When Did Asko Go Off The Rails?

[cfz2882]

my Asko good so far

I have a 2009 asko condenser dryer in DD use-no problems so far and I like it,just have to clean the condenser core about every 10 loads to keep performance up.

 

[fisherpaykel]

suburbanmd, I'm a little green with envy

Being green is a good thing,right? Please, we need reports of your experience with your new Asko PRO washer, bigger capacity, Asko temp & rinse choices, SS inner and outer tubs, of course quality does cost, hence my envy.

 

[suburbanmd]

Pictures of new Asko

fisherpaykel, I posted pictures at the link below.

http://ths.gardenweb.com/discussions/3411449/asko-pro-series-w8844xlw-washer-arrived?n=23

 

[askolover]

SuburbanMD

Just wondering how your new Asko's are playing out, if there's anything new to report.

 

[mrb627]

Askos

I believe he returned the Askos... The was a discussion about it on gardenweb.

Malcolm

 

[stricklybojack]

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Yes, he returned them.
Can't help but wonder if installing them on wooden pallets didn't contribute to his negative experience.
Now he is on to (or back to) Mieles apparently.

 

[henene4]

No, he clearly doubts that the pallets did effect it. Though someone (me and I think Alex) told him to try otherwise.

 

[stricklybojack]

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That's what i mean, i wished he had at least tried installing them on level concrete.
He may still have had a case for over sensitivity of the machines to the uneven and insecure support a pallet provides (or perhaps not)
...but at least others who are able to use these on the known stable, and often perfectly level surface concrete provides, would have an example.

That said i'm not a fan of vaunted "European Engineering" in general.
Used as a sales pitch here with little or no data to back it up.[this post was last edited: 11/14/2015-11:16]

 

[henene4]

Actually...

I sometimes envy US designs A LOT.

The few designs that make it over (like Bosch, Whirlpool and now LGs 27" washers) are just always kind of "meh" executed.

 

[suburbanmd]

It was supported on the pallet blocks, not the deck boards. That is solid footing.  My videos don't show the washer body moving at all, just the suspended part (door). I had the installer put it on a pallet (and he had no reservations whatsoever about it) because a platform wasn't available, after I'd gotten quotes from two different dealers including platform. By the time I learned Asko didn't have a platform for it, I had invested in plumbing and electrical and didn't want to back out. I wouldn't be able to sleep at night with a $2500 washer sitting directly on the basement floor.

 

[askolover]

Note to self

When my old faithful Swedish Asko dies, won't be getting another one.  Disappointing because I really like their door gasket design.  I guess mine was one of the last good ones they made, going on 19 years now.  Still have a Miele on standby.

 

[launderess]

Sadly Asko today has a bad name

When it comes to laundry appliances. You often cannot give used units away because persons have heard or looked-up that brand.

Whatever great beginnings the Swedish units entered the US market with back in the 1980's or so were wiped out by problems by the 1990's. Everything from poor repair/service distribution to being prone to unreliability.