if you only wanted one wringer washer...

[thedrycleaner]

hello friends, its me the dry cleaner. I have a small but credible washer collection. I actually only wanted one in the very beginning. my first one was a maytag master. I later traded it for another washer. but I was thinking as of late that if I was gonna recommend one for a novice with quality and function in mind. it would be without a doubt a maytag, either of the three models they made for many years. I mean no disrespect to any of the other neat brands and models out there to collect. but for rugged durability, maytag is the one. thanks Bill

 

[norgeway]

Maytag wringer

Absolutely A aluminum square tub , Maytag automatics i despise but the wringers are the very best.

 

[ea56]

I prefer the porcelain square tub model J’s, with a pump! I think they have just slightly larger capacity than the square aluminum tub model E’s. The advantage of the aluminum tub is the double wall that insulates the wash water and keeps it hot longer. I’ve used both. We had a new ‘69 model E when I was a teen and my first washer was a model J that I bought used from the Salvation Army for $35 in ‘72.

If our home had the room for a laundry tub I’d have a model J as our daily driver. I love the way they clean and that I can have a weeks worth of laundry washed, rinsed and wrung out in an hour. I also love the whole process. I’ve said many times here before that I find it therapeutic. I like repetitious, hands on work. And personally, I never found that the wrung out laundry was that much wetter than laundry that was spun out by a ‘60’s Whirlpool TL. When you use a wringer all the time you learn to run items through the wringer so that it gets the maximum amount of water out.

Eddie

 

[turquoisedude]

Purely out of nostalgia, I'd like to find a working GE or Hotpoint wringer from the late 40s or early 50s.   When I was a brat, a neighbour gave me a GE wringer - it got used, too!  The family's 64 GE V12 automatic was condemned shortly thereafter...    I had a Hotpoint wringer washer back in the late 1990s up our weekend place northwest of Montreal in those days.   A neighbour was moving and had the machine up for sale in their garage sale - they wanted $150 for it and I thought that was too much.  A day later, the washer was down at the side of the road, so I helped myself to it... LOL   It lasted about 4 years then the pump drive wheel gave out on me.  I scrapped the washer, thinking I'd not be able to find the part... oy!  I still keep an eye out for one of these machines, though!

 

[qsd-dan]

Maytag J2LP with a custom made 2 speed motor.

 

[launderess]

My Maytag J2LP

Prefer porcelain tub over aluminum since it won't react with various chemicals used on wash day. Even without double tub water remains plenty hot regardless.

Second runner up would be Thor Cylinder washer.

Third runner up - Hotpoint Empress or similar wringer washer.

BBC - A History of the World - Object : hotpoint empress wringer washer

A History of the World is a partnership between the BBC and the British Museum that focuses on world history, involving collaborations between teams across the BBC, and schools, museums and audiences across the UK. The project focuses on the things we have made, from flint to mobile phone.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[combo52]

Best Wringer Washer

If you are going for great performance a WP or KM are your best choices , These have larger capacity and nice porcelain  tubs safer wringers and even lint filters , two speeds and a timer.

 

The MTs are simpler but really not more durable as water gets into the transmission from the stupid low-post-drive, it seems about every MT WW you find is leaking oil out the breather hole because water is seeping in and oil is floating out.

 

Some parts are easier to find for MTs but really no major repairs are easy on any American WW today.

 

John L.

 

[launderess]

Considered a WP or Kenmore wringer when looking about, but they were too bulky (those lever controls on either side), and worried about spares if required.

Think reason many go with Maytag is fact that there is simply a wealth of parts and information out there. Decades after Maytag discontinued their conventional washers one still can find NOS parts including entire wringer heads.

 

[abcomatic]

I have a collection of wringer machines. Maytags, Speed Queens, ABC's, GE, Dexter. The ABC's seem to be the quietest. The Dexter takes up a lot of room, but two tubs do. The Speed Queens sit up taller than the others. Maytags churn the water up nicely as does the Easy spindrier. The ABC's have 'bumps' in the bottom of the tubs. A carry over from the washboard days perhaps. They all clean well, but I think the Maytags and the Easy are more aggressive with their wash actions.

 

[norgeway]

For brute washing ability

Get a spiral dasher Apex!

 

[rpms]

For nostalgic reasons I would go for a Beatty brothers wringer washer since the factory was 45 minutes from my home.
I think those wringers were built as tuff as a Maytag.
Several of the neighbour ladies had a Beatty and my grandmother had one. It was a Wash well. Big angle wing perforated agitator.
At the museum in Elora which is the old poor house 5 minutes from Fergus where the Beatty's were,they have quite the collection of wringers in quite a few styles.
Should probably request a viewing and do a photo op.
Turquoise Dude is still the darling of the museum.
The curators down there loved him.
Paul,come back for a visit soon!

 

[dermacie]

I only have one but, I would love two more lol.  I have a J2l Maytag non-pump model. But I would love to experience an E2lP.  Or a speed queen.  I do love my laundry after it has been washed in a Maytag.

 

[electronicontrl]

My Wringer

Well.... one of them

 

[qsd-dan]

My Wringer



Got a picture of the box it came out of?

 

[smartdrive1100]

If you want a good wringer get a Hoover, it’s the only wringer I’ve ever had but it gets clothes clean not matter what, the wash action of it is brutal.