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Post# 330699   2/16/2009 at 18:59 (5,547 days old) by autowasherfreak ()   |   | |
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I know what most of you think about today's front loading washers, but what about the front loaders of yesteryear? Were they better than todays? |
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Post# 330703 , Reply# 1   2/16/2009 at 19:22 (5,547 days old) by gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA)   |   | |
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IMO, yes. They used plenty of water------what a concept. I think the Bendix machines were the best of the best. |
Post# 330750 , Reply# 3   2/17/2009 at 01:14 (5,547 days old) by programcomputer (Ann Arbor Michigan, USA)   |   | |
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Well, My gran had this machine, or the LBB 30 which had no bleach dispenser in the top, and come to think of it...had no dispenser at all IIRC. Someplace i still have the repair master they used to use with notes in it describing what they did to her machine over the years. I't either buried in a box ,or I've lost it along the way.... Anyhoo... She owned this Laundromat along with the matching dryer for quite some time and was very pleased with them for what they were. When I asked her about them years later, she said that she got her set on sale, thru some promotion Westinghouse was having to clear out the 1963's. And back then with the discounts, and his emp. discount the Laundromat was actually cheaper than the Maytag automatic she wanted to have. Her only major beef was that occasionally the washer would drip water on the floor, and that sometimes things came out in a tangled ball. Things I came to understand when I had my SpaceMates set in the late 1990's. She had a Maytag master Wringer washer before this. My grandad after putting his hand thru the wringer INSISTED on getting her this set, and he was working part time as a sales person for Eshtruth's, the hometown appliance store where my dads family is from... My grandfather always worked part time, and for one year only later "full time" selling by then White-Westinghouse and Maytag and General Electric in our hometown of Grand Ledge Michigan. He stopped working for the State of Michigan in 1983, and then entirely in 1984 retiring from Eschtruth's when he decided he had enough saved to do so. My gran always used to my knowledge, and she told me either Rinso, Occasionally Tide, but later when I was around to see things going about, she was using the huge drum full o Amway laundry powder that smelled lemony, and that CHEAP pink TopCrest Fabric Conditioner. She also used Cling Free dryer sheets as well. Before my grandad was done working, they had replaced the Westy's, as the washer kept having issues, and leaked pretty good by then with a MOL Maytag Fabric Matic Set. The dryer she said still worked properly but she chose to get all new becasue grandad kinda convinced her to do so.... I asked her WHY she did not get a current set of White-Westinghouses Fl's which they were selling right along with the others, and she said, she had enough years of bending over dragging stuff out the little hole. And also she remarked that the Maytag set was actually cheaper then the then current W-W-house Fl's. I found that last part hard to believe. I have many fond memories of that washer, and just love when it comes up for pic of the day.... An interesting sidenote is: When they built their new house in 1961-62, they equipped the whole kitchen with General Electric built ins. The stove and cooktop were built in as was the refridgerator. Or the way the walls were built around it, it appeared built in as well. Suprisingly they had a General Electric full size, yet portable dishwasher, instead of a built in one. It was an Americana series all in Coppertone or Coppertan wheatever the color was called by GE. She stated to me that she would not loose one ounce of cupboard space for a dishwasher, and that's why they opted for the portable. She used that dishwasher until she died in 2004. End Chad Ann Arbor Michigan |
Post# 330763 , Reply# 4   2/17/2009 at 04:51 (5,547 days old) by mikepaquette ()   |   | |
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We have a set 8 years old & they are so tinney compared to the vintage ones. Not happy with todays appliances. Quality is all gone Mike |
Post# 330795 , Reply# 8   2/17/2009 at 10:49 (5,546 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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My LG front loader is not a "cookie-cutter" machine. I can honestly say it's the best cleaning, most efficient washer I've ever used in this country (an old Miele in France was better--you could set it to boil laundry, and because it ran on 220V, it was much faster). Maybe because it was such a new model both to LG and to the market, it was built with the same attention to detail and overall quality that many of the vintage machines we cherish featured.I also appreciated that the designers at LG had the good idea to feature many models, like mine, that have the look of vintage machines with a back splash and computer controls that are large, easy to read and laid out like the old machines were. It has the best dispensing system I've ever used or seen. Is it as colorful or as much fun to own or to watch as it works as the vintage models, no. But it's the only washing machine I've ever known, in this country where I can, truly, "set it and forget it". and even then I've figured out how to "customize" cycles and defeat certain protocols in the programs.
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Post# 330817 , Reply# 9   2/17/2009 at 13:53 (5,546 days old) by hilovane (Columbus OH)   |   | |
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Did you know that that now that LG model (or one similar to it)is available at Sears under the Kenmore badge? |
Post# 330843 , Reply# 11   2/17/2009 at 15:07 (5,546 days old) by ronhic (Canberra, Australia)   |   | |
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