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Post# 152654   9/5/2006 at 20:25 (6,414 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Although it's interesting and creative and it was originally designed in the late 1940's which makes it all the more fun to say the least. Gee I think this is one of the first times I have ever started a thread in the Deluxe Forum... CLICK HERE TO GO TO unimatic1140's LINK |
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Post# 152659 , Reply# 1   9/5/2006 at 20:28 (6,414 days old) by coldspot66 (Plymouth, Mass)   |   | |
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Kneading bread dough comes to mind! LOL! |
Post# 152669 , Reply# 2   9/5/2006 at 20:43 (6,414 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)   |   | |
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Post# 152689 , Reply# 4   9/5/2006 at 21:59 (6,414 days old) by arrrooohhh (Sydney Australia)   |   | |
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What a tops machine. It is so sad that Maytag has discontinued it because I think its the ultimate modern washer for exterior style and washing action. Bigger shame is that it wasnt it production long enough to see if Maytag would of bought it to Aus. :( |
Post# 152703 , Reply# 5   9/5/2006 at 22:59 (6,414 days old) by peteski50 (New York)   |   | |
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Post# 152723 , Reply# 6   9/6/2006 at 02:14 (6,414 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
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Post# 152742 , Reply# 8   9/6/2006 at 05:53 (6,413 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)   |   | |
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Post# 152743 , Reply# 9   9/6/2006 at 06:00 (6,413 days old) by tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)   |   | |
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It's also a shame that the quality control was so lax that, in some machines, there were sharp places at the bottom of the tub by the impellers that gave items a "vintage" look, sometimes after only one washing. |
Post# 152763 , Reply# 10   9/6/2006 at 08:24 (6,413 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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I hardly dare to ask, but is this machine by coincidence in your house? Louis after the run in with the Apex , I put my entire collection out for trash collection, so I needed something to wash in so I went to Sears and bought this beauty. Robert to the Modern Washer forum...lol, now go and take a lie down!! Thanks Mike, I might need something stronger than a "lie down". Just kidding Anyway you guys I have washed three loads the Maytag Top Loader and not one has come out tangled. Granted the loads I washed #1 all towles, #2 four pair of jeans, #3 mixed colors would not have tangled even in the 1947 Frigidaire. The real test would be a wash load of all long sleeve shirts, but it's going to be another month before its cool enough to be wearing long sleeve shirts so I wont know for a while. Actually to be honest my first impression of this washer is a good one, I think I like it action better than the Harmony, but its too soon to tell yet. This is the washer that Greg found and is now making the "Rounds" as so many do. He found it and played with it and gave it to Don (Jetaction) to play with for a while. On Monday I dropped the green Wards washer off at Don's house and brought the Maytag TL back to play with for a little while. |
Post# 152773 , Reply# 11   9/6/2006 at 09:15 (6,413 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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If you're going to start lurking around this forum, you're going to have go out and buy a BOTTLE of Tide HE! Good video - I love how it rolls the clothes up into a ball but with those discs running sort of opposite each other, things tend to move in and out of the ball so everything gets rubbed by the "revolving washboards." Have you tried spinning the tub with your hand while it's washing? Just a little hands-on fun since there's no timer dial to fiddle with... |
Post# 152805 , Reply# 12   9/6/2006 at 13:38 (6,413 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
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Post# 152809 , Reply# 13   9/6/2006 at 13:56 (6,413 days old) by brastemp (Brazil)   |   | |
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Oh my god... It's so surreal... I world like to se the spin cicle!! |
Post# 152822 , Reply# 14   9/6/2006 at 15:17 (6,413 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)   |   | |
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Consumer Reports ranked it as the best-cleaning washer they'd tested. It was the only machine to receive an Excellent rating. In fact, they down-rated several other machines (mostly front-loaders) to Very Good from Excellent after the Maytag TL Neptune set a new standard for clean. Again, I would miss being able to watch everything in action. I suppose due to the rinsing mechanism attached to the inside of the lid, they couldn't have a glass lid, like the Oasis. I spoke to my local indie Maytag dealer and he said he sold three of them. Two were returned because the owners complained of excessive tangling problems. I also noticed the owner's manual suggested using the shortest wash time possible to prevent tangling. It's definitely going to be a major collector's item, Robert. I doubt there are many out there even now. Think of what a gem that will be in 20-40 years! |
Post# 152898 , Reply# 15   9/6/2006 at 22:45 (6,413 days old) by pulsator (Saint Joseph, MI)   |   | |
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Post# 152948 , Reply# 16   9/7/2006 at 07:53 (6,412 days old) by seeitrun2006 (Commerce, GA)   |   | |
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Robert, At some point in time could you post pictures of the interior of the washer cabinet showing the washing components of the washer? |
