Lint Filters

No this has the "comb" style filter attached to the inner basket.....

I wanted to say they stopped the true thru the pump and valve style "self clean" versions with the belt drive, but that not true.......I believe they went to the comb style somewhere around 1980....

I know it was not in my new 1983 Whirlpool Supreme, While installing it, I noticed right away that the "MagicClean" was not there, or mounted to the side of the outter drum.....called the dealer, and they assured me it was "there", just not the usual design I was used to.....

Some claim these comb styles work well.....and they may, my opinion, not as well as the originals did!......you could take that comb style out, and not notice a difference....

it more or less has to do with the time period, when clothes mainly made of cotton gave off vast amounts of lint, today, clothes don't seem to give off as much lint, and wit proper washing selections and temps, and detergents, lint doesn't seem to be a big issue, and for the most part, if you machine dry, most of any lint is removed into it's filter.....

another funny idea....machine dryers always seem to produce lint, no matter the time period, or clothes being dried.....that filter gets filled quickly....especially if your drying new towels


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Post# 636110 11/3/2012 at 09:43 (4,185 days old) by pulltostart (Mobile, AL)
Checkrate/Likes Does this version of Kenmore washers have an "active" lint filter (my own terminology). By "active" I mean the traditional, self-cleaning lint filter as opposed to the more "passive" version that consisted of fingers somewhere low in the basket - either at the base of the agitator or built into the bottom of the wash basket? If this uses the later of the two, at which point in time did KM/WP abandon the canister with the marbles that backflushed (I think that was the earlier version and what I would term active)? lawrence

Post# 636119 , Reply# 1 11/3/2012 at 10:06 (4,185 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey)
Checkrate/Likes No this has the "comb" style filter attached to the inner basket..... I wanted to say they stopped the true thru the pump and valve style "self clean" versions with the belt drive, but that not true.......I believe they went to the comb style somewhere around 1980.... I know it was not in my new 1983 Whirlpool Supreme, While installing it, I noticed right away that the "MagicClean" was not there, or mounted to the side of the outter drum.....called the dealer, and they assured me it was "there", just not the usual design I was used to..... Some claim these comb styles work well.....and they may, my opinion, not as well as the originals did!......you could take that comb style out, and not notice a difference.... it more or less has to do with the time period, when clothes mainly made of cotton gave off vast amounts of lint, today, clothes don't seem to give off as much lint, and wit proper washing selections and temps, and detergents, lint doesn't seem to be a big issue, and for the most part, if you machine dry, most of any lint is removed into it's filter..... another funny idea....machine dryers always seem to produce lint, no matter the time period, or clothes being dried.....that filter gets filled quickly....especially if your drying new towels

Post# 636136 , Reply# 2 11/3/2012 at 12:22 (4,185 days old) by pulltostart (Mobile, AL)
Checkrate/Likes Thanks, Martin. Was considering this or something like this as an extra, mainly to deal with dog fur. I suppose the all-time best for that chore would be a Filter Flo. I'll keep looking. lawrence

Post# 636162 , Reply# 3 11/3/2012 at 15:13 (4,185 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey)
Checkrate/Likes Yeah, your best choice all around for dog fur is a FilterFlo......this one would work nice if the fur isn't too much or very long..... I have had no issues from any machines, the Neptunes do fine, and I have Siberian's, but had heard and seen horror stories of machines getting clogged from fur....especially belt drive Kenmores with the true self clean versions... good luck in your search....you will come across a nice set