autowasherfreak
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Todd, do you have any videos of your MW machines?
Is there any classic machine you dislike or hate?
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mattl
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don't put too much thought into it!
Lot's of interesting comments, but I think many are over analyzing it- I'm talking about a visceral reaction. One look at the POD Kenmores and I had an instant dislike for them, nothing to do with their performance, just the look of them.
Based on that I'd rate them crush worthy.
Lot's of interesting comments, but I think many are over analyzing it- I'm talking about a visceral reaction. One look at the POD Kenmores and I had an instant dislike for them, nothing to do with their performance, just the look of them.
Based on that I'd rate them crush worthy.
Hi AutowasherFreak, I'm working on compiling/creating some videos of my machines. I'll keep you posted!
And this is so refreshing to hear some anti-'tag talk!! The 806 I have has terrible lint removal. The manual states that you rarely have to rinse out the lint filter because the lint is whisked away thru the holes in the tub. Hardly. You rarely have to rinse the filter because it's useless.
And this is so refreshing to hear some anti-'tag talk!! The 806 I have has terrible lint removal. The manual states that you rarely have to rinse out the lint filter because the lint is whisked away thru the holes in the tub. Hardly. You rarely have to rinse the filter because it's useless.
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For all of the Maytag bashing going on, alot of farm families around here own/owned one or more. The reason being their dependability, and ability to get farm clothes clean.
I have two least favorite pre-1980's machines.
1. the WCI-Westinghouse top loaders. Poor turnover, poor quality. Although they did have a great spray rinse.
2. The last of the BD Kenmores which introduced the so-called dual-action agitator and that stupid four minute neutral drain.
1. the WCI-Westinghouse top loaders. Poor turnover, poor quality. Although they did have a great spray rinse.
2. The last of the BD Kenmores which introduced the so-called dual-action agitator and that stupid four minute neutral drain.
Hated it!!!
I don't know if this is appropriate for this forum, but I'm really getting sick of all the homogenous Front Loaders that are in the stores now. It's like they're 20 iterations of the same freakin' machine. Have washing machines become such a commodity now that there are no designers and no new innovations? Where the hell is Mr. Dyson (I have to tell you guys, even though his vacuum cleaners have been proven a joke, his hand dryers in the big store bathrooms are AWESOME!) Pity. Even the Miele's that were such a dependably great brand are being totally dumbed down for the American market. Are there no heroes out there????Won't anyone hear my plea?
I don't know if this is appropriate for this forum, but I'm really getting sick of all the homogenous Front Loaders that are in the stores now. It's like they're 20 iterations of the same freakin' machine. Have washing machines become such a commodity now that there are no designers and no new innovations? Where the hell is Mr. Dyson (I have to tell you guys, even though his vacuum cleaners have been proven a joke, his hand dryers in the big store bathrooms are AWESOME!) Pity. Even the Miele's that were such a dependably great brand are being totally dumbed down for the American market. Are there no heroes out there????Won't anyone hear my plea?
LAST GREAT NEWER WASHER
Ken just to turn this around a little, I am with you as everything is about the same now. The last great new machine for me was defiantly the WP built Calypsos, all these FL things are so boring. I will go to great strides to keep a calypso the rest of my life, as it is by far the most effective washing and rinsing and spinning machine I have ever had.
Ken just to turn this around a little, I am with you as everything is about the same now. The last great new machine for me was defiantly the WP built Calypsos, all these FL things are so boring. I will go to great strides to keep a calypso the rest of my life, as it is by far the most effective washing and rinsing and spinning machine I have ever had.
Topping my list of classic machines I hated was my 1984 TOL positive air flow Wards(Norge)electric dryer. Wards should have named it their "Lint Unlimited" model. Blowing heat into the drum instead of pulling it out was just a bad idea. It would often blow its own door open.
The lower-end Kenmores with fake woodgrain wallpaper on their cheap plastic consoles. I thought they were the cheapest-looking things I'd ever seen. Were they from the late 1970's or '80s, perhaps? I'm sure they cleaned as well as any BD Kenmore (I grew up with a super-stylish pushbutton 1960 Model 80), but I didn't like the looks of them at all.
