What was YOUR first washing machine?

[electron1100]

First

My own very first washing machine was a Electra/Zanussi, i had to replace the programer (first introduction to doing this)
I carried out a few mods to it, variable temperature control (courtesy of an old Indesit) put two neons on it (one for power and one for heater) and resprayed the front panel black and spent days Letraseting on the programs (shades of a Hoover a3190 i had seen in a brochure)

This is a link to the original machine on youtube

 

[paulc]

The first washer I bought when I got my 1st flat was a reconditioned Bendix 7133.

 

[super32]

My first was a 90 series LadyK. It was a direct drive. Hate to say it but it was the worst washer i ever owned. It quickly gave way to a matching set of Maytag 9904.

 

[DirectDriveDave]

When I was born, I was only in my first house for a year and a half, and I was way too young to remember just about any of it, so I am going with what the current house has and that's our 1990 Whirlpool DD!

 

[gmmcnair]

Grew up in a house with a Frigidaire Rollermatic and later a Kenmore belt-drive. My first machine was a single-speed GE Filter-Flo with the smaller tub. Bought it in 1990 and I still miss it. Nothing removed pet hair and lint from clothing like that one, which made line dried clothes pristine.

 

[georgect]

Westinghouse Front Load

I grew up with having an Avocado Westinghouse front loader like this one...
(not my video, just found on Youtube so you get the idea)

 

[pierreandreply4]

me before i was born the first washer i remember is a 1970 inglis superb washer with matching dryer second washer was a whirlpool - the matching dryer pic will be posted in my second reply

 

[pierreandreply4]

second washer a whirlpool minus the matching dryer

when i was around 10 13 years old this was the second washer that was use while i was growing up - the matching dryer as the first dryer was still working at the time

 

[huebschman]

RCA

My parents bought and RCA (made by Whirlpool I think... though the name did not appear on the machines) when they got married in the late 60's. It hade the lit consoles and the timer dials were made of tranclucent plastic and were back lit. A family of 4 and the laundry that it implies... and the washer lasted 27 years!

Oh, the good old days...

 

[DADoES]

 
First bought, KitchenAid pair in 1991.

First used, 1962 Whirly.

 

[cleanteamofny]

My first washer was a BD Kenmore to match the Kenmore gas dryer that I installed in my parents apartment back in 1985 when I learned that the DD was being fazed in.
I was trying to get the TOL Kenmore BD washer with a co-worker who also brought a Kenmore DD and none to be found through Sears here in New York so I've settled for the last BD model with the DAA.

Years later I moved out of my parents place and brought another Kenmore and I was about to purchase the 1995 Limited Edition but decided to get the newer 1995/1996 model pair which I still use to this day for washing car rags. This is the last of the lighted control top model.

 

[kenmoreguy64]

My first washer was/is a 1986 Kenmore 70 series belt-drive washer with matching dryer. I bought them while in college and still have the pair.

They were meant to approximate what my Mom had in her Kenmores when I was growing up, and were pretty much the same as hers but minus a feature or two that we didn't use much.

 

[peteski50]

Hotpoint!

1955 BOL LH7 with removeable lid. I loved watching the machine run and was my first contact with a washing machine.

 

[aquarius8000]

My first washer was a Candy Aquamatic 3

It was great Granny's washer. She died in the summer of 2003. I was then told I was to have the candy I got it in my shed in the spring of 2006 after renting a house we couldn't put my shed (Wash House)because there was no space to put the shed up. But I am the proud owner of it now. And it sits above the wm64 in the shed. Christopher

 

[Philip0603]

Before I left home, earliest memories of a Hotpoint Countess wringer machine which I put my hand through up to my elobw!!! Then our first Automatic which was a Bendix Washer/dryer. So incredibly noisy it lives in the garage and we could still hear it through two closed doors.

1st of my own was an AEG twin tub that was given to me. It has a solid copper spinner and worked well. Then went for a Hotpoint top loader. Now after Asea machines (asko) have comparatively rare Miele W377 & T260 dryer mounted on top. The W377 is a machine that is not designed to go under a counter having a 45 degree angled control panel. Both these machines were top of their range when bought and after 12 years or so of sometimes imitating a commercial laundry still wash quietly and efficiently having never yet broken down.

 

[jetsystem1200]

I don't have a machine of my own yet unfortunately, but the first machine I remember is the Zanussi Nexus FL1282, which lasted until 2002. This was replaced with a Zanussi Jetsystem FJD1266W.

 

[firedome]

1974 Maytag BOL bought new for our first house, dryer was absolute BOL Kenmore with a really cheesy plastic control panel. Both worked great for 15 years and 3 kids.

 

[miele4life]

my 1st washer that I spent my childhood with was a Electra Microelectronic 6950E which is a rebadged Servis Quartz. It lasted 4 a good while and it did good spin-drains too. If I had it now, imagine the fun I could have with it lol

 

[laundryboy]

My first washing machine was a Panasonic twin tub, my aunt upgraded her machine to a kenmore dd I would love to have another one and even have a pic of one

 

[tolivac]

Guess for me--in the first home I bought-a Middle of line KN washer and dryer.Later bought a new Maytag washer.Liked the KN better-The Maytag had the fast blender action agitation.In the apartment in 1973-the laundramat in the building Had turquoise solid drum SQ washers--Made by McGraw Edison.The matching dryers in the small laundrys on each floor.In the main laundry room-very large dryers-gas ones-The burner elements in them sounded like torches when started and running.and you looked in the back--large linty motor with the "jackshaft" pulley arrangement to turn the large drum.That dryer took dimes-a dime for 10 min running time.Don't remember their brand-were just neat to use.