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Thread Number: 27533
/ Tag: Major Appliances
Good Ideas Compact Twin Tub Washing Machine |
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| Post# 308709 , Reply# 1 12/13/2014 at 12:34 (3,434 days old) by Streakers (Columbus Ohio) | ||
Did you ever | ||
| Post# 308935 , Reply# 3 12/16/2014 at 03:54 (3,432 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK) | ||
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| Post# 308955 , Reply# 4 12/16/2014 at 11:29 (3,431 days old) by Sensotronic (Englandshire) | ||
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Yes Chris, it has a water inlet into the spinner for rinsing. The quality of the machine itself isn't too bad, it's just let down by the poor drain and fill hoses. | ||
| Post# 309001 , Reply# 5 12/16/2014 at 20:26 (3,431 days old) by kirbylux77 (London, Ontario, Canada) | ||
Roger, your new twin tub washer looks really nice! Reminds me of my childhood, of when I was a toddler. My Mom had a Hoover twin tub washer back in the late 70's that she had for at least 10 years before it died. Wish this style was still common in North America, but sadly it isn't anymore :(
Rob PS - I really like your YouTube videos & your presenting style! Keep up the good work, mate :-) . | ||
| Post# 312183 , Reply# 6 1/16/2015 at 11:07 (3,400 days old) by sensotronic (Englandshire) | ||
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Demo video now on Youtube Here's my demo of this little twin tub. I'm still loving it and the novelty of washing my clothes in it hasn't worn off. The poor Bosch in the kitchen is wondering what it's done wrong, though it still gets to wash my partner's clothes. CLICK HERE TO GO TO sensotronic's LINK | ||
| Post# 312232 , Reply# 7 1/16/2015 at 19:10 (3,400 days old) by oliveoiltinfoil (England, UK) | ||
Excellent video as always Roger! I am not very familiar with twin tub machines, just the now traditional automatic front loading machine. I have just taken delivery of a Bosch Washer/Dryer 6 series or something, brushless motor job. When I have time, I will make a thread of it. It is an excellent machine, typical bosch quality etc, but this machine you have is really rather smart.
How would you compare the cleaning and drying performance compared to your bosch ? Also, I imagine this takes around half the time to do a cycle compared to normal machines? | ||
| Post# 312362 , Reply# 8 1/18/2015 at 09:43 (3,398 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK) | ||
I Bought The Good Ideas Twin Tub Too! | ||
| Post# 312382 , Reply# 9 1/18/2015 at 12:10 (3,398 days old) by Sensotronic (Englandshire) | ||
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Yes Alex, it will be bigger than your old one, if that's the one you put on your Youtube channel. I think you'll find the wash action to be a bit more vigorous too. My first one arrived damaged, so I hope yours arrives in one piece. | ||
| Post# 312393 , Reply# 10 1/18/2015 at 14:25 (3,398 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK) | ||
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| Post# 312398 , Reply# 11 1/18/2015 at 15:10 (3,398 days old) by Sensotronic (Englandshire) | ||
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The dimensions are approximately 66cm high, 58cm wide, 34cm deep. | ||
| Post# 312399 , Reply# 12 1/18/2015 at 15:15 (3,398 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK) | ||
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| Post# 312402 , Reply# 13 1/18/2015 at 15:26 (3,398 days old) by Sensotronic (Englandshire) | ||
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The Good Ideas twin tub takes a 3.5 kg wash load compared to 2kg in the Royal. If the Royal is the same as in the link below, the dimensions of that are 33.5 x 35.5 x 56 cm. CLICK HERE TO GO TO Sensotronic's LINK | ||
| Post# 312403 , Reply# 14 1/18/2015 at 15:34 (3,398 days old) by Sensotronic (Englandshire) | ||
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There seems to be different measurements on different websites for the Royal so I don't know which is accurate. The Good Ideas machine was certainly bigger than I expected it to be and will easily wash and spin a double duvet cover in one load and the pillowcase and sheet in another load. | ||
| Post# 312407 , Reply# 15 1/18/2015 at 16:28 (3,398 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK) | ||
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| Post# 312477 , Reply# 17 1/19/2015 at 04:38 (3,398 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK) | ||
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Mike, that Hoover Twin Tub was the first washing mahcine my Grandma (Mum's side) ever had, bought in 1964. Prior to this, she had a wash tub, mangle and wash boiler in which she used to wash everything for 6 kids and 2 adults. My Mum still remembers her getting the twinnie and (as she put it) it was like "all her birthdays had come at once" | ||
| Post# 312490 , Reply# 18 1/19/2015 at 07:42 (3,398 days old) by spiraclean (UK) | ||
Great vid Senso, shows clearly how the machine works. Got to say I wasn't expecting much considering its size and price, but it certainly appears to pack a bit of a punch. The results speak for themselves of course, very impressive.
Until fairly recently I had a Hotpoint Supermatic Deluxe, and enjoyed being able to get a whole week's laundry done in the space of a few hours and then being done with it. The only thing I wasn't too keen on was the spin rinse, which never rinsed clear enough for my liking, and the kludgy method of removing the agitator and connecting up the hose in order to slowly drain the washtub, which meant rinsing in there would have been completely impractical. Perhaps a Hoover or Servis would have suited better, but in the end I just went back to using the Bosch auto. Your machine looks far more user friendly in that regard, all the nostalgia without quite as much fuss LOL. Worth checking out the car boot sales for some vintage laundry tongs, by the way. Had I not given them to the person who bought my Supermatic, I'd have offered to send them on to you. Hot, soapy water is murder on the hands after a while! | ||
| Post# 313308 , Reply# 19 1/25/2015 at 09:24 (3,392 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK) | ||
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| Post# 313408 , Reply# 20 1/26/2015 at 10:19 (3,390 days old) by Sensotronic (Englandshire) | ||
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1350 rpm according to the website I purchased it from. | ||
| Post# 313425 , Reply# 21 1/26/2015 at 12:49 (3,390 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK) | ||
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| Post# 314289 , Reply# 22 2/3/2015 at 03:56 (3,383 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK) | ||
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1350 rpm according to the website I purchased it from | ||
| Post# 314693 , Reply# 23 2/5/2015 at 19:52 (3,380 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK) | ||
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| Post# 314747 , Reply# 25 2/6/2015 at 11:55 (3,379 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK) | ||
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| Post# 314755 , Reply# 26 2/6/2015 at 14:43 (3,379 days old) by Sensotronic (Englandshire) | ||
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No, all my knobs are the same level. | ||
| Post# 316570 , Reply# 27 2/23/2015 at 18:13 (3,362 days old) by hi-loswitch98 () | ||
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There seems to be a 2015 model on amazon for £94.99, which one should I go for? The newer one or the older one? | ||
| Post# 316932 , Reply# 28 2/27/2015 at 09:34 (3,359 days old) by Sensotronic (Englandshire) | ||
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It looks like the differences are only cosmetic, but go for the newer model if you prefer how it looks. | ||
| Post# 316952 , Reply# 29 2/27/2015 at 12:43 (3,358 days old) by hi-loswitch98 () | ||
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It seems the new one has a larger spin dryer capacity of half a kg plus it's cheaper too so I might plump for that one. | ||
| Post# 325816 , Reply# 31 5/26/2015 at 19:06 (3,270 days old) by portable (Corvallis, OR) | ||
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