Full Wash: MINT 1990s Maytag Dependable Care Washer

[@thomasball3658]

My mother has a 1995 Maytag and it still works perfectly.

[@chrisvaughn5960]

I wish they still made quality appliances like this

[@jamesorsby7553]

Me too.

[@erg844]

Those kinds of Maytag washers are my favorites 😊

[@rahilraza1344]

Mine too i had a old similar stacked pair main drawback for these is use is alot of water usage and small cu ft but overall they r good i mostly love how these spin out the water

[@jeromedavis8575]

I swear, I wish I could start a washer and dryer collection.

[@grnappliance7297]

I have a machine very similar to this, from back when the Orbitals were still using the similar tub style to the Pitmans before the Dependable Care series came out. These styles of Maytags are around 30 years old by now, so it's good to see that some of them are still mint like this one. Great work! 👍

[@sirmister4411]

Boy do I wish you were closer to me. I want an old machine but can’t find one so I bought the Maytag commercial one. We will see if they last. But I still want an old washer

[@patcola7335]

I was thinking the same. Also bought the Whirlpool commercial. Good washer so far.

[@MsKelsieJH]

Nice. I saw a similar Maytag washer at an estate sale, but someone had already grabbed the dryer. The washer had the wonderful aquamarine agitator with the lint filter in it. It looks like your machine here might have a filter in it, too. If so, you gotta show us how much lint and hair and junk it collected! I still want to find the guys who decided to discontinue lint filters in the washers. 🤬

[@christophermurray3825]

I have this exact machine. Best one ever from Maytag

[@jeromedavis8575]

Who made the best washer of all time?

[@kevinguitar1224]

What a life i lead...watching a YT video of someone washing pants!

[@patcola7335]

Sometimes you just have to relax and enjoy the mundane things and give God the glory for it !

[@kentuckylady2990]

I owned that set in the late 80s or early 90s. Great machines.

[@OwnYourOwnBus101]

I’m gonna call this particular series a 1990. I still have the (Montgomery Ward) brochure and service manual on these. These were only made for a few years before graduating to the larger lid opening and the 12 vane agitator around 1993 - 1994. Personally, while I love the white tub and the white shark fin agitator, I do believe that all this tub indexing caused by the orbital wears out the brake package prematurely. That said, I still believe that the series before the orbital trumps these and all future models in the reliability category. I’d still love to have this matching set. Maybe in almond. 😎

[@peterh5485]

This agitator was originally called “Power Fin 12”. 4 shark fins on the barrel, 4 large flexible fins and 4 small auxiliary fins on the skirt. The very first ones were aqua, then changed to white. Later, the filter was removed, the barrel extension was lengthen, and the extra tiny vanes added to the barrel.

[@BigKy-Mart]

This looks like my old washing machine and very well could be my old one, since I'm just down the road from you. Got rid of it in 2016 after the transmission gasket failed, and fried the transmission. It started smoking and stuff. Bought a new, at the time, Whirlpool Cabrio WTW7300DW and haven't had any issues other than a small rust spot. The machine gets clothes clean, but the cycles are longer. Paid $516, with tax. We still have the matching dryer for this washing machine, and that always works perfectly. I just wish that this washing machine had a bigger tub, as it filled up fast.

[@charlescook4517]

Wow that looks minty fresh!

[@loucrappi5869]

I love those washing machines I wish I still had mine that's a great fine to have a washing machine like that you lucky man

[@davidadkison4702]

The machine you have has the nylon gears with the round counter weight on the transmission. The noise you hear is the agitator not tightened up as it gets loose. The screw on the bottom just needs tightened to the shaft.

[@patcola7335]

Would love to try this load in the Whirlpool "commercial" vmw with it's straight vane agitator.

[@jeromedavis8575]

God bless you Pat!

[@loucrappi5869]

My favourite washer and dryer

[@edralls3086]

Like the long spray rinse.

[@petermaz701]

Someone is selling one of these in Massachusetts it’s a higher up model because it has a lot more buttons on the display and it’s white the display. I was so tempted to take a ride there to get it. It looks like pristine condition.

[@kimberleerivera3334]

Thank you, loved it!

[@davidadkison4702]

I have a large lid Maytag Commercial Quality set that I paid $501.44 for and it’s still cleaning very well. I agree that the orbital is not my favorite type of wash. It does have the screw type agitation and turnover is quite noticeable. I like the old ones much better before they made the Turquoise agitator and the full half orbit really cleaned clothes.

[@WoodJack99]

Great condition. This is an early 90s model.

