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Post# 200071   3/28/2007 at 23:51 (6,236 days old) by laundryshark (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)        

Remember those TV ads showing demos of Frigidaire washers compared to the back and forth agitation brands? Did they really clean clothes any better or was it just pure hype? Also the comparrisons of Frigidaire dryers to other brands regarding the size of the door openings? Also, one weird commercial depicting a man showing off his "Frigidaire electric toothbrush;" as he was brushing his teeth, he proclaims of having his Frigidaire electric toothbrush for 34 years.--Laundry Shark




Post# 200074 , Reply# 1   3/29/2007 at 01:29 (6,235 days old) by wannapinkset ()        
They are the best!

 I remeber those adds and so did my Dad thankfully. I used to say I wanted them when I grew up. He remembered and bought me my first set at an auction sale. I never even thought he was paying attention. I miss him so much, he was a wonderful man.

Yes, in my opinion they are superior in every aspect regarding cleaning. The wear on clothes is heavier I think but how many people actually wear out their clothes before buying new?

I love mine, I wouldnt trade them for the Maytag 906 or any other models. Mater of fact Im looking for a harvest gold washer right now. The dryers lint screen is easy to clean, and they BLOW like a storm as well as heat. My power bill was less with my old dryer vrs a much newer Whirlpool hunk o junk.

Post# 200116 , Reply# 2   3/29/2007 at 08:45 (6,235 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)        

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Not only do I remember them but do you remember the one where they have a little kid with a toy wagon haul out a Frigidaire tub made out of clear plastic with a Jet-Action agitator and use it to make chocolate milk?

Post# 200135 , Reply# 3   3/29/2007 at 10:49 (6,235 days old) by laundryshark (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)        
Hmmm. Interesting.

 Don't remember that kid commercial, but sounds interesting though.

Post# 200179 , Reply# 4   3/29/2007 at 15:40 (6,235 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)        

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Remember our five pair of jeans test...

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Post# 200183 , Reply# 5   3/29/2007 at 16:10 (6,235 days old) by 2drumsallergy ()        

Very impressive,
The Frigidaire is rolling the jeans over effortlessly and no doubt there is a lot less strain on the Frigidaire's transmission. Spin drying would be no contest with the 1140RPM Frigidaire extracting much more water.
It is a shame we never had those Frigidaire washers in the UK. Frigidaire sold a Twin Tub in the UK with a rather pathetic rotary pulsator action.

Post# 200463 , Reply# 6   3/31/2007 at 00:51 (6,233 days old) by bongobro ()        
"...and it makes a great milkshake!"

 I thought I was the only one who remembered that Frigidaire ad, bajaespuma...it was around 1969 or 1970, and the kid was making milkshakes, not just chocolate milk. It was while GM was still using the tag line "Frigidaire bothers to build in more help."

Hey, laundryshark, watching Unimatic1140's link made me think of that 1973-74 Frigidaire JetCone ad: "Watch what happens we drop a sock into the Frigidaire JetCone washer and when we drop a sock into the best-selling brand's best washer (Why didn't they just say "Kenmore" and be done with it?)..." It sounded to me like the Kenmore was overloaded since the dual-action agitator of the Kenmore was making ratcheting sounds after they dropped the sock into that machine. When I heard that on my Kenmore (and later Whirlpool), that was a warning: DO NOT OVERLOAD!

bongobro

Post# 200482 , Reply# 7   3/31/2007 at 09:02 (6,233 days old) by seamusuk (Dover Kent UK)        
David..

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Frigidaire DID market a domestic Jetaction top loader over here in the late 60s- however im not aware of any UK collectors that own one :(.

One of my earliest appliance related memories is mum sitting me on top of the washers in our local Frigidaire equipped Washerita((sp?)They had a dozen or so Frigidaire washers in alternating pink, Turq and yellow- they also had round glass windows in the lid . This would have been 75-76(I would have been 2-3 yrs old). They were replaced in the late 80s with Yellow Commercial Maytag top loaders, now mostly replaced by Electrolux front loaders.

Seamus

P.S I can remember walking past the Frigidaires when they were outside after being taken out- I seem to remember they were for sale @ £30 each....

If only you could turn the clock back lol!!!!

Post# 200544 , Reply# 8   3/31/2007 at 18:16 (6,233 days old) by 2drumsallergy ()        
GM Frigidaire Top Loaders in the UK

 Hi Seamus,
I have never seen a GM Frigidaire Top Loader in the UK and I had no idea they were ever sold here. Now that would be a totally unique addition to any UK collection. I am just thinking with a 50Hz motor the 1140RPM spin would be more like 940RPM.
Do you remember the UK Frigidaire Twin Tubs with the tiny pathetic rotary pulsator, they were not unlike the Rolls Rapide and Colston Twin Tubs. My great aunt had one, she later changed it to a Hoover A3060 which lasted some 20 years.

