version, and a little vid I found, I was using it at the sink and pumpin the water out when I found a position on the timer that it doesnt do normally, it started to wash and filterflow with a minute amount of water in the tub, it does give you the effect though..



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This is basically the same as a GE Filter Flo right? Except I don't think the GEs spun at over 1000rpm. Does anyone here know how fast the domestic GE FFs spin at?

Thanks.
Liam
 
very intriguing look, kinda like lab equipment. that is some fierce agitation. the knobs look clear/silver in the ebay listing? wish they looked like that here (US).
 
Final Spin Vid

Heres a link to the final spin 1050 on one of these machines, this was made by one of our members Hoover3060. I love how it takes its time to get up to speed, it brakes rather quickly as well. It sounds quite noisy tho, but then again, i like noisy machines.
BTW, i've heard these can tangle really easily and didn't receive the best reception when introduced due to their rough agitation, i got these views from Garden Web and i think someone mentioned something in a previous thread here. I wouldn't mind tho, i'd still have one for sure lol.
Matt

 
One of my aunts had a Servis top loader. When that broke down in the late 80's, she had to get a Hotpoint toploader, as she had a bad back, and Servis had stopped making toploaders.

She mentioned to my mum that she thought the Hotpoint was too rough on the towels; much more so than the previous machine.
 
Hello Mates!

Matty, so that's where our high speed spins went--across the pond. Does the Hotpoint drain first before spinning, or did you set it up? What a crazy ride that spin was. WOW!

Mike, you want to get freaked right out? I DID THE SAME THING TODAY playing with your machine's GE cousin. The spot was just before the spin , but then discovered could achieve the same efect by selecting the mini-basket water level while leaving the basket out. It was wild but I do prefer your Spirilator to the Ramp agitator. Thanks for making that video; it was grand.

Hoove--that baby looks almost modern with the lid and all, almost like a dark see-thru on the new Oasis.

Boy! how we'd love to have one of those over here! Ours haven't spun like that since the 50's.

Mike
 
Mike!

Yes, Mike, the machine first drains quite thorough, letting drip-dry the items before it starts spinning with a loud "clang!"
I thought for long time that US-machines never spun faster than 500-750 rpm until I became a member here...!

Rolls_Rapide, I never had any trouble with the wash-action neither in the TL nor in my twinnie and I use this type of agitator for 18 years now!

Ralf
 
Agitation & Strokes

Its true the Hotpoint did had a faster stroke and agitation than the Servis, but as to being extra rough, thats not what I`ve heard and seen from using them, the Servis had the widest sweep in the industry at 210 arc rather like the Speed Queen,

Thats the trouble with those forums, one comment about a machine and it sticks, thats one forum I`ve never signed up to...perhaps I should for an unbiased viewpoint...

The Servis only had a 650 spin and was dearer than the Hotpoint, and Hotpoints machines did tend to just keep going and where simple to repair,

Now a hotpoint with a mini basket, Hhmmmm

Happy Spiralating, Mike
 
Wondering if a Hotpoint Spirilator will fit the shaft of a GE.

The Easy Spirilator will "snug"right over the rubber but the upper shaft is exposed and I'm afraid water might seep in and cause harm, but it's fun to watch the Easy Agi work in short fast strokes. It's very gentle.

Having a bit o' over-the-pond envy learning how your versions of our machines are more versatile and interesting--truly washer lovers' delights.
 

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