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Whirlpool and Servis? |
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Post# 88806   10/14/2005 at 01:02 (6,741 days old) by launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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While researching Whirlpool's recent "compact" front loader, kept seeing refereces on the Interent to "Whirlpool/Servis". Mainly washing machine and dryer parts for the Whirlpool Servis washers, and mainly European/GB websites. Knew the previous incarnation of Whilpool's small front loader was an Italian made Servis washer, but are there other Whirlpool laundry appliances sold also "Servis"? Considering Servis laundry appliances do not enjoy the best of ratings in GB, cannot imagine why Whirlpool, known for it's quality would get into bed with Antoinio Merloni. Happened to see one of the "Italian" compact Whirlpool units at an appliance store the other day. No worse than some of the other front loader offerngs in the United States. This was especially true when compared to the plethora of other rebadged washers such as Equator, Thor, Quietling, Edge Star, and so on. These units were on closeout and while the price was tempting, the Servis reputation put me off. Mind you the Italian Whirlpool washer offered a pre-wash cycle and had a slot in the dispenser for that cycle. The new "south of the border" unit eliminated the pre-wash cycle totally. Thoughts? |
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Post# 88815 , Reply# 2   10/14/2005 at 04:47 (6,740 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
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I don't think there are other Whirlpool laundry appliances made by Antonio Merloni. All the laundry appliances don't have the sizes of European washers and dryers. So no further hidden Ardo, Servis, EBD, Edy machines or whatever they are called underneath the Whirlpool skirt. As for the deal maker: Bauknecht (the manufacturer of the Hetties, Duets and Ensembles) may be a German manufacturer but over the 10 years they made the least reliable machines manufactured in Germany. In a recent consumer test, the Bauknecht came out last of the more expensive European washers. Main reason because one of the test machines broke down and had to be replaced, unlike every other brand in that test. |
Post# 88818 , Reply# 3   10/14/2005 at 05:23 (6,740 days old) by newwave1 (Lincoln, United Kingdom)   |   | |
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wot the hells coming to the laundry world.. i want that damn antonio merloni to go out of business!! there terrible!! from experience! lol. sorry bout that. i have a Grudge with that brand.i hope they dont start making all the asko range..this is why compact froad loaders get a bad rep stateside. in my opinion. cause everyone gets to experience the terrible machines. i think the only thing likeable about them is they have an element? *D* |