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Maytag or Blackstone-1950s
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Post# 366767   7/24/2009 at 20:53 (5,361 days old) by mrcleanjeans (milwaukee wi)        

OK dudes and dudesses, which is better built, 1950s Tags or Blackstones in your opinion?




Post# 366777 , Reply# 1   7/24/2009 at 21:18 (5,361 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c )        
Boyh are built well....but

The Blackstone will wash rings around the Maytag.

Post# 366884 , Reply# 2   7/25/2009 at 13:27 (5,360 days old) by hilovane (Columbus OH)        

Check out the Counsumer Reports articles. In short, Blackstone went from being among the best, to relaitvely mediocre by the end of the decade. From about 1954 on, Maytag was pretty much consistant, maintaining status as among the best overall.

Post# 366899 , Reply# 3   7/25/2009 at 13:59 (5,360 days old) by mrcleanjeans (milwaukee wi)        

But do we usually trust CR?

Post# 366901 , Reply# 4   7/25/2009 at 14:05 (5,360 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c )        
consumer reports

They always did rate maytags at the top,they also said that a maytag would handle a large load better than a norge in 1967, and that it washed better than a frigidaire or kelvinator...ill admit a maytag is probably the most dependable washer ever made,but there were a lot of things made that washed better.

Post# 366910 , Reply# 5   7/25/2009 at 14:23 (5,360 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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Hans, stop resisting and drink the Maytag Kool-Aid - one sip is all it takes and you'll have a room full of them before you know what hit you!



Post# 366985 , Reply# 6   7/25/2009 at 19:49 (5,360 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c )        
Ha-Glory

I know I know....everyone loves them but me...dont get me wrong anyone, they are probably the simplest most trouble free washer ever made, and the halo of heat dryer is wonderful.but they are anemic as far as washing is concerned,the Blackstone on the other hand is very vigorous,almost norge like.

Post# 366987 , Reply# 7   7/25/2009 at 19:59 (5,360 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)        
Nothing except the first GE

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was ever built like a Blackstone!

Post# 367010 , Reply# 8   7/25/2009 at 20:59 (5,360 days old) by qsd-dan (West)        

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Not sure I'd want to own a Blackstone washer today. Parts for those are probably damn near impossible to find with the exception of Fred, our Blackstone guru. Probably makes finding rare Frigidaire washer parts a walk in the park, lol.

Post# 367019 , Reply# 9   7/25/2009 at 22:11 (5,360 days old) by supremewhirlpol ()        

I so wish I had a Blackstone model 350!!!!!

Post# 367060 , Reply# 10   7/26/2009 at 04:43 (5,360 days old) by hilovane (Columbus OH)        

Like I had said once before, my grandmother once owned a Blackstone 150. She had it for about 12-13 years. She replaced it with a Norge. Barely 10 years later, she got a Maytag A-606. It was still up and running, when she sold her house 21 years later.

Post# 367094 , Reply# 11   7/26/2009 at 08:53 (5,359 days old) by toggleswitch2 ()        
Let's get a CLUE to what matters to consumers.

~They always did rate Maytags at the top,they also said that a Maytag would handle a large load better than a Norge in 1967, and that it washed better than a Frigidaire or Kelvinator...ill admit a maytag is probably the most dependable washer ever made,but there were a lot of things made that washed better.

Actually they once donwgraded a Maytag in the ratings bacause the lid and top did not have a "lip" to contian water and spills.

That issue of the magazine went in the garbge and I have never looked to them again for an opinion.


Post# 367110 , Reply# 12   7/26/2009 at 10:13 (5,359 days old) by blackstone (Springfield, Massachusetts)        
Just My Unbiased Opinion....

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Post# 367126 , Reply# 13   7/26/2009 at 11:45 (5,359 days old) by mrcleanjeans (milwaukee wi)        

That literature looks kewl Fred. Could you post its contents?
Thanks alot. I've never seen a Blackstone in person.


Post# 367277 , Reply# 14   7/26/2009 at 17:34 (5,359 days old) by blackstone (Springfield, Massachusetts)        

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A bit more of this folder.

Post# 367278 , Reply# 15   7/26/2009 at 17:39 (5,359 days old) by blackstone (Springfield, Massachusetts)        
One of my favorite photos

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More than a year ago, I posted a series of photos of me rebuilding a 350, for shipment to Ben. This is one of my favorites--entitled Feet on Disk, appropriately enough. This is the disk that the inner stainless tub rests on during agitation. During draining and spinning, the tub gets lifted up from this disk. The disk has to be at the correct position on the transmission post, and the best way to set this is to climb into the outer tub and stand on the disk, then tighten the set screw. Customers always loved watching this repair.



Post# 367297 , Reply# 16   7/26/2009 at 18:13 (5,359 days old) by mrcleanjeans (milwaukee wi)        

Great stuff Fred. Hope there's more. Thanks again


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