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The_Dead_See t1_iqp7ibe wrote

I have this same dryer. Once the drum belt snapped so I had a repair guy come out. He said "never ever sell this for a shitty newer dryer, this thing will just keep running forever..."

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DOE_ZELF_NORMAAL t1_iqpyjxn wrote

I do wonder about the energy use. I had a 15 year old dryer which used 3.5 kWh per run and replaced it with a new one which took less than 1 kWh. With the current prices here in Europe it paid itself back in just over a year.

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tree_with_hands t1_iqq2xly wrote

Thats what I was thinking. Looks rather short sighted to use a power-hungry never breaks machine with something which saves its own value within a year. Ecological, economical and logical it makes no sense. But people tend to ignore to see indirect costs.

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HipHopGrandpa t1_iqql4me wrote

So it’s better to throw away a working machine and buy a new one that will break in under 10 years? I see your point, but when it comes to big appliances and old cars, sometimes “environmentally friendly” is more nuanced, when those new items have to be built to feed the consumer. That requires resources and energy and creates much waste too.

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SweetAlyssumm t1_iqqru8y wrote

It rarely makes sense to throw away a working appliance to save something on power. Environmentally it is a negative. My dryer is 21 years old (similar model) and I'm not going to replace it to save 10 bucks a month on power. Of course my power is cheaper in the US than in Europe.

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skarn86 t1_irdvs9i wrote

It is absolutely not a negative, environmentally of financially if you bother to do a little math.

10 bucks a month is 120 a year and it very quickly adds up to the cost of a new dryer.

About environment, it's tricky to find data on te costs of building a new dryer. But just look at the CO2 footprint of the EU. It's been dropping for decades, and it's not because people stopped using appliances. Simply the efficiency of new appliances has outpaced the impact of producing them.

And all that while Eastern Europe has been growing massively after the fall of the USSR.

Energy efficiency matters a lot. Just try and look into it a little.

And yes, the carbon footprint of the EU has been dropping even after you factor in how much production happens in China.

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SweetAlyssumm t1_irezb24 wrote

Thanks for these thoughts. It's hard to measure environmental impact. But aggregate numbers say nothing about my individual dryer. Adding the risk that I will buy a dryer that will not last as long as my current one. There are many reasons the footprint is reduced in Europe that have nothing to do with home appliances. Industry/transport are the big numbers. And there are costs for putting appliances in landfills. The delta between my dryer and a new one might be rather small. Just because something is an improvement does not mean it's a big improvement. A new dryer in the US comparable to what I have is about $900. I don't think 8 years is quickly!

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FloppyTomatoes t1_iqrny20 wrote

If you take the difference above of 2.5 kWh per run, and the average price of electricity now being well over 40c per kWh, you are looking at paying over €1.20 per run extra on the older machine. You would easily cover the cost within a few years.

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throwawayhyperbeam t1_iqrpyhe wrote

How do you know it will break in 10 years? I’ll bet you anything some of these dryers that OP had broke within 10 years.

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LeamNoran t1_iqs1ytf wrote

Planned obsolescence. Most modern US appliances fail in the first few years fairly consistently.

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throwawayhyperbeam t1_iqs9f8e wrote

And your contention is that this did not exist back then?

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klein432 t1_iqsemoy wrote

The repair parts for the old machines are way cheaper and easier to repair and diagnose. Modern appliances are very difficult to fix.

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Carvemynameinstone t1_iqsm00i wrote

While that is true, you're also experiencing survivorship bias, only the ones that were built well keep on trucking for that long.

And the repair stuff, yeah mechanical switches are way easier to repair compared to something that's a mini-computer.

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klein432 t1_iqt34g6 wrote

How do you figure? Most things break down eventually and need repair. Older appliances were much more repairable. I have had lots of success repairing older, simpler appliances that did break and need repair.

And contrast that with some horror stories about newer appliances that are near impossible/cost prohibitive to repair. There is a clear winner for reliability and longevity. As long as you are content with older feature sets and technology, its a clear winner. I have had many appliance people tell me this as well.

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Carvemynameinstone t1_iqv2e6t wrote

Isn't that what I said though? Mechanical based appliances are easier to fix.

