Thread Number: 10063
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Post# 185529   1/24/2007 at 16:56 (6,301 days old) by revvinkevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)   |   | |
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Post# 185575 , Reply# 1   1/24/2007 at 18:40 (6,301 days old) by alr2903 (TN)   |   | |
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Everyone know's baby Jane and Blanche had an AMP. :-), couldnt resist sorry. |
Post# 185587 , Reply# 2   1/24/2007 at 19:13 (6,301 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 185679 , Reply# 5   1/24/2007 at 22:05 (6,301 days old) by logixx (Germany)   |   | |
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Robert posted a video a few month ago. This should be the link. 68.89.57.239/VID/TEMP/Nep1.mpg... HTH, Alex CLICK HERE TO GO TO logixx's LINK |
Post# 185682 , Reply# 6   1/24/2007 at 22:07 (6,301 days old) by llmaytag (Southern California)   |   | |
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I thought that was the toploader Neptune. It didn't look promising to me. Pity, I wonder if the departure from their workhorse machines, and basic design is what contributed to the aquisition by WP, (ugh ugh ugh!). Just today I called a Maytag dealer and found I could still get the only Dependable Care washer that's still in the channel for $599.00 I'm tempted to spend it and replace my newly purchased WP TL. I miss my old Maytag! Anyway, the other weird concept to me was the Calypso washer, which I think was WP and Kenmore. Not quite like the Cabrio. Does anyone have video of the Calypso? |
Post# 185684 , Reply# 7   1/24/2007 at 22:10 (6,301 days old) by oxydolfan1 ()   |   | |
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Oh, I didn't expect that. Nice and sudsy and splashy. On the down side: why do I envision a tangled, twisted load of laundry at cycle end? |
Post# 185690 , Reply# 8   1/24/2007 at 22:14 (6,301 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 185691 , Reply# 9   1/24/2007 at 22:15 (6,301 days old) by exploder3211 ()   |   | |
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I can't get it to load |
Post# 185699 , Reply# 10   1/24/2007 at 22:24 (6,301 days old) by llmaytag (Southern California)   |   | |
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Post# 185706 , Reply# 11   1/24/2007 at 22:46 (6,301 days old) by exploder3211 ()   |   | |
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Thats one odd duck.. Does any one have a model number so i can see if maytag has the owners manual online? |
Post# 185720 , Reply# 12   1/24/2007 at 23:22 (6,301 days old) by logixx (Germany)   |   | |
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Post# 185727 , Reply# 13   1/25/2007 at 00:09 (6,301 days old) by revvinkevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)   |   | |
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Hello all.... thanks much for all the info on this (dare I say, failed) Maytag!!! The video was very interesting.... THANKS!! I would not think one can wash very large loads in it though.... but who knows. Alex... how does one download videos from YouTube?? I have tried (thought not aggressively). Thank again!!! Kevin |
Post# 185728 , Reply# 14   1/25/2007 at 00:18 (6,301 days old) by revvinkevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)   |   | |
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WOW.... when did this aquisition occur?????????? Maybe I have been under my rock too long!! LOL This little video link has nothing to do with washers... but about one company (AT&T) owning everything... maybe it's the same as WP taking over Maytag?? If you haven't seen it, it's quite funny none the less.... CLICK HERE TO GO TO revvinkevin's LINK |
Post# 185730 , Reply# 15   1/25/2007 at 00:24 (6,301 days old) by llmaytag (Southern California)   |   | |
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Post# 185741 , Reply# 16   1/25/2007 at 01:36 (6,301 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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The Neptune TL in the video was one I found sitting behind Lowes one day, worked perfectly. It was missing the model/serial tag so I'm sure it was credited back for some reason. The washer holds a huge load - more than you'd expect and in fact, it washes much better when loaded full than with small loads. It does a great job cleaning but trips and falls when the rinses start - not very impressive at all. The washer has trouble balancing the load for spin sometimes and between wash & rinses, will sometimes have to give up and skip a spin altogether which impairs it's rinsing ability even more. It was a great idea that might have been a popular choice for a top-loading HE machine if it had more time to "evolve" and get the bugs worked out but alas, Whirlpool swooped in and gobbled up Maytag (saving it from bankruptcy and aquisition by Haier) so this machine is now history. It's a great example of the last completely American design of a top loading washer.
