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Thread Number: 61710
/ Tag: Modern Automatic Washers
Our 1998 Maytag Dependable Care w/ water saver (aka suds saver) |
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Post# 843583 9/30/2015 at 06:59 (3,129 days old) by polkanut  (Wausau, WI ) |
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 Over in the Shoppers Square forum there is a thread about a Maytag suds saver model for sale, and someone was surprised that suds savers were made for so long. We received ours as a wedding gift from my parents in the fall of 1998. We did have to special order the machine, but it only took about 2-3 weeks for it to be delivered to us. It is a model LAW9406AAE. It has needed 2 tub seals because a manufacturing defect caused the first 2 to split at the seams. No problems (fingers crossed) with #3 so far. Our friends call us "cheap" for using a suds saver, but we call it being thrifty because we're saving detergent, water, and the gas it takes to heat another tub of water. We love this beauty! | ||
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| Post# 843590 , Reply# 1 9/30/2015 at 08:12 (3,129 days old) by alr2903 (TN) | ||
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That is a beauty. I have the same series, not as many bells whistles. All cold rinses and no suds saver. It is a very good washer. -A | ||
| Post# 843603 , Reply# 2 9/30/2015 at 09:29 (3,129 days old) by glomain (tuscarawas cnty. (eastern ohio)) | ||
QUIET | ||
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Post# 843610 , Reply# 3 9/30/2015 at 10:30 (3,129 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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| Post# 843612 , Reply# 4 9/30/2015 at 10:57 (3,129 days old) by LordKenmore (The Laundry Room) | ||
Yes, I'd call it "thrifty" or "frugal" using suds saver. Cheap--in the nastiest sense--would be using cold water wash only, probably with Xtra detergent (used at 1/4 dose). Or even using detergent "recovered" by collecting other's old detergent bottles at recycling drop-off, taking them home, and rinsing them out. Each bottle should have enough residue for at least one load.
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| Post# 843614 , Reply# 5 9/30/2015 at 11:03 (3,129 days old) by LordKenmore (The Laundry Room) | ||
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A suds saver is on my list of features I'd like to have. I'm not sure, however, how common they ever were in my area... But it seems like a reasonable way to make a top load machine more efficient. The only real minus I see is that I tend to spread laundry out over the week, and that doesn't fit the suds saver approach. Well, I guess one could use suds saver, but I think letting wash water sit in a tub 2, 3 days waiting for the next load seems just a bit icky.
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| Post# 843635 , Reply# 6 9/30/2015 at 14:12 (3,129 days old) by johnb300m (Chicago) | ||
suds savers | ||
| Post# 843647 , Reply# 7 9/30/2015 at 15:45 (3,129 days old) by hippiedoll ( arizona ) | ||
hey there! 
polkanut/Tim:
Thank you for posting pics of you're 1998 maytag "suds-saver" so I could see it. Very cool! You know, before joining the group, I had never heard of or knew anything about "suds-saving". And when seeing old washing machine ads & reading about them, I just figured since I had never heard about this, they had stopped making/offering this option. I think it would be cool to be able to "save" water this way but, as it was posted above by another member here, I've only seen washers connected to drain pipes in the wall. I remember one of my aunts having her washer setup in the garage, that drained into a utility sink. But since I was young, never really gave it much thought, other than it being a really deep swimming pool for mine & my cousin's barbies. LOL... :oD Thank you again for posting your maytag "suds-saver" model washing machine. :o) | ||
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Post# 843660 , Reply# 8 9/30/2015 at 18:46 (3,129 days old) by polkanut (Wausau, WI ) |
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More pics of our setup. Here are a couple of pics of our suds tub made by the W.P. Johnson Co. of Des Moines, IA (now Hirsh Industries), and a pic of our drain hose set into the waste pipe in the wall. The small off white thing in the tub is the plug for the drain.
The water valve is always shut off after use. This post was last edited 09/30/2015 at 20:15 | ||
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Post# 843661 , Reply# 9 9/30/2015 at 19:07 (3,129 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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Post# 843663 , Reply# 10 9/30/2015 at 19:24 (3,129 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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Spectacular setup.....
but true, you don't have to have a great setup like this to suds save..... I learned from JohnL long ago to suds save with a setup like his, where you would drain one washer into the next, with enough machines you could get 2 or 3 re-uses of the water.....most times starting with HOT, the next load will be about medium warm, and the third would be warm...... a trash can is a great use for suds saving, a wringer washer is another great tool if your machine is not a true SudsSaving machine, the pump is built in to return the water...having a storage tub of some sort is a requirement when having a SS machine......and of course you would have to adapt your laundry techniques to get the best benefit... can't recall at this moment, but there was a SS machine that would save the water inside itself..... people do what they have to, to make it work..... | ||
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Post# 843673 , Reply# 11 9/30/2015 at 20:14 (3,129 days old) by polkanut (Wausau, WI ) |
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| Post# 843764 , Reply# 12 10/1/2015 at 14:37 (3,128 days old) by hippiedoll ( arizona ) | ||
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hmmmmm.... | ||
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Post# 843779 , Reply# 13 10/1/2015 at 16:55 (3,128 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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I like to see more setups that members have for suds saving, whether machine automatic, or manual application.....
I think the ideas would help others.... when I start a few loads, amazing how fast you can go through the weekly wash... usually you have to add about 1/2 dose of detergent for each reuse of water... | ||
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Post# 843874 , Reply# 15 10/2/2015 at 04:56 (3,127 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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Post# 860823 , Reply# 16 1/9/2016 at 06:35 (3,028 days old) by polkanut (Wausau, WI ) |
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