Price is kind of steep.
Norge Wringer Washer
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Steep is putting it mildly. It's only ten minutes away from me and he's been listing it for a long time.
Somebody please explain
How you can wash and rinse in the same tub? Surely they mean you wash everything wring it and then rinse it as impossible to do at the same time ?
Austin
How you can wash and rinse in the same tub? Surely they mean you wash everything wring it and then rinse it as impossible to do at the same time ?
Austin
Norge Deep "Power" Rinse
Meant basically nothing more than rinsing in the machine instead of using separate tubs. Norge used same marketing hype for their automatic washing machines along with wringers.
Norge wringer washers had a contraption where one hooked drain hose into a sort of lint filter. Once pump was activated water recirculated through machine down to pump and back down to tub via filter. This was an active filtration for wringer washer as opposed to say Maytag's "sediment trap" and later their lint filter in agitator design.
Of course anyone can deep rinse in a wringer washer. It just meant however either not reusing wash water for several loads, and or waiting until all wash was done, then going back and doing rinses.
Many of these features began cropping up as automatic washing machines were making huge inroads into sales pushing wringers out.
Meant basically nothing more than rinsing in the machine instead of using separate tubs. Norge used same marketing hype for their automatic washing machines along with wringers.
Norge wringer washers had a contraption where one hooked drain hose into a sort of lint filter. Once pump was activated water recirculated through machine down to pump and back down to tub via filter. This was an active filtration for wringer washer as opposed to say Maytag's "sediment trap" and later their lint filter in agitator design.
Of course anyone can deep rinse in a wringer washer. It just meant however either not reusing wash water for several loads, and or waiting until all wash was done, then going back and doing rinses.
Many of these features began cropping up as automatic washing machines were making huge inroads into sales pushing wringers out.
searsbest
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Norge Wringer
Less than 10 minutes from my house, a little pricey though, and not really my thing..hope it finds a good home..
Less than 10 minutes from my house, a little pricey though, and not really my thing..hope it finds a good home..
As mentioned previously
That Norge wringer has been on offer for some time now without moving, and at that price don't think things will change.
Whatever their virtues Norge, GE, Whirlpool and other wringer washers long ceased production and thus parts are rare. Maytag was always the top rated conventional washing machine *and* parts (even NOS) are still out there in remarkable quantities.
That Norge wringer has been on offer for some time now without moving, and at that price don't think things will change.
Whatever their virtues Norge, GE, Whirlpool and other wringer washers long ceased production and thus parts are rare. Maytag was always the top rated conventional washing machine *and* parts (even NOS) are still out there in remarkable quantities.
Easy wringer
Kalamazoo MI
Kalamazoo MI
mickeyd
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The first time I saw the decal, DEEP POWER RINSE, I was in awe. Oh what grand magical cycle is this, and I could not wait to see it happen. When I found out it was a big lie, I was crushed. Only 14 at the time, I had no working knowledge of ad hype. Sadly, It is exactly as Launderess says. You rinse the load in fresh water, and turn the pump on. FOR WHAT??? LOL
Now as for the filter, that is a different story. Only very late in the game on the TOL model did Norge offer a remarkably sturdy, effective, and impressive tub mounted filter that shames them all. There is no flow reducer; there is now way a large load can up end it; it is easy to clean. It is mounted tongue & groove style with an inch and a half tongue and it does not get in the way. I don't bother to take it off. A quick wipe with your fingers slides the lint off.
I will have to go to the public library to research--again, since it's been years--the wringer washer ratings. Like many here, had my nose buried in those bound archival unborrowable volumes of CR and CU, but I do not remember Maytag wringers always getting the highest marks. For me, they could never get out of box of being stuck. No gentle speed, no REAL timer that could shut the motor off, No open top wringer which was a dramatic improvement and, no filter LOL. Do I love them, of course, but they never kept up, and the Whirlpool Corp left them in the dust.
Now as for the filter, that is a different story. Only very late in the game on the TOL model did Norge offer a remarkably sturdy, effective, and impressive tub mounted filter that shames them all. There is no flow reducer; there is now way a large load can up end it; it is easy to clean. It is mounted tongue & groove style with an inch and a half tongue and it does not get in the way. I don't bother to take it off. A quick wipe with your fingers slides the lint off.
I will have to go to the public library to research--again, since it's been years--the wringer washer ratings. Like many here, had my nose buried in those bound archival unborrowable volumes of CR and CU, but I do not remember Maytag wringers always getting the highest marks. For me, they could never get out of box of being stuck. No gentle speed, no REAL timer that could shut the motor off, No open top wringer which was a dramatic improvement and, no filter LOL. Do I love them, of course, but they never kept up, and the Whirlpool Corp left them in the dust.
Have CR Buying Guides 1950-1958
Then as now CR didn't test everything each year and often just referred to last test done prior.
In 1953 CR ranked Maytag's E2LP as best of "non-automatic" washing machines tested in 1950. However CR noted it was also the most dear in cost. Next down in rankings for "good" were the Norge CW-22-PT, and Apex 835P.
Looking at the 1950 test results for "non-automatic" washers as noted Maytag E2LP
was the sole entry for acceptable-excellent.
