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Merry Christmas Mr Whirlpool
Peters, Were you thinking of me? I left that industry 3 months ago. But here's what i know. The Kenmore unit you bought is made by Whirlpool in Germany I think. Definitely not made in the US. The top-loading Kenmore units are made in the US and Whirlpool has the contract with Sears to make them because no one else makes a unit that costs less to build. I could tell what will probably break first and when in the top loader. Nuff said.
The front loader units are better than Whirlpool's top loaders. But there are better ones on the market. But at 1/2 price...
My biggest/latest issue with the Whirlpool dryers. I'm living in an extended stay hotel so am stuck doing laundry using their pay units. There are 2 dryers, one a Maytag made at the factory I used to work at and the other is a Whirlpool unit. Both operate for 45 minutes for $.75 except the whirlpool unit shuts off a few minutes early. Now, I put the heaviest/biggest load into the Maytag and it's dry in 30 minutes. I empty out those clothes and then transfer the still very wet clothes from the Whirlpool dryer into the Maytag dryer to finish up the remaining time. Maytag comes through!!
That experience just pisses me off that Whirlpool is so pig-headed as to kill of the good unit and replace it with their POS. Why did Maytag have 50% of the commercial market and Whirlpool 8%? Just stupid.
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Merry Christmas Mr Whirlpool
Change my handle? Huh, I just might have to. I'll have to think of a good Wisconsin name...
CheddarHead?
Packcheese?
Beer-n-Brats?
Whirlpool's front loading washers are made in Europe. I was guessing as to the actual country. The first units that Whirlpool came out with were terrible. But they have gotten better. I remember the unit we had in the test lab was broken every week. It was one of the first ones made by Whirlpool. Maytag bought it and ran it to see how well it worked. They lost money with all the warranty repair visits to our lab!! But they have gotten better.
The important thing is your wife being happy. Without that... Well, better just not go there.
The Whirlpool front loading units are not Neptunes. The old classic Neptunes are marketed under the Maytag and Crosley brands. Maytag did come out with newer Neptunes (front loading with glass door and controls on the front). These were made by Samsung are complete garbage. Stay away from Samsung laundry units. Ungodly ridiculous warranty rates on those units. But Whirlpool was ditching the Samsung made units for re-badged Whirlpool units. But I can tell them apart, but I'm not sure how to tell you to tell them apart as I think Whirlpool was using the same model number. Doh!!
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