The Inevitable has happened - No more WP agitator washers...

[henene4]

I guess...

... the 4800 is back? Not sure if the agitator might got "upgraded"...

http://www.whirlpool.com/laundry-1/laundry-2/washers-3/-[WTW4800XQ]-1001699/WTW4800XQ/

 

[passatdoc]

henene4: Vielleicht. Meine Eltern haben ein WTW4815EW gekauft.

 

[henene4]

Love that xD
You scroll through an american forum, and all of the sudden, a simple, but pretty well spelled German sentence.

 

[passatdoc]

Aus, ausser*, bei, mit, nach, seit, von, zu: IMMER DATIV

Durch, für, gegen, gegenüber, ohne, um: IMMER AKKUSTIV

*zu meiner Zeit: außer, aber man muss (muß) die Neue Rechtschreibung folgen...

 

[norgeway]

In my book!

The last belt drive made in the 80s was the last washer WP made.

 

[logixx]

He is showing the new agipellers in his vid while going through Sears.

 

[appnut]

Who is that guy taking the video?  Can't believe Sears let he walk through ike that without someone stopping him.  I wonder which is better--agipeller or impeller style for actual cleaning. 

 

[logixx]

That guy is CruellaUrsula on YouTube - he also posts lots of videos of his WP Cabrio with the touch panel that I have posted here before. Here's his channel:

http://https//www.youtube.com/user/CruellaUrsula

 

[logixx]

Besides, I've recorded about 30 minutes of video in Home Depot, Sears and Best Buy's appliance section - no one cared.

 

[fan-of-fans]

Some of the washers in that Sears video look like they have LED lights reflecting in the tub. Do some of these have tub lights? It would be cool if they did.

 

[supersurgilator]

I got to see these models in person for the first time today. I will admit, the agipeller on the Whirlpool machine looked more promising than the smaller version on the Amana's. I still wish we had a video of somebody doing a larger load in one of these to see how it does.

 

[joeypete]

I came so close to buying one of these when I got my Kenmore 28102! I really like the new Kenmore agipeller. Pretty cool!

 

[logixx]

 

[mrb627]

Nice Review

They need a model with a glass lid. How fast is the final spin?

Malcolm

 

[joeypete]

Very nice, I like it! The Kenmore TOL has the SS tub and a white/blue agi-thingy with corkscrew on it even. Sweet.

 

[murando531]

I'd like to see it on a Normal cycle with that full load of clothes. They'd probably rollover better in all honesty. They moved in the Deep Wash but you could tell they were floating too much to be pushed up and out by the impeller vanes.

 

[mark_wpduet]

Dumb Question

What's the big deal about walking through the appliance section of a store recording like he did? Am I missing something? Maybe I am? Is it supposed to be secretive or something?

 

[jerrod6]

This looks like a decent top loader that uses a bit more water than any He TL I have seen yet.  I would like to see how this works with a full load, unless that is as full as you are supposed to use it. 

 

 

[gelaundry4ever]

washer

It's a shame that we have seen washers like these, and now we have the "removable agitator", which is a stupid design. It will always use that stupid low water level unless you select a stupid deep fill which is still stupid. It never fills up completely. Most consumers are too stupid.

 

[ryner1988]

I don't think any of the models discussed in this nearly 9-year-old thread are even being made anymore, although I do believe that shortly after this, the dual action agitator replacements to these agipeller washers came onto the market. One of these was the WTW4816FW, which I had the first iteration of and now have a later version, that being the FW3. I'm not sure how much longer my washer will be out, as even ow it's only available at Lowes, but dual action machines are indeed still available.