Survivorship bias means that you have the ones left that still work, a ton of the older appliances are broken which you don't see anymore.

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klein432 t1_iqwfee9 wrote

If anything, the survivorship bias is in the OPPOSITE direction. People are dumping old appliances for some new shiny hotness, only to find out that it failed 4 years later and the repair will cost over half of a new machine.

Historically, appliances WERE repairable. Cars were repairable. That is the bias. The bias is for appliances that have failed and been repaired and still work in spite of a previous minor malfunction. And now, homeowners are all surprised pikachu when then new one doesnt last, and costs a fortune to try and repair or replace.

In my experience, old appliances are disposed of not because of they failed, but because people didnt want them anymore. I do home remodeling and I have pitched so many working appliances because the homeowners didnt like the way they looked, or wanted some programmable function. They worked fine. In fact , I try to make sure they find a new home because pitching old working appliances kills me inside.

I had an avocado green dryer once. I bought used for $50. It was probably 20 years old then. I used it for another 20, and sold it for the same $50 when I couldnt take it with me. Looked like shit. Ran great. I spent $35 on a new belt and rollers when they died. Took me 2 hours to fix. I have thrown out dryers in way better condition because the homeowner didnt want them. Not because of any functional problem.

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LeamNoran t1_iqzkhtf wrote

When is your then?

Have your ever read about appliances ever? Using old appliances that still work here checking in. Not upgrading because everyone I know that has, theirs has died. Some friends can solder their stove back together. Had an old washing machine engineer that had to work at Home Depot because hail capitalism tell me to buy an admiral washing machine and dryer because they were the last of a working generation of functionality.

New ovens die in less than a year. Rental house with a dishwasher a few months old dies. Repair tech saying “keep this old machine because it works.” Look up people still using 1940s fridges today. Appliances in America today are trash.

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skarn86 t1_irdv34u wrote

I did some rough math for cars.

Swapping a 15 old car for a new one within the same category, the break even point in terms of CO2 emission is about 300000km, say 200000 miles. If the old car is ~40years old the break even is much much shorter.

So by all means make sure you get a good amount of miles out of a car, but a 50y/o Mustang is just an ecological monstrosity and should be only be used as a show piece.

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NeoChronos90 t1_iqq8778 wrote

Depends on how often you use it. 90% of the time you can just dry it on a clothline, dryrack, etc

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tree_with_hands t1_iqqfd9e wrote

Powerconsumption is still the same per usage.

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NeoChronos90 t1_iqqg3fq wrote

Yes, but if you don't use it everyday it doesn't matter

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Jrhall621 t1_iqqmtwg wrote

Oh energy costs only go up if your doing the thing that costs more energy “every day”. Got it.

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NeoChronos90 t1_iqqznmk wrote

Yes they go up if you dry you clothes in the dryer every effng time. with physics still in place, a newer machine will still cost you a fortune in energy that way PLUS the cost of buying a new one every 5-10 years, because the normal ones just suck now.

Luckily I bought extended warranty, so Beko is replacing mine with a new one once a year for 5 years...

An old machine, that does not brake, has no more cost than the occasional usage, which is negligible. Still, the POINT is dont use your dryer if dont absolutely need to.

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Jrhall621 t1_iqrzo8j wrote

Ahh. I see what your saying. Keep the old one around and just use it sparingly. I got hung up on the “every day” thing, but I understand your sentiment now.

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St_Egglin t1_iqrib32 wrote

I have a 25-year-old natural gas dryer. It does not use electricity to dry, only to spin the drum. It is still very energy efficient.

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CeeMX t1_iqs06m1 wrote

Natural gas is also really expensive in Europe right now, so

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Nem48 t1_ir83a5e wrote

My gasoline powered dryer/lawn mower is completely electric independent therefore eco friendly and efficient

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St_Egglin t1_iqsw5ph wrote

Lucky for me that I live in the US where natural gas is cheap.

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Dead_Or_Alive t1_iqsef44 wrote

New driers break every 4 to 7 years. I doubt the energy savings offsets the energy and ecological cost to dispose of the broken drier and create a new one.

