maytag washers of today

[pierreandreply4]

Hello everyone on aw i do not know if anyone as notice this but the maytag toploading washers of today if i look at this model in particular kind of makes me think thats its a whirlpool washer in disguise sure it as the maytag brand logo but the body of the washer and the control panel look to close to a whirlpool washer to me see picture included and in my second post will post a pic of a classic maytag washer for comparison.

 

[pierreandreply4]

Maytag washer dryer set before the whirlpool era

Here is the picture of a classic maytag washer dryer set before the whirlpool era and thats before maytag wash own by whirlpool lol

 

[pulsator]

Whirlpool bought Maytag in 2006. Ever since then, Whirlpool has made Maytag appliances.

 

[aladude]

Looks like a Whirlpool? Couldn't be!

/sarcasm

 

[arbilab]

Whirlmore. Kentag. Maypool. Same stuff, different box.

 

[jaxsunst]

I found it interesting that Whirlpool moved the dial to the center like the early Maytags.

 

[pierreandreply4]

i notice this as well and i tought it was only a special edition for the 100 birthday of maytag but kind of love the idea of the dial in the center i am suprise that whirlpool or inglis did not do this with there own desing like this vintage model because on this old inglis washer model the dial is kind of like in the center

 

[laundromat]

You can easily shut the units off by pushing the lid open too hard.Not at all near my favorite top loaders. easy rust cabinets,non removable fronts,cruel action agitator and plastic outer tubs.

 

[cleanteamofny]

I do have a timer position question?

Has Whirlpool ever had a center timer dial beside this Imperial?
I've never seen any other models after this one!

 

[aladude]

Whirlpool had one in the late 80s/early 90s, not sure which but my mom had the center-dial Whirlpool dryer and center-dial Maytag washer

 

[pierreandreply4]

the only washer i have seen with a center dial position

The only washer with a center dial position that i have seen as a child was my grandmother old inglis liberator washer that was 3 cycles with the water temp knob on the right and no water level as it seems to be auto fill and was a push to start washer if i saw a washer like this and for any reason had to go vintage i would say that it would be my dream washer lol

 

[appnut]

I think the Whirlpool-produced Kenmores of the mid 1970s until the end of belt drives were the only Whirly product that had centered timer dials. I'd be extremely surprised if Whirlpool snuck something like that in their line ever. Maybe magic clean can help us out here.

 

[pierreandreply4]

canadian kenmore whirlpool with center dial i think that the

here is a canadian kenmore whirlpool set if whirlpool made kenmore for canada at the time?

 

[appnut]

those are exactly the style I was referring to.

 

[DADoES]

 
And this would be a US version.

 

[mark_wpduet]

$459.00 in 1975 for that Sears Best washer? I guess that's Canadian. I know $459.00 in 1975 would be nearly $2.000.00 NOW

 

[alr2903]

Glenn your dryer post is unusual, that the air only is on the temperature selector, all my Kenmore dryers over the years had air fluff on the cycle dial and usually no more than 15 or 20 minutes.  arthur

 

[combo52]

CENTER DAIL WPs

aladude is correct that WP did build a center dail washer and dryer in the late 1980s or early 1990s, I have a customer with the dryer. The panel was mostly white, light grey and silver it was basically a recycled KM panel with different colors and graphics. While WP, GE, Frigidare, Westinghouse and most other companies used the much better looking offset location for the timer the center dail location became part of MTs trademark. MT introduced this design in the mid 1950s and it was the start of thier down fall when they went to the cheap [ Montgomery Wards ] look in 1980, they should never have dropped that style. Ironically it took thier demise and WP to bring the center dial back to the MT name.

 

[appnut]

Air only on temp selector

Arthur, you're quite correct. There was another version of that dryer with the elongated selector knobs. Most Kenmore dryers in the 1960 had air only on the temp dial. Or, it was a slider switch or knob liike on the LKs, the companion to our Kenmore 800 washer, and 700 dryer. However, when Sears began offering panels that were part of the cost reduction (like the plastic panels that's on several of Gordon's early to mid-1970s washer), the air fluff was only offered on the timer dial. And it as pretty much std. on all center dial Kenmores forward. I think even the ceter dial LKs had air only on the tiemr dial. The above dryer is also very deceptive. Cotton, perm press, touch up were all igh-heat. Only knit & delicate were low heat. No medium heat temperature. That was reserved only for the LK or 90 series and above (includes the electronic touch panel dryers also).