They Used To Last 50 Years

Re:They Used To Last 50 Years by throwaway729 on Sunday March 19, 2017 @11:50PM (#13911538)

> a top-loader should certainly lock while it's running.

By law, though, as GP mentioned? That surprises me, given my recent purchase...

> You should double check that there's not something wrong with it.

I'm 10000000% sure that the thing isn't designed to lock.

> When that thing spins to drain all of the water out, it moves dangerously fast.

Sure. We don't have any kids or pets, and it's in the basement where visitors have no reason to be. NBD, for us.

> I'm amazed at how much water is used and wasted by a top-loader

I'll definitely keep this in mind if I ever move to a water-poor region or a city with bad infrastructure debt.

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Re:They Used To Last 50 Years by hueving on Monday March 20, 2017 @12:16AM (#13911655)

I have a top loader that doesn't lock, but it immediately shuts off if it's in the spin cycle and you open it. Perhaps yours is like that?

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Re:They Used To Last 50 Years by throwaway729 on Monday March 20, 2017 @01:34PM (#13916040)

Yes, mine does that. No braking as discussed below though.

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