Post# 152974 , Reply# 17   9/7/2006 at 09:44 (6,412 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Again, I would miss being able to watch everything in action. Nonsense, one magnet placed properly lets you see everything. If you take a piece of rubber and place it behind the lid, it deflects the water stream downward into a nice fan spray over the entire wash load without getting water all over the place. But, can it handle a comforter? I don't know Jamie but I will try and let everyone know. So far I am every impressed with this machine, I think I like its wash action better than the Harmony. I have yet to have a tangled wash load, but that could be from the fact for years I've been sorting for Frigidaires so I instinctively know how to prevent tangling. BUT I can tell you this much, these modern machines do not rinse as well as the vintage machines. Normally there is no reason for me to ever wash towels in anything but a Frigidaire. But I decided to try it in the Neptune, while the towels came out clean they still smelled of detergent after they were dry. This is something that I never smell out of a Unimatic which tells me that there is residual detergent left in those towels. Not a huge deal, but I'm spoiled with these vintage machines that rinse things really well. At some point in time could you post pictures of the interior of the washer cabinet showing the washing components of the washer? Will do David. |
Post# 153039 , Reply# 18   9/7/2006 at 15:08 (6,412 days old) by hooverac216 ()   |   | |
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well any videos of the drain and spin |
Post# 153068 , Reply# 19   9/7/2006 at 17:33 (6,412 days old) by compwhiz128 ()   |   | |
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So thats why it tangles the clothes badly... It should reverse so the clothes stay untainted :s! |
Post# 153147 , Reply# 20   9/7/2006 at 22:32 (6,412 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Post# 153149 , Reply# 21   9/7/2006 at 22:34 (6,412 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Post# 153150 , Reply# 22   9/7/2006 at 22:35 (6,412 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Post# 153151 , Reply# 23   9/7/2006 at 22:35 (6,412 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Post# 153198 , Reply# 25   9/8/2006 at 08:46 (6,411 days old) by newwave1 (Lincoln, United Kingdom)   |   | |
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i love this machine! i'm really intregued! i always wanted a neptune frontloader but the lack of window ditered my decision, i think the neptune toploaders a really really clever piece of machinery! you can create that sort of action when hand washing:p not that i've tried:p hehehe. i'd love to see some more of the rinse cycle, maybe a spin if you can! Darren |
Post# 153216 , Reply# 26   9/8/2006 at 11:36 (6,411 days old) by hoover1060 ()   |   | |
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Neat machine Robert, I can kinda see how it could tangle clothes, but it is fun to watch. I'm with the others, I'd love to see the rinse and spin cycles too! More please! |
Post# 153217 , Reply# 27   9/8/2006 at 11:49 (6,411 days old) by brettsomers ()   |   | |
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i want to see it handle a Bobload! |
Post# 153233 , Reply# 28   9/8/2006 at 13:47 (6,411 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Post# 153236 , Reply# 29   9/8/2006 at 14:35 (6,411 days old) by seeitrun2006 (Commerce, GA)   |   | |
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It does dishes also! Oops! Just kidding! |
Post# 153237 , Reply# 30   9/8/2006 at 14:45 (6,411 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)   |   | |
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Post# 153262 , Reply# 31   9/8/2006 at 18:03 (6,411 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Post# 153571 , Reply# 34   9/10/2006 at 15:09 (6,409 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 153662 , Reply# 35   9/11/2006 at 08:37 (6,408 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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My real media player doesn't work Bob the video if is a MPEG, its not meant to be played on the Real Media player, you need to play it on the Windows Media Player. Yes the only problem I found with the machine is that when you wash in hot water, the water cools down very rapidly, these modern machines that use so little water really need a heater to keep the hot water hot. I found it does not do a very good job on whites, even with Tide HE. For other things is really is a good washer. I have done many wash loads in this machine and nothing has come out tangled. Can someone tell me what I am doing "wrong"? Looking out on the internet I see there were lots of complaints of tangling but I have yet to see any evidence of this. What are these people doing to possibly cause all this supposed tangling???? |
Post# 153721 , Reply# 36   9/11/2006 at 14:13 (6,408 days old) by dadoes (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Maybe they were trying to wash much larger loads than you are doing .... RealPlayer may grab other file types when it installs. 3rd-party media players sometimes do that. Try saving the clip local, then start Media Player first (it should be under Start / Programs / Accessories / Entertainment or some such place), and use File/Open to navigate to the clip. File type associations can usually be reset from within the respective programs. My Windows Media Player (not the latest version) has it under Tools / Options / File Types. |
Post# 153735 , Reply# 37   9/11/2006 at 14:42 (6,408 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)   |   | |
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Wow, I'm surprised it's not doing well with whites. It certainly seems to have a nice, vigorous wash action. And just what ARE you doing wrong that your loads don't come out all tangled, Robert? Get with the program, man! :-) Seriously (although I'm too giddy about my new Frigidaire TL'er to be very serious this afternoon): Do you do anything special when loading that may help avoid tangling? I'm so used to just indiscriminately stuffing handfuls of clothes into my FL'er that I've forgotten the fine art of filling a TL. |
Post# 153740 , Reply# 38   9/11/2006 at 15:17 (6,408 days old) by peterh770 (Marietta, GA)   |   | |
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I'd like to see it handle a really big, modern load like it was designed to do... When I see the direction the augers turn in relation to how the spirals are impressed in them, I would have thought they turned so that the flatter, "paddle" side would lift and flip the load. Instead, the augers turn so that the load is shifted back and forth, and for the speed the augers turn, the load doesn't seem to roll at the same rate. Very interesting indeed! Sure beats the impellers-on-steroid machines that are out there now. |
Post# 153910 , Reply# 41   9/12/2006 at 10:15 (6,407 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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