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Post# 333838   3/5/2009 at 12:10 (5,529 days old) by mistereric (New Jersey (Taylor Ham))        

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Post# 333839 , Reply# 1   3/5/2009 at 12:11 (5,529 days old) by mistereric (New Jersey (Taylor Ham))        
money...

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...shot!

Post# 333845 , Reply# 2   3/5/2009 at 12:58 (5,529 days old) by tuthill ()        

What's everybody's opinion on that kind of agitator?

Post# 333849 , Reply# 3   3/5/2009 at 13:30 (5,529 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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1973-76? Very cool.

We had this agitator in our washer growing up. Some like it better than the spiral-ramp style but it tended to be ineffective if even slightly overloaded.


Post# 333857 , Reply# 4   3/5/2009 at 14:08 (5,529 days old) by gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA)        

Very nice. Pop that straight-vane out and put in a spiral.

Post# 333865 , Reply# 5   3/5/2009 at 14:46 (5,529 days old) by ttuee2006 ()        
Ramped All the Way...

Forget that straight vaned monstrosity! Get a rampie!

See the video attached for an explanation why...


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Post# 333913 , Reply# 6   3/5/2009 at 18:16 (5,529 days old) by jetaction (Minneapolis)        
I have found...

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That I like that agitator better than the spiral. I have that machine and tried both. The spiral moved them around, the straight vane had turn over. My two cents worth.

Post# 333916 , Reply# 7   3/5/2009 at 18:25 (5,529 days old) by tuthill ()        
Hey Don

I remember that machine! The first and only FF I've ever seen in action.

Post# 333931 , Reply# 8   3/5/2009 at 19:44 (5,529 days old) by ttuee2006 ()        
Jetaction...

I think you have the two confused! The straight vane makes a lot of splashing, and the clothes move back and forth, but the ramped agitator rolls the clothes around and around. For ever 5 or so oscillations, the entire load is turned over once. The straight vane (from what I've personally experienced) is a lame duck in these machines. Lots of splashing, but little washing.

Post# 333939 , Reply# 9   3/5/2009 at 20:01 (5,529 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)        
Oh please. No contest.

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The ramped spiral activator(that GE went back to later on) is hands down better than either the straight8(worst of all) or the straight4. I once sawed off the upper vanes on my parents straight4 and improved the performance of their Filter-flo, very much like the one in Philly. After thinking about this for years, I realized that GE went to the Straight activator design in the mid sixties to improve performance of the mini-basket. It was a mistake that took them about 15 years to correct.

Post# 333960 , Reply# 10   3/5/2009 at 22:05 (5,528 days old) by jetaction (Minneapolis)        
Did a self check...

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Not confused, like the straight vane better! LOL

Post# 333961 , Reply# 11   3/5/2009 at 22:17 (5,528 days old) by ttuee2006 ()        
Self Check?

Dyslexic? hehehe..

Seriously tho....did you not see the video I posted above?


Post# 333967 , Reply# 12   3/6/2009 at 00:01 (5,528 days old) by 70series ( Connecticut.)        

Great comparison video. Watching the Ramped Activator was like watching the Easy Spiralators in high gear.

So what year exactly did the Filter Flos go back to the spiral agitator?

Have a good one,
James


Post# 334043 , Reply# 13   3/6/2009 at 14:17 (5,528 days old) by gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA)        

Don, I always thought the FF Straight-Vanes introduced in the (Mid?)60's were pretty lame. I was surprised when I saw the last of their Straight-Vane variety in operation and it does provide good roll-over.
My personal preference will always be the spiral.
I've had a lot of fun lately with a Hotpoint "Filter-Ring" and it has the spiral agitator. That sound it makes is classic GE.


Post# 334052 , Reply# 14   3/6/2009 at 16:09 (5,528 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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In testing, GE rarely got above an "average" rating for washing no matter what Activator was in the machine.

Turnover or rollover is not synonymous with cleaning.



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