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Norfrost twin tub....YES or NO?
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Post# 617081   8/14/2012 at 20:54 (4,243 days old) by kenmoreguy89 (Valenza Piemonte, Italy- Soon to be US immigrant.)        

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I'd like to buy it, I saw some videos on youtube and looks a nice machine, did you ever see one? Your opinions? Would you say Yes or No for it?
Thanks anyone in advance! ;)





Post# 617161 , Reply# 1   8/15/2012 at 02:35 (4,243 days old) by keymatic (London / UK)        

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Hi Freddy,

I wouldn't go for it, I had a friend who had one, they look good machines, but are made very flimsy, rinsing in the spin is a bit naff as well !! Shipping to Italy would be quite expensive.
Hold on till a servis comes up !!
keith


Post# 617199 , Reply# 2   8/15/2012 at 08:35 (4,243 days old) by kenmoreguy89 (Valenza Piemonte, Italy- Soon to be US immigrant.)        

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Thank you Keith for the great advice, this is the response I was looking for, yes they look good machines for what concerns the washing etc, I had some doubt about the materials and you confirmed what I suspected, one thing I like is the transmission type without gearbox that looks even easy to fix if it should broke....
It is also true that the tub and body does not look of the strongest ones you can see they're very filmsy, and even timer and spinner does not look of the best ones, I also checked for parts availability and looks almost impossible to be find...so I just wanted to be sure.... Thank you!
Of course a Servis would be much better, I contacted the seller just to ask and they would be very helpful about the shipping and would help me wrapping and packing it for a shipment, which is a rare thing to find on ebay, most of them does not want to bother to wrap and pack them, "if you win you pick it up in person, that's all"...a trip by car to UK would be nice but would be more expensive than a shipping with a courrier...
But anyway since as you say I will go to spend good money for the shipping would be best if I get a good machine worth it as a Servis of course is, so it is better for me to wait.....
Thank you Keith!


Post# 617259 , Reply# 3   8/15/2012 at 14:18 (4,242 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)        

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The manufacturer of the Norfrost twintub, Velaundry, went bankrupt in 2005. The years before that happened, their products weren't very reliable anymore.

Post# 617260 , Reply# 4   8/15/2012 at 14:20 (4,242 days old) by kenmoreguy89 (Valenza Piemonte, Italy- Soon to be US immigrant.)        

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Oh Okay thanks Louis, that's why parts looks so hard to be find also, right? Thanks again for the info!
Will let it alone.......



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