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Post# 185744 , Reply# 17   1/25/2007 at 01:48 (6,301 days old) by agiflow ()   |   | |
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WP buying Maytag was the best thing that could have happened to them. Can you imagine Haier???? I'm sure the chinese will eventually get better at making good washers. |
Post# 185774 , Reply# 18   1/25/2007 at 07:35 (6,301 days old) by exploder3211 ()   |   | |
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Thanks |
Post# 185898 , Reply# 19   1/25/2007 at 15:25 (6,300 days old) by revvinkevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)   |   | |
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Yes... I like the older Maytag's.... grew up with a pink 1963 or 1964 model (had a backlit console and a tub light, cool!!), otherwise not really wild about them since they introduced the Neptune front loader and their other models have gotten so generic (they no longer LOOK like a Maytag). On that note… I'm going to create another post about a friend that had problems with his Neptune and what I did to help him with it.... |
Post# 185903 , Reply# 20   1/25/2007 at 15:46 (6,300 days old) by whirlcool (Just North Of Houston, Texas)   |   | |
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I imagine that rinsability would not be very good in this disc type of machine due to the fact the clothing appears to remain wadded up in a ball. I could just imagine a string of some kind from an article of clothing getting stuck behind one of the discs.... like when washing a riding hood. |
Post# 185922 , Reply# 21   1/25/2007 at 17:04 (6,300 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay)   |   | |
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Kevin, That AT&T clip was sent to me by a friend who knows where I work and what I do. Suffice it to say it really hits home. And the crazy part of that little piece is that he didn't even mention the entire list of "baby bells" that were swallowed up by the swaggering SBC cowboys. It's also incorrect to show the entire country as AT&T territory since Verizon (previously known as GTE) was the largest phone company in the US up until AT&T ate Bell South less than a month ago. We also have the northwestern area of the country still being served by Qwest, which neither AT&T or Verizon wants to touch since that company is soooo messed up mangerially and financially, and a ton of small mom & pop phone companies serving rural and outlying areas all over the country. In California alone, the list of phone companies providing local exchange land line service is much longer than you might think. |
Post# 185938 , Reply# 22   1/25/2007 at 18:50 (6,300 days old) by cehalstead (Charleston, WV)   |   | |
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Begging your pardon ahead of time, rp2813, but Verizon is not the company formerly known as GTE. It is the company that was formed from the merger of Bell Atlantic (one of the baby bells) and GTE. |
Post# 185940 , Reply# 23   1/25/2007 at 18:55 (6,300 days old) by cehalstead (Charleston, WV)   |   | |
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Begging your pardon in advance, rp2813, but Verizon is NOT the company formerly known as GTE. Verizon is the company formed by the merger of Bell Atlantic (one of the baby bells) and GTE. |
Post# 185941 , Reply# 24   1/25/2007 at 18:55 (6,300 days old) by cehalstead (Charleston, WV)   |   | |
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oops! sorry about that..... |
Post# 185944 , Reply# 25   1/25/2007 at 19:03 (6,300 days old) by logixx (Germany)   |   | |
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Well, AFAIK there are two possibilities: - you can either search the video, after you've viewed it, somewhere in the Temporary Internet Files folder or, which IMO is much easier - you use mozilla Firefox and download an add-on called "VideoDownloader" (see link below) -> just click on the VideoDownloader button and you're done. link: addons.mozilla.org/firefox/2390/... |
Post# 185947 , Reply# 26   1/25/2007 at 19:09 (6,300 days old) by logixx (Germany)   |   | |
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You can also use VideoDownloader without having to use Firefox: javimoya.com/blog/youtube_en.php... HTH, Alex |