Good memories, at home we had one of those imported Philco brand Wringers and they were indestructible, lasting many years before breaking down, tremendous machines for washing clothes and crushing arms and hands too.
Thank you for sharing, it’s nice to see other people appreciating the old machines. I have 2 of these old girls. One was my great grandmothers and is still in working order, I didn’t want to ruin her so I purchased a second one. My grandmothers is now on display in my lounge room, and the second one is used a couple of times a week for all of my washing. My friends and I are all in our 30s, they think I’m crazy for insisting on using the old girls for my washing, but it’s such an enjoyable process.
Awesome machine! I washed all my dogs things in a 1964 single tub Hoover washer with the mechanical rollers and timer, no heater. Backbreaking since I am tall, but nice to play with. It was very splashy so had to mop floor after. I love your video's. Greetings from Pretoria, South Africa.
These washers are actually among the most energy and water efficient machines one can use to do laundry. People would reuse the wash water for all their clothes and until their weekly laundry was done. Then they would usually have two extra tubs of clear water for rinsing. I used to own a fully automatic top loader with suds saver function, which allowed me to reuse the soapy water for multiple loads as well. That is how people used to do laundry and was an extremely effective and resource efficient way. It is a huge shame that Australia no longer manufactures washing machines and, instead, imports disposable junk that ends up in landfill in under ten years. Most modern machines do not rinse clothes well enough, which means that they don’t really clean your laundry as well as older machines used to.
I've seen quite a few pictures of that agitator before, so it's nice to see an actual video of it working. It'll be interesting to see how well it works in the true automatic Simpson washers one day as well. Cool video, the machine is very mint!
what a beutiful old machine,my favs are twin tubs,i got four of the new style twin tubs,but love the old ones as well.back then they were built to last,not like now a days
They would have reused the hot water a few times so doing several loads in one tub of water, adding more detergent if necessary. Then rinse them all at the end. I still do that with the portable washer i use.
You never released the wringer pressure at the end of using it. The rollers should have the pressure off them when not in use to avoid creating flat spots in addition to your towel in between. The Simpson wringer also had a small rubber ring with the diverter tray which made it tip when it was switched on. They did perish with age which must have happened to yours.
Gotta love the oldies and goodies. That seems to be a very strong performing machine. It's not a brand that we're familiar with in North America. Where was it made?
Lovely looking Simpson wringer washer Matty, that agi looks like it means the business , thats a good idea with the Red Dots to easily see how much they are worn. So the Instinctive Stop switches off the wringer when nothing passing through it ? and does it have an emergency stop bar etc ?
Hey Mike :-) The instinctive aspect of the wringer I believe means it will pop open if the load going through is too big and expands out to allow bigger items to flow through easily. It certainly scares the heck out of you when it does pop open!
I don't understand why everyone making wringer washer videos does the same thing: fill the tub to the top, add way too much detergent, then add the clothes one at a time. It would be so much more efficient to proceed like you do with an automatic: add base amount of detergent, add the whole load of clothes, fill with enough water to cover the clothes and adjust the detergent if needed. 🙄
Good memories, at home we had one of those imported Philco brand Wringers and they were indestructible, lasting many years before breaking down, tremendous machines for washing clothes and crushing arms and hands too.
It is a very beautiful machine!
I loved the fact that it had a heater. Some places do not have a hot water system... amazing!
Thanks for the video! 👏👏
Thank you for sharing, it’s nice to see other people appreciating the old machines.
I have 2 of these old girls. One was my great grandmothers and is still in working order, I didn’t want to ruin her so I purchased a second one. My grandmothers is now on display in my lounge room, and the second one is used a couple of times a week for all of my washing.
My friends and I are all in our 30s, they think I’m crazy for insisting on using the old girls for my washing, but it’s such an enjoyable process.
Awesome machine! I washed all my dogs things in a 1964 single tub Hoover washer with the mechanical rollers and timer, no heater. Backbreaking since I am tall, but nice to play with. It was very splashy so had to mop floor after. I love your video's. Greetings from Pretoria, South Africa.
These washers are actually among the most energy and water efficient machines one can use to do laundry. People would reuse the wash water for all their clothes and until their weekly laundry was done. Then they would usually have two extra tubs of clear water for rinsing.
I used to own a fully automatic top loader with suds saver function, which allowed me to reuse the soapy water for multiple loads as well. That is how people used to do laundry and was an extremely effective and resource efficient way. It is a huge shame that Australia no longer manufactures washing machines and, instead, imports disposable junk that ends up in landfill in under ten years. Most modern machines do not rinse clothes well enough, which means that they don’t really clean your laundry as well as older machines used to.
I've seen quite a few pictures of that agitator before, so it's nice to see an actual video of it working. It'll be interesting to see how well it works in the true automatic Simpson washers one day as well. Cool video, the machine is very mint!
what a beutiful old machine,my favs are twin tubs,i got four of the new style twin tubs,but love the old ones as well.back then they were built to last,not like now a days
How cool ! Even your wringers had heaters in them.
They would have reused the hot water a few times so doing several loads in one tub of water, adding more detergent if necessary. Then rinse them all at the end. I still do that with the portable washer i use.
Advanced wringer washing machine. I LOVE IT!!
You never released the wringer pressure at the end of using it. The rollers should have the pressure off them when not in use to avoid creating flat spots in addition to your towel in between. The Simpson wringer also had a small rubber ring with the diverter tray which made it tip when it was switched on. They did perish with age which must have happened to yours.
12:51 good save
Gotta love the oldies and goodies. That seems to be a very strong performing machine. It's not a brand that we're familiar with in North America. Where was it made?
Simpson is made in Australia :-)
I've got one of those. The motor needs servicing/replacing but I don't know who to contact in Brisbane.
Interesting and beautiful machine.
Very nice machine why don't you release the w ringer rollers when you're done
Lovely looking Simpson wringer washer Matty, that agi looks like it means the business , thats a good idea with the Red Dots to easily see how much they are worn. So the Instinctive Stop switches off the wringer when nothing passing through it ? and does it have an emergency stop bar etc ?
Hey Mike :-)
The instinctive aspect of the wringer I believe means it will pop open if the load going through is too big and expands out to allow bigger items to flow through easily. It certainly scares the heck out of you when it does pop open!
Very instinctive....
Use a clean stick for grabbing the clothes out of the hot wash water, it works better than your tongs.
Colocar roupa de mais força toda engrenagem da lavadora, buxa correia e outros , logo dará manutenção. BRASIL SP
I don't understand why everyone making wringer washer videos does the same thing: fill the tub to the top, add way too much detergent, then add the clothes one at a time. It would be so much more efficient to proceed like you do with an automatic: add base amount of detergent, add the whole load of clothes, fill with enough water to cover the clothes and adjust the detergent if needed. 🙄
Some people like to see these old classics. I’m sorry your not enjoying it. Please feel free to skip on by the next video you come across
I guess Betty hasn't ever used a wringer machine, lol.
I don't think you heard the point I was trying to make.@@mattie17
I see. So a wringer machine requires you waste water and detergent?@@magnus845