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Lighten up, I was just joking with you John. I found it humorous, that you --just happened-- to remember one year our of twenty two, when the Maytag RR did not come out high in the ratings and stated it as if that was the case for the entire twenty-two year run, which it wasn't.
Agreed. That is exactly right, Consumer Reports used and currently uses the "normal" cycle for testing purposes. That's exactly what I stated.
And I agree with you as well when, as I stated, that Maytag shortened the cycle most likely to achieve a higher energy rating. The micro-mesh filter was so efficient that they thought they would just eliminate the pre-rinses and used one wash and two rinses.
Consumer Reports stated that the RR machines, that year left a microscopic grit on the dishes. It had nothing to do with the quality of the machines, only that they were using a partial cycle. Maytag learned their lesson and went back to full cycles for the normal wash.
Yes, I have had many RR and one of them was a BOL Jenn-Air, in which Maytag did not use any heating or cycle extensions. So I rigged mine up to act like their higher level line models and extend the cycle. And it did. So????
Yes, once I also modified a Hobart Kitchen-Aid to run while it heated the water to improve its cleaning performance, as it paused while the water was heating. It seemed like a waste of time when it could be scrubbing dishes while the water was heating. It worked. I took the addition of several relays but it worked. It was just a fun thing to do, being a tinkerer. BTW, Those weren't "recent" threads, I did both things years ago.
I modify almost everything I have just in one way or another to just see what happens. I am just an experimenter by heart, ha. I am not sure why you are brining this up. Using proper logic, whether I experiment or not has nothing to do with a machine's inherent performance and the Maytag RR is top notch as it comes from the factory. But their BOL didn't have extended wash or heating, but you are trying to make it appear that none of their models did. Which is just not true.
The above base line Maytag have the heated washes and rinses and extended cycles just as do the Kitchen Aid, Whirlpool and GE's. In fact the one in the picture I posted does just that.
What you are saying just isn't true. There is nothing underperforming about the Maytag RR, They consistently toped out in CU's rating. As you can see in the 1991 models the Whirlpool labeled machines could not wash glassware nor flatware as well as their Kitchen-Aid machines. AND the Maytag RR machines also outwashed the Whirlpools in flatware and glassware as well. With flatware as Whirlpools on the door silverware holder was only a marketing scheme and detracted from performance. The Maytag RR exceeded Whirlpool's glassware washing abilities of the Whirlpool because of the greater filtration abilities.
Virtually everyone's review of the Maytag RR on this site seems to be overwhelming positive, and in agreement with Consumer Reports as well.
I have no idea what you are talking about "taking a three year break"???
Nobody on this site is putting down your favorite dishwasher, Whirlpool, John. ha. I have had several and they are solid machines. Whirlpool improved them a lot when they finally got the message and put a fine particle filter on them. They made a good thing even better.
Maytag RR were sterling performers, that's just a fact. It doesn't take anything away from your favorite machine. Denigrating other machines than one's favorite and denigrating their opinions doesn't put your favorites in a better light, it fact it does just the opposite. I personally am not particularly a big fan of Whirlpool, but I don't dislike them, and I don't try to make them look bad to make my favorites look better.
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