I’m sure manufacturers could build driers with modern tech that could last over ten years but the majority don’t.

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ohhellperhaps t1_iqtu83m wrote

Don’t underestimate the lack of consumers willing to pay extra for the more sturdy build quality.

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skarn86 t1_irdwl99 wrote

You doubt it, but have you actually checked? You'll be surprised. Probably not every 3 years, but total energy consumption in EU and USA has stopped growing years ago, and not because we stopped using driers or heating our homes (well, until now, this winter is going to be tough). And this happened in the EU while Eastern Europe was enjoying a post-soviet growth burst.

Estimates hold even after you account for moving productions to China.

Of course we should also demand better quality and reparability from manufacturers. Hopefully some countries are drafting Right-to-repair laws that should change the landscape quite a bit, but it will take a while.

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datactopus t1_iqqb4o3 wrote

Yeah I’m thinking the same thing every time someone worships an older appliance on this sub. Sure it works and god bless its sturdiness but you’re completely ignoring the energy efficiency measurement. Low energy consumption (and not a brand either lol) is what I’d be prioritising when picking my dryer / washing machine etc.

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thrakkerzog t1_iqr1l7c wrote

How much energy is used in the manufacturing and delivery of the new one?

Both are a waste of resources.

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h_floresiensis t1_iqr3v5j wrote

It makes me think of whenever the landlord supplies the appliances but doesn't pay the utilities. I was spending $25 a month to power a relic of a fridge, plus all the wasted heat from the single pane windows in a place that routinely gets to be -30. We ended up unplugging the fridge and going with a bar fridge instead.

In my mind anti-consumption/reducing waste includes utilities. We have finite resources everywhere and gotta balance that.

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atxtopdx t1_iqr7rih wrote

Ah yes. Thanks for the interesting perspective. Also, it was a fun five minutes to imagine your life, and if I could do that too. Thanks for the mind trip!

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nalc t1_iqqxigb wrote

The main thing that a newer vented dryer does is have a moisture sensor to turn it off at exactly the right time.

The actual mechanism isn't drastically different in efficiency - it's wire heating element coils that warm up air then it gets blown over the clothes and exhausted outside.

To get a meaningful change in efficiency, you need to go to a ventless. Ventless is like an enclosed dehumidifier, it pulls the moisture out of the air as it recirculates over the clothes. It doesn't get as hot but it uses a lot less energy. Plus since you're not blowing air outdoors, you're not also increasing the load on your HVAC system as fresh outdoor air gets sucked in.

Interestingly, a modern high efficiency washer does more for reducing dryer energy use than a modern high efficiency dryer. Those washing machines have more powerful spin cycles and the clothes come out with less moisture for the dryer to deal with.

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DOE_ZELF_NORMAAL t1_iqr0kwc wrote

No, not really.. wire hearing element dryers (or condenser dryers as they are actually called) have greatly improved energy usage (as in a 3 fold from a decade ago). And besides that heat pump dryers are VERY much affordable now which have even less power consumption.

I do agree that a good washing machine with a good centrifugal function saves a lot of energy on your dryer. But that doesn't mean getting a new dryer doesn't greatly reduce energy consumption.

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biggsteve81 t1_iqsay6d wrote

A condenser dryer is a vastly different thing from a standard clothes dryer. Generating heat from electricity is already 100% efficient, so unless you are adding a heat pump feature or a more accurate moisture sensor to end the cycle early the old ones are just as efficient as new.

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DOE_ZELF_NORMAAL t1_iqsjzca wrote

It must be a translation thing then. Here in the Netherlands you can buy 2 types of dryers, a condenser dryer or a heat pump dryer. I have no idea what you mean with a 'standard clothes dryer' because in the Netherlands it's those 2. Even after googling I couldnt find a different type of dryer from those 2. Maybe the one you mean is so old it hasen't been sold for decades here.

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biggsteve81 t1_iqski75 wrote

In the US most clothes dryers (old and new) use an electric heating element and vent to outdoors. Just like the one pictured in this post.

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javaavril t1_iqtilnt wrote

In the US there are ventless condenser, ventless heat pump, and the, unfortunately, more popular vented super inefficient gas or electric dryers.

