Thread Number: 72640
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I hate Brastemp, but... |
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Post# 959785 , Reply# 1   9/29/2017 at 07:15 (2,372 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)   |   | |
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Everything old is new again! Was it Hotpoint that offered a similar two-tub / two loads at once machine--albeit briefly--for the US market back in the early 1970s?
As someone who often washes smallish loads, the two-tub design is attractive. Having said that, I have no storage for the removable tub in the laundry area, nor do I have two dryers to prevent the back-up that would occur, virtually negating the time-saving factor. Still, I love the idea of such a washer. Thanks for sharing the video! |
Post# 959788 , Reply# 2   9/29/2017 at 07:40 (2,372 days old) by henene4 (Heidenheim a.d. Brenz (Germany))   |   | |
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How about draining? As far as I see the top tub drains by spindrain through some holes which in turn goes onto the main load. Not good if you think you can use bleach in the top basket and (AFAIK) Brasil uses a lot of bleach for whites as they are cold wash only for the most part. But yeah, the idea is interesting. |
Post# 959814 , Reply# 3   9/29/2017 at 11:13 (2,372 days old) by thomasortega (El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora de Los Angeles de Porciúncula)   |   | |
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The water goes straight to the top gap (drum-tub) Brastemp says "some" water may mix... |
Post# 959826 , Reply# 4   9/29/2017 at 12:23 (2,372 days old) by henene4 (Heidenheim a.d. Brenz (Germany))   |   | |
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That is surprisingly smart. |
Post# 959833 , Reply# 6   9/29/2017 at 13:26 (2,372 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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That commercial itself deserves an academy award for special effects. It's wonderful to watch and Natalie Kalmus herself would have approved.
There are bunches of threads on the Hotpoint Duo-Load that you can find via Searchilator. In a nutshell, the water in the mini-basket was spun/drained up and out of the basket directly into the outer cabinet (porcelain-lined and functioning as an "outer tub") where it eventually mixed with the other water on the way down to the drain. CU practically condemned this machine for lots of reasons that had little to do with the Duo-Load feature and more to do with many basic flaws of the Hotpoint washing machine. I think that 1969 report has been posted here also.
It was another grand bell and whistle designed, unintentionally, to appeal to the man of the house who was still likely in charge of all the big purchases, rather than the little woman who couldn't have cared less about being able to launder two small loads at the same time. In my experience most women of my childhood had no problem rinsing out a few items in the bathroom sink. Assembling and disassembling some big complicated TOL washing machine wouldn't have a appealed to any of the laundresses that I was aware of back then.
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Post# 959858 , Reply# 8   9/29/2017 at 18:26 (2,372 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)   |   | |
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Post# 960016 , Reply# 10   10/1/2017 at 07:59 (2,370 days old) by GRWasher_expert (Athens)   |   | |
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Can it wash in different temperature for each basket(for example hot wash on top, cold wash on bottom)? |
Post# 960017 , Reply# 11   10/1/2017 at 08:23 (2,370 days old) by panthera (Rocky Mountains)   |   | |
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That was a magnificently beautiful ad. Portuguese, Brazilian or the regular flavour is maddening for me - I've got enough Latin and Italian and Spanish to almost but not quite get it without subtitles, and this ad was so well done I could nearly follow! The colours!
A few things. One, I don't believe for one second that 'some mixing of fluids' doesn't mean: Anything which could bleed or cause bleaching better not be in the top basket.
Two - It's awful pretty in the ad, but I suspect most folks who have the storage space for two washers (and, basically, that upper basket takes up the space of a second washer) would just buy two washers and have all the advantages and none of the disadvantages.
Still - I'd like to see one in action. |
Post# 960032 , Reply# 12   10/1/2017 at 12:50 (2,370 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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I'm so glad somebody appreciated that!!!!
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Post# 960039 , Reply# 13   10/1/2017 at 13:58 (2,370 days old) by brucelucenta ()   |   | |
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This was a very interesting post. I would never have known who Natalie Kalmus was or that Brastemp had even made such a machine. I also had never seen the Hotpoint advertisement. |
Post# 960141 , Reply# 14   10/2/2017 at 03:46 (2,369 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea))   |   | |
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Post# 960147 , Reply# 15   10/2/2017 at 05:11 (2,369 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)   |   | |
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Anyone who watched the TCM channel as obsessively as I did knows about Natalie Kalmus. Her name was in the credits of nearly every Technicolor film in the 1930s-40s, much as Douglas Shearer (brother of actress Norma Shearer) was credited as Recording Director in nearly every MGM-affiliated film of the same era--regardless of how much (or how little) he was actually involved with the recording of the film.
I have absolutely no idea who Crazy Legs Kalbfuss is and in the name of fair play, will not Google him. |
Post# 960303 , Reply# 16   10/2/2017 at 21:25 (2,368 days old) by thomasortega (El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora de Los Angeles de Porciúncula)   |   | |
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In a couple of months I'll have all details about it... Simple... the next container shipped from brazil will have 12 spin dryers less and 2 of those Brastemps. Revvinkevin, i need to store two washers in your basement, may I? (I will think if I'll let you play with them LOL) |
Post# 960354 , Reply# 17   10/3/2017 at 03:45 (2,368 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea))   |   | |
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