Large capicity MT question.
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lordkenmore
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"Definitely not 18 like the Kenmores!!!"
But Maytag fights back by NOT having neutral drain, and--as I recall--faster spin!
"The capacity is much more measured in volume than pounds."
That's always been my attitude, for right or wrong, with any machine. Plus, there are issues of the type of load--some things seem to work better more "underloaded" than others.
"I have a 38 year old Maytag and I never over load it. That may be part of the reason its still running after 38 years."
It also probably helps that it's a Maytag made when Maytag lasted!
But Maytag fights back by NOT having neutral drain, and--as I recall--faster spin!
"The capacity is much more measured in volume than pounds."
That's always been my attitude, for right or wrong, with any machine. Plus, there are issues of the type of load--some things seem to work better more "underloaded" than others.
"I have a 38 year old Maytag and I never over load it. That may be part of the reason its still running after 38 years."
It also probably helps that it's a Maytag made when Maytag lasted!
lordkenmore
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Personally, I'm not sure that I worry that much about capacity. Big capacity CAN be nice for some things. Or for people who don't like doing laundry and want to get it over with fast, who might say: "I don't care about sorting colors! I just want to get back to rotting my brain on network TV!!!!"
I have found that a standard capacity Kenmore is more than adequate for my daily laundry needs. The only time I would want more is for washing loads of big blankets or comforters or whatever. "Someday" I'd like to have a larger capacity machine just to handle those loads. Possibly a WCI-style Frigidaire, which seemed to have as much capacity as I'd ever need.
[Momentary pause to let Jed revive at the thought of someone thinking of WCI. Quick, wave the bottle of Tide under his nose!]
I have found that a standard capacity Kenmore is more than adequate for my daily laundry needs. The only time I would want more is for washing loads of big blankets or comforters or whatever. "Someday" I'd like to have a larger capacity machine just to handle those loads. Possibly a WCI-style Frigidaire, which seemed to have as much capacity as I'd ever need.
[Momentary pause to let Jed revive at the thought of someone thinking of WCI. Quick, wave the bottle of Tide under his nose!]
mrb627
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I am with LordK
Give Me a Standard Capacity Kenmore with a Super-Roto-Swirl or Straight-Vane and I can get my laundry done very well. Thank You!
Malcolm
Give Me a Standard Capacity Kenmore with a Super-Roto-Swirl or Straight-Vane and I can get my laundry done very well. Thank You!
Malcolm
MT TALL TUB CAPACITY
Dan I agree that I would take 16lbs with a grain of salt for a tall tub MT I think 12-13 pounds would be about it. I would love to see where you found the 16lbs figure I have never seen anything in print in all the time I have worked with Maytag, I know sales salesmen will throw numbers around at sales meetings after a few drinks but I have never seen anything in print. I have an old baby scale in my laundry room and its interesting to weigh loads of towels etc and see what even 12lbs really is you might be surprised how big a load 16-20lbs really is. Its a fun test that everyone should try it will give a more realistic idea of how small the average load really is.
Dan I agree that I would take 16lbs with a grain of salt for a tall tub MT I think 12-13 pounds would be about it. I would love to see where you found the 16lbs figure I have never seen anything in print in all the time I have worked with Maytag, I know sales salesmen will throw numbers around at sales meetings after a few drinks but I have never seen anything in print. I have an old baby scale in my laundry room and its interesting to weigh loads of towels etc and see what even 12lbs really is you might be surprised how big a load 16-20lbs really is. Its a fun test that everyone should try it will give a more realistic idea of how small the average load really is.
Working like a baker
I direct my culinary students to weigh everything because estimation and volume-guessing is just inaccurate. I'm with John; I have a balance-beam scale in my laundry area, and every once in a while I will use it to see what's what. One time I used it to determine what the high-end limit was for my LG front loader; that was 24 lbs. of mixed laundry (that translates to 16 bath towels). Recently I was able to wash an entire set of sofa slipcovers that weighed-in dry at 25 1/2 lbs.
