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Thread Number: 34128
Does anyone else prefer front load washers with REAR control panels? |
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Post# 512445 4/19/2011 at 19:54 (4,605 days old) by Pulsator  (Saint Joseph, MI) |
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 I seem to be developing a severe weakness for them! Especially this machine: CLICK HERE TO GO TO Pulsator's LINK | ||
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Post# 512479 , Reply# 2 4/19/2011 at 21:03 (4,605 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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| Post# 512481 , Reply# 3 4/19/2011 at 21:28 (4,605 days old) by amyswasher () | ||
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Love the Whirlpool next to the Speed Queen. | ||
| Post# 512540 , Reply# 5 4/20/2011 at 02:40 (4,605 days old) by Haxisfan (Europe - UK / Italy) | ||
Not seen 1 of them in EU for donkey's
Funny we don't see this style washers anymore over here... I have one in the garage from mid 70's... that's as new as a front load washers with rear control panel gets in this side of the globe.
I included a link below... please don't mind the silly talk :-) CLICK HERE TO GO TO Haxisfan's LINK | ||
| Post# 512558 , Reply# 6 4/20/2011 at 06:01 (4,605 days old) by ronhic (Canberra, Australia) | ||
Whilst it is probable that there were front load washers with rear controls sold here before Speed Queen in the late 1990's, I'm hard pressed to know which ones they are and I have certainly never seen one other than the 'top load' front loader that was sold here as a Bendix about 12 years ago.
...but that is a top load, horizontal axis machine rather than a front load horizontal axis machine.... So, I can probably go out on a limb here and say that the majority of Australians are not in a position to actually have an 'opinion' as such having never actually used one.... Personally, I don't see the benefit of rear controls at all.... | ||
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Post# 512570 , Reply# 8 4/20/2011 at 07:52 (4,605 days old) by yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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Rear controls are traditional.....and it depends on your particular application.....I like the rear controls.....but from a manufacturing stand point, front controls means one set up for many applications, side by side, stacked, undercounter.......most people stack so much stuff on top of the machines that you can't see or get to the controls....
FridGEmore also offers a rear control....... what I like about Frigidaire and SQ FL rear control is, you can pick any one of their dryers for a "matched" set, most other manufacturers, like Maytag (neptune, atlantis), Whirlpool (Calypso) make a dryer to only match that particular washer, and pay a price to have a matched set...... Now at Sears...for a traditional topload washer, you can mix/match any washer to any dryer to fit your budget for a matched set.....a few others are the same way | ||
| Post# 512609 , Reply# 9 4/20/2011 at 11:48 (4,605 days old) by Haxisfan (Europe - UK / Italy) | ||
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@3beltwesty
Dryers have been available in Europe/UK for a long time and most folks use them, but probably not as many as in the US. Folks in the extreme southern part of the continent have been reluctant to use dryers as many of them would consider them as being surplus to requirements due to favourable weather conditions... I personally see it as a cover up because the weather does frequently play unforeseen tricks all over Europe and it’s often only a few degrees higher!
Below a picture of a set of matched washer/dryer from the 60’. 
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Post# 512649 , Reply# 12 4/20/2011 at 16:53 (4,604 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Do ya mean this?? | ||
| Post# 512704 , Reply# 13 4/20/2011 at 20:57 (4,604 days old) by eddy1210 (Burnaby BC Canada) | ||
Jon, you show off! | ||
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Post# 512710 , Reply# 14 4/20/2011 at 22:08 (4,604 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Hey Eddy | ||
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Post# 512714 , Reply# 15 4/20/2011 at 22:29 (4,604 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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| Post# 512729 , Reply# 16 4/21/2011 at 00:01 (4,604 days old) by surgilator_68 (Maryland) | ||
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Post# 512730 , Reply# 17 4/21/2011 at 00:07 (4,604 days old) by Pulsator (Saint Joseph, MI) |
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Post# 512816 , Reply# 18 4/21/2011 at 09:39 (4,604 days old) by yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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| Post# 512860 , Reply# 19 4/21/2011 at 15:42 (4,603 days old) by dimitris (greece) | ||
Hello everybody!!!
