How did this Lady Kenmore work?

[bajaespuma]

It amounts to quibbles. But I had to know.

To be fair, this Lady Kenmore is a hell of a lot more flexible (if that's what floats yer goat) than a dictatorial TOL like the  Maytag A906.  I always thought the A906 would've been the perfect machine for people I knew who couldn't have given a sh*t about doing laundry and were clueless when it came to using an automatic washer.

 

Another thing I very much like about this machine is the dispensers are intelligent; they'll dispense bleach and softener at the correct points in whatever cycle(s) you choose. One would, however, have to return to the machine to add detergent if one were using the Soak and/or the Pre-Wash. Unless, of course, as I plan to, one replaced that wonderful Vari-Flex agitator with, say, a Super Surgilator (a black one with a chrome top) and threw a centrifugal dispenser on top of that.

 

 

 

[DADoES]

 
The unit of your leading pictures (and some earlier and later years) does have a powdered detergent dispenser which triggers (as Bob references in #621658) at start of the Normal cycle wash period.  So one *can* run an unattended Soak -> Prewash -> Normal cycle with all additives dispensed automatically ... add Soak/Prewash detergent directly to the tub at the start.

 

[bajaespuma]

Oh. I thought it just dumped into a flume of the self-cleaning lint filter. The one on my Wards/Norge was a bit lame; a solenoid diverted some of the inlet water into a dispenser flume, but because it was only part of the water going into the machine it's not strong enough to wash all of the powder into the tub. Good to know! Can't wait to get this machine; I just hope it's in good working order. I don't need another "project" right now; just slow-paced instant gratification.

 

[combo52]

Lady Kenmore Magic

Yes Ken you will love this machine as it was the ultimate in automatic performance, This is why I was never much of a fan of MT and many other brands such as SQ as they were not sophisticated enough for may tastes. And the performance of things like the SC lint filter on the washer and the big fast Soft Heat dryers were without equal in their day.

 

[appnut]

powdered detergent dispenser which triggers (as Bob referenc

Why do I even bother to go into the detail from my own experience to answer a question the poster had asked when all my efforts aren't even paid attention to.  Now you understand one of the reaosmns why I withdrew a few months back.  No attention heeded.  I know this souinds aweful, but it gets discouraging. And I agree with you Ken about the 906.  Only the regular cycles have a choice of two water levels.  The rest none.  And the maximum wash time is the only option, no ability to vary wash time at all.   But on the surface it sure is one spiffy washer.   And there is a way to get the 2nd rinse automatically on the above LK.  One simply selects the custom care option to give one the delicate agitat4ion speed.  And use the normal cycle buttons & water temp options as needed.  Wow, that ocmbinatoin yields up to 5 buttons being pushed for one cycle and I think Ken likes pushbuttons.

 

[tomturbomatic]

Maytag used the full water level for the w'nw, woolens and delicate cycles to make the agitation gentler because even they knew that their high fin Gyrator was rough on fabrics, even at slow speed if there was not a full tub of water. Besides if someone was using the woolens cycle to wash a blanket, they would need the full tub of water. It was a seriously inflexible machine in many aspects.