If you're seeing poor turnover in a 1960s/1970s Maytag it's because it's overloaded. No, they don't hold as much as other machines, but then again they don't use as much water as many others either. Another problem was that since they didn't run with the lid open, the owners couldn't learn how to properly load them. I've had GE Filter flows, belt-drive Whirlpool/Kenmores, and a Frigidare 1-18, and nothing gets my filthy clothes as clean as my current washer, a Maytag A606. It certainly doesn't have the most effective lint filter, but it does filter hair well, and I like the fact that the filter doesn't self clean itself, putting all that lint down my drain. The dryer catches the lint the washer misses anyway.
Oh yes, this is about what do I dislike, well, at the risk of upsetting people here, I was never a fan of the belt drive Whirlpool. The mechanism seems Rube Goldbergish, the neutral drain makes for a poor spray rinse with the clothes laying in the bottom of the tub, and the 550rpm spin just doesn't quite cut the mustard.
I like the action of the GE filter flow, but they often seemed to eat transmissions, they were noisy, GE parts prices are often a rip-off, and they're water pigs.
The Frigidare 1-18s just didn't seem to hold up as well as other washers did, and then there's the tangled sheets.
Now don't get me wrong, any of the above machines are superior to the trash they build today, and any one of them will wash well when used by someone who knows their machine and I enjoy seeing all the old machines here at automaticwasher.org. As the French say; "vive la différence"
Ken D.[this post was last edited: 6/12/2011-17:08]
Oh yes, this is about what do I dislike, well, at the risk of upsetting people here, I was never a fan of the belt drive Whirlpool. The mechanism seems Rube Goldbergish, the neutral drain makes for a poor spray rinse with the clothes laying in the bottom of the tub, and the 550rpm spin just doesn't quite cut the mustard.
I like the action of the GE filter flow, but they often seemed to eat transmissions, they were noisy, GE parts prices are often a rip-off, and they're water pigs.
The Frigidare 1-18s just didn't seem to hold up as well as other washers did, and then there's the tangled sheets.
Now don't get me wrong, any of the above machines are superior to the trash they build today, and any one of them will wash well when used by someone who knows their machine and I enjoy seeing all the old machines here at automaticwasher.org. As the French say; "vive la différence"
Ken D.[this post was last edited: 6/12/2011-17:08]
At this point try to buy vintage machines only from the swap shops in my area.the WP-KN BD supply of machines is drying up-may have to make do with the DD shredmore machines.I just feel esp for their prices todays machines are just expensive krusher and trash truck food.I won't link here but you can go to the "classic Refuse Trucks" to see washers and other things Krushed in trash trucks.The BD drives do seem to hold up well,though-but changing belts in them is a pain-kinda like changing the blade drive belt in a Snapper rider mower.
Truthfully, though...
...There is NO machine I would ever dislike (much less hate), aside from the little nitpicks, I have playfully described...
Each washer (& dryer) is very special in its own way!
I enjoy seeing & reading about ever appliance I have so far on IMPERIAL (& SUPER), old, new, foreign, domestic & all of the above!
-- Dave
...There is NO machine I would ever dislike (much less hate), aside from the little nitpicks, I have playfully described...
Each washer (& dryer) is very special in its own way!
I enjoy seeing & reading about ever appliance I have so far on IMPERIAL (& SUPER), old, new, foreign, domestic & all of the above!
-- Dave
Hated AMP 'Tags because I could not watch at all. Did not care for helical drive machines until the 06 series with somewhat improved agitation. Found out about the 50 cycle pulley and discovered that even old Helical drive machines, when souped up with the pulley and a Powerfin, could really move clothes.
I don't like neutral drains and disliked the D-shaped tub opening of WP-made machines.
I don't like neutral drains and disliked the D-shaped tub opening of WP-made machines.
WOw so many
Rabid Anti Norge ites!
Who knew??
I never liked the Apex, its a splashy machine. WHO would name a washer with an X at the end??
And it spins funny and its weird! And there is only ONE in existence thats the worst part!
Yup its the Apex for me!
Rabid Anti Norge ites!
Who knew??
I never liked the Apex, its a splashy machine. WHO would name a washer with an X at the end??
And it spins funny and its weird! And there is only ONE in existence thats the worst part!
Yup its the Apex for me!
Oh no what have i Done?
And after 2 margaritas on a Friday- too boot!
And after 2 margaritas on a Friday- too boot!
A big, bouncing basket <span style="font-size: xx-large; color: #ff0000;">**SLAP**</span> for Jon, then.
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