Acceptable - Good were:
Norge
Apex
Speed Queen 648P
According to CR primary emphasis was on washing efficiency, as measured by whiteness of specially soiled cloths after they had been washed for ten minutes under uniform conditions. The rest were quibbles about structural and or mechanical issues, durability testing, efficiency of wringers, speed and convenience of wringers, ease of cleaning, etc.
The Easy 501 was rated "Not Acceptable". Due to excessive force to operate wringer safety release; also clothes had a tendency to be caught and abraded or torn under agitator.
CR didn't test "non-automatic" washers again in the 1950's from what one can see.
Issues just keep referring back to the 1950's testing.
This could be for several reasons. First and foremost we know CR had a hate towards wringers that built up during post war years. By 1950 and certainly by middle of decade more and more space was devoted to fully automatic and or semi-automatic washing machine reviews. During this period many appliance makers also began dropping conventional wringer washers from their line-up, that is if they didn't go out of business themselves all together.
CRs tests bore out what housewives and others long knew; square tub Maytags out washed anything else on the market, even their round tub models.
To get a really accurate view of wringer washers you'd probably have to consult the 1947 editions which were the last time prior to 1950 CR did a major testing.
Ironers were also last tested in 1950 as well; and by middle of decade nearly all references to them is gone. OTOH you got more space devoted to automatic tumble dryers. This again jives with what many of us already knew; tumble dryers largely replaced the need for all that ironing after wash day. What was left such as men's dress shirts were often just sent out.
As for Maytag conventional washers not have a filter; that isn't true. Firstly Maytag out of the box invented their patented "sediment" zone which helped keep water clean of muck. However by the late 1950's or sometime in 1960's you could get that black agitator with a lint filter/detergent dispenser, same as in Maytag automatic washers.
IIRC Whirlpool and *maybe* a few others late in game came out with two speed wringer washers. Largely to compete against fully automatics I shouldn't wonder. However consider the Maytag "gyrofoam" wash action was quite gentle and efficient. Under loading and using a short cycle time would have been gentle enough for most things.
Yes, the Visimatic open top mangle was something new and so forth for wringer washers. But if one followed Maytag's hints and or built up experience things being wound around wringer weren't always a huge deal. Remembering to have things wet, turning a bit of the edge under before feeding into wringer, spreading out the load along length of wringer...
Consumer Reports did test wringers again in early 1960's IIRC. Cover title was "Wringers, Are They Still Unsafe" or some such. Guess this was targeted at the few non-automatic washers still being sold (Maytag, SQ, Montgomery Wards, Easy,)
Then as now CR didn't test everything each year and often just referred to last test done prior.
In 1953 CR ranked Maytag's E2LP as best of "non-automatic" washing machines tested in 1950. However CR noted it was also the most dear in cost. Next down in rankings for "good" were the Norge CW-22-PT, and Apex 835P.
Looking at the 1950 test results for "non-automatic" washers as noted Maytag E2LP
was the sole entry for acceptable-excellent.
Acceptable - Good were:
Norge
Apex
Speed Queen 648P
According to CR primary emphasis was on washing efficiency, as measured by whiteness of specially soiled cloths after they had been washed for ten minutes under uniform conditions. The rest were quibbles about structural and or mechanical issues, durability testing, efficiency of wringers, speed and convenience of wringers, ease of cleaning, etc.
The Easy 501 was rated "Not Acceptable". Due to excessive force to operate wringer safety release; also clothes had a tendency to be caught and abraded or torn under agitator.
CR didn't test "non-automatic" washers again in the 1950's from what one can see.
Issues just keep referring back to the 1950's testing.
This could be for several reasons. First and foremost we know CR had a hate towards wringers that built up during post war years. By 1950 and certainly by middle of decade more and more space was devoted to fully automatic and or semi-automatic washing machine reviews. During this period many appliance makers also began dropping conventional wringer washers from their line-up, that is if they didn't go out of business themselves all together.
CRs tests bore out what housewives and others long knew; square tub Maytags out washed anything else on the market, even their round tub models.
To get a really accurate view of wringer washers you'd probably have to consult the 1947 editions which were the last time prior to 1950 CR did a major testing.
Ironers were also last tested in 1950 as well; and by middle of decade nearly all references to them is gone. OTOH you got more space devoted to automatic tumble dryers. This again jives with what many of us already knew; tumble dryers largely replaced the need for all that ironing after wash day. What was left such as men's dress shirts were often just sent out.
As for Maytag conventional washers not have a filter; that isn't true. Firstly Maytag out of the box invented their patented "sediment" zone which helped keep water clean of muck. However by the late 1950's or sometime in 1960's you could get that black agitator with a lint filter/detergent dispenser, same as in Maytag automatic washers.
IIRC Whirlpool and *maybe* a few others late in game came out with two speed wringer washers. Largely to compete against fully automatics I shouldn't wonder. However consider the Maytag "gyrofoam" wash action was quite gentle and efficient. Under loading and using a short cycle time would have been gentle enough for most things.
Yes, the Visimatic open top mangle was something new and so forth for wringer washers. But if one followed Maytag's hints and or built up experience things being wound around wringer weren't always a huge deal. Remembering to have things wet, turning a bit of the edge under before feeding into wringer, spreading out the load along length of wringer...
Consumer Reports did test wringers again in early 1960's IIRC. Cover title was "Wringers, Are They Still Unsafe" or some such. Guess this was targeted at the few non-automatic washers still being sold (Maytag, SQ, Montgomery Wards, Easy,)
