New chamber vac.
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ND Mike I have been helping Margaret’s washer along for months trying to get more out of it. New bearings & shaft even, trying to save for some things. They only make junk it seems in the washing machine business these days. Our first we kept for over 15 years & I sold them while they still looked brand new & worked perfectly. The folks that bought them even thought I sold them too cheap, now that is cheap! I did all that to buy her a new set when moving into a new house I had built, thought I was buying what they said was the best. That was about 30 years ago & it has been nothing but junk in those recent 30 & let me think, 4 more sets or partial sets? some only lasted about 5 years. Others about 10 maybe, with lots of trouble. This set we have had now for about 10 & lots of problems. Even the metal they put in them is junk any more. It is very sad.
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ND Mike I have been helping Margaret’s washer along for months trying to get more out of it. New bearings & shaft even, trying to save for some things. They only make junk it seems in the washing machine business these days. Our first we kept for over 15 years & I sold them while they still looked brand new & worked perfectly. The folks that bought them even thought I sold them too cheap, now that is cheap! I did all that to buy her a new set when moving into a new house I had built, thought I was buying what they said was the best. That was about 30 years ago & it has been nothing but junk in those recent 30 & let me think, 4 more sets or partial sets? some only lasted about 5 years. Others about 10 maybe, with lots of trouble. This set we have had now for about 10 & lots of problems. Even the metal they put in them is junk any more. It is very sad.
calldoctoday We bought a Maytag front loader that was that way, it ended up smelling so bad no matter what we did, cleaned it, took it apart, nothing helped. Gave it to the kids and bought a Samsung without an agitator all S/S inside and has a D/C motor, been one of the best washer we have had so far. Only thing that had to be done was a recall because of a problem with it spinning apart with heavy loads (overloaded).
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calldoctoday We bought a Maytag front loader that was that way, it ended up smelling so bad no matter what we did, cleaned it, took it apart, nothing helped. Gave it to the kids and bought a Samsung without an agitator all S/S inside and has a D/C motor, been one of the best washer we have had so far. Only thing that had to be done was a recall because of a problem with it spinning apart with heavy loads (overloaded).
johnsbrewhouse How long have you had it? My oldest son & his wife have one of those & they like it a lot, but have not had for too long. Our first real good wone was a Kenmore, plain & simple Kenmore We heard it was actually a Roper. The real good one I thought I was buying Margaret was a Maytag, always grew up understanding they were the best. It was junk. Then I think we tried a Whirlpool & a Roper. The one we have now is one of the fancy Kenmore’s. Junk still. I have thought about the Speed Queen, but they are small & pricey. You get vastly different opinions on them that I sometimes wonder if are political so to say. A friend of mines brother finally broke down & bought one a few years ago so I am trying to keep up with his ongoing opinion on them. Appliances just are not made like they used to be, much fancier, much more expensive, nicer more automated features & more of them, use less water, some don’t clean as well, but definitely do not last as long.
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ND Mike I have been helping Margaret’s washer along for months trying to get more out of it. New bearings & shaft even, trying to save for some things. They only make junk it seems in the washing machine business these days. Our first we kept for over 15 years & I sold them while they still looked brand new & worked perfectly. The folks that bought them even thought I sold them too cheap, now that is cheap! I did all that to buy her a new set when moving into a new house I had built, thought I was buying what they said was the best. That was about 30 years ago & it has been nothing but junk in those recent 30 & let me think, 4 more sets or partial sets? some only lasted about 5 years. Others about 10 maybe, with lots of trouble. This set we have had now for about 10 & lots of problems. Even the metal they put in them is junk any more. It is very sad.
calldoctoday it really is sad. We have been lucky. The set we have now is over 17 years and we have only fixed some small things.
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calldoctoday it really is sad. We have been lucky. The set we have now is over 17 years and we have only fixed some small things.
ND Mike That is amazing for these days & times. Several folks we know say you are good to get 5 years out of them these days, which is absurd in my opinion.
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ND Mike That is amazing for these days & times. Several folks we know say you are good to get 5 years out of them these days, which is absurd in my opinion.
calldoctoday yeah no kidding…on average your looking at about $2000 for the set. They should last a lot longer for the $$$.
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johnsbrewhouse How long have you had it? My oldest son & his wife have one of those & they like it a lot, but have not had for too long. Our first real good wone was a Kenmore, plain & simple Kenmore We heard it was actually a Roper. The real good one I thought I was buying Margaret was a Maytag, always grew up understanding they were the best. It was junk. Then I think we tried a Whirlpool & a Roper. The one we have now is one of the fancy Kenmore’s. Junk still. I have thought about the Speed Queen, but they are small & pricey. You get vastly different opinions on them that I sometimes wonder if are political so to say. A friend of mines brother finally broke down & bought one a few years ago so I am trying to keep up with his ongoing opinion on them. Appliances just are not made like they used to be, much fancier, much more expensive, nicer more automated features & more of them, use less water, some don’t clean as well, but definitely do not last as long.
calldoctoday Whirlpool, Maytag, Kenmore, they are all the same machine, just a different nameplate. Speed Queen is a good machine, it is a commercial machine and spendy to buy. We have had the Samsung for 6 or 7 seven years. It’s the 4.7 cu ft model, which is the biggest they made at the time. Of course at the time we needed it since we had several adult kids here at home. It is a top loader and does have a long reach in. One thing we do is leave the lid open after each use to keep it dry inside.
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calldoctoday Whirlpool, Maytag, Kenmore, they are all the same machine, just a different nameplate. Speed Queen is a good machine, it is a commercial machine and spendy to buy. We have had the Samsung for 6 or 7 seven years. It’s the 4.7 cu ft model, which is the biggest they made at the time. Of course at the time we needed it since we had several adult kids here at home. It is a top loader and does have a long reach in. One thing we do is leave the lid open after each use to keep it dry inside.
johnsbrewhouse You got that right, the old days of the bored maytag man is a joke now. Our service guy recommended Speed Queen as being the only real solid made machine left, but with five in the house their models are just too small unless you go the the washeteria models. He did say the GE makes a decent one when compared to the rest excluding the Speed Queen, so that is what we went with since they have a giant model.
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I bought my front load washer and dryer in 2005. The washer started taking a long time to drain a couple months ago. I found a you tube video of a guy pulling the drain trap out from the pump when he had the problem. I took my front off and pulled mine. Found 5 of my daughters socks in there. Put it back together and works like new.
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johnsbrewhouse You got that right, the old days of the bored maytag man is a joke now. Our service guy recommended Speed Queen as being the only real solid made machine left, but with five in the house their models are just too small unless you go the the washeteria models. He did say the GE makes a decent one when compared to the rest excluding the Speed Queen, so that is what we went with since they have a giant model.
mrobisr It was strange, the parts house here recommended not going to the Speed Queen so they were one of the nay sayers. I always wondered if it was because they figured they would sell less parts. Yes, that is one of the downsides indeed for them, what 3.2 cf, unless you get one that you have to put money into & those are beyond pricey. I think the Kenmore Oasis we have now is 5.2 & Margaret just seems to like washing clothes a lot, even if my son & I try to be very conservative & helpful. I suppose we could get used to the smaller one & I am sure it would work fine. They all just about seem smaller than they used to be. We will probably always stick with top loaders, I have never been to excited about the front loaders other than commercial models.
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One of the most awesome reasons for a chamber vac…I can vac seal liquids!!! Chili going in the freezer for a later day! I love this thing!!!
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