They are so inefficient they're not even legal to use in some European countries.

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ohhellperhaps t1_iqtuut7 wrote

The third type (‘afvoerdroger’ as it’s called here) does exist in the NL. Googling for types of dryer (in Dutch) would have resulted in that answer…

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iwearlederhosen t1_iqri6wp wrote

So does the moisture go into some sort of drain next to the washer drain?

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nalc t1_iqrj49h wrote

Depends. More basic models have a little slide out drawer to catch it, like a dehumidifier. You just empty it into a sink. The nicer ones have a pump and can be plumbed into a drain.

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thrakkerzog t1_iqr1uls wrote

I have a speed queen commercial dryer for home. It will last forever.

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Zeus4212 t1_iri9whs wrote

I used to repair appliances. He is correct. Whirlpool up until the early 200s was legit for washer and dryers. Always get them repaired, never replace them for the junk we have now

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dathrill78 t1_iudx5bv wrote

I have one and the belt just broke. Im trying to find a new belt. Hate to get rid of it. Do u happen to know what belt the repair man used to replace it?

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SrslyCmmon t1_iqp4ubh wrote

Clean it up for her. I recently did the same for my grandparents washer.

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vocke OP t1_iqp6am2 wrote

It is very nasty back there...👀

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Andtom33 t1_iqqotli wrote

Shop vac it out... new hose and gain 25% efficiency

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snowednboston t1_iqpdgp0 wrote

Looks like there’s a soft plastic vent — pls make sure a rigid metal vent is used so she can continue to safely use it for another 20 years

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qdtk t1_iqpe8f8 wrote

This. Also clean those vents!

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rustintrust t1_iqplrbx wrote

I have a 1988 Kenmore dryer. About a year ago it started shaking violently. Turns out after 30+ years one of the rollers seized up. I bought a kit with two rollers, a tensioner pulley, and a new belt for $35. Took longer to figure out how to take the machine apart than it did to replace the parts. Slapped it back together and it runs like a dream. It even has a light that comes on when you open the door. I love that thing and plan on using it for the rest of my life. I actually just bought a house that included a modern washer and dryer and I plan on donating those and putting in my old washer/dryer.

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tree_with_hands t1_iqq30cf wrote

How much power does it use?

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HipHopGrandpa t1_iqql80q wrote

Less than building a new one from scratch and throwing the old one in a landfill.

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Selethorme t1_iqtb1mf wrote

This is likely not true. Modern efficiency gains are massive.

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eatsnacksreadreddit t1_ir99ut5 wrote

However, most new appliances breakdown after 5-6 years - if not sooner in a lot of cases. Likely will work our more economically if it lasts OP for the rest of their life.

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kodat t1_iqqkszu wrote

Where can you keep buying them haha. Gotta get lucky on Craigslist

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Meekois t1_iqpeic7 wrote

Mechanical dryers will just keep going as long as the parts to repair them exist.

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Tea-Usual t1_iqp0zm3 wrote

Best part about it...no stupid safety lock, I hate modern washers and dryers.

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absentlyric t1_iqp9e9l wrote

They have safety locks now? (Sorry, I'm still using my old Whirlpool 30 year old washer/dryers as well)

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Tea-Usual t1_iqphvzv wrote

Yeah you can't open it till it comes to a complete stop... imagine trying to do a last min load before work 😒

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Itshardtofindnames t1_iqpumqi wrote

Can't you just hit stop? I've got a newer (3 years old) one and no safety lock (it just stops when you open the door) but don't see why you couldn't just stop the load and open it.

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Tea-Usual t1_iqpvpb7 wrote

The ones with the newer safety feature you hit stop and it just keeps tumbling and tumbling until till it eventually comes to a complete stop then it unlocks...it's even worse with the washer because they won't open until all the water is drained out, it takes forever. I don't even understand how the hell this is considered a safety feature, if a kid crawls in there how the hell are they supposed to get out with a lock on the door??

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Tom245332 t1_iqr968c wrote

My parents’ dryer isn’t even that old and doesn’t do that. The washing machine does lock but takes 3 seconds to unlock if you pause it our turn it off.

