Sure are a lot of diverse opinions....I think that many of the different machines had weak points in their performance. The whirlpool/kenmore belt drive was poor at water extraction, the Frigidaire's first had a terrible tangling problem and later with the new agitator, permanent press and synthetics would sort of float instead of being pulled down. Frigidaire certainly never had poor water extraction while they were part of GM though. Maytag was a good machine as long as you didn't put too big a load in it. If you did, the clothes never made it to the bottom of the tub and back up and if you put soap on the top of the load, it was still there when the load was finished. I think it's funny that the new top loader machines tend to have the same kind of tangling problems that Frigidaire, Kelvinator, Philco and others were so penalized for by consumer reports. And they would have to cause undue wear and tear on the clothing too. Much more so than the Whirlpool/Kenmore direct drive machines did. All in the name of saving water and being more efficient. Seems to me that a little more water would cost a whole lot less than new clothing constantly. But what do I know?
