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Consumer Reports Washing Machine Test Buying Guide Issue, 19
Hi,
Just wanted to post some things that CR talked about via Frigidaire. First off, in this issue; which covered pages 62-66, no pictures, but a wealth of information about machines from that point, with the machine used for the test FROM Frigidaire was a model WC.
In the beginning text, they mentioned very little about the old GM Frigi' design, except it was the noisiest machine tested, with the Kenmore model 26701, being the quietest.
The 1-18 was deeemed acceptable by CR at that point, ranking just under the Maytag Model A-608 that was tested at the same time. So anyway here's what they said about the Frigidaire WC:
FRIGIDAIRE WC (Frigidaire Div., General Motors Corp., Dayton Ohio)$326 ($285 to $370). 44 1/4 (53 1/2)by 27 by 28 in.
ADVANTAGES: Durable Press Laundering among the most effective of the group. Wide, continuous range of fill levels can be preset. Knit cycle can be preset for any agitation and spin-speed combinations available on durable press cycle. Has bleach dispenser. Access for servicing better than most.
DISADVANTAGES: Durable Press Cycle used more water than most. Noisy during agitation. May require low-sudsing detergent. Has "Bed-of-nails" lint filter, judged inconvienent to clean. END.
In the graphs, it shows the machine with some different traits about the 1-18 washer ,compared to others...:
With a Regular Cycle hot wash , and cold rinse; the machine used 22 gallons of hot water and 22 gallons of cold water, with four gallons consumed in a spray rinse. The entire cycle time from start to finish is a lengthy 42 minutes.
The "winner" so to speak in this category of the shortest cycle time was of course the Maytag A-608. The "looser", with the longest of all regular cycle time was the Kelvinator model AW-1820, and no not a Centric Action machine, by this point a totally badge engineered WCI monster.
For the Durable Press Cycle, it used 11 gallons of warm water and 54 gallons of cold water. For a grand total of 65 gallons of water on this cycle. Maximum cycle time for this Frigidaire was less than the regular cycle at 39 minutes.
It's okay tho in water consumption in 1978, The "winner" was the White-Westinghouse LT570P Front Load washer, comin in at a skant 29 gallons, found to be fairly effective of a machine also at durable press, and only had a cycle time of 42 minutes; but the "looser" of this category in water consumption, and time spent; was the Whirlpool LDA 5800 consuming a whopping 78 gallons for this entire cycle, and also had the longest cycle time at 50 minutes.
The Frigidaire had two agitations/spin combo's available for the durable press washes, a : Normal/Slow, Slow/Slow and for temperature combinations allowed H/W , H/C , W/C , C/C.
It's also worth to note that there were quite a few machines in this report including:
Maytag A-608, Frigidiare WC, Gibson WA18D4WG, Norge LWA2550, Wards CatNo.6327, Western Auto Citation 2550, Whirlpool LDA5800, White-Westinghouse LT570P, Kelvinator AW1820, Sears Kenmore CatNo.26701, Hamilton WA386, White-Westinghouse LA495P (Top load model), Hotpoint WLW3500P and Speed Queen FA4130.
All of the machines listed were ranked from good to poor quality or performance by the powers that be by CR in 1978. Also many of these machines as we know were one in the same, and by the 1980's, CR was reduced to just saying "same as moel stated above", ususally induced to saying so for anything from WCI at that point.
Chad
Hi,
Just wanted to post some things that CR talked about via Frigidaire. First off, in this issue; which covered pages 62-66, no pictures, but a wealth of information about machines from that point, with the machine used for the test FROM Frigidaire was a model WC.
In the beginning text, they mentioned very little about the old GM Frigi' design, except it was the noisiest machine tested, with the Kenmore model 26701, being the quietest.
The 1-18 was deeemed acceptable by CR at that point, ranking just under the Maytag Model A-608 that was tested at the same time. So anyway here's what they said about the Frigidaire WC:
FRIGIDAIRE WC (Frigidaire Div., General Motors Corp., Dayton Ohio)$326 ($285 to $370). 44 1/4 (53 1/2)by 27 by 28 in.
ADVANTAGES: Durable Press Laundering among the most effective of the group. Wide, continuous range of fill levels can be preset. Knit cycle can be preset for any agitation and spin-speed combinations available on durable press cycle. Has bleach dispenser. Access for servicing better than most.
DISADVANTAGES: Durable Press Cycle used more water than most. Noisy during agitation. May require low-sudsing detergent. Has "Bed-of-nails" lint filter, judged inconvienent to clean. END.
In the graphs, it shows the machine with some different traits about the 1-18 washer ,compared to others...:
With a Regular Cycle hot wash , and cold rinse; the machine used 22 gallons of hot water and 22 gallons of cold water, with four gallons consumed in a spray rinse. The entire cycle time from start to finish is a lengthy 42 minutes.
The "winner" so to speak in this category of the shortest cycle time was of course the Maytag A-608. The "looser", with the longest of all regular cycle time was the Kelvinator model AW-1820, and no not a Centric Action machine, by this point a totally badge engineered WCI monster.
For the Durable Press Cycle, it used 11 gallons of warm water and 54 gallons of cold water. For a grand total of 65 gallons of water on this cycle. Maximum cycle time for this Frigidaire was less than the regular cycle at 39 minutes.
It's okay tho in water consumption in 1978, The "winner" was the White-Westinghouse LT570P Front Load washer, comin in at a skant 29 gallons, found to be fairly effective of a machine also at durable press, and only had a cycle time of 42 minutes; but the "looser" of this category in water consumption, and time spent; was the Whirlpool LDA 5800 consuming a whopping 78 gallons for this entire cycle, and also had the longest cycle time at 50 minutes.
The Frigidaire had two agitations/spin combo's available for the durable press washes, a : Normal/Slow, Slow/Slow and for temperature combinations allowed H/W , H/C , W/C , C/C.
It's also worth to note that there were quite a few machines in this report including:
Maytag A-608, Frigidiare WC, Gibson WA18D4WG, Norge LWA2550, Wards CatNo.6327, Western Auto Citation 2550, Whirlpool LDA5800, White-Westinghouse LT570P, Kelvinator AW1820, Sears Kenmore CatNo.26701, Hamilton WA386, White-Westinghouse LA495P (Top load model), Hotpoint WLW3500P and Speed Queen FA4130.
All of the machines listed were ranked from good to poor quality or performance by the powers that be by CR in 1978. Also many of these machines as we know were one in the same, and by the 1980's, CR was reduced to just saying "same as moel stated above", ususally induced to saying so for anything from WCI at that point.
Chad
