Thread Number: 6641
Watch the Oasis with the reverse roll-over |
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Post# 133171   6/5/2006 at 00:16 (6,506 days old) by cleanteamofny ((Monroe, New York)   |   | |
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Post# 133176 , Reply# 1   6/5/2006 at 00:34 (6,506 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 133178 , Reply# 2   6/5/2006 at 00:41 (6,506 days old) by powerfin64 (Yakima, Washington)   |   | |
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Post# 133181 , Reply# 3   6/5/2006 at 01:05 (6,506 days old) by brettsomers ()   |   | |
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looks like it might tangle. also looks like a lot of friction going on. i am intrigued by the wash action, would like to see a video of machine *lightly* loaded. |
Post# 133186 , Reply# 4   6/5/2006 at 01:31 (6,506 days old) by dadoes (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 133187 , Reply# 5   6/5/2006 at 01:42 (6,506 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc)   |   | |
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I didn't see much rollover either-but interesting. |
Post# 133191 , Reply# 6   6/5/2006 at 02:31 (6,506 days old) by eluxomarty ()   |   | |
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i put on the pretender's watching the clothes go round and got dizzy |
Post# 133194 , Reply# 8   6/5/2006 at 04:14 (6,506 days old) by dadoes (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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OK, I watched the full 2 min 57 sec clip three times. There IS rollover. Reverse rollover. The clothes turn up from the center of the pulsator and over to the outside. Looks effective to me. Hard to tell how much water is really there, but it's apparently enough to do the job where the fabric meets the disc. Everything looks to be thoroughly soaked, and there was a shower spray that activated for a short time, which I'm figuring repeats throughout the wash period. Either that or it was adding a bit more water like my F&P sometimes does to top-off the water level after the clothes get mixed up and trapped air bubbles release. The load description says it's a mix of towels, TWO sets of queen sheets and one set of twin sheets, PLUS a blanket. The camera pulls back a bit when the water spray starts, and the load is just a few inches below the rim of that super-size tub.
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Post# 133197 , Reply# 9   6/5/2006 at 06:14 (6,505 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 133204 , Reply# 10   6/5/2006 at 06:41 (6,505 days old) by mattywashboy (Perth, Western Australia)   |   | |
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Post# 133216 , Reply# 12   6/5/2006 at 07:55 (6,505 days old) by irishwashguy (Salem,Oregon.............A Capital City)   |   | |
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Post# 133254 , Reply# 14   6/5/2006 at 10:01 (6,505 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 133264 , Reply# 15   6/5/2006 at 10:22 (6,505 days old) by agiflow ()   |   | |
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pretty cool, but i think i would go for the agitator model over this one. |
Post# 133270 , Reply# 18   6/5/2006 at 10:37 (6,505 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
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I viewed most of the videos, some of them even a few times. It looks like the clothes aren't totally covered with water, which means that the clothes at the bottom are being pressed on the disk. But that disk turns quite vigorous which means that the clothes at the bottom get quite a beating. I don't think I like this machine. As a matter of fact I don't think I'll ever like any V-axis toploader with a water level that doesn't cover the clothes.
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Post# 133285 , Reply# 19   6/5/2006 at 11:30 (6,505 days old) by gregm ()   |   | |
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maybe the turnover would be better with more water and there would be "less rubbing" ??? can you get the machine to fill up full ? |
Post# 133286 , Reply# 20   6/5/2006 at 11:34 (6,505 days old) by cleanteamofny ((Monroe, New York)   |   | |
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It looks like I will be taking the plunge next month because my top loader is a water hog and the water bill just came in two weeks ago and it was almost $800.00 more than normal due to a water main break in the building last fall. And if you get a water bill for $7,000.00 for an apartment building, you know its time to cut back in some areas and this is one of them!
