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| Post# 80635 8/28/2005 at 08:30 (6,815 days old) by washaholic () | ||
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I am thinking about buying the calyso washer made by whirlpool. Does anyone have any feedback on this machine. Darin | ||
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Post# 80649 , Reply# 1 8/28/2005 at 09:40 (6,815 days old) by toggleswitch  (New York City, NY) |
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Post# 80666 , Reply# 2 8/28/2005 at 12:25 (6,815 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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As a member of Epinions.com I subscribed to opinions on a lot of washers. Among them the Whirlpool and Kenmore Calypso models. I have never read so much negative feedback on a washer as on the Calypso. I think the design is basically wrong, the laundry can't tumble or circulate freely like in all other kind of washers. I would stay away from this machine.
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Post# 80673 , Reply# 3 8/28/2005 at 13:14 (6,815 days old) by rinso (Meridian Idaho) |
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ths.gardenweb.com/forums/laundry/... This site has lots of feedback on the Calypso machines. | ||
| Post# 80681 , Reply# 5 8/28/2005 at 14:52 (6,814 days old) by washoholic (San Antonio, TX) | ||
I had a Calypso in 2000 and it did fine on the first wash w/ no clothes and then broke down on the 2nd wash (the first one with clothes in it). The repair lady from Sears was at my house for 2 hours and finally told me she could not fix it and they would just replace it. I returned it, because I wondered what would happen the next time it broke. I wasn't going to be able to just replace it everytime there was a problem. It would randomly stop anywhere in the cycle and flash the letters "CE" on the screen which means there is a communication error (between the motor and circuit board). Jeff | ||
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Post# 80683 , Reply# 6 8/28/2005 at 15:11 (6,814 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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I had a Kenmore Calypso washer that had been returned to Sears and then resold at a huge discount. I used it for about five or six months and once I got used to it, had no trouble and loved the results. I holds a huge amount of clothes and seemed to wash extremely well with HE detergent. It uses quite a bit more water than the hettie/Duet front loaders, but still meets all energy standards. I tripped the lid switch to watch with the lid open and although I was skeptical about it before having it, was sold on the idea after using it. I've heard that Whirlpool has done testing on the gentleness of the machine compared with other washers, top-load and front-loaders both, and the Calypso is one of the gentlest on the market. I think a lot of the negative opinions the machine had were more due to that it was a very new technology and admittedly, they did have some pump issues in the beginning, but those were quickly resolved and reliability improved. The one thing I found that it didn't do well was very large items, comforters, etc. don't move as much as they should and don't get a good "flush" as with a front loader.
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| Post# 80744 , Reply# 7 8/29/2005 at 01:02 (6,814 days old) by shanonabc () | ||
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i have seen a website that suggests thousands of customers have been having trouble with the calypso wash motion | ||
| Post# 80999 , Reply# 10 8/30/2005 at 20:59 (6,812 days old) by shanonabc () | ||
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any one got any videos of the calypso? | ||
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