NEC 4.0KG Twin Tub Washer

[mattywashboy]

Hi All,

So sometimes telling your friends about your passion for all things laundry can bear fruit. A couple of weeks ago my friend Cheryl turned up at my house with a washer in the back of the car for me. She had bought it for her mother from a scratch and dent place because her mother had asked her for another twin tub. Well she only had it a month or so and proceeded to buy herself a new automatic top loader because the twin tub was "too much work at my time of life". A frustrated Cheryl threw it in the back of her car and made way for my place knowing that I of all people would get some use out of it.

I was grateful but a bit skeptical of these having never really used a full size one and being made of mostly plastic. Ive been using it for two weeks now for pretty much all household laundry and I must say its fantastic. It washes well and only tangles things up if you overload it or don't have enough water for the load.

The spin is very efficient and the water inlet into the spinner works wonders for rinsing. As you can open the drain valve in the spinner separately on the selector dial you can run fresh water through the spinner and rinse things mostly as you load them into the spinner. Spin them and Repeat this once or twice and then turn the water off and spin dry.

Its not quite a Hoovermatic but its not bad at all for a 'plastic fantastic'!

I've accidentally deleted the photos I had of it but I did make a video this afternoon of the wash and rinse process.

For a freebie I certainly got lucky

Thanks,

Matt

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[arbilab]

Perfectly satisfied with my plastic Chinese twinnie. Had it a year now. Takes no more time BUT more attention than my FL. This facility prohibits private laundry appliances but the twinnie skates because it doesn't 'look like' a washer and I can scoot it into a closet.

Nothing spins like twins. And the clear-water spin rinses. The plate agitation is too aggressive (wish it had a slow speed) so I run short agi with long soaks. Standard detergent dose in less water = concentrate. Suds save unless you manually drain it. Just like grandma's Easy only smaller.

Family of 6, no way unless you hired an illegal. Family of 1 who spends most time sleeping/cooking/eating/cable/internet, perfect.

 

[foraloysius]

I'm looking at these modern twintubs. I would love to have one, but I have to create space for it.

Matt, great that you filmed the rinse in the spinner, there are not many videos on Youtube that show that. I assume yours has a pump? Overhere there are quite a few models that depend on gravity drain, I would prefer a pump.

 

[mattywashboy]

Hi guys,

It certainly is a wonderful machine

Louis, yes mine does have a pump, a good strong one too The 'mini' twinnie I had for a time only had gravity drain and I must say I much prefer the pump.

I do however wish this had a 'gentle' action of sorts but thats easily remedied by soaking (as arbilab says) or just choosing a shorter agitate time.

Matt