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Post# 386351   10/19/2009 at 15:52 (5,301 days old) by travlincub321 ()        

I always wanted one of these but never could afford it...
WHo made them


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Post# 386356 , Reply# 1   10/19/2009 at 16:10 (5,301 days old) by hoovermatic (UK)        
WOW!!!

that is one expensive machine!!! Can't say I really like the look of it either.

Post# 386383 , Reply# 2   10/19/2009 at 17:27 (5,301 days old) by paulc (Edinburgh, Scotland)        

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I remember seeing these machines on the Kitchen Aid website when they first came out. I amsure the cost bout $3,500.

Post# 386395 , Reply# 3   10/19/2009 at 18:07 (5,301 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA)        
A little cheaper

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Here is one a grand cheaper!

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Post# 386396 , Reply# 4   10/19/2009 at 18:17 (5,301 days old) by launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)        
IIRC

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Dryers were made by ADC, not sure about the washers. Maybe Primus?

Post# 386402 , Reply# 5   10/19/2009 at 18:42 (5,301 days old) by supremewhirlpol ()        

Looks like a softmount machine. Maybe LG or Samsung?

Post# 386405 , Reply# 6   10/19/2009 at 18:46 (5,301 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA)        
Duets

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I think the washers were stainless steel wrapped duets.


Post# 386420 , Reply# 7   10/19/2009 at 20:37 (5,301 days old) by dadoes (TX, U.S. of A.)        

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ProLine service docs are on www.servicematters.com...

Post# 386424 , Reply# 8   10/19/2009 at 20:52 (5,301 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay)        

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I agree that these are Duets in a different wrapper. KA & Whirlpool are basically one and the same with regard to large appliances.

I also agree that they're not all that attractive.


Post# 386435 , Reply# 9   10/19/2009 at 21:56 (5,301 days old) by travlincub321 ()        

Ok, so the book says it was made by adc

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Post# 386454 , Reply# 10   10/19/2009 at 23:21 (5,301 days old) by pulsator (Saint Joseph, MI)        

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The dryer was made by ADC, ADC stands for American Dryer Corporation for anyone who doesn't know! They don't make ANY washers! The washer is a re-wrapped, re-badged Whirlpool Duet. The dryer I could see being worth the price they are asking for new, but the washer... I would NEVER even THINK about forking over that much cash for a Duet washer! YIKES!!!!

Post# 386467 , Reply# 11   10/20/2009 at 02:41 (5,301 days old) by norfolksouthern ()        

One of these days, I am BOUND to find one at the Salvation Army.

NorfolkSouthern


Post# 386468 , Reply# 12   10/20/2009 at 03:26 (5,301 days old) by launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)        
Oh I Don't Know

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Don't think many units sold, at least from what one has seen.

Have seen lots of new Electrolux units on CL and the like, but aside from dealers trying to shift the Kitchenaid units, no one else seems to have them.



Post# 386496 , Reply# 13   10/20/2009 at 09:44 (5,301 days old) by supremewhirlpol ()        

They seem kinda expensive to me. If the Dryer is ADC, might not be such a bad dryer.

Post# 386505 , Reply# 14   10/20/2009 at 11:14 (5,301 days old) by revvinkevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)        
Umm, OK... but......

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WHY.... would WP re-badge the Duet for the washer and NOT the dryer???

When I looked at the KA versions in EXPO and Great Indoors a couple years ago I could tell instantly they were both re-badged WP units!!


Post# 386520 , Reply# 15   10/20/2009 at 12:08 (5,301 days old) by sudsman ()        
ADC makes NOTHING but dryers , Jamie , thanks for clearifiyi

but they do rebadge for a number of others . Milnor for one. they are on e bay for a song quite often.

Had ADC in the other plant and are not really that great of machines. Cissell and Huebsch both dry better . But the fastest dryers of them all are the Dexters Dryers they will outdry any other maker.


Post# 386552 , Reply# 16   10/20/2009 at 14:02 (5,301 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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Jamie's spot-on, a Duet by any other name...

I recall they had some bugs to work out with these dryers right after they came out but that's the case with most new designs.

Roger and I drooled over these dryers for a long time at the local NFM store when they were still available for sale in retail. Radial drying system, robust and impressive construction details. All good except the price! We joked how cute it would be to pay $3000 for a dryer and park it next to a BOL Direct-Drive Kenmo' washer!

I still want one. (dryer - the washer would have to be almost free!)


Post# 387000 , Reply# 17   10/21/2009 at 21:53 (5,299 days old) by andrewinorlando ()        

The washer was a rebadged Duet for sure, but the dryer was not. If you ever saw one close up and looked inside the machine, it looks NOTHING like a Whirlpool design, but rather looks like a commercial dryer you would find in a laundromat. It is also larger than the matching Duet dryer with a metal drum, not painted enamel or stainless steel, with holes all across the back of the drum, not the traditional Whirlpool design. So these are ADC dryers.

Post# 387039 , Reply# 18   10/22/2009 at 00:57 (5,299 days old) by aldspinboy (Philadelphia, Pa)        

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Hey guy's according to my former whirlpool rep, the machine has a little more heft to the package which I did feel when we saw them at a home show the shocks and spring's are more robust and that is the extent of it . And the casing is strong in insulation still we think in our company that they where overpriced, which the washer went for 5000.00 buck's and the pedestal's a whopping 500.00 each. My boss sold two pair to this very wealthy gentlemen who wanted the best for his wife who...get this... got a Miele 24' pair and she did not like them because of the drum size, they where the stainless pair, the gentlemen called.. and exchanged them for the Kitchenaid pair.
Go figure.



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