I was at an open inspection a while ago and I saw a Maytag brand washer and dryer. I've never seen this brand before. Is it good? This is what it looked like:
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Yes, actual photos.
Why are you taking photos of other people's stuff? Does it come with the house or something?
It's an open for inspection, taking photos is pretty much a given. Nobody has ever said anything to me. I'm not taking photos of personal/private stuff.
@Mondorock: Maybe to show key aspects or layout not available in a pamphlet or online, but someone's washing machine? How odd?
@Muzeeb: It is a little odd.
I'd type the brand name into a search engine, skim read the Wikipedia page and be happy.
That said, photoing a washing machine or other appliance is unlikely to be offensive. I would photo something of interest in a house I was inspecting for follow up later on but probably wouldn't share it online.
went downhill after Whirpool bought them and started "cost cutting measures"
Maytag is top notch.
You see them in laundromats
I was at an open inspection a while ago and I saw a Maytag brand washer and dryer. I've never seen this brand before. Is it good?
All questions Google could have answered for you.
But why does it matter to you? They don't come with the place.
If its an apartment in NSW, dryer would likely be part of the purchase (not sure about other states)
Did you take any other photos op…bedroom drawers or medicine cabinet maybe?
Does anyone know anything about St. George Imperial wall ovens?
Designed for baking dragons.
I don't know that brand specifically, but my mother had a 1960's vintage Frigidaire oven with the same white enamel door, chrome trim and the same feature set.
Rotisserie - the oven came with a spit and a special rack to support it. When you inserted the spit into the socket at the back there was a small motor that would rotate it. Mum never used that because she said it was just too messy to clean up afterwards.
Warmer drawer - could be used to keep several plated meals warm on. I guess a 1960's house wife could have used this if her husband was coming home late from work. These days people would just use a microwave to reheat the meal.
Electro-mechanical clock - if you listened closely you could hear the motor driving the gears. The two smaller dials could be use to programme a start and stop time. Some modern ovens have the same capability in an electronic clock, but who the hell leaves the house with a meal in the oven? Not me.
"Warmer drawer - could be used to keep several plated meals warm on. I guess a 1960's house wife could have used this if her husband was coming home late from work. These days people would just use a microwave to reheat the meal."
Our current model oven has a "keep warm" function, and it's brilliant. Nothing to do with a house wife. A microwave isn't the solution to everything, and it's not even a particularly good solution for many of the things people use them for.
These days people would just
These days people would just not cook anymore.
Also a house wife preparing meals for her husband? Fat chance!
No, but judging by the looks, the phrase "they don't build them like that anymore" comes to mind. Which is actually a good sign. It may be a quality oven.
St George was founded in Sydney in 1947. Initially manufacturing at a plant in Peakhurst then re-locating to Chester Hill. Kleenmaid bought the brand but did not develop it. In 2004 Woodland Home Products acquired St George Appliances from Kleenmaid. Woodland founded the Beefeater barbeque brand and was also one of the founders of the Barbeques Galore retail chain.
We had a Maytag front loader. Purchased circa 2004, lasted 12-14 years before it broke down in an uneconomical way. Purchased a Bosch to replace it.
Always did ok with the clothes.
If you want a dependable washing machine avoid anything with electronic pcb's or the like. Simple mechanical switches/knobs are more reliable. Maytag in general has a decent reputation as has Speed Queen.
When I used to work for an electrical retailer over a decade ago, maytags were premium. As mentioned above, excellent build - commercial quality, good warranty. Better than the standard Westinghouse crap
Not sure if that had changed tho.
Maytag and speed Queen
However there have been newer cheaper Maytag models to outfit new homes with "European" appliances
Just google the model number
Yes, they are Solid. As is Speed Queen
They used to be the best brand. Super durable.
My parents and my sister had units that were still going strong after 20 years. We bought one in 2010. The first washer died within 3 days and was replaced.
The 2nd died 2011 and was repaired under factory warranty. It died again in 2012 and was repaired. Died again 2013 and we were given a store credit full refund under the terms of the extended warranty we had bought.
It turns out that Whirlpool bought the company in 2006 and started "cost saving measures". It was all downhill from there. Look up the consumer revues.
I wasn't aware of that. Thanks for posting.
I wish more people would stop & think about why it is in our society that quality is expensive & crap is cheap. If we really were a "sustainable" & "healthy" civilization surely we would care about making things last & with tech that doesn't poison everything. But we've been tricked.
Whatever you do, don't buy the Maytag fridges.
We had a Maytag washing machine. A boss i had a number of decades ago had told me that when he worked on warranty claims the one brand that never went wrong was Maytag. They do have a bit of a market in the industrial space. We had the machine for well over a decade - and we left if in our prev. house only because it didnt fit in the current laundry. We had a few minor issues with it - I think we had one service call but it was simple and cheap to fix and it was still going strong last we heard. It was a simple but robust top loader machine and we had a bore so water use wasnt a big factor for us. Caveat - we bought it almost 2 decades ago so they may be quite different now.
Reliability is definite one thing, but how water efficient is it?
A 30 year old Kleenmaid ('93) has just been replaced here .Pricey to buy but very long lasting .
A friend of mine in Canada bought a Maytag washer and a dryer in 1988. When he sold his house in 2010, they were still going strong. I don't know about the recent models but the old ones were built like tanks
American made, commercial quality appliances for residential applications.
Huge brand in America. Ugly looking appliances by today's standards.
Are they actual photos from the open for inspection?