Wasting water, one load at a time


Forum Topics & Rules Manuals & Literature	New users Click-here to sign-up

Thread Number: 8986
Wasting water, one load at a time

[Down to Last]

Post# 168114 11/17/2006 at 08:21 (6,363 days old) by jasonl (Cookeville, TN)
Checkrate/Likes It's unbelievable the night and day difference between the good ol' Frankenmore and the new Kenmore Oasis... Water consumption: The Oasis precisely measures the water to the load size, assuring proper turnover and cleaning. The Frankenmore fills ALL THE DAD GUM WAY to the top, draining the water heater and everything. Wash action: The Oasis has a computer controlled wash plate that uses varied speeds to create a reverse rollover. The Frankenmore oscillates at 65opm and the Rotoswirl pulls clothes down with every stroke. Noise: The Oasis is very quiet, with it's electronic whirring and pump hum. Barely audible outside the room. The Frankenmore is a Kenmore.. Woowoowoowoo.. Grind-click-clunk...pssshhhh... drowns out the Oasis completely. You can hear it all over the house. BUT they both have one thing in common. THEY'RE BOTH FUN!!!! Yay for Kenmore!

Post# 168119 , Reply# 1 11/17/2006 at 08:33 (6,363 days old) by hoover1060 ()
Checkrate/Likes *THATS IT!!!!* Thats the sound I remember from my Grandma's 1977 Whirlpool when it agitated woowoowoowoo...man I loved that sound!!!! I remember the other sounds too: start of agitation was a machinery moving sound, followed by a CLUNK as the tranny engaged. The other sound was when it shifted into spin and the sound of the clutch engaging, followed by the sing of the belt... Ok I'm adding a B/D Whirlpool or Kenmore to the "wish list" of dream machines! The others on the list are a Frigidaire set, a Maytag 806 set, and my current Maytag 608's... Thanks for that memory Jason!

Post# 168130 , Reply# 2 11/17/2006 at 09:04 (6,363 days old) by retromom ()
Checkrate/Likes *Bring on the BD's!* These machines are not for the faint of heart or the water supply-challenged! I have seen them in action and...whoa!! Don't know about the rest of you, but a tub full of water and suds, aggressive agitation, and lots of clunking make for some clean laundry! I'm still not convinced that those new-fangled washers that use a thimble-full of water and and eyedropper of HE detergent can really get anything clean!!

Post# 168147 , Reply# 3 11/17/2006 at 09:46 (6,363 days old) by washerman8 ()
Checkrate/Likes *Retromom Is Right* Retromom, I had the GE Harmony, Kenmore Oasis, and a Kenmore HE frontloader and neither cleaned nearly as good as my traditional toploader. Needlesstosay, I renturned all three sets. Currently, I have a SpeedQueen set. Also, I had a Maytag set, a Kenmore set (direct drive), two Kenmore portables (belt drive and direct drive), and a Kelvinator portable washer. The belt drive washers always seemed to clean much better than the direct drive washers. I believe because of the long-stroke agitation. However, all the traditional washers cleaned much better than my HE washers.

Post# 168176 , Reply# 4 11/17/2006 at 11:29 (6,363 days old) by jasonl (Cookeville, TN)
Checkrate/Likes *KELVINATOR PORTABLE!?* Have any pics of that? I've never seen one of those before.

Post# 168206 , Reply# 5 11/17/2006 at 14:08 (6,363 days old) by washerman8 ()
Checkrate/Likes *Sorry I Don't Have Any Pics* Jasonl, I am sorry but I don't. My mom purchased that washer when I was in middle school. I hated it. At that time, I wanted her to buy a Hoover twin tub washer but she wouldn't. I didn't understand why when I did all the washing. The Kelvinator washer rolled to the sink and it had this lever in the back that you had to step on to let the washer down and it, supposedly, stayed in place. I hated this washer because it was loud and I didn't like the wash action; but it did clean our clothes. The tub would index like the Frigidaire washers do. The clothes would circulate but at a very slow pace. The agitator had 4 big vanes at the top and bottom, and the tub had a big lint filter in the back that water, barely, flowed thru. I never told anyone about this but after the warranty expired on this washer, I, purposely, broke it. I didn't think of how much money my mom would have to use to purchase another washer. I just wanted to get that POS out of our kitchen. She ended up getting a Whirlpool compact washer. That washer was grrrrreat. Over time that one malfunctioned and I purchased her a Kenmore compact washer (direct drive) that she kept until she moved into a house, and now she has my old Kenmore Super Capacity set. She still doesn't know I broke her washer; but I do remember her being upset about spending the extra money to get another one. However, I did make it up to her.