I did the same thing over 40 years ago when I began to realize that GE was fibbing big time about its so-called 14 and 16 lb. capacity machines that looked suspiciously identical to our V-12 machine. Our V-12 could barely contain 12 lbs. of what GE called "mixed heavy fabrics". The laundry poked well up beyond the clothes retainer ring and if the machine hadn't been fitted with the spiral ramp activator, they would have gone nowhere.
I think CU was fair when it declared that all of those old "standard capacity" machines(with noted exceptions like the Franklin machines on the big end and the Frigidaires on the small end) could handle an 8 lb. load, and anything extra was overloading.
I direct my culinary students to weigh everything because estimation and volume-guessing is just inaccurate. I'm with John; I have a balance-beam scale in my laundry area, and every once in a while I will use it to see what's what. One time I used it to determine what the high-end limit was for my LG front loader; that was 24 lbs. of mixed laundry (that translates to 16 bath towels). Recently I was able to wash an entire set of sofa slipcovers that weighed-in dry at 25 1/2 lbs.
I did the same thing over 40 years ago when I began to realize that GE was fibbing big time about its so-called 14 and 16 lb. capacity machines that looked suspiciously identical to our V-12 machine. Our V-12 could barely contain 12 lbs. of what GE called "mixed heavy fabrics". The laundry poked well up beyond the clothes retainer ring and if the machine hadn't been fitted with the spiral ramp activator, they would have gone nowhere.
I think CU was fair when it declared that all of those old "standard capacity" machines(with noted exceptions like the Franklin machines on the big end and the Frigidaires on the small end) could handle an 8 lb. load, and anything extra was overloading.
Some of the same stuff is going on today
Look no further than the last line of DD machines from Whirlpool. They are offered in 2.5, 3.2, 3.5, and 4.0 cu. ft. capacity, but to the best of my knowledge, the ONLY machine with a different tub/basket size is the 2.5. The others are all the same physical parts. In Kenmores, each one gets a slightly 'better' agitator as you go up in capacity, but the sheer volume of the machines is the same.
G
Look no further than the last line of DD machines from Whirlpool. They are offered in 2.5, 3.2, 3.5, and 4.0 cu. ft. capacity, but to the best of my knowledge, the ONLY machine with a different tub/basket size is the 2.5. The others are all the same physical parts. In Kenmores, each one gets a slightly 'better' agitator as you go up in capacity, but the sheer volume of the machines is the same.
G
As to the large capacity vs. standard capacity Kenmores, a standard machine works fine for me too - I know this first-hand because I used two or three of them over the last couple years.
I'm not sure others have this happen, but my laundry volume increases in the winter - flannel sheets vs. regular ones, jeans and sweat shirts vs. shorts and Ts - all combine to make about 1 or 2 more loads of laundry per week in the winter. Logic would dictate that I use a larger machine in the winter, OR do more laundry. I like doing laundry, so as I'm about to switch machines out a bit, I'm going for at least one standard tub to temporarily replace one of the three large capacity Kenmores that I have hooked-up right now.
My mother and the moms of nearly all my friends survived with standard capacity Kenmores and didn't complain, so I figure I can too!
Gordon
I'm not sure others have this happen, but my laundry volume increases in the winter - flannel sheets vs. regular ones, jeans and sweat shirts vs. shorts and Ts - all combine to make about 1 or 2 more loads of laundry per week in the winter. Logic would dictate that I use a larger machine in the winter, OR do more laundry. I like doing laundry, so as I'm about to switch machines out a bit, I'm going for at least one standard tub to temporarily replace one of the three large capacity Kenmores that I have hooked-up right now.
My mother and the moms of nearly all my friends survived with standard capacity Kenmores and didn't complain, so I figure I can too!
Gordon
cphifer5115
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Yeah I agree about the standard capcity machine, i have a larger tub kenmore belt drive but i only fill it to about what a standard capcity machine would fill to and my laundry just seems cleaner than ever but then I to like doing laundry and sometimes find myself trying to scrap up just one more load on laundry day. lol i know it's wierd.
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