David

Post# 200607 , Reply# 9   12/31/2069 at 18:00 (19,837 days old) by laundryshark (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)        
The Sock Test

 OK? I do remember the Frigidaire ad with the sock test. Was wondering what kind of a depressing piece of junk the Frigidaire was compared against. The Frigidaire definitely sounded like music to my ears while the competing brand sounded so depressing with that ratcheting noise. By the way, *Robert,* I tried that Google video again (1957 Kenmore/Whirlpool vs. 1958 GM Frigidaire Unimatic Automatic Washers), but it still remains a silent movie to me. Even if I could see the thing, the audio is just as important. You gave reference to our Web site, but where is this demo originally located? Or, did you forget to post it there in the first place? I know the comparrison test among the 1955 Unimatic, 1958 Speed Queen, and 1956 Hotpoint still exists up there.--Laundry Shark

Post# 200612 , Reply# 10   4/1/2007 at 05:47 (6,232 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc)        

On the Frigidaire washer ads-As a little guy I can remember seeing a commercial for what must of been a Frigidaire washer-the demo consisted of putting a bar of soap in the machine while it agitated-with the conventional agitator you see cuts and dents in the soap-in the Frigidaire part you don't see any marks on the soap at all.Has anyone seen this?I can remember it from very long ago.And was the washer involved actually a Frigidaire?

Post# 200897 , Reply# 11   4/2/2007 at 22:44 (6,231 days old) by bongobro ()        
"A little bit of soap..."

 tolivac, I don't remember that one, but all three of the washer lines purchased by auto manufacturers had offbeat washing methods: Frigidaire had its up-and-down pumping action. Kelvinator had that circular "deep turbulent" washing action (a/k/a "splashy")--and I remember a commercial in which a lady washed a paper napkin in a Kelvinator without tearing it up.

My mother had a '63 Kelvinator and I remember it mainly splashing, oversudsing, streaking clothes from whatever color agitator was in it (first black, then light blue), and buzzing and clanking when it went off balance, which it did all too often ... and Philco had a weird pillar that shimmied like the Kelvinator...think they called it "blades of water" washing action.

Post# 201010 , Reply# 12   4/3/2007 at 19:53 (6,230 days old) by laundryshark (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)        
High Frequency Agitation?

 Is this similar to the "High Frequency Agitation," as in the Philco demos in our "Videos" section?--Laundry Shark

Post# 201510 , Reply# 13   4/6/2007 at 01:25 (6,227 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc)        

Could it have been the Philco washer that was in the commerical with the bar of soap?I would think with the Philco agitation it wouldn't leave marks on the soap bar.

Post# 201948 , Reply# 14   4/7/2007 at 14:56 (6,226 days old) by bongobro ()        
May have been Philco?

 LaundryShark, I remember seeing ads in LIFE magazine circa 1966 with a full-page ads for the new Philco automatic washers (circa the time they began calling it Philco-Ford rather than Philco-Bendix):

(wish I could scan the actual ad, but soon...)

"What makes the new Philco washer different?...

THE AGITATOR BLADES ARE MADE OF WATER!" (the previous phrase was shown in psychedelic shades of blue and gray suggesting violent action in the water)...

...and ironically, the copy continues "...most washer problems have been engineered right out of existence!"

Ohhhh????

Post# 202178 , Reply# 15   4/8/2007 at 05:25 (6,225 days old) by cehalstead (Charleston, WV)        
bar of soap

 I remember the bar of soap ads used by Frigidaire..........

Post# 202181 , Reply# 16   4/8/2007 at 06:33 (6,225 days old) by laundromat (Hilo, Hawaii)        

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"FRIGIDAIRE Appliances,to make you feel like a queen!"( boy did they hit the fingernail on the head there!!!lol)
"FRIGIDAIRE:Advanced appliances with you in mind."
"Look for the"F"with the crown on top.The crown stands for leadership" (not anymore!)
"FRIGIDAIRE bothers to build in more help!"
"FRIGIDAIRE:The Home Environment division of General Motors"
"Every FRIGIDAIRE is not a refrigerator."
Every refrigerator is not a FRIGIDAIRE."
"Frigidaire:Here today.Here tomorrow.(This was after the WCI take over my fello associates and myself at Montgomery Ward kept saying"Here today.Gone tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!)lol

Post# 203594 , Reply# 17   4/13/2007 at 07:24 (6,220 days old) by laundryshark (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)        
Ford's "Better Idea?"

 Even Ford got into the appliance market for a time through the old Philco washer product line. Amazing! Perhaps a modern twisted product parody might be: "Have you washed with a Philco lately?"--Laundry Shark

Post# 203608 , Reply# 18   4/13/2007 at 08:42 (6,220 days old) by washerboy (Little Rock Arkansas)        
Westinghouse test

 Seeing the above made me remember...I watched the westinghouse FL commerical where they dump a cup or two of dirt and sand in several machines..naturally the westinghouse items come out "sand free"..while the others have tubs with sand. Does anyone think they really did that truthfully? and I'm not mr fix it..but would'nt that much sand and dirt stop up the pump?

Post# 203640 , Reply# 19   4/13/2007 at 10:35 (6,220 days old) by laundryshark (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)        
Westinghouse Demo

 Still available on the AW Vintage Appliance Videos page.--Laundry Shark

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