One Washer, 7 Agitators.

cleanteamofny · Jun 9, 2020

In a day or two, I will be uploading a few vids on this machine on Youtube doing 6 min wash, 8-10 lbs. load with half water level to see which agitator has the best rollover for its time.

The detergent dispenser is not working but the machine is still fully functional and I will not move the water level to suit the load.

It's been a while for me to upload videos and getting the lighting right is a little tricky in a dank garage.

It's time for a little fun.

Starting with:

Dual Action Agitator

Penta-Vane

Penta-Swirl

Double Duty Surgilator

Surgilator

Super Roto Swirl

Straight Vane

*The Famous Straight Vane is not in the photo.

Maybe in the future, I will do a fully loaded 18 1bs. videos.

laundryboy · Jun 9, 2020

Very nice.

Love this. Can’t wait to see the videos.

Ultramatic · Jun 9, 2020

Yay Larry! Looking forward in seeing the videos!

frigilux · Jun 10, 2020

Fantastic idea! I’d say this is definitely a Top 10 AW must-see comparison test. Looking forward to it.

rp2813 · Jun 10, 2020

I'm looking forward to this too!

From the looks of things, my money is on the Surgilators.

scrubflex · Jun 10, 2020

LOVE IT!!! Three of my aunts had the '77 Dual-Action...'74 Surgilator and the '80 Penta-Vane agitators. My grandmother had the '70 gold Super Roto-SWIRL and my mom had the '72 gold Straight-Vane and '85 Double-duty Super Surgilator agitator...Looking forward to the videos! BTW, what is your YouTube name?

vacerator · Jun 10, 2020

Agitation is

making me something! Seven, like seven sisters, etc.. Lucky 7? Dirt messed with the last generation.

circlew · Jun 10, 2020

One of my neighbors got a Kenmore BD around 1985 (replaced the '72 Kenmore 800), and for some reason didn't like the Dual Action agitator. She had it replaced with a Whirlpool Super Surgilator and was satisfied. She got a new Kenmore washer around 2010, but I don't know what agitator it has.

cleanteamofny · Jun 10, 2020

Great to hear that all approve.

I have a major water condition (High Iron) and my town has installed a new filtration system so every 3 weeks the water is oily brown looking, yuck!

Just bear with me as soon as the water quality improves.

cleanteamofny · Jun 10, 2020

<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Reply# 5 </span></span>

Harry, yes it is!

We all will be surprised that one of the 7 is a "Debby Downer,"

I'm not telling which one but it is a real shocker, oh the suspense...

hippiedoll · Jun 10, 2020

VERY COOL...

looking forward to seeing the videos with the different agitators. I am not familiar with any of the other agitators except for the dual-action (because my mom's newer Whirlpool, and Maytag we used to have), and the Surgilator (i don't think mom's mid-70's Whirlpool agitator had the 3-winged skirt at the bottom [but not positive]).
So I am definitely looking forward to seeing the different agitators wash action!

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cleanteamofny · Jun 10, 2020

Christina,

Your mom probably had the Super Surgilator since it was a 70's model, they are so much fun to watch!

Sears Kenmore had a great history of providing different agitators over the years and

Whirlpool technically had 4 agitators, the Straight Vane, Surgilator, Super Surgilator, and the Double Duty Surgilator.

I need help in the orders in which KM agitator 1st to last, my memory is shot.

Straight Vane

Roto Swirl

Roto-Flex

Vari-Flex

Super-Roto-Swirl

Penta-Swirl

Penta-Vane

Dual Action

BTW, about my well water woes E-mail notice:

A disturbance in the water system was repaired earlier today. Residents may experience low water pressure and discoloration.

Please refrain from using appliances that use water until later when the discoloration subsides. Please conserve water. The water tanks are very low at this time.

Thank you.

Mayor LoFranco

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Larry.

DADoES · Jun 10, 2020

Penta-Vane and Penta-Swirl came into play for 18# capacity machines in the 1970s.

-Vane for lower models. -Swirl for upper models.

laundryboy · Jun 10, 2020

Straight vane.

I’m really curious what the straight vane looks like. I can’t picture it for the life of me.

toploadloyalist · Jun 11, 2020

Straight Vane

For the most part, the Straight Vane was like the Roto-Swirl without the swirls. That's what my early 70's Kenmore had.

toploadloyalist · Jun 11, 2020

Roto-Swirl vs Super Roto-Swirl

Was the Super Roto-Swirl the thicker version of the regular Roto-Swirl?

repairguy · Jun 11, 2020

Reply #15

No. The super Roto-Swirl is pictured in the above group of agitators in the middle of the top row. The original Roto-Swirl is the one some call pregnant.

DADoES · Jun 11, 2020

Old thread discussing the Roto-Swirl vs. Pena-Vane & Penta-Swirl vs. Dual-Action.

Discussing the regular-capacity 'pregnant' Roto-Swirl and Super Roto-Swirl vs. a super-sized Super Roto-Swirl for 18lb machines.

Discussion on Roto-Swirl vs. Super Roto-Swirl (scroll down to Reply #11 from KenmoreGuy64/Gordon).

Roto-Swirl vs. Roto-Flex (and bunches of other discussion).

scrubflex · Jun 11, 2020

Here's a pic of the '70's Straight-Vane agitator

One Washer, 7 Agitators.

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