Check this: www.funai.gr/index.phpQUESTIONMAR... Isn't it beautiful???? I was going to buy it but I don't "trust" it... It is all electronic and the brand is not reliable... "MORRIS". I think I ll go for this: www.siemens-home.pt/WM14S74BEE.ht... what do you think? | ||
| Post# 512881 , Reply# 20 4/21/2011 at 18:35 (4,603 days old) by sudsman () | ||
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I perefer Rear controls too on any machine washer or dryer. | ||
| Post# 512913 , Reply# 21 4/21/2011 at 20:35 (4,603 days old) by eddy1210 (Burnaby BC Canada) | ||
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Here's another favorite | ||
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Post# 513398 , Reply# 22 4/24/2011 at 11:10 (4,601 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Jamie
that tub is big,easily a double load. The water level is easy now that I have figured it out, I have the diagrams on my laptop so when you get one you can easily tweak it to the level you want. I have mine set for just above that boot and so when the clothes tumble they are covered with a splash of water. Just enough yet still saving too.
AND the 1000 RPM spin in that tub leaves everything just Frigidaire damp! | ||
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Post# 513448 , Reply# 23 4/24/2011 at 17:14 (4,600 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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REAR CONTROL WASHERS AND DRYERS Rear controls are often more reliable and much easier to service. Many FC washers are damaged the tub assembly hitting them if a schock absorber breaks, they are more likly to get moisture in them being next to the dispensers, tub boot and vent. And people love to spill detergent, softeners, bleach etc on top of the machine which can run down the front top seem or even just down the front of the machine. We also see a lot of damaged, broken controls when the machines are moved and I have even seen broken controls when furniture etc is moved past the machine.
Gas and electric ranges that have front mounted oven and burner controls also have many more problems. | ||
| Post# 514889 , Reply# 24 5/1/2011 at 09:35 (4,594 days old) by the7 () | ||
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I prefer washers and dryers with rear controls. | ||
| Post# 515029 , Reply# 25 5/1/2011 at 21:31 (4,593 days old) by AutowasherFreak () | ||
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I like the rear controls too. 1. I think they look better, and 2. They are easier for me with my poor eyesight to read.
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Post# 515055 , Reply# 26 5/1/2011 at 22:51 (4,593 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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They are easier for me with my poor eyesight to read. | ||
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Post# 515081 , Reply# 27 5/2/2011 at 00:36 (4,593 days old) by sudsmaster (SF Bay Area, California) |
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| Post# 515101 , Reply# 28 5/2/2011 at 03:55 (4,593 days old) by nmassman44 (Brooksville Florida) | ||
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| Post# 515851 , Reply# 29 5/5/2011 at 14:13 (4,590 days old) by mark_wpduet (Lexington KY) | ||
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| Post# 516034 , Reply# 32 5/6/2011 at 15:44 (4,588 days old) by mark_wpduet (Lexington KY) | ||
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The Pedestals
Yes. The pedestals are expensive.......If you think about it, if you had a REAR control washer you would not need a FRONT control dryer, which would also need a pedestal. So .......You save by buying a lower cost matching dryer and not having to buy two pedestals....Makes sense.
Unfortunately at the time I bought my Duet pair almost seven years ago......I wasn't that smart....But I got the WP employee discount on all of it.....Still if I had it to do over I wouldn't get the pedestals again........ It does make me wonder.......What if someone DOES buy pedestals (like I did)......Then ten years later you need another front load washer..........Now are those pedestals going to "fit" the new front load washer you buy if it's from the same manufacturer?.....If not, what a waste.....But it wouldn't surprise me. | ||
| Post# 516051 , Reply# 33 5/6/2011 at 17:37 (4,588 days old) by LordKenmore (The Laundry Room) | ||
Now are those pedestals going to "fit" the new front
I'm betting that something will change enough so that one has to buy a pedestal all over every time one buys a washer. Why, I'm sure all sorts of exciting pedestal advances occur every year!
OK. Maybe there aren't any advances--past, of course, finding ways of making the product ever cheaper. But that pure profit of selling pedestals over and over surely would tempt any appliance maker. | ||
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