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Post# 88413 , Reply# 1   10/12/2005 at 07:40 (6,742 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 88421 , Reply# 2   10/12/2005 at 07:55 (6,742 days old) by jamiel (Detroit, Michigan and Palm Springs, CA)   |   | |
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I had a cheapy White-Westinghouse in an apartment with the porcelain tub plastic door (the late '80s design with the snap-out grate in the back just before the current plastic one) which I actually liked very much. (Consumers Reports liked the expensive ones with the soil separater). Held a lot, very convenient to load (had very short tines near the edges of the rack which held cookie sheets/flat things very well)
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Post# 88438 , Reply# 4   10/12/2005 at 09:52 (6,742 days old) by agiflow ()   |   | |
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I thought it would only be a matter of time before Frigidaire jumped on the SS bandwagon. WP waited a while to come out with one under their own name also. |
Post# 88443 , Reply# 6   10/12/2005 at 09:59 (6,742 days old) by agiflow ()   |   | |
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From what i have seen in Sears recently, Wp is still making SS tubs for the higher line Kenmores. |
Post# 88482 , Reply# 7   10/12/2005 at 15:03 (6,742 days old) by mrcleanjeans (milwaukee wi)   |   | |
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Frigidaire dishwashers leave me cold. |
Post# 88483 , Reply# 8   10/12/2005 at 15:05 (6,742 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 88488 , Reply# 9   10/12/2005 at 15:44 (6,742 days old) by jamiel (Detroit, Michigan and Palm Springs, CA)   |   | |
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Post# 88657 , Reply# 13   10/13/2005 at 07:50 (6,741 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)   |   | |
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Once again, I will jump in to defend Frigidaire dishwashers, at least the the TOL model, which I have. I do an obscene amount of cooking and have guests for dinner several nights a week. It's normal for my machine to run 4-5 times a day, and on heavy cooking days, it runs more than that. (I run all pots/pans, etc., through the dishwasher). I use the 50-minute Speed Clean cycle a lot, with very good results. Unlike CR, I don't let dirty dishes sit overnight before washing them and I have soft water, which may explain why their results with the same cycle weren't as good. I bought the first generation machine with the new AquaSurge cleaning system. Almost immediately I had a problem with the start button and with the upper arm falling off, but both those problems were taken care of in a single, free service call. Since then, no problems. I love the flexible loading space and especially the option to wash only the upper or lower rack for a bit over 3 gallons of water. I've owned many dishwashers over the years (Kenmores, KitchenAids, Whirlpools, GE's) and while my favorite was one of the last Hobart-made KitchenAids, (I liked how it heated the water before the cycle began) it was very noisy and required several service calls in the 4 years I owned it. As for the criticism of of Frigidaire's 'Professional' model being a standard-issue machine, the last time I checked, the twice-as-expensive Viking DW is just an ordinary Asko with beefy controls---and with a worse repair history (according to CR, anyway) than Frigidaire. Having said all that, I have no defense for MOL/BOL Frigidaire machines. Why the parent corp allows these models to be weaker is beyond me. Put the damn AquaSurge washing system in all your machines and let the bells and whistles distinguish your BOL from your TOL. And now will one of you kind gentlemen please help me down from my soapbox, LOL... |
Post# 88665 , Reply# 14   10/13/2005 at 08:40 (6,741 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Steven /Cybrvanr. Electrolux USA, and Electrolux Sweden are 2 different companies. E-S bought the rights to the name in the US, to be able to use it here. E-A now calls itself AERUS. Not published or known very much, i believe purposely. E-S sells shitty ---er-- average-- vacuum cleaners at E-A prices. HUGE rip-off. What do the suction machine boys (vacuum clenaer club people) have to say on this? (PS Ii have tried to start this discussion at least three times here, and not one bite. LOL let's see if this one takes off, LOL). |
Post# 88667 , Reply# 15   10/13/2005 at 08:44 (6,741 days old) by aamassther (Hendersonville, NC )   |   | |
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Post# 88680 , Reply# 16   10/13/2005 at 09:57 (6,741 days old) by kenmore1978 ()   |   | |
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Both the Swedish and American companies were started by the same person, but somewhere in history they became separated. |