Thread Number: 12427
GE vs. Frigidaire |
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Post# 217868 , Reply# 1   6/23/2007 at 22:34 (6,143 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)   |   | |
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The Frigidaire washer is made by Electrolux (although they are equipped with Franklin transmissions, a holdover from when White Consolidated owned Frigidaire in the early '80s) and the GE is made by GE. I have the TOL Frigidaire toploader, model 1749. I've posted 3 videos of it in action on YouTube. I'm not aware the GE's have indexing tubs. I don't think they're supposed to index. The Frigidaire has a traditional long, slower agitation stroke. The clockwise stroke is significantly shorter than the counter-clockwise stroke. The heavier the load, the more the tub indexes and the longer the counter-clockwise stroke. Actually, both the Frigidaires and GEs have improved significantly in the reliability department recently. The GE is definitely the better washer. I bought mine as a companion to my Frigidaire FL'er, and to get the last of the old-school Franklin transmission washers. While I've grown to like it---the indexing tub and subsequent clothing movement is quite entertaining---I really wouldn't want it as my only washer. It's a pretty crude, basic machine. Handles unbalanced loads amazingly well, though. |