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New Maytag Epic to replace Neptune
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Just saw them today . . .
And I'm thinking of getting one. They look more refined than the Duet, yet it still retains the quality. I may have to splurge this weekend.
Bryan
And I'm thinking of getting one. They look more refined than the Duet, yet it still retains the quality. I may have to splurge this weekend.
Bryan
Do the Epics have any exclusive cycles at all (like the HE4t's have extra ones over the Duets), or are they identical to the Duets in feature sets?
Jon
Jon
Bryan-- And a big splurge it would be! If you get them, we want pics.
Jon, nothing unusual in the cycle dept. It's pretty much the KA Ensemble with the Maytag Epic name on it.
Thanks, Bob! It is a handsome machine. Does the whole Duet/Hettie line also have a tilted tub? I didn't know that.
Eugene, yes they have tilted tubs. Now the new Duet Sport and Kenmore HE2 have tubs that aren't tilted (I don't knopw if that applies to the newest models with the heaters or includes thenon-heater ones too).
It would seem to me that building the whole line in Germany and shipping them over here would be a very expensive way to make washers and money. I wonder what will happen to the Samtags? That's an awful small population of machines to keep servicing. I heard nothing about their reliability. I sure hope that WP Global Engulf & Devour has made improvements to the DuHeKa machines, because if 3 major badges are made by the same conglomerate, that leaves only the Chinese & Korean machines for competition and we have seen how most of their "engineering" consists of "borrowing" from other manufacturers. With GE being a major customer, they are only going to want it made as cheaply as possible; profits having replaced progress as their most important product. I also wonder if the Hecho en Mexico Duet Sport is a "testing the waters" venture that might result in the manufacture of the larger machines south of the border.
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Looks like I'm STILL not
Nice-looking the Epic pair is, however cannot ANY OTHER AMERICAN manufacturer besides GE make a dryer with a stainless-steel drum? Also, when the heck are we going to be able to buy a "reverse-tumble" American-made dryer? I am considering the Fisher & Paykel Smartload topload gas dryer when my Kenmore goes(it's 17 years old with never a repair!) We'll probably have sold the house here before I buy a new dryer. I'll save thatpurchase for my OWN place! Jas
Nice-looking the Epic pair is, however cannot ANY OTHER AMERICAN manufacturer besides GE make a dryer with a stainless-steel drum? Also, when the heck are we going to be able to buy a "reverse-tumble" American-made dryer? I am considering the Fisher & Paykel Smartload topload gas dryer when my Kenmore goes(it's 17 years old with never a repair!) We'll probably have sold the house here before I buy a new dryer. I'll save thatpurchase for my OWN place! Jas
frontloadfan
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Viewed Epic at Home Depot
Hi,
I stopped by my local Home Depot today to check out the Maytag Epic. I have owned my Kitchenaid Ensemble for a year now. I was prepared to take notes of differences between the two machines. My work was easy. There are only three differences! Other than these three differences, I would say it is 100% the same machine.
Those difference: Color availability (white and black rather than white and the stainless steel like paint); RPM (Epic 1200 rpm and Kitchenaid 1300) and - I am not certain on this one - perhaps sound insulation.
The Kitchenaid Ensemble has a superior sound insulation compared to the Duet. Since the Epic has the slightly slower motor of the Duet, I am wondering if the sound insulation level is compable to the Duet too. My Ensemble has "whisper quiet" labelled on the front. The Epic I viewed at Home Depot does not.
I have heard that there are to be two levels of Epic. I am assuming the one I viewed is the lower level. I am assuming that the higher level would have the higher spin speed, the stainless steel like paint and the increased sound insulation.
I believe that the Ensemble is a fine machine. I would recommend the two following upgrades: addition of the "bulky cycle" and the time delay wash feature. The ensemble has a rinse delay function that functions somewhat like the wash delay feature, but I think the wash delay would be more useful.
It will be interesting to see how Whirlpool shakes out its front load line up. I can't believe that they are going to stop making the Duet and replace it with the Sport at the lower end and the Epic for the high end. I mean I can see why they would want to bury the Neptune label, but the Duet seems to have an impressive reputation for front loaders.
In any case, it will be an interesting situation to see how Whirlpool spins the brand names. Are they going to give up on Kitchenaid all together? Right now, probably based on the time factor, they are pretty well taking the Duet clone formerly known as Kitchenaid Ensemble and slapping the Maytag/Epic label on it. Who knows maybe a year or two from now they will come out with a new and improved model for the Maytag/Epic label.
It will be interesting to see.
Hi,
I stopped by my local Home Depot today to check out the Maytag Epic. I have owned my Kitchenaid Ensemble for a year now. I was prepared to take notes of differences between the two machines. My work was easy. There are only three differences! Other than these three differences, I would say it is 100% the same machine.
Those difference: Color availability (white and black rather than white and the stainless steel like paint); RPM (Epic 1200 rpm and Kitchenaid 1300) and - I am not certain on this one - perhaps sound insulation.
The Kitchenaid Ensemble has a superior sound insulation compared to the Duet. Since the Epic has the slightly slower motor of the Duet, I am wondering if the sound insulation level is compable to the Duet too. My Ensemble has "whisper quiet" labelled on the front. The Epic I viewed at Home Depot does not.
I have heard that there are to be two levels of Epic. I am assuming the one I viewed is the lower level. I am assuming that the higher level would have the higher spin speed, the stainless steel like paint and the increased sound insulation.
I believe that the Ensemble is a fine machine. I would recommend the two following upgrades: addition of the "bulky cycle" and the time delay wash feature. The ensemble has a rinse delay function that functions somewhat like the wash delay feature, but I think the wash delay would be more useful.
It will be interesting to see how Whirlpool shakes out its front load line up. I can't believe that they are going to stop making the Duet and replace it with the Sport at the lower end and the Epic for the high end. I mean I can see why they would want to bury the Neptune label, but the Duet seems to have an impressive reputation for front loaders.
In any case, it will be an interesting situation to see how Whirlpool spins the brand names. Are they going to give up on Kitchenaid all together? Right now, probably based on the time factor, they are pretty well taking the Duet clone formerly known as Kitchenaid Ensemble and slapping the Maytag/Epic label on it. Who knows maybe a year or two from now they will come out with a new and improved model for the Maytag/Epic label.
It will be interesting to see.
Jas, there are supposedly sme of the new Whirlpool line dryers that will have SS tubs.
