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I saw the new Whirlpool-made Maytag washers today!
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Post# 208463   5/5/2007 at 22:12 (6,172 days old) by tbolt25 (Kentucky)        

I went to Lowe's recently, and I saw the new center-dial Whirlpool-made Maytags, and they had a retro-look on the outside, and on the inside they had the direct-drive Whirlpool design-they at least looked better than the junk plastic Maytag Performas did.




Post# 208499 , Reply# 1   5/6/2007 at 03:46 (6,172 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)        

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My local Maytag dealer has 2 in stock---the TOL 3-speed and the next one down. I like the stainless steel tubs, but wish they had a timed fabric softener dispenser. Not fond of the in-post dispensers. The machines have a nice, solid feel to them. I'm tempted to try one....but I'm hesitant to get rid of my old-school, slow-stroke, tub-indexing belt-drive Frigidaire TL. It's so much fun to watch. Unfortunately, that's about the only positive thing I can say about it, LOL.

Post# 208509 , Reply# 2   5/6/2007 at 07:33 (6,171 days old) by washabear (Maryland)        

I was looking at them yesterday, too. They do have a solid and substantial feel to them. I like the large lid, and I thought the knobs had a smooth, silky feel.

Is it true that you can't watch anything with the lid up? My 6-year-old Whirlpool runs with the lid up during the first part of the wash cycle and the rinse cycle; when it kicks down to the slower part of the wash cycle, then it stops when the lid is up. The lid switch is readily accessible, though, but apparently that's not the case with these Maytags or the current Whirlpools and Kenmores.

I wish the Maytags came with a more generous warranty.


Post# 208545 , Reply# 3   5/6/2007 at 12:25 (6,171 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)        

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That's a good question, Bruce; I wonder what type of lid switch the new WhirlTags have. I use a small, strong magnet to fool GE magnetic lid switches, but I don't know what kind of switch these new machines use.

The Frigidaire was also easy to fool; I stuck a large chunk of pencil eraser in the lid-lock hole, which holds the lid switch lever down. It's stayed in place for almost a year, now.


Post# 208558 , Reply# 4   5/6/2007 at 13:27 (6,171 days old) by dadoes (TX, U.S. of A.)        

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Far as I recall from the couple I examined at Sears, the lid switch is a microswitch located at the left? lid hinge (some Whirlpools & Kenmores are at the right hinge) beneath the top, pretty much out of reach for casual tricking.

Post# 208569 , Reply# 5   5/6/2007 at 13:54 (6,171 days old) by neptunebob (Pittsburgh, PA)        

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I saw the new Maytags and I DON'T like the stainless steel tub - it has a very obvious seam and did not seem all that smooth to me. The stainless tubs of the Norgetags and Neptunes seem to be smoother and so is the white porcelain tub of the Kenmore, which I would probably buy over the current Maytag.

Post# 208809 , Reply# 6   5/7/2007 at 17:30 (6,170 days old) by washabear (Maryland)        

Hidden microswitch—bummer. At least the old Maytags had that little ball beneath the back of the lid that you could push in.

I noticed that some of the lower-level Maytags have a porcelain tub like the Whirlpools and Kenmores. Funny, those are labeled Performa, whereas those with the SS tub are labeled Dependable Care. Go figure. My mom recently bought a Whirlpool with the white porcelain tub. It’s one of the models with the champagne color control panel. It’s a nice looking machine, and she loves it. I guess they are all one in the same now, aren’t they?

I like the idea of the magnetic switch on the GEs. Actually, although some of the lower-model GEs don’t seem particularly robust to me, I think the GE Profile TL looks pretty slick. Yes, the SS tub has a seam, but I haven’t seen any machine with one that doesn’t. Anyone know much about these? There doesn’t seem to be much feedback on them, except the customer reviews that I found on Home Depot, which are all positive (and I am unanimous in that!). I keep coming back to it—but it’s not like I’m looking to buy anything . . . ;-)

Eugene, I had a WCI Frigidaire TL that I bought in 1989 (my first washer purchase). I thought it was OK, but it was very noisy. From what I have read, I would guess that mine was not much different from what you have today (but that is another story)!



Post# 208826 , Reply# 7   5/7/2007 at 18:31 (6,170 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)        
How could *anyone* kill classic, Dependale-Care engineering?

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~I saw the new Whirlpool-made Maytag washers today!

Did it make you want to hurl?


Post# 209042 , Reply# 8   5/8/2007 at 20:04 (6,169 days old) by johnb300m (Chicago)        
awful seams

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the stainless tub maytags made by whirlpool have an awful seam problem. bad enough where i would not want any of my clothes in them. the quality of the stainless steel in the Neptunes and their seam jobs looked MUCH better.

Post# 209114 , Reply# 9   5/8/2007 at 23:37 (6,169 days old) by neptunebob (Pittsburgh, PA)        

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Actually the SS tubs of the Norgetag had smoother seams and today, the plastic tub of the Admiral is smoother than the SS tub of the new Maytag. Even the Frigemore has smoother stainless steel.

Post# 209150 , Reply# 10   5/9/2007 at 08:56 (6,168 days old) by peterh770 (Marietta, GA)        

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These machines are so tragic. A Whirlpool with the Maytag name on it. Horrible, just horrible.

