Spin Dryer help / recommendations?

LJM

my nan still does she has a twin tub that is yonks old and it still works perfectly i think the thought of a washing machine scares her lol bless she is 84 though so i think she is set in her ways now

devon27_2

saying about twin tubs i remember my mum having one ( iam nearly 30!) and it being by the back door and the pipes running out of the back door to drain, my gran kept hers as "an emergency back up" in case her w/m went wrong she didnt have a auto w/m long before she died and she didnt understand how to use it properly she used to sit and manaully wind the dial on lol

Lily-Lu

I've got an old auto-pump spin dryer that's probably about 30 years old. It was a godsend when my washing machine broke a few months ago.
I've got a new washer now, so don't actually need it, but I won't part with it in case I need it again at some point. It spins really well and I'd even go as far as saying that my new 1400 spin washer doesn't do quite as good a job at extracting the water.

I think my spin dryer needs a good service though, because although you can hear the pump going, it does seem to take a while for any water to start tricklling out and I've found that I do need to move the hose about a bit in order to get it coming through.
You can't beat the old, good quality manufacturing with anything that's available today, so I will get mine serviced at some point and then it may well be around for another 20 years:)

anguk

Ooooh, look what I found on Ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/hotpoint-supermatic-plus-9404-twin-tub-washer-/170562810343?pt=UK_Home_Garden_Kitchen_Washing_Machines_Dryers&hash=item27b655f1e7

Luckily for my OH it's at the other end of the country otherwise I'd be tempted to bid.

devon27_2

wow anguk would snap that up but its too far\from where we are here in sunny devon. I bet it would outlast these modern washing machines lol