Maytag Neptune TL FAV9800AWW
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What's the most intense cycle on this washer? Where's the heavy duty cycle?
FAV6800 has Super Wash which tumbles continuously. All the other cycles have pauses in the tumbling. FAV9800 also has Super Wash as one of the eleven basic cycles so I imagine it does the same.
My friend Pete has the 9800.
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Excuse me guys, Figuring out how to navigate through the new site. Started searching the site for the washer and entered the info in the wrong place. But, I would love to find and buy one. I like the FAV6800AWW model.
What are the 11 basic cycles?
Super Wash
Normal
Whites
Wrinkle Control
Colors/Jeans
Delicates
Bulky Items
Hand Wash
Enviro Plus
Quick Wash
Spin Only
What are their wash profiles like agitation, spin speed, fabric selection, soil level, and cycle temps at default?
Finding parts for a Maytag Neptune top loader is more difficult than finding parts for 1966 to 2006 Maytag Helical machines.
If something was in production for many years and was popular, it’s going to be fairly easy to find parts. But when you have something that was a niche product and was more experimental more than anything, finding parts is going to be difficult, if not impossible.
The Neptune top loader was only in production for a couple of years before Maytag ended closing up shop in 2006, the Neptune front loader was more popular but even then locating parts is difficult for those as well.
While the Neptunes were interesting machines, they are too restrictive for my tastes. Should be able to choose the agitate and spin speeds along with the wash and rinse temperatures, water level for sure. My Maytag 806 and soon to be Whirlpool Imperial Mark 18 set gives you the ability to select everything independently, definitely will put the gentle wash with fast spin to use on the Imperial Mark 18.
If something was in production for many years and was popular, it’s going to be fairly easy to find parts. But when you have something that was a niche product and was more experimental more than anything, finding parts is going to be difficult, if not impossible.
The Neptune top loader was only in production for a couple of years before Maytag ended closing up shop in 2006, the Neptune front loader was more popular but even then locating parts is difficult for those as well.
While the Neptunes were interesting machines, they are too restrictive for my tastes. Should be able to choose the agitate and spin speeds along with the wash and rinse temperatures, water level for sure. My Maytag 806 and soon to be Whirlpool Imperial Mark 18 set gives you the ability to select everything independently, definitely will put the gentle wash with fast spin to use on the Imperial Mark 18.
Neptune TL doesn't need a water level selector, nor do the frontloader specimens any moreso than other frontloaders. TL has a choice of 3 spin speeds, and Max Extract which extends the time a bit. Wash/rinse temps are selectable (hot/cold, warm/warm, warm/cold, cold/cold), as is wash time (via soil level, not directly in minutes).
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