Twinnie Troubles

[electron1100]

Twins

Hello Al

Well done on both machines, I wondered who bought the Hoover Twosome, well you better get one of those " we rebuild/alter your house" TV shows in to do some mods so you can get these in so you can use them ;-)

I always thought the stainless steel top decks on those Servis machines was such a practical and good looking idea

I hope you enjoy using them, dont forget you need a fag hanging out of the corner of your mouth, your hair in rollers oh and a house coat on to acheive the full twin tub wash experience

Gary

 

[keymatic]

Morning Al,

Congrats on both Twinnies..the Servis 100 looks fab !!

I have to say that, that is the first blue original "Bridge" I have seen on a Twosome.

I guess i was always a bit on the hardcore side, jumping straight into the washing machine collecting from an early age. I have recently acquired a 3309L, it has needed a little bit doing to it, ie; new timer, wash & spin sump hose's & a new control facia, but it is nearly good to go now, will give it a trial the weekend.

Happy washing !!
Keith

 

[arbilab]

I'd love to have any of those. But you should have seen 1973 Panasonic TT. So simple internally, so effective. Timed dual-speed wash and spin. No transmission and only the wash disc had a belt, spin and pump direct drive. Ingenious engineering, surpassing even Easy Spindry which I consider nearly the grail of twintubs. Smaller scale, but the Panasonic WAS the grail. Utterly simple, the least to go wrong. No offense, but the Hoovers were laughable by comparison.

I don't think the Panasonic was distributed in the US outside Hawaii. Panasonic Hawaii was not related to Panasonic US, which at the time sold TVs and clock radios and little else.

 

[macboy91si]

"No offense, but the Hoovers were laughable by compariso

I think THAT is arguably laughable.

 

-Tim

 

[chestermikeuk]

Servis & TwoSomes

Great first washers sets there Al, the Servis 100 is very stylish and best suited to you being tall, I would say by the water marks that the tops need a squirt of mastic sealant and around the spin lid bolts and the controls etc, also the top of the spin can looks as if its moved, (Shiny metal) might just need pushing down

The Hoover Twosome takes me back, my Nan had those, bought as the Hoover 55 as it was on special offer at £55 guineas....

Keith, isnt that the 2nd series bridging unit, the first didnt have wings, and isnt that grey coloured, didnt know they did them in blue..

 

[macboy91si]

To Elaborate

The Panasonic machine was labelled under several different names (National, Bradford, etc) and sold across the country. While I do think they are neat, I have a 1973 or so Japanese twinny, but there are aspects that are less than perfect as with all machines. I would actually challenge to say that while the machine may be more technologically advanced than an old Hoover, the wash performance may not necessarily be better.

 

The Jap machines from that era were usually 24", meaning the tub was fairly deep but narrow width and length-wise. The offset impeller can cause an odd waving in the water that can throw a lot of water over the edge if it grabs a large item. Also many early Japanese machines did not reverse the impeller, only one way like a Hoover and tangling could be just as bad. I've not seen many that offer spin-rinsing either. While the brush motor in the Hoover is loud, it is much more powerful than the ~1600rpm direct-drive than the Panasonic would have used. Also the Hoover had a slightly larger diameter spin-basket that spun at ~2300rpm and with a much higher torque-curve for better extraction.

 

The wash-timer on my Japanese twinny goes to 12 minutes and the spin timer goes to 4. I can place clothes from that spinner into the Hoover and get more water from them even after the 4 minute run. With your machine you wash, drain, fill, rinse (possibly twice) and then spin then drain. That's a lot of time after is all said and done. With the Hoover you fill it, wash (4 minutes max wash) and then spin-rinse while the 1st load is washing. After that you drain and it's done, 30 minutes for a Maytag Big-Load dryer's worth of laundry.

 

So to the laughable comment, we all have our likes, but that's a bold statement, and one that I don't feel is substantiated.

 

-Tim

 

[keymatic]

Hi Mike,

As i have never seen a blue one before i just thought it must be the 1st edition, however after a quick dash up stairs and rumage, I see what you mean about the 2st bridge not having wings, although i couldn't define the colour on the pamphlet.

Bit of a leaning curve on that one..lol
Cheers
Keith

 

[arbilab]

JMO. I wasn't trying to revise the bible or Star Wars. I was totally pleased with the Pana and I admire simple elegance in engineering. After I left it in Hawaii (1975) I looked for another (none) and looked at Hoovers but they cost more and not as appealing, decided against and stuck with landlord's Whirlpool which was perfectly adequate but not as fun.