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Thread Number: 40500
Newest top loaders with NO paddles?? |
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Post# 599241 , Reply# 1 5/27/2012 at 09:36 (4,343 days old) by foraloysius  (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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| Post# 599245 , Reply# 3 5/27/2012 at 11:03 (4,343 days old) by aegokocarat (United Kingdom) | ||
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my new whirlpool awe6517 has 3 proper plastic paddles, you can remove the bottom paddle to retrieve anything that has slipped between the drum and tub | ||
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Post# 599247 , Reply# 5 5/27/2012 at 11:20 (4,343 days old) by joeekaitis (Rialto, California, USA) |
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And then there's Staber . . .  Sounds German, made in the USA, engineered for do-it-yourself maintenance and marketed mainly to off-the-grid folks. The hexagonal drum has NO fins/baffles/paddles. Staber claims the design (hexagonal drum within a semi-hexagonal tank) forces more wash water through the load than round drums. Your mileage, of course, may vary. CLICK HERE TO GO TO joeekaitis's LINK | ||
| Post# 599265 , Reply# 6 5/27/2012 at 13:26 (4,343 days old) by aegokocarat (United Kingdom) | ||
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just had a good look at the lifter bars on my whirlpool, they have a slight curve to them (sort of like the aquacycle lifter bars found in older zanussi's) Tom :) P.S the pic below is of my whirlpool btw 
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Post# 599267 , Reply# 7 5/27/2012 at 13:42 (4,343 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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I guess listening is the best way to determine if the laundry tumbles well. I don't have any experience with these machines. And the Dutch consumer organisation (I'm a member) hasn't tested a toploader in ages. I guess we will have to depend on the EU label they get for cleaning efficiency.
One point though. The drums of such toploaders are a bit wider than the drums of frontloaders. It might help with tumbling, the drum might turnover a little faster with the same rpm. Yes, the Staber. It's an odd machine. The drum is small compared to the size of the machine. It is rather expensive if you consider that it is a very basic machine. And further, there is no dealer network or so, which means that you have to do the repairs yourself. Problem is that there were issues with these machines, they were not as dependable as they were supposed to be. | ||
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Post# 599273 , Reply# 8 5/27/2012 at 14:36 (4,343 days old) by thomasortega (El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora de Los Angeles de Porciúncula) |
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My Drean Family semi automatic HATL also has only one baffle but the drum has 4 other bumpers (thick as a finger). Cleaning is great and I can hear the load tumbling unevenly. The wash portion of the longest cycle takes only 20 minutes and it cleans vigorously. Water level is high, almost close to the drum axis and the drum spins a little bit faster than front loaders during the wash. | ||
| Post# 599417 , Reply# 12 5/28/2012 at 04:50 (4,342 days old) by aegokocarat (United Kingdom) | ||
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3hours?! Wow thats long! But i disagree, the cycle times in my whirlpool are shorter than that, 2 hours for a boilwash and 1hour and 30 mins for a 60* wash and 1hour and 30mins for a 40* wash, i also find mine very quiet especially when its compared to my hotpoint hv6l105p | ||
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Post# 599438 , Reply# 13 5/28/2012 at 09:47 (4,342 days old) by logixx (Germany) |
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| Post# 599495 , Reply# 15 5/28/2012 at 15:12 (4,342 days old) by Maturasigma () | ||
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Paddie high In my Philips Whirlpool Washer the paddies are 10cm high and in the eudora too. in the miele washers them are around 6cm. the smallest have the EBD Easy WA2114 at my place them are only3cm high, but there are 4 in the drum. | ||
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