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Post# 133287 , Reply# 21   6/5/2006 at 11:37 (6,505 days old) by peterh770 (Marietta, GA)   |   | |
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I'm with Louis: imagine the force on the clothes from the disk to achieve that wash action. No thank you. It is kinda gross to watch the clothes come up the middle like this. I wonder if the agitator version of this machine has the same action or if it works with more water more like a "normal" F&P toploader...? |
Post# 133288 , Reply# 22   6/5/2006 at 11:39 (6,505 days old) by jasonl (Cookeville, TN)   |   | |
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There's a comforter/bedding cycle that fills all the way with water. You go Cleanteam! Get that Oasis! The underdog always wins in the end. |
Post# 133300 , Reply# 25   6/5/2006 at 12:24 (6,505 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 133312 , Reply# 26   6/5/2006 at 12:54 (6,505 days old) by hoovermatic (UK)   |   | |
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Have they tried bending at the knee!! How do they think we manage in the UK struggling every day to unload our washers and spending all of our spare cash at the chiropractor? I have never heard a GP prescribe a TL |
Post# 133316 , Reply# 27   6/5/2006 at 13:04 (6,505 days old) by bobbyderegis (Boston)   |   | |
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That's why the new FL's have risers. Not too shabby. Bobby in Boston |
Post# 133335 , Reply# 28   6/5/2006 at 13:46 (6,505 days old) by jasonl (Cookeville, TN)   |   | |
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So they can shake rattle and roll. "Bangbangbangbangbangbang" |
Post# 133376 , Reply# 29   6/5/2006 at 14:34 (6,505 days old) by peteski50 (New York)   |   | |
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Post# 133396 , Reply# 31   6/5/2006 at 15:09 (6,505 days old) by cleanteamofny ((Monroe, New York)   |   | |
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Bobby, its OK to shower me and tickle my uvular but my kitchen setup has several constraints that only allows me to have a top loader. If you notice that my washer is on the right side of the dryer and the GE range is on the right side of the washer and depth of all extra capacity front loaders that are being built today are too deep that it will block the oven door, and since I live on the 3rd floor and the floors are made of wood, that front loader will shake rattle and disturb my cousin who lives underneath me. I had a Malber FL testing to see if worked before I put it in my fathers apartment and it was very loud during the spin cycle and because of this, it steered me far away from owning one. Jason, you know cars! I lust love this ole clunker for it fits a whole lot of stuff that would not fit in others..... |
Post# 133496 , Reply# 34   6/5/2006 at 20:53 (6,505 days old) by pulsator (Saint Joseph, MI)   |   | |
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Post# 133515 , Reply# 35   6/5/2006 at 22:24 (6,505 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)   |   | |
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That's definitely very different! The see-sawing sound during agitation was very eerie. And watching the clothes doing their reverse rollover was quite trippy. Reminded me of those old LSD-scare films we watched in junior high. Thirty years from now these will be the cool, eccentric, highly collectible machines the next generation of washer fanatics will be gushing over. You GO Jason!! |
Post# 133518 , Reply# 36   6/5/2006 at 22:28 (6,505 days old) by jasonl (Cookeville, TN)   |   | |
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That reverse rollover is pretty creepy and I can see how it can seem like a bad trip. Like some weird monster trying to come out. Jamie, if the F&P mysteriously died, your mom will probably kick your butt LOL. |
Post# 133628 , Reply# 37   6/6/2006 at 07:45 (6,504 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 133670 , Reply# 42   6/6/2006 at 10:45 (6,504 days old) by jasonl (Cookeville, TN)   |   | |
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On an F&P you can cut a hole in a credit card and stick that in the lid lock, and you got it. |
Post# 133676 , Reply# 44   6/6/2006 at 11:09 (6,504 days old) by jaxsunst ()   |   | |
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How much water does it use for a cycle? |
Post# 133685 , Reply# 45   6/6/2006 at 11:27 (6,504 days old) by bobbyd32l ()   |   | |
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The Oasis uses different numbers of gallons depending on the amount of clothes. IIRC the bedding cycle uses 39 gallons for each cycle. I will find out when I go to work tomorrow! |
Post# 133690 , Reply# 46   6/6/2006 at 11:44 (6,504 days old) by kenmorepeter5ab ()   |   | |
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Hi, how are you doing? Can you make the video about the first spin with clothes & towels from wash to rinse? Then the final spin....then finish. -- Peter (kenmorepeter5ab) |
Post# 133702 , Reply# 47   6/6/2006 at 12:26 (6,504 days old) by jasonl (Cookeville, TN)   |   | |
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The guy that posted the videos said it went out of balance on the spin but I think he will put more up with some spins. |
Post# 133720 , Reply# 48   6/6/2006 at 13:42 (6,504 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
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Post# 133722 , Reply# 49   6/6/2006 at 13:45 (6,504 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
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Post# 134043 , Reply# 51   6/7/2006 at 13:35 (6,503 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Yes this action looks very similar to my GE Harmony, the poor lonely dear that it is. On my machine the water level would be just a bit higher (on the automatic water level cycles) but what you see in this machine is very similar. You can manually fill the machine higher with a hose, but the rinse cycle goes back to the original water level, so you have to do it twice. Good choice Jason, just because something is new and different and maybe less effective, usually means it's more fun and were not all here for performance, we're here for fun! and Jamie (pulsator) said: I wonder what mom would do if the Fisher Paykel died a mysterious death Having a washer-teen in the house Jamie do you really think your mom would think that any washer death would be "mysterious"? LOL -- I tried it with my parents and that '68 Kenmore we had for years and I was always in trouble :) |
Post# 135443 , Reply# 54   6/13/2006 at 19:18 (6,497 days old) by agiflow ()   |   | |
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I was just on sears website..and i can't seem to find the oasis models listed with the current Kenmore lineup...anyone else see this? |
Post# 135445 , Reply# 55   6/13/2006 at 19:30 (6,497 days old) by hairybruinuk ()   |   | |
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As we in the UK would say "a bit of a damp sqib" |