[@ic1815]

Ugh, orbital and those short strokes! I much prefer helical and the rollover that comes with that.

[@jeromedavis8575]

Cost cutting! Their neptunes in 1997 were the ones that sent Maytag down under!

[@Channel-cm7yc]

@@jeromedavis8575 as a whole the company was doing things that honestly ate itself to death. This all started in 1986! Developing new divisions buying up companies that took money and focus away from the products by putting them under the Maycor umbrella and the high union costs that sent jobs to Mexico etc etc and serious CEO mismanagement etc etc. I live 20 miles away from the Maytag laundry plant in Newton, IA. All this was producing daily local news reporting events on an almost daily basis until Maytag went out of business. We saw the reliability of the laundry products begin by the end of 80’s. Quality control was getting pretty lacks it was a mess. The few machines from this particular machines era that have survived is a miracle actually. It was greed on all levels that killed the Maytag Corp.

[@davidahart2476]

Even with the orbital transmission, it still beats the garbage that's made now with the exception of Speed Queen. I have a set that my parents bought in 93, I'm hoping I many more years of using it.

[@Ififitzisitz]

Love these washers. It would make it if it had a load sensor agitator though. Do you have any of those?

[@brandonsherman7042]

That is a mid 1995..when they started changing things..on there maytag washer.

[@jeromedavis8575]

What changes were made?

[@peterh5485]

It’s early. 1991 has the more modern panel, so this is ‘89-90.

[@jeromedavis8575]

@@peterh5485 Who's washer had the largest transmission to date and in the modern era.

[@muziklvr7776]

1990-1993. Late '93/earlly'94 models had the bigger lid opening and used a different agitator, snap in place plastic outer tub top, and a water injector fill flume located at the 12 o'clock position.

[@Dicofol1]

how do you know if the brake on this kind of Maytag models needs to be replaced?

[@muziklvr7776]

First generation LAT models, these were built from 1990-1993. The super early models had a turquoise colored agitator with a lint filter.

[@Washing95]

Those were made In 1989-90

[@WeHadOneOfThose]

Hi Eugene, another great video, what is the actual wash capacity of this machine ? and can you fit other agitators into it?

[@peterh5485]

This is the standard capacity washer (3 filter holes high). It is too shallow for the Load Sensor.

[@georgeevaappliance]

3.2

[@ryderearlesroblox8620]

How did the washer even fill so quickly?

[@orangie8426]

The video was speeded up for just the fill..

[@martinbirdwell3982]

Looks Like You Shoulda Put The Load Sensor Agitator In Because There's Barely Any Turnover

[@loucrappi5869]

You live in Windsor Ontario Canada let me know

[@rodman1811]

Not a fan of the short stroke transmission. The long stroke would have handled this load with ease

[@petermaz701]

Totally agree, I had the older version with the blue agitator and long stokes.

[@dynatrak]

Yep, my '79 A106 would've handled this load, with no trouble.

[@petermaz701]

@@dynatrak yes it would have. God bless the old girl still going strong.

[@ic1815]

Yup. My helical does a much better job.

[@jeromedavis8575]

GE went to that short stroke in 1995.

[@websurfin9575]

OVERLOADED..... AGAIN!

[@miroslavserb1]

This low key sounds like a 2000s GE

[@davidadkison4702]

You have turnover but not like the old half agitation.

[@patcola7335]

Overloaded .

[@mariofixer]

that machine just when aroud the tub but the cloths never fliped a give it a 2 out of 10 but still great video

[@rickrosling5922]

Would count this as overloaded. Turnover is nonexistent because of it.

[@rodman1811]

No just poor agitation from the short strokes

[@muziklvr7776]

@@rodman1811 I'm not a fan of the orbital transmission but this washer was overloaded.

[@Channel-cm7yc]

This transmission in this machine was not a hit in terms of its agitation performance. The orbital transmission was a cost cutting measure in terms of materials and in weight reduction, which adds to the cost of shipping these machines. Keeping costs under control was a big issue as these machines all because of weight were quite costly to build and ship! They began pushing hard on the Norge based products as Maytag Performa’s, as they were much cheaper to build and they did perform decently. Magic Chief in MayCors’ lineup was another one we sold plenty of at the time with a wash stroke of 210 degrees.

[@marvinnelson8839]

Terrible turnover

[@davidadkison4702]

I have a large lid Maytag Commercial Quality set that I paid $501.44 for and it’s still cleaning very well. I agree that the orbital is not my favorite type of wash. It does have the screw type agitation and turnover is quite noticeable. I like the old ones much better before they made the Turquoise agitator and the full half orbit really cleaned clothes.