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absentlyric t1_iqpinva wrote

Oh hell no, I literally have to pull clothes out just before work every week.

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astrange333 t1_iqp2j8m wrote

I just recently seen where a child got locked in one. Not sure if it's true or not.

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Android606 t1_iqpjvlg wrote

Most washing machines are pretty much infinitely repairable as long as someone out there keeps making parts.

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mmmellie t1_iqq0aa6 wrote

How much electricity does this eat up? (Asking as a European living in an energy crisis).

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javaavril t1_iqtjnqo wrote

A fuck-ton. In addition to more energy to run it, OP has a vented dryer which is blowing out 200 cubic feet of air per minute from inside their house, which means their Furnace or AC is working harder to make up replacement climate controlled air for their homes interior.

Vented dryers are energy hogs on multiple fronts.

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nalc t1_iqqxtf6 wrote

A shitload more than a European version

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tokyo_engineer_dad t1_iqpj2zr wrote

Just don’t look up the energy efficiency. Probably already bought one or two new dryers just in the excessive gas or electricity used!

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via_vendetta t1_iqpw53u wrote

Not related but dryers suck, hang your clothes.

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1AggressiveSalmon t1_iqrlvzf wrote

If you have an old clothesline, don't replace it, restring it. The older Sunline models were all metal gears. The new ones are crappy plastic that break within a few years of use. I keep hoping I will find an old one at an Estate sale.

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leonffs t1_iqq4fqp wrote

Yeah it will last but you are throwing money away using an old dryer like that. The newer ones are far more efficient and will pay for themselves pretty quickly in energy bill savings.

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UppsalaHenrik t1_iqqbt15 wrote

It boggles my mind that you got downvoted for this. OP is out here paying laundromat prices to run that thing.

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promotingunity t1_iqpwwfq wrote

Back before they designed them to fail.

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miningmonster t1_irz2dlc wrote

Yup, boomers really had it all. Peak humanity. Now it's just asshole public corporations looking to exploit for a buck.

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TheEliteCalhoun t1_iqpihdv wrote

Our new Whirlpool is an absolute steaming thurman. I will never buy this brand again. 3 intake valves in 2 years. Rubbish.

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MWTB-DLTR t1_iqpkn4f wrote

My mom still has her Maytag dryer that she got as a wedding gift in like 1980. The washer died a few years ago unfortunately. She also has a Hotpoint refrigerator from the 40s or 50s that belonged to her dad and that thing still runs.

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prev1 t1_iqpnmp2 wrote

My 18 month whirlpool fridge broke and needed $700 in repaired that whirlpool wouldn't pay for. They offered me a 10% on a new fridge. Not what they used to be.

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tomothy94 t1_iqqakmh wrote

Samsung offer 10 year warranty on the compressor (the main refrigeration part) might be worth looking at

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Tom245332 t1_iqr9fy7 wrote

Anything made by them is trash besides their TVs and phones. I don’t want anything ‘smart’.

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tomothy94 t1_iqre7v5 wrote

It isn’t smart. It’s just a fridge freezer with an ice machine in the front. And it has worked very well for the past 8 years. Sounds like someone has some weird prejudices.

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karama_300 t1_iqrf3xe wrote

You pay for the certified repair (and it's a lot)!

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TheManiac- t1_iqq6c5c wrote

Dryers should be replaced. The amount of kwh this thing uses is insane. I would say 8 to 10 per turn, while newer ones will do with 1.5.

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JohnnyHucky t1_iqpq74h wrote

These are what I use, although my set is probably only fifteen years old, give or take a few years. They are from whenever Whirlpool first started selling their own designs under the Maytag name, so they look, sound, and run like every other Whirlpool set I have ever seen. Everything is mechanical and easy to maintain and repair, and they wash and dry excellently with no fuss. The only thing I have had to do is replace the lint screen in the dryer. Other than that, I occasionally take the backs off them to clean them and give them a general inspection and I have never had an issue. I love them because they are so simple.

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markswam t1_iqpwcdo wrote

Meanwhile, the 3-year-old Whirlpool that came with my house is already fucking dying. Just like every other appliance it came with, all the same age.

