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Post# 364634   7/16/2009 at 18:40 (5,369 days old) by gadgetgary (Bristol,CT)        

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Post# 364638 , Reply# 1   7/16/2009 at 18:56 (5,369 days old) by frapdoodle ()        

those are a pair of Sears-Robuck Kenmores. good set. my bst friends have a pair exactally like that

Post# 364646 , Reply# 2   7/16/2009 at 19:48 (5,369 days old) by lebron (Minnesota)        

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I'm willing to bet it's just a Shredmore

Post# 364653 , Reply# 3   7/16/2009 at 20:12 (5,369 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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I'm gonna venture and speculate it's a Catalyst wawsher and dryer. One of Gansky favorite modern washers.

Post# 364663 , Reply# 4   7/16/2009 at 21:23 (5,369 days old) by supremewhirlpol ()        

It looks fishy!! I'd say it is a Kenmore Catalyist. A machine that I have not yet gotten a hold of yet. I don't think it is a Calypso. The display looks a little long. But I could be wrong.

Post# 364679 , Reply# 5   7/16/2009 at 22:10 (5,369 days old) by laundromat (Hilo, Hawaii)        
frapdoodle----

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Roebuck has been out of the Sears table for quite a while now. They(Sears) are now owned by KMart.That's why,when (and a real if)you do go to a KMart,you see Kenmore and Electrolux vacuum cleaners(the Electroluxes are not the ones sold door to door but are made by the same company that owns Frigidaire. They also own Eureka which is the company that makes the Electrolx vacs you'll see at Sears and KMart.) They are true junk,worse than Royal's Dirt Devils!But,as I said earlier,Roebuck is history. There is a true story about how Sears fucked Roebuck over but,I do not remember it in detail.All I remember is that it was a real,true unfair practice on Sear's part but nothing Roebuck could do legaly to fight them.

Post# 364687 , Reply# 6   7/16/2009 at 22:33 (5,369 days old) by toploader1984 ()        

looks like a calypso to me

Post# 364695 , Reply# 7   7/16/2009 at 22:44 (5,369 days old) by andrewinorlando ()        

It's a Catalyst set.

Post# 364697 , Reply# 8   7/16/2009 at 22:50 (5,369 days old) by kacyc1 (Chico, CA)        
KMart owns sears?

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I always thought that Sears bought Kmart... Not Kmart bought Sears.. Sears is a much larger company than Kmart was... Doesn't really matter though... They're all one company now.

Post# 364743 , Reply# 9   7/17/2009 at 02:13 (5,369 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)        

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Kenmore Elite Catalyst set. This is how the washer should look on the inside.

Post# 364818 , Reply# 10   7/17/2009 at 10:04 (5,368 days old) by douglasdc6 ()        
Werent sears & Roebuck Partners?

They were partners werent they ? This is sad Because these names are classics.

When I right them a check I always right Sears & Roebuck & company -I love it like that !!!

Guess I`m living in the wrong times.


Post# 365000 , Reply# 11   7/17/2009 at 21:19 (5,368 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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Yup, a Catalyst washer. A very flexible washer with lots of options. I love the soak-and-wash feature, one of the best ways to get out tough stains in a top loader without beating them to death. If this machine had the larger agitator and used medium speed for normal agitation, it would have been nearly perfect!

My sister's family has the machine I found behind Lowes five years ago. They love it.


Post# 365003 , Reply# 12   7/17/2009 at 21:30 (5,368 days old) by supremewhirlpol ()        

Someone please refresh my memory as to what the Catalyst does that any other normal DD machine does not.

Post# 365005 , Reply# 13   7/17/2009 at 21:36 (5,368 days old) by launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)        

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Sprays a concentrated solution of detergent and water on to laundry before filling up with water.

L.


Post# 365008 , Reply# 14   7/17/2009 at 21:45 (5,368 days old) by mixfinder ()        
Miles Apart

Louis amazes me with his grasp of American machines and be the one to provide the info on the money shot. Long live the Dutch.

Post# 365011 , Reply# 15   7/17/2009 at 21:49 (5,368 days old) by launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)        
*Sears, Roebuck, & Co"

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"Sears, Roebuck & Co" is the wholly owned subsidary of Sears Holding Company, formed when K-Mart purchased Sears.

Sears dropped "Roebuck" from the the trade name of it's stores and such in the 1970's but the corporate name remained offically "Sears, Roebuck, and Co.

Mr. Roebuck left the company in the late 1800's partly because of ill health (stress mainly from the business), but am not sure if anything else was done to him by Sears or any of his family. Mr. Roebuck did return to the company during the Great Depression and remained a spokesman until his death, which was long after Mr. Sears had gone to his own grave.



Post# 365145 , Reply# 16   7/18/2009 at 11:50 (5,367 days old) by maytagbear (N.E. Ohio)        
Catalyst

function is essentially an update of Kelvinator's "Magic Minute" stain treatment function. Superconcentrated detergent and agitation for a short period before the regular wash cycle.



Lawrence/Maytagbear


Post# 365721 , Reply# 17   7/20/2009 at 17:38 (5,365 days old) by kqkenmore (memphis tn)        

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It is a Catalyst I had one and it was great utill the man from Sears tore it up they replaced it with the Calypso that sucked I liked that Catalyst it was great at removing stains because it would take the detergent and mix it with water and make a foam and spray and spin it into the clothes.I like that you did not have to pretreat the clothes.


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