Great Pictures Jeff, is that all the suds you got in the Maytag? I suppose there would be a little more with Viva?
Anyway, that reminds me of another reason you've told us a solid tub is better: during the drain/spin, the lint (dog hair etc) flows up and over the top of the solid wash basket, not through the load as may happen with a perforated tub. The result may be less lint left on the fabrics and more lint down the drain. Some machines add an "overflow rinse" where excess rinse water is added during rinse agitation so it can help flush suds and lint out before the drain/spin action is started. Nowadays, I suppose, such a feature would be abhorred by conservationists where every drop of water must be accounted for. But I gather it worked rather well for rinsing!
That is exactly true Rich, but adding a 15 gallon a minute recirculation to the wash cycle is like a Solid Basket on steroids while only adding 2 extra gallons of water to the system to keep the pump a full pressure. That is why by the end of the 20 minute wash and soak all the dog hair (yes she's a black lab) is stuck in the outer tub suds layer. Solid Basket GE Filter-Flo's are the same way, except you need to clean the filter. But it's the best way to remove dog hair, lint and other schmootz.
