Hi Kaleb,
We recently downsized to a smaller house. Among other priorities, we wanted to bring the laundry up to the first floor from the basement. So I converted our pantry into a pantry/laundry, installed the plumbing and electrics, and we purchased new, full-size stackable machines to save space: Whirlpool Duet front loading washer and dryer . The machines are quiet, energy efficient, and do a great job. She loves the machines... and I have had no problems and no complaints. (Our previous machine, a Kenmore purchased in 1979, stayed with the old house, and was still running fine, btw.) I agree with Barry's comments below re: water use and energy efficiency. I also agree that there seems to be a general consensus among the repairmen that Maytag is not the Gold Standard it once was. Some of their products were apparently made by Samsung. Whirlpool has bought them out, along with a few other manufacturers. Tom Schuch 1975 W115 300D and a few BMWs SE Connecticut Message: 4 Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 23:33:09 -0500 From: "Kaleb C. Striplin" <ka...@striplin.net> Subject: [MBZ] OT, front loading washers To: mercedes Mailing List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Message-ID: <49d04b85.4080...@striplin.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Thinking about replacing my 10 year old top loading Maytag. Anybody have one of these front loaders, or have shopped for them? Best brand to look at? Ones to stay away from. Was looking at those Frigidairs but they seem kind of flimsy. Wondered about LG and samsung as compared to say, a Maytag which I am used to. I know Maytag has always been the best in the past. -- Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK 95 E300, 92 300SD, 92 300E 4Matic, 91 300D, 91 300E, 89 560SEL, 89 300E, 87 300SDL x2, 85 380SE 5.0 Euro, 85 190D, 84 190D x2, 84 300D euro manny, 81 240D, 80 240D, 76 240D, 76 300D, http://www.okiebenz.com > Message: 8 > Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 22:37:57 -0700 > From: "Barry Stark" <barryst...@roadrunner.com> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT, front loading washers > To: "'Mercedes Discussion List'" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Message-ID: <000001c9b0f9$ae8a8a30$0b9f9e...@com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Kaleb- > We have a Frigidaire Affinity ATFB6000 That I inherited when my Mom passed > away last year. I believe that my Mom had picked it as it was the 'Consumer > Reports' best buy at the time. I think that it is almost two years old now > and we have had no problems plus it seems to clean well. These new machines > work a bit different than the older ones as they tumble slowly one direction > then the other and the spin is quite fast. They no longer have a > "transmission" as the motor reverses direction and drives the tub with a > toothed belt. Because the spin is faster the clothes get much dryer so the > dryer has to work less to dry the clothes. It is very important to use only > the HE(High Efficiency)low sudsing detergent or the over sudsing of the > regular detergent will eventually gum up the works and cause problems. The > HE is a little difficult to find some places right now as it is fairly new > yet but in the not too distant future I believe it may be the norm for all > new machines. I think my wife gets it at COSTCO. The other words to the > wise, that I learned by reading up on the things, is to be sure and leave > the door ajar till things dry out in the tub or you may end up with some > mold. I don't know if you have a water shortage problem where you are but we > do here in So. Calif. And these machines use very little water compared to > the top loaders and I believe they use less electricity as well. From what I > have heard the new Maytags are not the same as the old since they were > bought out by someone but that's just what I've heard. The best way to find > out about reliability is if you have an indy appliance repairman that you > can trust to give some unbiased informed about reliability and maintenance > costs. > > Barry > > Thinking about replacing my 10 year old top loading Maytag. Anybody > have one of these front loaders, or have shopped for them? Best brand > to look at? Ones to stay away from. Was looking at those Frigidairs > but they seem kind of flimsy. Wondered about LG and samsung as compared > to say, a Maytag which I am used to. I know Maytag has always been the > best in the past. _________________________________________________________________ Internet Explorer 8 – Get your Hotmail Accelerated. Download free! http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/141323790/direct/01/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090330/55ef2174/attachment.html> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
