1982! Really? Yup!

[denice]

My apartment doesn't come with a washer and dryer only the hookups.  I have thought about getting a new washing machine but I just can't bring myself to do it until this one wears out.  Remember I am the one that mopped up after the top loader I had before this one for a good year before I gave up.  The few old style agitator type top loading machines are actually the top selling machines, I seen that on Consumer Reports.  If that continues maybe more companies will give in and start offering at least one model like that.  I would gladly spend the extra for a Speed Queen because they are still the old fashioned agitator machines.  Unfortunately no one in this area sells them.  They are only available through one rent to own place and I am not going to pay that price for a washing machine.

 

[artiemom]

 
get a hammer and bust the seal around the door

 or disconnect the circuit board..

I so wish I could, but my luck, they would catch me doing it!!  Or they would give me a used one of the same kind, as punishment!! 

 

[foxxycat]

 yeah I was afraid of that...it was a funny thought though!

 

[Winchester]

So we were out and about yesterday. Stopped in at Lowes for shock for the pool. And Dear Richard started looking at the washers. I asked him if we were really looking for a new washer; there's nothing wrong with the old one! And he said he is serious. We looked at a Maytag Bravos XL. With a PowerWash whatever. 5.3 cubic feet and it can wash bedding. I need to check on reviews, but thought I'd ask if anybody here has ever heard of them. 

I don't want a new washer....I think it's a waste of money when there's not a blasted thing wrong with the old one. Yes, it uses water; it's old. But it works. And it has lasted us a long time.

ETA: Just did a check on reviews; evidently, it's pretty useless. And it's discontinued!

 

[blueyedgirl5946]

My experience in buying one of the new energy savers was a nightmare. It used less water, but clothes were not clean and twisted in knots. I always had to do an extra wash, so more electricity, more water, etc., more time. How are they labeled "energy savers?". If I had been a cursing person, the words would have been flying. Instead I was in tears. :nod: