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Post# 195343   3/6/2007 at 20:49 (6,253 days old) by vintagesearch ()        

So i was browsing on amanas website, has anyone seen these in a store? they look like rebagged maytag neptunes LOL. Also did whirlpool manufacture these also? I saw the new whirlpool made maytags and amanas there ok looking hope they are more ependable. heres the link:

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Post# 195344 , Reply# 1   3/6/2007 at 20:59 (6,253 days old) by gadgetgary (Bristol,CT)        
Agreed

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It is just like the Neptune.


Post# 195348 , Reply# 2   3/6/2007 at 21:10 (6,253 days old) by oxydolfan1 ()        

personally, i am still as drawn to the design
as i was when i saw my first neptune

but it has no window

therefore, i predict it will sell only a respectable amount
if it is very aggressively priced


Post# 195471 , Reply# 3   3/7/2007 at 12:03 (6,253 days old) by johnb300m (Chicago)        

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this is my favorite FL design of all time.
Not sure why, but I really like it and wish to have one someday.


Post# 197505 , Reply# 4   3/14/2007 at 20:05 (6,245 days old) by mark40511 ()        

Don't these FL's use a bit more water than the other American Fl's???Seems like I read that somewhere.

Post# 197523 , Reply# 5   3/14/2007 at 21:01 (6,245 days old) by whirlcool (Just North Of Houston, Texas)        

Oh no, not another Amanatag!

Please note that the first thing on the list of features is the "Antimicrobial Component Protection" to prevent mold and mildew and odor causing bacteria.

Maybe the average consumer won't notice that these are rebadged Neptunes......

Remember Anita Bryant and Amana?


Post# 197561 , Reply# 6   3/15/2007 at 00:15 (6,245 days old) by portendere ()        
What to call them....

If a Maytag-branded Amana was an Amanatag, that would make these..Maymanas?

Nope. Don't like it.

I propose "Amaneptune."

Anyway, these washers growing on me. The more I think, the more they seem to represent good entry-level front loaders. (Why would Whirlpool keep the design if they weren't confident in it? It's not like they don't already have a two or three other front-load designs they could slap an Amana label on.)


Post# 197590 , Reply# 7   3/15/2007 at 07:19 (6,245 days old) by whirlcool (Just North Of Houston, Texas)        

I still have it stuck in my head the days of when Speed Queen and Amana machines were one in the same! (Early 90's).

For some reason when I think of Amana, I think of refrigerators and Anita Bryant. Hmmmmm........

While Mayamana sounds good, I think these could also just be FL Amanatags. (Amana Nameplate + Maytag Design).

But then again, an Amaneptune seems appropriate as well.

What does everyone else think?


Post# 197593 , Reply# 8   3/15/2007 at 07:29 (6,245 days old) by gadgetgary (Bristol,CT)        
Amaneptune

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Sounds good to me. I still love my Neptune, just wish it had that window. It is a good machine.


Post# 197595 , Reply# 9   3/15/2007 at 07:36 (6,245 days old) by gadgetgary (Bristol,CT)        
This question might have been answered before....

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Why can't these machines be made with a window???

Post# 197607 , Reply# 10   3/15/2007 at 09:09 (6,245 days old) by peterh770 (Marietta, GA)        

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IMHO, WP will keep the design because they actually sell quite well in the commercial coin-op world, and there are already thousands of them out there in use, so they need to keep parts available. By regailing them to the Amana brand, they keep one foot in the domestic consumer market.

Post# 197631 , Reply# 11   3/15/2007 at 12:28 (6,245 days old) by coldspot66 (Plymouth, Mass)        

Hi Gary,

The reason why there is no window in the Neptune is because there is a vibration damper assembly mounted in the door with springs to help cancel out vibration from high speed spin.
Hope you are well.

John


Post# 197632 , Reply# 12   3/15/2007 at 12:55 (6,245 days old) by gadgetgary (Bristol,CT)        
Thank you John

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Is this what you are speaking about????

Post# 197956 , Reply# 13   3/17/2007 at 00:01 (6,243 days old) by spiralator60 (Los Angeles)        
Windowless Neptune

Gary,

In addition to what John said, there is a solid metal plate between the outside of the door and the plastic inside area shown in your photo, held in place by the springs. When I look at the heavy glass doors on the Duet, the Epic, and just about everyone else, the question keeps coming up "If we can put a man on the moon, then certainly ...?


Post# 197974 , Reply# 14   3/17/2007 at 07:52 (6,243 days old) by paulg (My sweet home... Chicago)        
Anita Bryant or Carmelita Pope?

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Are you SURE it was Anita Bryant for Amana?
I do remember Carmelita Pope and her gravel-like voice.
(growling)"If it doesn't say Amana, It's not a Radarange".

Beside that, I bet they're continuing this old design under the Amana nameplate primarily for parts persistence.
...I wonder if the master-craftsmen of Whirlpool got their mitts into the mechanism and "freshened" it up a bit? Do we have a winner here hiding under the Amana nameplate?


Post# 197995 , Reply# 15   3/17/2007 at 09:34 (6,243 days old) by magic clean ()        
Barbara Hale

Perry Mason's, secretary Della Street (Barbara Hale) was the spokeswoman for Amana.

Post# 198010 , Reply# 16   3/17/2007 at 11:52 (6,243 days old) by bongobro ()        
"Make the greatest cooking discovery since fire..."

Definitely Barbara Hale...because she appeared in the first Amana Radarange commercials in 1967 (the year after "Perry Mason" went off the air)...and she did some Amana fridge commercials as well, but after Amana went into other appliances, she went into retirement...

Post# 198062 , Reply# 17   3/17/2007 at 20:13 (6,242 days old) by paulg (My sweet home... Chicago)        
I stand corrected.

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You're absolutely correct. It was Barbara Hale.
Now I have a dilemma.
I KNOW Carmelita Pope did appliance commercials. But for whom?
Could BOTH Barbara Hale and Carmelita Pope shared the role?
I'll do my homework and report back.
Thanks for the correction!



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