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The New HE Toploader Is Now On Frigidaire's Website |
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Post# 627451 , Reply# 1   9/25/2012 at 08:13 (4,222 days old) by rapunzel (Sydney)   |   | |
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Under features it states something about 'Fresh Water Rinse' - what else is there to rinse your clothes in? Do other Frigidaire washers rinse clothes in not so fresh water? |
Post# 627454 , Reply# 2   9/25/2012 at 08:36 (4,222 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Interesting. It meets the Energy Star guidelines just at the minimum requirement and stated water usage is approx. 20 gallons per load. (8 loads/week = 392 loads per year / 7906 gallons per year). This is almost double the usage of Frigidaire's front-load washers with water use at 4085 gallons. It will be very curious to see how the new top-load washer is rated for cleaning, etc.
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Post# 627463 , Reply# 3   9/25/2012 at 09:52 (4,222 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)   |   | |
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Post# 627492 , Reply# 4   9/25/2012 at 12:28 (4,222 days old) by logixx (Germany)   |   | |
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Post# 627564 , Reply# 5   9/25/2012 at 20:30 (4,222 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA)   |   | |
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Post# 627585 , Reply# 6   9/25/2012 at 22:41 (4,222 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)   |   | |
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For reasons which defy, well, reason, I really want one of the new Frigidaire top-loaders. I've never cared a whit for any of the impeller machines, but I am taken with this big, cheap hunk of plastic. I'm the ultimate die-hard front-loader guy, and I love my 2010 Frigidaire, so the impeller machine would definitely be a novelty item for the laundry room, to be used only occasionally. I want to fill it with a load of greatly-stained kitchen whites and see how things emerge.
I like that it doesn't have a hanging suspension like other impeller machines. If they've basically kept the same suspension, etc., as the indexing tub 2006 I once owned, it will spin the most unbalanced loads you can imagine. I'm afraid if I wait for the rating from Consumer Reports, then I'll never buy it, LOL. Malcolm---Frigidaire doesn't exactly roll out the red carpet for their new products, do they? No interior shots, nothing. Way to pinch those pennies, Frigidaire! Oy vey. This post was last edited 09/26/2012 at 02:11 |
Post# 627601 , Reply# 7   9/26/2012 at 00:13 (4,222 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 627603 , Reply# 8   9/26/2012 at 00:44 (4,222 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 627605 , Reply# 9   9/26/2012 at 00:56 (4,222 days old) by pdub (Portland, Oregon)   |   | |
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I saw a new Frigidaire commercial tonight on TV. It was for their new Symmetry double oven range but the commercial itself was done very well. They did a kind of a history showing old products from the GM era, even a skinny-mini Laundry Center. Then they did a flash of a lot of the old Frigidaire logo's before ending with the current one. It was pretty cool. I looked to see if it was on YouTube but apparently not yet. Watch for it.
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Post# 627615 , Reply# 10   9/26/2012 at 02:34 (4,222 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 627618 , Reply# 11   9/26/2012 at 03:16 (4,222 days old) by pdub (Portland, Oregon)   |   | |
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Post# 627648 , Reply# 12   9/26/2012 at 08:06 (4,221 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 627864 , Reply# 13   9/27/2012 at 07:09 (4,220 days old) by AutoWasherFreak ()   |   | |
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The commercial that I've seen stop right after the compact stove, and don't show the skinny mini, or dishwashers. I like this commercial much better. |
Post# 628038 , Reply# 14   9/28/2012 at 07:57 (4,219 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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Now how does this machine work?? Is it a wash plate or agitator design? Sounds hydro-wavish to me in the blurbing!
Ah just reading the pdf, its a hydro-wavish. Greg did you see the use of "Sure-Spin" there? Old F trademark for the clutches on the later generation Rollermatics!! A little history there at E-lux. They are doing their homework. |
Post# 628040 , Reply# 15   9/28/2012 at 08:00 (4,219 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 628097 , Reply# 16   9/28/2012 at 14:04 (4,219 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA)   |   | |
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Post# 629987 , Reply# 18   10/7/2012 at 10:01 (4,210 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA)   |   | |
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Post# 630910 , Reply# 19   10/11/2012 at 16:54 (4,206 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 631225 , Reply# 20   10/13/2012 at 07:05 (4,204 days old) by chris74 ()   |   | |
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...mean in a V-axxis TL anyway? Is this even possible? |
Post# 631230 , Reply# 21   10/13/2012 at 07:34 (4,204 days old) by logixx (Germany)   |   | |
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Post# 631383 , Reply# 22   10/13/2012 at 20:19 (4,204 days old) by mark_wpduet (Lexington KY)   |   | |
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To hear that AD, you'd think they were claiming to have always been Frigidaire.
Those pulsating washers were GREAT!!! Those are my favorite types of TL washers. I always remember wondering why they quit making them because they cleaned so freaking good! They were LOUD though. I remember it used to scare the hell out of me when my grandma would turn it on and I was afraid to go in the bathroom when it was running. LOL. |
Post# 631440 , Reply# 23   10/14/2012 at 02:55 (4,204 days old) by chris74 ()   |   | |
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Sounds not very efficient to me... |
Post# 631454 , Reply# 25   10/14/2012 at 05:43 (4,203 days old) by chris74 ()   |   | |
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In the Middle Ages, they've already tried to do the washing with urine, that's not as ridiculous as you might think! |
Post# 631460 , Reply# 26   10/14/2012 at 06:50 (4,203 days old) by stainfighter (Columbia, SC)   |   | |
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I may be wrong but believe that Frigidaire does what the SQ F/L (and SQ Laundromat version T/L) does...partially drains then adds in some additional water...not a complete exchange of water unless one selects the option 'fresh water.' Our 2011 F/L model has a selection for "fresh water rinse"...and it is ALWAYS selected !!!
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Post# 631490 , Reply# 28   10/14/2012 at 10:04 (4,203 days old) by mark_wpduet (Lexington KY)   |   | |
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Post# 631493 , Reply# 29   10/14/2012 at 10:09 (4,203 days old) by logixx (Germany)   |   | |
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Post# 632522 , Reply# 30   10/18/2012 at 07:13 (4,199 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA)   |   | |
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Post# 632690 , Reply# 31   10/18/2012 at 19:49 (4,199 days old) by toploader1984 ()   |   | |
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ya, why are they all of a sudden putting windows in washers and dryers these days and not dishwashers? |
Post# 632721 , Reply# 34   10/18/2012 at 20:49 (4,199 days old) by rapunzel (Sydney)   |   | |
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That's true, but when you let it stand it turns into ammonia. Now, on the subject of using urine to clean clothes you can google that. |
Post# 632822 , Reply# 37   10/19/2012 at 09:52 (4,198 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA)   |   | |
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I am sure that a dishwasher with a glass door would never fly with a single layer of glass. There would have to be a layer to protect from burns.
Of course one of the benefits to having a glass door would be blocked wash arm protection. And I suppose if the average user learned that it does fill to immerse the load in water, they might start to care more about loading techniques. Malcolm |