Washing machine update
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Ack! The solution is simple. You buy Speed Queens. Laundromat machines for the home. If a new speed Queen is beyond your budget you buy a used Speed Queen set.
They’re a little small. They don’t have many cycles. All they do is wash clothes quickly and efficiently for longer than most of us are going to be alive. (Alas!)
The SQ washer in my apartments washed 40,000 loads with one repair - a belt. I know it was 40K loads because I counted the quarters.
So. Many. Quarters.
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100% agree.
I will do just that when budget and calendar restraints allow it.
This is my other favorite brand.
ASKO Laundry
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- runs and hides *
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Yeah, WTG, our laundry is in the basement too. We just remodeled it and it’s very spiffy but no way to install an elevator or dumb waiter. I’m ok with it now but I don’t like to see her have to. One day it won’t be ok.
“I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer”
― Douglas Adams -
Don’t get an an Asko. Good stuff but not that good, impossible to find service and parts in the US.
Speed Queen is the answer. They are always the answer.
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@Bernard interesting! I’m glad you found a solution that works.
The whole thing about consumer electronics and other household products that don’t last is incredibly frustrating. And so unnecessary, given the technological capability humans have acquired over the last 150 years. Today nothing of the environmental impact of all these broken products that get thrown away because they quickly become useless.
My biggest household concern is our HVAC. It is working fine right now, but it’s 15 years old. When it goes, we’ll have to choose from whatever models are available. Besides the expense of replacing an hvac, what guarantee is there that we’ll get something that will last another 15 or more years?
@ShiroKuro Planned obsolescence was part of the reason I decided to go small. That, and wanting to put things in proportion to my needs. If this little washer doesn't pan out it won't be that big a loss. But I have a good feeling about it.
The industrial revolution cheapened everything.
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Yeah, WTG, our laundry is in the basement too. We just remodeled it and it’s very spiffy but no way to install an elevator or dumb waiter. I’m ok with it now but I don’t like to see her have to. One day it won’t be ok.
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We have two staircases that turn 180 degrees each so two curves on each floor. Plus they’re too slow.
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@ShiroKuro Planned obsolescence was part of the reason I decided to go small. That, and wanting to put things in proportion to my needs. If this little washer doesn't pan out it won't be that big a loss. But I have a good feeling about it.
@ShiroKuro Planned obsolescence
I feel like a lot of what we see with the shittiness of consumer products isn’t even “planned” though, it’s just slipshod work, a complete lack of commitment to quality, and zero sense of responsibility to consumers.
If a cost can be cut, it will be, regardless of the consequences.
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Yeap, I knew that @steve-miller would say Speed Queen.
Just looked it up. A new SQ washer costs about 3x the price of the typical new, non-SQ washer that I would buy for my own use.
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And that’s the problem. Domestic appliances just don’t cost enough. Manufacturers cut corners to stay competitive then add “features” to make up for it.
Maytag just introduced a new commercial machine that is set to cost only 2X the price of a regular domestic machine. Initial reviews are good and the design looks solid.
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@steve-miller - got a link to the Maytag units? I'm seeing a "commercial grade" and also a "commercial". People are grousing about the circuit board going on the home commercial grade models. Five year warranty (I think parts only, and maybe just a subset of parts). Repairs/parts availability complaints.
I wonder if the "commercial grade" is more of a marketing pitch.
Also wondering about Maytag in general. Wasn't it bought out by Whirlpool?
Our Maytag gas dryer is going on 30 years and has never needed a repair. That's never gonna happen again...
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