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Thread Number: 53655
POD 5-27-14 - Universal Automatic Washer |
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Post# 759966 5/28/2014 at 06:39 (3,615 days old) by turquoisedude  (.) |
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 I've seen this come up as the POD before and I always wondered about the Universal automatic washer's 'agitating basket' described in the ad text - was this similar to the Apex washer?? Could have actually been an Apex with the Universal name on it?
I was curious because the Universal small appliances were rebadges (the Universal stand mixer and blender were Dormeyers for example). | ||
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Post# 759969 , Reply# 1 5/28/2014 at 07:02 (3,615 days old) by wilkinsservis (Melbourne Australia) |
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I think u got in one | ||
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Post# 759972 , Reply# 2 5/28/2014 at 07:22 (3,615 days old) by tennblondie78 (Bowling Green, KY) |
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I find the
"Sun Sweet" feature on the dryer interesting. Wonder what that was? Advertising and marketing is so boring now. I wish we would go back to the old style. If manufacturers would start naming things with the words Astro, O-Matic, Super, O-Rama, etc. I bet sales would pick up. I think people are subconsciously attracted to that stuff.
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| Post# 759973 , Reply# 3 5/28/2014 at 07:26 (3,615 days old) by ken (NYS) | ||
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Post# 759974 , Reply# 4 5/28/2014 at 07:49 (3,615 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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 Yes - made by Apex! This is Robert's 53 Apex washer in action toward the end of an agitation cycle. It tended to splash away most of the tub-full of water which we think may have hurt it's performance rankings but with today's HE detergents, it does a good job cleaning.
With the ballast pockets on the outside of the spin-tub, it's one of the best balancing washers I've ever peered into.
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Post# 759976 , Reply# 5 5/28/2014 at 07:52 (3,615 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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Aha! Wow, I guess seeing Robert's Apex in action last year had indeed planted that seed in my head!
It really is a unique design - how cool would it be to actually find one...
And no, don't get to thinking that I have one stashed in my top secret storage location (just off Dufferin Road in Stanstead) - trust me, if I did, I'd be shouting on the rooftop! LOL | ||
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Post# 760174 , Reply# 7 5/29/2014 at 02:51 (3,614 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc) |
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The action of that Apex Bouncing Basket washer looks like a giant Lyman cartridge case polisher-tumbler!Also such tumblers were used for rock tumbling-polishing.Faster than rotary drum tumblers!Hope none of those Apex machine were used for those "other" uses!Like the idea of the water balancing for the drum! | ||
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Post# 760197 , Reply# 8 5/29/2014 at 06:19 (3,614 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Apex | ||
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