My new Spanish washer

[eddy1210]

Dani, congratulations on this wonderful vintage machine!  I like the videos.  Has the FAGOR surpassed your love of AEG?

 

[cleanteamofny]

Nice filter!
Very easy to access and the pause between tumbles gives the clothes a nice soaking!
And I do love that timer sound, great find!

 

[mieledani]

Thanks for comments!!

Nrones: Filter come back very easily when I want to return it. It is a very confortable filter, and I don´t understand why they changed it.

FAGOR is a very important brand in Spain. In addition to it, it is the brand of our childhood. This is another model from 70's:

 

[mieledani]

And this is the washer of my childhood: A Sigma (FAGOR) from 1971. You can imagine my emotion when I have found a so similar washer!!!

 

[mieledani]

Another pic. You can see "top filter" on the left.

 

[mieledani]

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[mieledani]

Eddy1210: I love AEGs too!!! These days I tried to buy an old AEG, but it had been sold before.

http://www.segundamano.es/madrid/lavadora-aeg-en-buen-estadofunciona-perfectamente/a34480210/?ca=28_s

 

[nrones]

mieledani

Is there somewhere a history of fagor group? Do they still produce washing machines in Spain?

Also, I wanted to ask you how was before and is the popularity of spanish brand Otsein?

Dex

 

[chris74]

I believe...

...Fagor is now a French brand because they assembled with Brandt (and Thomson) in France... Correct me if I am wrong...

 

[foraloysius]

I believe...

Sort of...

Here's the Wikipedia page about Fagor:

Fagor - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[mieledani]

Otsein was a very popular brand for years because they used to produce only top load machines. Otsein was assembled with Fagor before it were "otsein-Hoover", at least partially. Some Fagor and Otsein machines were very similar in 70's: Fagor produced front load machines and Otsein top load ones. Both were made in Mondragon factories, in the País Vasco, in the North of Spain.

 

[dj-gabriele]

Fagor is now a French brand because they assembled with Bran

It's the other way round, Brandt was acquired a few years ago and became part of the Spanish group.