Thread Number: 73149
/ Tag: Modern Automatic Washers
Staber Washing Machines? |
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Post# 966155 , Reply# 1   11/5/2017 at 09:01 (2,362 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey)   |   | |
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a few factors could be.....
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Post# 966324 , Reply# 5   11/6/2017 at 00:29 (2,362 days old) by LordKenmore (The Laundry Room)   |   | |
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I don't really buy into the current mania for ever-larger washing machines. Particularly strange as the size of our American families continues to drop.
I have little interest in having a huge washer. To my mind, there is a good argument for those with large, bulky things that regularly need washing. But in my cynical moments, I wonder if some people don't really like huge washers because they can cram more stuff in, and get what they think of as drudgery over with fast--say one cycle with everything from work clothes to underwear to kitchen towels once every two weeks.
I find a smaller washer just fine since I live alone, and I carefully sort laundry. Plus I don't own a mountain of clothes (e.g., enough shirts to give me a fresh shirt every day for two months without washing).
Anyone else remember those Maytag ads from the sixties with some humongous family next to one of those little machines?
I think at least of those Maytag ads turns up here on the "Picture of the Day".
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Post# 966366 , Reply# 8   11/6/2017 at 09:57 (2,361 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)   |   | |
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The main thing I did not like about the Staber was that it does not spin until after the last rinse. That is not efficient. |
Post# 966367 , Reply# 9   11/6/2017 at 09:58 (2,361 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA)   |   | |
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Post# 966379 , Reply# 10   11/6/2017 at 10:30 (2,361 days old) by henene4 (Heidenheim a.d. Brenz (Germany))   |   | |
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Didn't WP have a patent even? And Equator, of course... And don't forget about the Reason washing machine! |
Post# 966389 , Reply# 11   11/6/2017 at 11:37 (2,361 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 966393 , Reply# 12   11/6/2017 at 11:56 (2,361 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA)   |   | |
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Here is the Haier machine I was thinking about.
Looks like a Maytag rip-off. Malcolm
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Post# 966397 , Reply# 13   11/6/2017 at 12:09 (2,361 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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"The main thing I did not like about the Staber was that it does not spin until after the last rinse. That is not efficient."
To be fair many both top and side loading H-axis washers of old did not spin until after final rinse. That and or until after maybe second or third rinse. The AEG toploader that slipped through my hands from Detroit only spun after four rinses IIRC. This was fairly common according to the research one did (in hopes of getting the thing). My Miele W1070 only does one short pluse spin after third rinse, then a full spin between fourth and fifth/final rinse. No it isn't very efficient, but then again many of these machines lived in dread of sudslock. Motor control wasn't the same as you get with say my more modern AEG Oko-Lavamat. When or when machine spun with too much froth it was "Whoaaa Nellie!" With top loaders in particular all that froth could (and often did) come gushing out the top of machine. I rest my case: This post was last edited 11/06/2017 at 13:38 |
Post# 966404 , Reply# 14   11/6/2017 at 13:20 (2,361 days old) by henene4 (Heidenheim a.d. Brenz (Germany))   |   | |
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But those were machines 20-30 years back. This machine retils today for more then a SQ FL! |
Post# 966406 , Reply# 15   11/6/2017 at 13:33 (2,361 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Yes, WP does have a patent on top loading H-Axis washer that is decades old now. It is mentioned several times in the archives.
Thus far has done little good as the company seems to have no interest in bringing such a thing to the US market. Whirlpool does market toplader h-axis washers in Europe, but highly doubt any will make it officially to these shores: www.amazon.de/Whirlpool-A... |