Thread Number: 20016
What's better than one Hotpoint Top-Loader? |
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Post# 320157   12/17/2008 at 17:57 (5,580 days old) by liberator1509 (Ireland)   |   | |
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Two... excuse the blur...wobbly mobile (cell) phone - better ones to come... D :-) |
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Post# 320158 , Reply# 1   12/17/2008 at 18:00 (5,580 days old) by liberator1509 (Ireland)   |   | |
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Maiden first rinse for the machine on the left |
Post# 320159 , Reply# 2   12/17/2008 at 18:03 (5,580 days old) by liberator1509 (Ireland)   |   | |
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Two Hotpoint 9605 - on the right is Richard's machine, on the left my new baby - we think it is probably one of the very last top-loaders made by Hotpoint - last run blue-style graphics etc.... |
Post# 320163 , Reply# 3   12/17/2008 at 18:15 (5,580 days old) by richukbristol ()   |   | |
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Hi David, love your new machine, you must be thrilled, I know you have been after one for a while. It's nearly as nice as the one on the right lol. |
Post# 320164 , Reply# 4   12/17/2008 at 18:17 (5,580 days old) by liberator1509 (Ireland)   |   | |
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Nearly as nice, but obviously neither are as nice as the 15690 on the other side of the room! We'll sort some decent pics of these machines, and Rich's others very soon! |
Post# 320166 , Reply# 5   12/17/2008 at 18:30 (5,580 days old) by revvinkevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)   |   | |
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Post# 320167 , Reply# 6   12/17/2008 at 18:45 (5,580 days old) by tuthill ()   |   | |
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Awesome, those sure look like fun machines |
Post# 320169 , Reply# 8   12/17/2008 at 18:53 (5,580 days old) by revvinkevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)   |   | |
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Post# 320235 , Reply# 9   12/18/2008 at 06:10 (5,579 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)   |   | |
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Post# 320354 , Reply# 11   12/18/2008 at 20:11 (5,579 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 320516 , Reply# 12   12/19/2008 at 15:31 (5,578 days old) by liberator1509 (Ireland)   |   | |
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Thanks Gansky - I think everyone over here who has one would agree that they are great washers - you should come over sometime to try for yourself! David |
Post# 862517 , Reply# 14   1/18/2016 at 09:34 (2,992 days old) by abcomatic (Bradford, Illinois)   |   | |
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Nice looking machines. How well do they wash and rinse? Happy washing, Gary |
Post# 862553 , Reply# 15   1/18/2016 at 12:17 (2,992 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK)   |   | |
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The first automatic really to be aimed to the general British public was the English Electric Liberator (based on WH Spacemates) in 1959. By then Bendix, who had been offering automatics since 1950 or so also had an automatic at around the same price but these were around 35% more expensive than a twin tub, which for the most part, were priced between £80 (Servis Supertwin & Hoovematic at around £85) & £90 (Hotpoint Supermatic) which was a substantial price differential.
And twin tubs were heavily promoted, particularly by Hoover (the much simpler construction of the HM must have made them very healthy profits indeed compared to other manufacturers) but also by soap powder manufacturers as twin tubs were almost exclusively used in their adverts until the 1970s. The Keymatic arrived in 1961 with the Hotpoint and Servis automatics (both top loaders) in around late 1962 early 1963. As the 1960s progressed more machines came and went and the prices became relatively cheaper although still more expensive than a twin tub. Additional plumbing for an automatic was also a factor (much more of a big deal than it is today) to push up the price and also a resistance factor in terms of the disruption it promised of "having men in". So machines were usually supplied with wheels although it would be a hefty woman who would describe them as readily portable to give the impression they could be used without permanent plumbing. Also they came in a variety of sizes and most needed access to the top in one form or another meaning that they would cut into the already limited counter space in the typically small British kitchen. The first washer to really counter this in terms of price was the Hoover Automatic around 1968, a down market version of the (now horizontal drum) Keymatic which was around the same price as a TOL twin tub. But it was not until around 1972 or so that the market really began to change with the balance of sales swinging towards the automatic - around this time Hoover, Hotpoint and Servis introduced (front loading) models which would easily fit under a counter and did not require to be moved. They also all produced matching tumble dryers which could be stacked - previously English Electric was the only manufacturer to do so, as indeed they had from 1960 providing a complete solution to the laundry "problem". Also these machines were smaller than previously fitting into a 2ft x 2ft foot print - and indeed the Servis was rather smaller than this - it was amazing how much they managed to cram into the smaller cabinet. And of course the Italian manufactured machines - Indesit with their low priced models (cheaper than top end twin tubs) and to an extent Bendix (which has been manufactured for some years by Philco in Italy) and very soon Zanussi were starting to make their presence felt. Along with this there were changes in the market as women's expectations increased - where in 1950 a hand wringer washer was a god send (and it was) the twin tub (around 10 years later) and an automatic (around 10 years after that) were natural step ups. By this time also, the market for "second buy" machines was also developing as twin tubs naturally came to the end of their life. And more women of course were going out to work so again the automatic was the natural choice to cut the domestic work load - "wash day - just forget it" - a slogan from 10 years previously. But note that the popular machines were almost exclusively front loading automatics - by 1970 the only conventional top loader was the Hotpoint, which pretty much satisfied the, now, niche market for such a machine as it continued to do so for around another 25 years as shown by the machines at the start of the thread. There were also top loading H Axis machines, but these catered for a rather different niche - both of these markets exist to this day and are still catered for. Al |
Post# 862603 , Reply# 17   1/18/2016 at 16:20 (2,992 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK)   |   | |
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Yes the machine has a heater and it is hot and cold fill or cold fill only. On hotter washes it uses hot water and a lot of it, one of the disadvantages of this machine that it uses so much water that when on a meter it becomes very expensive. There is no suds saver facility to allow the hot water to be reused
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