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bradkrit t1_iqskka8 wrote

Nice! When my Maytag dies I'll replace it with a whirlpool!! Just kidding everything they make is absofuckinglutely garbage. I will never spend another dime on whirlpool or any of the other rebrands. Total trash. I'd rather pay to have an actual pile of piss-soaked scrap metal in my house. I'd rather smash all of my fingers with a hammer, one by one, until they look like ground pork, than have any whirlpool item in my house.

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Its_Pelican_Time t1_iqp4k09 wrote

I might have this exact same dryer and it's a beast.

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HowsThatTasting t1_iqp57da wrote

My Whirlpool Ropers are about 22 years old. I had to fix them each once and it was less then 10 dollars probably. Easy to do too.

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Apprehensive-Ad-8541 t1_iqplo2d wrote

My family used to have the same model, and for 20+ years worked like a charm. It recently passed away :'(

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riptomyoldaccount t1_iqpryk2 wrote

I had this washer dryer set in the last place I rented. The outer shell of the washer rusted out, but it was still working fine! Landlord bought replacements that broke within a month.

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Birdsandhikes t1_iqpszik wrote

My parents have the same one! They got it as a wedding present

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indigo______________ t1_iqq2il7 wrote

What is it about dryers. I’ve replaced my washer 4 times in the amount of time I’ve had my one dryer. It’s still kicking too. My newest washer will be long gone before my 10+ yr old dryer goes. It wasn’t even new when I got it 😂

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souleater078 t1_iqqpxcs wrote

I have a whirlpool washer and dryer from 1984. It still runs great. I don't want to ever get rid of it.

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j45780 t1_iqqsbke wrote

My parents sold their home two years ago and left all the appliances including a perfectly working electric Kenmore drier they got around the time I was born. I'm 55 years old.

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j45780 t1_iqqszyj wrote

To be fair mom used a clothes line most of the time, but the rollers were replaced at least once.

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nervouspug t1_iqqscd6 wrote

They don’t make them like this anymore!

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olesquintyeyes t1_iqqtk9h wrote

I had one in my rental and I miss it and hate my new "fancy" front loading one. (that carne with the house we moved into). Every time I go to start it I feel like I need to learn coding, there are so many buttons.

WHY DO WE NEED SO MANY OPTIONS? Put clothes in with. Turn dial and pull to start. What more do we need

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WelfordNelferd t1_iqqw0vm wrote

My Mom has the same one and it works perfectly fine, but the outside of it it a rust bucket (damp basement). She also had the matching washing machine up until a couple years ago.

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llammacheese t1_iqqwsas wrote

Oh hey! Same one I have. Unfortunately the washer is starting to go on the fritz…

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PaddleMonkey t1_iqr0mhz wrote

I love these types of dryers from the 80s and early 90s. They just keep on keeping on, and repairs are relatively cheap.

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mrsredfast t1_iqr6knu wrote

We still use a very similar Whirlpool set from 1994. It was our Christmas present to each other when we moved into our first house. Occasionally has an issue that can be handled with watching a YouTube video and ordering an inexpensive part.

My in-laws had this exact set and got rid of it for aesthetic reasons. Crazy.

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zleuth t1_iqr8wik wrote

I had one of these. A bearing seized and dislodged the drum, but the belt was made of some kind of indestructible meta-material and it walked itself across the room until it ripped the outlet off the wall.

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Gibs679 t1_iqrjeqm wrote

WHAT?? I CAN'T HEAR YOU OVER THIS DAMN DRYER THAT JUST WON'T DIE!

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h0lyB100d t1_iqs7mja wrote

And uses the same power amount as 10 modern dryers.

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Benji2108 t1_iqsioxf wrote

That’s awesome, but that thing would shrink my clothes by 3 sizes on the lowest setting lol

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DaCrazyJamez t1_iqq4bkr wrote

Looking at that control panel, Id guess that is way more than 33 years old....

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vocke OP t1_iqqtktl wrote

It's possible. That was the conservative guess as my mom couldn't remember exactly and I didn't want to exaggerate.