Post# 168222 , Reply# 6 11/17/2006 at 14:57 (6,363 days old) by westytoploader ()
Checkrate/Likes Kelvinator was one of the many brandnames that had the IMMENSELY successful WCI/Franklin portable washer. There was a set of these on eBay a couple of years ago. Other names I've seen these under include Tappan, Hamilton, GE (long after the Hitachi version), White-Westinghouse, and Montgomery Ward. This design, along with the Skinny-Mini cabinet, was also incorporated into the WCI-made 24" stacked sets; Kenmore, GE, and Frigidaire among them. They're fun to use (especially the recirculating-filter-equipped version because it sounds just like an old Westinghouse TL), but I can't imagine doing laundry for a large family in one! That has to be the absolute smallest tub ever to be put in a portable automatic. Of course that huge agitator that took up half of the already limited tub space didn't help either, but it least it thrashed the load around enough to get it clean. When we went to the Cayman Islands in July of '05, there was an 80's WCI/Frigidaire Skinny-Mini (with the angel-wing agitator and recirculating filter) in the laundry closet. During the whole week we were there, I took over the laundry and was washing 3-4 loads PER DAY. That's how small that tub was! It did provide for some good entertainment, though, when not at the beach... --Austin

Post# 168269 , Reply# 7 11/17/2006 at 17:54 (6,362 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)
Checkrate/Likes I love the sounds of a BD Kenmore, too. I remember the 'haRUMPH, haRUMPH' sound our preggers Roto Swirl made when set at a medium-ish water level; The quiet waterfall sound of the lint filter recirculating; That and the sound of it switching into spin....ah, memories.

Post# 168288 , Reply# 8 11/17/2006 at 19:46 (6,362 days old) by washertalk ()
Checkrate/Likes I think I hear an Oprah episode coming for a certain special Washington DC family. ;o)

Post# 168339 , Reply# 9 11/17/2006 at 22:27 (6,362 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida)
Checkrate/Likes *Sorry, but have to conform* Sister called yesterday to tell me about her new Oasis. Kids(lets make it short) sick in bed. She was up at 3 AM doing a load of (lets say soiled) bedding. Selected Bulky setting. She said there was not a trace of anything disturbing. Ok, now I agree, they can clean. Steve

Post# 168341 , Reply# 10 11/17/2006 at 22:31 (6,362 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)
Checkrate/Likes Now THERE is the start of a new thread possibility. Who has purposely killed an appliance in order to get a better one? (Toggle raises hand quietly and meekly in corner...)

Post# 168354 , Reply# 11 11/17/2006 at 23:08 (6,362 days old) by appnut (TX)
Checkrate/Likes I raise my paw!! Steve, glad you admitted it!!

Post# 168359 , Reply# 12 11/17/2006 at 23:33 (6,362 days old) by dick_s. ()
Checkrate/Likes I've got to agree with retromom. Maybe it's just our tried and true washing habits that we've been used to for years but I'll stick with a tub full of water and more than a thimble full of detergent. Dick_S.

Post# 168889 , Reply# 13 11/21/2006 at 05:41 (6,359 days old) by tumbler ()
Checkrate/Likes *Confession* I recently tried to break the nearly 20-y.o. Maytag helical drive at the family's vacation home. I put solvent in the motor bearings and let a little water into the tranny via the agitator shaft seal (using a paper clip), to no avail. I've been trying to get my mom to get rid of this machine, which puts 40 gal. of water into the septic system with each load, and replace it with a Duet. Unfortunately, the machine survived without so much as a burp, so I guess we'll have to play out time.....by the way-I think the Duet cleans much better than the old Maytag, and doesn't put holes in my t-shirts either.

Post# 169013 , Reply# 14 11/21/2006 at 18:31 (6,358 days old) by appnut (TX)
Checkrate/Likes Well, if you don't want this Maytag, there are surely OTHERS on here that would.

Post# 169014 , Reply# 15 11/21/2006 at 18:33 (6,358 days old) by appnut (TX)
Checkrate/Likes John, I'm sad to hear you abused such a machine. I'll admit, I really didn't like my LK Shredmore, but I was mostly kind to her. Now that the Frigidaire frontloader is here, she's sitting in my garage. Not sure what I"m gonna do with her. Her significance is she was the very first Direct Drive Lady Kenmore.

Forum Index:

Other Forums:

Comes to the Rescue!

The Discuss-o-Mat has stopped, buzzer is sounding!!!
If you would like to reply to this thread please log-in...
Discuss-O-MAT Log-In

New Members Click Here To Sign Up.

automaticwasher.org home
Discuss-o-Mat Forums
Vintage Brochures, Service and Owners Manuals
Fun Vintage Washer Ephemera
See It Wash!
Video Downloads
Audio Downloads
Picture of the Day
Patent of the Day
Photos of our Collections
The Old Aberdeen Farm
Vintage Service Manuals Vintage washer/dryer/dishwasher to sell?
Technical/service questions?
Looking for Parts?
Website related questions?
Digital Millennium Copyright Act Policy
Our Privacy Policy