Post# 209154 , Reply# 11   5/9/2007 at 09:24 (6,168 days old) by peteski50 (New York)        
Whirlpool-made Maytag washers

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I agree with Peter, it is so tragic and stupid. The only thing very worse is what WCI did to Frigidaire.
Peter


Post# 209193 , Reply# 12   5/9/2007 at 16:49 (6,168 days old) by agiflow ()        

Every now and then i will post a response, but please people, Maytag F***ED themselves and the new Whirltags seem to be very sturdily made for a washer in this day and age.

The SS tub in these machines is definitely better than the crap GE is puttin in their machines.

We can all sit here and say how big bad WP has destoyed the dependable care machines. Nobody but the corporate execs killed that company.

Off the soap box


Post# 209196 , Reply# 13   5/9/2007 at 17:08 (6,168 days old) by westyslantfront ()        

I was in Homo Depot today and saw the stainless steel Whirltag and did not like all the seams in the tub.
They also had an Admiral with a white porcelain tub which looked better.


Ross


Post# 209277 , Reply# 14   5/9/2007 at 22:56 (6,168 days old) by pturo (Syracuse, New York)        

At least they look nice. Whilpool was smart enough to nod to the past excellence of Maytag center dial dependable care machines in the design of the new Maytags. The fact that they are trying to differentiate the brands, albeit only in the control panel, speaks volumes on how they regard the Maytag brand. If I were running the company, I would have only Maytag Laundry and Whilpool brand would be the kitchen and refrigeration and dishwasher brand. Keep the mystiqe of Maytag for laundry, and expand upon Whilpool for kitchen.

Post# 210003 , Reply# 15   5/14/2007 at 09:57 (6,163 days old) by irishwashguy (Salem,Oregon.............A Capital City)        
I still can't believe it when I saw them

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I went to a couple of Homo Depos, we seem to have alot of them around here.I noticed they push the LG more than anything. Coming from a true Maytag house growing up, it to me is detestable. Maytag and Whirlpools are natural rivals, and now they are cousins, it just seems very wrong to me. I did notice the tops of the Whirltags were the clasic Maytag bubble pocelin top that they all have. They are great finishes, that is external, and the timers.When I was a kid, I loved the little amber light we had on our Maytag, plus the knob you really had to push while you turn it for you to set the cycle. The attention to every little detail, the cup for the Downy, my favorate spin drain,the sound of simplicity at work, and the whole clasic made in Iowa Maytag which nothing can tuely imitate by the mochery of simply asteticly saying Maytag on the outside, and inside is just a stamped out Whirlpool, off of the other side of the assembly line.
PS: Does anyone know where they are manufacturing these machines?


Post# 210006 , Reply# 16   5/14/2007 at 10:17 (6,163 days old) by rinso (Meridian Idaho)        

Well, what do you know!?!?! Shades of WCI/Frigidaires. Make the machine look like a classic Maytag on the outside, but use your current stuff for the innards. I was always under the impression that Maytag's helical drive defined simplicity, refinement, and reliabilty. Sad to see it replaced by Whirlpool's clunky, neutral drain miscue, DD mechanism.

Post# 210114 , Reply# 17   5/14/2007 at 23:46 (6,163 days old) by launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)        

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Posted a link in the "Sandbox" forum to an interview with the head of Whirlpool about the one year birthday of Whirlpool aquiring Maytag.

The old Maytag washers and dryers of yore are long gone, and will stay that way according to the article. When Whirlpool sold off several Maytag factories, with them went the technology/equipment to produce those machines.

To it's credit Whirlpool states it is seeking to return "quality" to the legendary Maytag brand, which fits in what I've been thinnking all along. Whirlpool wanted it's mitts on the Maytag brand, which though tarnished of late, still is world known especially for laundry appliances.

Personally don't see how Whirlpool is going to have two high profile laundry brands. There can only be one bride at a wedding, and one corpse at a funeral. What made the various brands different as they competed against each other was the various designs, drive systems, and so forth. You cannot tell me that Whirlpool is going to develop innovations for each brand and keep them apart.

L.


Post# 210124 , Reply# 18   5/15/2007 at 01:19 (6,163 days old) by dadoes (TX, U.S. of A.)        

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Typical consumer has no awareness of differing drive systems. A significant number of them couldn't tell you what happens inside the machine between the points of loading dirty laundry and removing clean laundry.

Post# 210125 , Reply# 19   5/15/2007 at 01:33 (6,163 days old) by agiflow ()        

It would have been nice if the KA TL washers had just morphed into the new Maytag design with the slower strokes and large base agitator-being as they will probably be all phased out in several years anyway.

Post# 210128 , Reply# 20   5/15/2007 at 02:00 (6,163 days old) by launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)        

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IIRC, it was the Herrin plants that made the famous Maytags, and those properties were sold off. Wonder what happened to the equipment used to build washers/dryers. Sold off for scrap?


L.


Post# 210166 , Reply# 21   5/15/2007 at 09:37 (6,162 days old) by runematic (southcentral pa)        

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Laundress, Herrin, IL produced those "wonderful" Norgetags. Newton, IA built the Dependable care (& the Atlantis, I think)


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