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Thread Number: 65384
/ Tag: Modern Automatic Washers
New Calypso? |
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Post# 879955 , Reply# 1 5/8/2016 at 08:07 (2,904 days old) by combo52  (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Calypso Washers Were very effective and remain one of my favorite modern washers, I intend to always keep one around.
Its biggest problem was it was much too complicated and expensive to build, so I don't think you will be seeing it coming back.
Because of the high build cost they were never to offer a lower cost version, they generally sold for $1000-1300.
Then the thing that really killed them was the fact for some strange marketing reason they used the Calypso name on both the Kenmore and Whirlpool versions and with the rise of the Internet the Calypso quickly developed a bad reputation when any repair or performance occurred. Sears even dropped the Calypso name on their last model of the washer and just called it a Kenmore Elite.
But overall it is a great performing washer, grab one soon they are disappearing fast, now that they are 10-16 years old I would guess that far less than 1/2 of them are still around, maybe far less. | ||
| Post# 879960 , Reply# 2 5/8/2016 at 08:40 (2,904 days old) by joeypete (Concord, NH) | ||
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| Post# 879964 , Reply# 3 5/8/2016 at 09:44 (2,904 days old) by stricklybojack (South Hams Devon UK) | ||
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Vacation cabin area: Whirlpool Calypso washer & dryer - $400 (Big Bear Lake, CA) Like new and in perfect working order. You pick up. CLICK HERE TO GO TO stricklybojack's LINK on Inlandempire Craigslist
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Post# 879965 , Reply# 4 5/8/2016 at 10:02 (2,903 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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 Love my Calypso! Wish I could get to refurbing the spare one I have but it's rough with TX-coast rusting ... and at back of the garage on the 4th row of machines. I think Whirlpool was also scared-off from continuing production due to a bunch of dumb-@ss consumers who couldn't get a grip on using them properly and/or modifying laundry habits accordingly. There was a bunch of misinformation spread around due to misunderstanding how the machine works, such as people saying they reused the wash water for rinsing. Parts have gotten very expensive. A replacement touchpanel was $250 last time I checked. Some items have probably gone NLA. | ||
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Post# 880028 , Reply# 6 5/8/2016 at 21:08 (2,903 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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| Post# 880054 , Reply# 7 5/8/2016 at 23:18 (2,903 days old) by murando531 (Augusta, Georgia - US) | ||
My husband's uncle, who is a major junk hoarder (I'm talking doggy trails through their garage and parts of their house), has a Calypso buried under a mountain of useless rubbish, and I'd love to say something to him about possibly buying it from him to try restoring, but I have no idea what kind of condition it's in or if he's "planning on doing something with it one day". No clue what the model or year is, I just know at Thanksgiving while begrudgingly getting through the visit, I noticed the lid trim poking out and instantly recognized it, after noticing the side of an appliance with the telltale Whirlpool side panel design. I'm sure a machine like that would easily cost $2000+ if it were sold in today's world. I can't think of any home appliance available now with as complex a design.
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Post# 880061 , Reply# 8 5/9/2016 at 01:39 (2,903 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc) |
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Remember seeing Calypso washers in the both swap shops here at one time.Sadly saw several of them in the appliance dumpster at the dump here. | ||
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