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Haier top load washer |
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Post# 650926 , Reply# 1   1/4/2013 at 10:42 (4,101 days old) by fido ()   |   | |
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I don't know about the top loaders but the Haier front loaders are a pile of junk. You would have done better spending the same money on a used machine of better quality. |
Post# 650959 , Reply# 2   1/4/2013 at 13:26 (4,101 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)   |   | |
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I always feel bad when someone says "I just ordered this washer; does anyone know anything about it?" and then gets the bad news that it's probably going to be a disappointment. At least it was only $300.
Consumer Reports didn't have much good to say about the Haier top-loaders in their tests. Let us know what you think of it! Will it be your main washer, or is it a fun new toy? I'm only asking because as much as I love front-loaders, there's a new Frigidaire Immersion Care washer in the window of the local dealership that's calling my name. It would definitely be a fun toy to play with, not my daily driver. The $725 price tag has stopped me from making an impulse buy...so far, LOL. |
Post# 650961 , Reply# 4   1/4/2013 at 13:34 (4,101 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey)   |   | |
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Post# 650974 , Reply# 5   1/4/2013 at 14:32 (4,101 days old) by norgechef (Saint George New Brunswick )   |   | |
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For the winter months it will be my main washer but in the summer I have another washer in the barn that can be used when its warm outside, hopefully it wont be a total piece of junk...hopefully it wont break within 5 years lol. |
Post# 650977 , Reply# 6   1/4/2013 at 14:33 (4,101 days old) by norgechef (Saint George New Brunswick )   |   | |
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If I don't want to wire in a lid switch i can just use a magnet right? its not like a locking lid or something is it? |
Post# 651006 , Reply# 8   1/4/2013 at 16:30 (4,100 days old) by ronhic (Canberra, Australia)   |   | |
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...the following about who actually owns Fisher and Paykel before saying something is a copy - you don't copy what you own.
Of greater interest, is that you now have a Chinese owned company manufacturing and employing in the US rather than a US (or other) company manufacturing in China and exporting to the US.... CLICK HERE TO GO TO ronhic's LINK |
Post# 651050 , Reply# 9   1/4/2013 at 18:38 (4,100 days old) by Iheartmaytag (Wichita, Kansas)   |   | |
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Good point, except. . . F&P was not U.S. owned or manufactured, it was New Zeland per the article. Haier has been working hard to get into the American market, we dodged a bullet when they failed to aquire Maytag, though I can't honestly say if Whirlpool was a better choice, but at least their Mexico plants are closer to home.
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Post# 651235 , Reply# 12   1/5/2013 at 14:22 (4,100 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)   |   | |
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Type the words, Haier Portable, in the Searcholator, and you'll find tons of stuff on both the large and small units. One of eash is now in my basement, still working. The big one is great for sweaters, sneaks, pillows & stuffed toys because it has a gentle speed and no agitator,
Member bpeterx has a bunch of these, six, I think. Here's a post from long ago: I have the Haier in my kitchen. I always wanted to wash in the kitchen in the warm and comforting way some of my relatives did, and on Martin Luther King Day my dream came true. Portable though it is, it has become my daily driver. With a capacity slightly more than half that of a Unimatic, it cleans like a dream. The Heavy cycle starts with a 19 minute soak, intermittently agitated, followed by a 12 minute wash, then two rinses. It spins at 800-rpm which is pretty fast; it launches through the cycles without pausing, like a Unimatic. It has a really low water level setting. The most unusual cycle is the "Wash Only"-- it fills, washes for six minutes, and shuts off--great for overnight soaking, or if you're going out. It also has a "Light" cycle: one wash, on rinse. It has slots at 8 o'clock and 2 for your hands to lift it--very light. The sounds it makes are alluring, the agitation is fabulous, and when the wash is done, it plays "Jingle Bells" --ah! those velly funny Chinese. Tide HE works great; anything else over-sudses. The spinning is nuts: it spins for a few seconds, then disengages while the pump stays on. This operation repeats, six times I think, then CLICK and WHOOSH and it's off to 800-rpm. I love it. I have pix in my computer but they're too large, and I'm only days away from posting. Just learning. See you then. Mike |
Post# 651238 , Reply# 13   1/5/2013 at 14:28 (4,100 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)   |   | |
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Post# 653259 , Reply# 16   1/14/2013 at 11:41 (4,091 days old) by bpetersxx (laf in on the banks of the Wabash River)   |   | |
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Post# 653284 , Reply# 17   1/14/2013 at 13:13 (4,091 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)   |   | |
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I want to thank you guys for inspiring me to get the 11 pound Haier back on line. I'd forgotten how much fun it is.
And you, Peter inspired me to get the washer in the first place when you made vids of your machines, one of which had jets like Eugene's Immerser. I ordered the one you had, Pete, the portable sprayer, but they sent a different model, and once I had it opened and hooked up I kept it. It's a quiet, efficient machine and much gentler on the clothes than the smaller one. The 11 pounder has a gentle switch, a really wide fill flume, and a plastic tub that looks just like Eugene's new one. And thanks, Troy (coldspot) for confirming the jingle bells end of cycle tune. At the time, when I posted the surprise of a Chines machine playing "Jingle Bells," some people thought I was jerking their chain. I've read somewhere that many new machines chime or play a tune, but 10 years ago, Haier was the first to play a song like "Jingle Bells." |