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Thread Number: 214
New Maytag top loaders returned |
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| Post# 46311 , Reply# 1 10/5/2004 at 06:13 (6,741 days old) by jaxsunst () | ||
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Some post on Epinions said the same thing. | ||
Post# 46313 , Reply# 2 10/5/2004 at 07:25 (6,741 days old) by frigilux  (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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That's interesting; I inquired about the Maytag Neptune TL at my local Frigidaire/Maytag appliance store. The owner said he'd sold three locally and has had 2 unhappy buyers complain loudly about excessive tangling. Apparantly, people don't like spending a grand for a machine with problems their $199 Roper BOL didn't have.
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| Post# 46316 , Reply# 3 10/5/2004 at 08:08 (6,741 days old) by Gyrafoam (Roanoke, VA) | ||
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"Lightedcontrols" has one. Don't recall him complaining about tangling. | ||
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Post# 46327 , Reply# 4 10/5/2004 at 11:20 (6,741 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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| Post# 46377 , Reply# 7 10/6/2004 at 02:12 (6,741 days old) by kenmore1978 () | ||
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Cycle times Austin, if you fell asleep using the Frigemore, you'd be like Rip Van Winkle waiting for one of the old combos to finish a cycle! :-) | ||
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Post# 46445 , Reply# 8 10/7/2004 at 01:37 (6,740 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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If short cycles are your thing, the new SQ front loaders should be right up your street. According to the manual, and unless changes are made for the residential line: Regular Cycle - 29 mins Permanent Press Cycle - 27 mins Delicate Cycle - 23 mins Rinse and Spin Cycle - 12 mins Spin Only Cycle - 10 mins Seems kind of skimpy to me, but there might be changes before the release date. Launderess | ||
| Post# 46447 , Reply# 9 10/7/2004 at 07:43 (6,739 days old) by christd1 () | ||
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Short Wash Times I think this works both ways. You don't want to wait 95 minutes but 29 minutes doesn't give me peace of mind that my clothes will be clean. My Frigidaire FL takes about 50 mins to wash and 50 mins or less to dry. | ||
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Post# 46486 , Reply# 10 10/8/2004 at 06:08 (6,738 days old) by peteski50 (New York) |
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Wash Times  | ||
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Post# 46509 , Reply# 11 10/8/2004 at 14:26 (6,738 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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| Post# 46558 , Reply# 12 10/9/2004 at 04:42 (6,738 days old) by kenmore1978 () | ||
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cycle times Short for FL machines, but typical for TL machines. My LK takes 26 minutes for full cycle (not including fill time, which varies according to water pressure). and I suspect that's typical of most TL machines, give or take 10 minutes or so. | ||
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Post# 48104 , Reply# 14 10/29/2004 at 12:20 (6,717 days old) by peteski50 (New York) |
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Yes, I'm impatient too
I have a large LG3677 combo. I like the machine but I feel the cycle times are extremly long. A regular load with one extra rinse added could run about 1 hour and 20 minutes. I find the machine spends to much time preparing to spin. To many test tries before it reves up. But I am told all the Euro FL are like this. Actually from my hearing about all these machines only the frigemore runs a sensible time frame for a regulkar cycle. Peter | ||
| Post# 48106 , Reply# 15 10/29/2004 at 12:41 (6,717 days old) by Gyrafoam (Roanoke, VA) | ||
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I used a Neptune T/L at a friends home recently and did not have a problem--but--it was a very small load. Don't know what would happen with a full load of jeans, beach towels or sheets or even a bedspread! -=Steve | ||
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Post# 48142 , Reply# 16 10/29/2004 at 20:57 (6,717 days old) by super32 (Blackstone Massachusetts) |
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Post# 48430 , Reply# 20 11/2/2004 at 22:05 (6,713 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Mark I am on tip toe | ||
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Post# 48511 , Reply# 21 11/4/2004 at 06:55 (6,711 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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| Post# 49973 , Reply# 22 11/27/2004 at 11:39 (6,688 days old) by compwhiz () | ||
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I can see how it would tangle the clothes terribly 
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| Post# 51986 , Reply# 25 12/29/2004 at 07:59 (6,656 days old) by laundromat (Hilo, Hawaii) | ||
Maytag
MOHP on what has happened to Maytag is that in trying to not only keep up with the pace and meet the desires as well as the needs of consumers,their attempt to increase their top loader's tub capacity (their entire agitator line in no way represents or comes anywhere near the Dependable Care washer's reputation in reliability and performance.However,I would defenately take the models made like Norge before I would even consider the ones made like the Amana/Speed Queen)and try to compete with the front loading washer market.Their refrigerator line has improved 100% now that their sxs's are made by Amana as well as their bottom mount models.But their range line has failed in any improvements and they have had too many recalls for me to feel comfortable buying or selling them.Their"TallTub"dishwashers leave much to be desired.First of all,if you as a consumer are unaware of the need for the side clips to make them fit a comon dishwasher opening and you purchase the beginner models,you're screwed because they aren't included with them.You have to purchase them seperately.Maytag has recently been a bit leaniant about sending them to the customers who were unaware of the need for them or were not told buy their salespeople anything about them but they're starting to get tired of hearing the violin strum.Their OTR microwave ovens look great but be warned,I also sell the "el-cheapo"Ewaves that are also made by Daewoo who makes the Maytag OTR's.We have so far gotten about 35% of them back due to either DOA or board failier.Their compact front loadering Netunes so far/so good.I wish things were different and they had better products as well as more knowledgeable engineers.I do know that Samsung is interested in them but I dought if they would buy Maytag.
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| Post# 51987 , Reply# 26 12/29/2004 at 08:05 (6,656 days old) by laundromat (Hilo, Hawaii) | ||
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Post# 52057 , Reply# 29 12/30/2004 at 18:36 (6,655 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Much the same has happened with GE as well - sourcing low end dryers from Electrolux/WCI because they can't build them as cheap as they can buy them! The plastic tub washers need no further bashing, little or no "novel" engineering went into them - build them fast and cheap with the added value of five year obselecence. Even the new Harmony isn't a GE design - cheaper to source the engineering and manufacturing from Asia. My stepfather worked for Western Electric here (wire plant) in 1957 through 1990 and saw much evolution into a company that employs less than 1/4 of it's peak number in the 60's and is now set to eliminate even more jobs. | ||
| Post# 53591 , Reply# 32 1/15/2005 at 21:17 (6,639 days old) by kenmore1978 () | ||
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New combos So one wonders when LG and others are going to get with it and realize that they need to offer combos that run on 220 VOLTS like the original ones did. With the higher spin speeds would take much less time to dry than the original combos did | ||
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