Persil & Philips Ad Campaign [Mid Or Late 80s]

[hassney]

<span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Hey gang, hope you all well. I’m just making a general enquiry on a certain ad campaign. </span>

<span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">During the mid or late 80s (1987-1989 or later), Persil did a big ad campaign with Philips. I remember clearly my mother buying a big box of Persil Washing Powder and on the back of the box was just a picture of the Philips Washing Machine with nothing else. I remember keeping the box for years and was fascinated with it. </span></span>

<span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">I’m just curious to find out if anyone might have any adverts or press clipings of this particular time. The machine I’m describing would of certainly been the next generation of machines. The description of this machine had a black and dark grey panel and the rim of the door was dark grey. </span>

<span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">The picture attached below is very similar to the machine I am describing, (though this machine is from 1984) T</span>

<span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Does anyone remember this period? </span>

<span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Hassney 

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[ronhic]

I'd almost kill for the Phillips mixer in that pic...

 

[vacbear58]

Philips mixer

Chris, they come up from time to time on UK ebay, although I have been surprised by how much they go for. Came with accessories too. Just being nosy, but why the big interest in that machine? I always thought (I am old enough to remmeber them being on sale) they were a bit limited with only two speeds and the fixed head.

Al

 

[buzzman1982]

I love the spin rinse at the end of each rinse, it goes straight into a spin with the water still up the window!! its facinating!! does anyone know if they use brushes rather then the pully type system?
I used to go round a friends house especially to watch it.

 

[hotsupermatic]

Philips spinning full of water.

These machines used a permanent magnet brush driven armature motor,
They coped very well under load,with very little maintenance and supprisingly
normal brush wear..

 

[buzzman1982]

So did anyone else use this type of motor? Why do they not continue to use this?

Id love to see one in action again, people let me know if you do and ill come round and sit there and watch!!

 

[superelectronic]

I remember it well...

Hass - I do remember exactly the ad that appeared on the back of those Persil packets. It was a top of the range Philips as you described circa 1987, probably with variable spin if not temperature too. Alas - no pictoral evidence!

 

Buzzman - welcome along! The box of Persil I'm remembering was sat in our downstairs loo on Walton Court...oh yes - I know Aylesbury VERY well! Did you ever visit Fords (laterly Elite) electricals on the old Cambridge Retail Park? Made my Dad take me there a few times growing up! And my daily driver (pictured) was bought from Powerhouse on the High St before it turned into Tony&Guy (or Greggs or whatever...up that way anyway)!

 

Here's the Philips spin drain video courtesy of one of our high-profile collectors...

 

Are you sitting comfortably...

 

Alex

 

[buzzman1982]

Epic link!! sadly my mum always got Arial when growing up and tthere was a a hoover logic on the back about 87 time i seem to remeber...

Walton courts just round the corner from me im on Hawkslade!!
I remember Elite very ahh the memories!! i was a little kid playing with the servis, and bendix machines.
Been looking at loads of old pics of Aylesbury it has changed a lot over the years.
never realised powerhouse was on high street!!

 

[hassney]

Glad I'm not the only one then!

<span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Hey Alex, yeah I thought so, fingers crossed something shall come up. Your correct, If I can remember vaguely the machine did have a dial, and I'm sure it being spin speed control.  But anyway's I'm always hopeful lol.</span>

 

<span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Hass  </span>

 

[buzzman1982]

Hass,

Are you the legend who has provided us with all those wicked adverts and laundry related stuff on Youtube!?

Rich

 

[foraloysius]

IIRC the TOL machine from that range did have a separate spin control and a temperature control. Besides that I think there were two push buttons too.

Again IIRC the TOL model had a 1000 or 1200rpm spin speed, the first Philips frontloader with a higher than 850 rpm spinspeed. Also the first Philips washer with a spin control and a spin speed higher than 850rpm (the older 1000 rpm Philips Slimstar models didn't have a control for the spinspeed).

And again IIRC this was the first Philips series with a plastic outer drum.

 

[twinniefan]

Philips colour scheme

Wow what a nice looking washer that is, I notice that it is in a two tone brown colour scheme I wonder if this was universal to Philips, because in the 80"s Philips had a range of fridges called the Super Chill range and thye also had a two tone brown colour scheme on the inside and the Philips Gentle Care washer range were also fashioned in the same scheme,in fact I think I saw a Philips twin tub on ebay the other day.

 

[vacbear58]

Not quite

"And again IIRC this was the first Philips series with a plastic outer drum"

Sorry Louis, missed the target with this one. I had a Philips Variotronic 082 Machine bought in 1980 which had a a plastic outer drum, I well remember the demonstrator with perspex windows when i went to buy it. It also had variable spin (850 max spin speed I think), but no temperature control.

Al

 

[foraloysius]

That's odd!

I just looked up the 1982 Philips brochure. Nothing is mentioned about a plastic outer drum. Not a about a metal one either btw. Perhaps they didn't want to tell the consumer (yet?)

I also remember that the newer series as in the picture was introduced as having a plastic drum. And that was widely advertised. I don't remember though that they said it was new on Philips machines, so you might be right.

 

[hassney]

Rich

<span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Hey dude, lol if you want to put it that way, then yeah I'm the dude who put all the laundry ads together </span>

 

[paulc]

Louis

I remember Phillips having mentioned their polypropylene outer tub in brochures in the early 80's. I had a Phillips Brochure (along with many others) but sadly no longer have them.

 

[ronhic]

but why the big interest in that machine?

Al,

 

Like many of us here, I have another hobby outside of washing machines....well, partly because I've been advised that washing machine collecting is not a 'happening thing'....

 

...so I like mixers....especially Sunbeams and Kenwood Chefs...

 

But very little screams style like the Braun KM300 and the Philips....

 

[hassney]

ronhic...

<span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">lol how comes collecting "washing machines" is not a "happening thing"? </span>

 

[servis1976]

Hi folks I'm new to this site, I've recently become the proud owner of a Philips series 90 awb989 auto now machine works great motor and pump are fine the only problem I have with it, it seems to do bursts of the 1200 spin at the end rather than 1 long spin I'm not sure if this is a fault or a design feature, any advice would be greatly appreciated also can you still get parts for these washers