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tomothy94 t1_iqqafpr wrote

It may work well and I could be totally wrong but it could be very inefficient. Your mom might want to check how much power it uses especially with the increased cost of electricity this winter

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zerox678 t1_iqqi3zi wrote

You know it's all because it was cover under that little blanket when not in used right?

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dzakich t1_iqrb1am wrote

I may run, but at what cost?

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ErrorFindingID t1_iqrgeyy wrote

The point of the new machines is that it is super energy efficient. They even grade them and put the stickers to prove it. Older are just more durable but suck and waste power

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jimbo2k t1_iqrqw1m wrote

A conversation with the Amana repair man. Your old washer used 30 gals to wash and 30 gals to rinse, your new one use 6 each way, and you wonder why it clogs up things and includes a drum cleaning cycle.

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The_red_spirit t1_iqrjmdi wrote

You should definitely clean it sometimes. Looks really dusty and unhygienic.

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MyrdePyr84 t1_iqroopj wrote

Somehow my mind read this picture as a miniature? I had to stop and really take in all the minute details.

Nothing beats good appliances, that does their job.

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dude_bruce t1_iqrvcns wrote

WHAT IS THE ORANGE DOT???

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jhonnydont t1_iqs0kjm wrote

The same one is in the house I rent. I just replaced the seal and other parts and it works great.

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HelicopteroDeAtaque t1_iqsiae7 wrote

I was kinda zoned out and when I started reading, i read:

"My mother is a 33 year old Whirlpool dryer..."

And for some reason it made sense to me for a moment.

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Skwhy123 t1_iqsjfqg wrote

My grandmother has the same one. It still works the same since the day she bought it.

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nightmareuki t1_iqsogww wrote

the new ones with steam function leave your stuff without wrinkles i barely have to iron stuff now.

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DankEnhancement t1_iqt9bru wrote

Meanwhile my LG smart washer is a pain in the ass to use sometimes not drying fully.

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imakesawdust t1_iqz1ktp wrote

Get rid of that flexible duct. Those things are fire hazards. Replace it with a rigid metal duct (you can buy it in 3- or 4-foot sections at Home Depot or Lowe's). You'll get better airflow and it won't be a fire waiting to happen.

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frederick_ungman t1_iqz2a9a wrote

Recently bought a house. For some reason the previous owner left behind a '95 Whirlpool dryer. Pretty good condition. Even so pissed me off..."great...now I've got to pay to have this hauled away."

Well....it runs like new...in fact I scrapped my 2011 Whirlpool in favor of this one. Why? Pre Maytag merger. Made in US vs Mexico.

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Clownhooker t1_ir4zy5g wrote

My parents have the same one!

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hereforthekix t1_iqqfe5k wrote

I guarantee you that is not going to last a lifetime.

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happy_hawking t1_iqqv9n6 wrote

Have you ever checked its energy consumption? Home appliances is a thing that is worth to buy new every ~10 years even if it is still running.

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darkarrow0 t1_iqqw2hw wrote

No it’s not. That’s a complete waste of resources on a much higher level.

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happy_hawking t1_iqr1am5 wrote

You're right, I found this paper (in German) which explains the relations between resource consumption in production and in daily use on page 7: https://www.oeko.de/fileadmin/oekodoc/FAQ-Langlebigkeit-elektronische-Produkte.pdf

"It can take up to 40 years to compensate for the additional resource use if you replace a washing machine from 2000 with a new one today".

Whatever that means for a 33 years old dryer. 33 years feels pretty close to break even. Depending on the amount of savings that were implemented in the years before 2000 it might already be crossed ...

I also learned that the biggest waste of all is that everyone has their own washing/drying machine instead of sharing it with others ...

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ms_mel_kruger t1_iqr5vms wrote

Left one of these bad boys on the curb when we moved and the house had gas instead of a power hookup. Tried to sell it for weeks before we finally gave up.

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cold_bananas_ t1_iqrowbp wrote

Those dryers are the best! And they are SO SIMPLE to fix. Honestly. You can change out all the parts inside for significantly less than a new shitty dryer.

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OnlyTwoThingsCertain t1_iqqajds wrote

It probably has terrible electric power efficiency, like all of these celebrated old appliances, which ends up costing you more than buying a new one AND it's much worse for environment.

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