Maytag Neptune TL!

[combo52]

Up And Running

Nice job Kelly, I have never seen anyone that said these do not clean well, When CRs tested one it had the highest cleaning score ever.

 

The major problem with this cool washer is severe tangling, most owners hated this washer and many were dumped long before they broke down which usually was not that anyway.

 

Maytag had patents dating back to 1949 for a TL washer with impellers on both sides of the wash tub, however the original design had the impellers in a horizontal position and a full tub of water which might have worked better but would not have been energy efficient.

 

I give MT great credit for actually bringing this washer to market, this along with the much more successful Whirlpool Calypso will diffidently be future collectible machines and the two coolest automatic washers designed and produced in the US in the last 20 years.

 

John L.

 

[DADoES]

 
John, I've reported in the past that I've had loads that did not tumble without help, which I consider a failure. 

One load of 21 shirts I watched through the entire wash period to see if maybe it'd eventually roll before the drain but it did not ... I restarted the cycle and assisted.

 

[rodro2006]

Need your help

Hi everyone

As you know I also bought this machine this weekend, but the tub cover and splash guard are ruined and have to buy them, but no one though ebay can send me this to Mexico, do anyone knows how can I send this both things to Mexico, thanks a lot.

 

[rodro2006]

Maytag Neptune TL

Hi everyone, I leave here a short video of my new Maytag Neptune TL, I'll upload more videos performing with cloths

 

[thomasortega]

Is it me or when the Neptune TL starts the agitation it sounds exactly like one of those civil defense sirens?

 

[rodro2006]

Maytag Neptune TL

I share the the whole cycle of my new Maytag Neptune TL, hope you enjoy it

 

[DADoES]

 
Whoa!  The basket spins while heating!?

 

[DADoES]

 
Failed to balance on the first spin so skipped it.

Last rinse is a higher fill level, and it topped off the fill after tumbling started (due to the items absorbing water, which it may do at any time on any fill) and caught you with the lid open. 

The FAV9800 / LCD model has a higher max spin speed (1000 RPM) than the FAV6800 / LED model (850 RPM).  And a water heater.

 

[gelaundry4ever]

wash cycle

What wash cycle did he use?

 

[rodro2006]

Dadoes & GElaundry

Dadoes check to all steps you described, unfortunately I had to cut my video cause of the weight, but I recorded the main things of the cycle, I just love this machine, and yes it cought me with more filling and the final rinse, I didn't remember that this final rinse, the level raise at the top.

GElaundry, I used cottons with 24min tumbling, hot water, auto temp select(heating), Presoak select, max extract select, 2 rinses default, 80 minutes total time cycled

Is really a good looking machine, I enjoy every minute it passes during the cycle and can't stop watching.

 

[gelaundry4ever]

defults and cycles

What's the default setting on the cottons cycle? What are the other cycles this machine have to offer? Where's the sturdy cycle?

 

[henene4]

Always thought that those tumblers looked the wrong way around. That sharp edge should better lift clothing.

Also think that that machine could have hugely benefited from a mode shifter based mechanism.
Being abled to reverse the tumbler direction should have limited tangeling.
And with the tumbling vs spin shift being based on motor direction there was just no way to realise that.

Now the big question:

If you could bring back either of these 2 with some improfements which would you choose: The Neptune TL or The Calypso?

Neptune TL with reversing tumbling, improofed tumblers, a recirculation, normal dispensers with glass lid?

Calypso with heater, improofed mechanism, glass lid?

 

[rodro2006]

Henen4

Well, actually you can invert the rollers, and have the action you are talking about, I just put them back after I clean it the wrong way and the rollers roll the other way around, but I think it can be a bit aggressive with clothes.

And giving answer to your question, I will always prefer this Maytag Neptune TL by far, I didn't like the Calypso motion.

GELAUNDRY

Sorry I get confused, the cycle I test yesterday was the sturdy one, the difference between this one and the cottons, is the pauses it makes during the cycle, but I attach to u the cycles available.

 

[maytagneptune]

Light loads do not do so well in this machine

Whenever I wash stuff in this I put 2 towels on the mix and fill the tub to the plastic water ring. so it can tumble and not just move the load back and fourth.

 

[DADoES]

 
henene4, absolutely the Calypso with a heater!

 

[DADoES]

 
Rodrigo, the final rinse doesn't start tumbling until the higher fill level is reached ... it just happened to do the top-off due to the level dropping via water absorption of the fabric.  Softener flush begins on the final rinse when the normal level is reached and continues until the higher level is reached.

It'll also do top-offs if necessary on the wash and interim rinses at the lower level.

The Bulky cycle runs the higher level for all fills.

Bleach flush is during the fill for the 1st rinse, if you haven't yet noticed.

This all as per behavior of my FAV6800.

 

[rodro2006]

Dadoes response

Yes to all of your sentences, the thing is that I used to have another TL, but I get rid of it because of the tub bearings get ruined, here in Mexico is too expensive to repair it, so that's why I told u earlier that I forget every step thorough the cycle.

But I only get used it again, and never will cought by the water.

Thanks

 

[thomasortega]

Rodro, where do you live in Mexico? Is it close to California?

 

[logixx]

Thanks for the video! I never knew one could reverse the tumblers. How much more aggressive does the wash action become?

 

[thomasortega]

For decades I ran away from Calypsos, until the day one ended up falling from the sky on my lap.

The beginning mas kinda meh, specially because the washer was horribly dirty.

The idea was play with it for a few days and then get rid of it...

Kevin has a Calypso and always said it's one of his favorite washers for whites... I was polite so I always smiled and said "Ah, cool".. (Inside I was asking myself "WTF?!?!"

I ran tons of cycles with test load, fryer boil out, citric acid. Including one day that i unplugged it and filled it manually up to the top, added cascade, let it soak for a few minutes and drained (what came out was nasty), rinse, repeat a zillion times.

Finally the day to have a full load came... The calypso shocked me. Really dirty whites came out like new.

Second load, a full load and I decided to challenge it with an overload.
The result was even better. It's incredible how it works much better overloaded.

The only thing I thought it was ridiculous was the bulky cycle, I washed a queen size duvet in it and it was a disaster. Never again!

For everything else, try to keep the load (after wet) almost level to the top of the cone. the rollover is great and the cleaning performance is unbeatable.

It's a little bit rough on full loads of towels.

The Calypso has tons of annoying things and some project mistakes, but it's an spectacular washer. And it's impossible to compare with its successor Cabrio.
OMG, Why I didn't get a Calypso before? That washer is awesome.