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Jan. 6th, 2009 03:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tugrikThe stereotypical, front-loading laundry machine seen on any given TV show has a clear window on it; one can see the clothes splashing around inside. When we bought our Maytag Neptune about 7 years ago I was a bit bummed that it didn't have one. Having grown up with top-loaders it was a bit odd to put the clothes in the front but still kind of neat. I was just bummed that it was still just a blank, metal door.
Unlike the misfortunes of 90% of all other Neptune owners, our experience was a good one. We had one minor fault with a logic board in its first six months that was quickly repaired. Most folks had such bad luck with theirs that they had a class action lawsuit over it, resulting in $500-1000 'repayments' to purchase new washers. I kept hoping ours would break before the mid-2005 deadline to get in on that action, but it never did.
A few weeks ago it started behaving oddly. Sometimes it'd get stuck for a little too long on a cycle, or you could hear it failing to 'flip over' for a while before it'd finally catch. Last week one of my housemates caught it endlessly filling and emptying without ever starting the actual wash cycle. Combined with the 'we never saw it happen but always found a damp floor' mystery leaks and we finally had the reason to replace it.
The new one shipped in today. We picked up a last-year's-model LG from the local BestBuy. While the mis-match bothers that little OCD side of my personality, we still only replaced the washer as the old Neptune dryer is as strong as ever. The new washer will be a nice addition to the house, as it's a full 4.5ft^3 capacity, compared to our older one's 3.2ft^3. It's also pretty and blue.
Revar got it on one of those 36-month-no-interest things, just like we got the TV two years ago. We're splitting the cost and will have it paid off by summer. I hate having to spend money on big appliances, but having clean tug-sized clothes is a very good thing that requires decent machinery.
And hey, now there's that cool window to look through, just like the TV people have.
~~~Geek Edit~~~~
So I was reading the PDF manual while nibbling lunch at work. Yeah, I know, I know. In there I saw mention of a 'remote laundry monitor'. Evidently this series of units has a built in powerline modem and can talk to a remote display. Considering the number of times we've forgotten to change laundry over when waiting on each other (yay, large households with lots of laundry) because we can't hear when the machine is done, this little gizmo option rules. And, hey... gadget!
I pick it up from BestBuy on my way home from work tonight. :) I suspect it won't be long before we modify it to update a web page or our iPhones, proper Maker/hack style. Oh, hey, it monitors dryers too, if I upgrade to the same series model. But I don't need a new dryer... I really don't... *fidgets*
Unlike the misfortunes of 90% of all other Neptune owners, our experience was a good one. We had one minor fault with a logic board in its first six months that was quickly repaired. Most folks had such bad luck with theirs that they had a class action lawsuit over it, resulting in $500-1000 'repayments' to purchase new washers. I kept hoping ours would break before the mid-2005 deadline to get in on that action, but it never did.
A few weeks ago it started behaving oddly. Sometimes it'd get stuck for a little too long on a cycle, or you could hear it failing to 'flip over' for a while before it'd finally catch. Last week one of my housemates caught it endlessly filling and emptying without ever starting the actual wash cycle. Combined with the 'we never saw it happen but always found a damp floor' mystery leaks and we finally had the reason to replace it.
The new one shipped in today. We picked up a last-year's-model LG from the local BestBuy. While the mis-match bothers that little OCD side of my personality, we still only replaced the washer as the old Neptune dryer is as strong as ever. The new washer will be a nice addition to the house, as it's a full 4.5ft^3 capacity, compared to our older one's 3.2ft^3. It's also pretty and blue.
Revar got it on one of those 36-month-no-interest things, just like we got the TV two years ago. We're splitting the cost and will have it paid off by summer. I hate having to spend money on big appliances, but having clean tug-sized clothes is a very good thing that requires decent machinery.
And hey, now there's that cool window to look through, just like the TV people have.
~~~Geek Edit~~~~
So I was reading the PDF manual while nibbling lunch at work. Yeah, I know, I know. In there I saw mention of a 'remote laundry monitor'. Evidently this series of units has a built in powerline modem and can talk to a remote display. Considering the number of times we've forgotten to change laundry over when waiting on each other (yay, large households with lots of laundry) because we can't hear when the machine is done, this little gizmo option rules. And, hey... gadget!
I pick it up from BestBuy on my way home from work tonight. :) I suspect it won't be long before we modify it to update a web page or our iPhones, proper Maker/hack style. Oh, hey, it monitors dryers too, if I upgrade to the same series model. But I don't need a new dryer... I really don't... *fidgets*
