Looking for a Filter Queen Mini Pow-R-Nozzle

[centralsweeper63]

Old is gold!

 

[SeboU1]

Whirlpool. The culprit of junkifying many iconic brands! I only buy KitchenAid mixers built by Hobart as they have steel gears. Their older big stuff was great though. I have all 15-20 year old Whirlpool big appliances and they are easy to fix. My parents have a 1993 Whirlpool Estate fridge and it still runs great.

Yes, modern Whirlpool is awful! We bought a Whirlpool refrigerator and the ice maker (the style that’s a tray in the freezer, not the dispenser) broke after one year, 4 different repairmen and it never got fixed! So far, Samsung has been more reliable. Our Kitchenaid dishwasher is temperamental, sometimes it’ll just shut off. We knew someone that put all new JennAir appliances in, and he had nothing but issues! I stay away from Whirlpool! I will say that we haven’t had any issues with the Kitchenaid mixers.

 

[FilterQueenEthan]

Yes, modern Whirlpool is awful! We bought a Whirlpool refrigerator and the ice maker (the style that’s a tray in the freezer, not the dispenser) broke after one year, 4 different repairmen and it never got fixed! So far, Samsung has been more reliable. Our Kitchenaid dishwasher is temperamental, sometimes it’ll just shut off. We knew someone that put all new JennAir appliances in, and he had nothing but issues! I stay away from Whirlpool! I will say that we haven’t had any issues with the Kitchenaid mixers.

I only will buy Hobart Kitchenaid (1986 and older) for that reason

 

[centralsweeper63]

Owen Perkins has a nice video on his two Hobart mixers.

 

[cheesewonton]

I run the OEM Douglas (FilterQueen nozzle). The early Filter Queen Power nozzles (such as K88) and the non Whirlpool Royal power nozzles were made by Douglas.

Are you talking about the GE designed power nozzle? The Douglas power nozzles I have seen with Vita Vacs and some other oddballs are entirely different animals. That early power nozzle used by Filter Queen, Fairfax and Singer with the C-17 is an old GE design though I don't know who made it for the other users.

 

[cheesewonton]

Yes, modern Whirlpool is awful! We bought a Whirlpool refrigerator and the ice maker (the style that’s a tray in the freezer, not the dispenser) broke after one year, 4 different repairmen and it never got fixed! So far, Samsung has been more reliable. Our Kitchenaid dishwasher is temperamental, sometimes it’ll just shut off. We knew someone that put all new JennAir appliances in, and he had nothing but issues! I stay away from Whirlpool! I will say that we haven’t had any issues with the Kitchenaid mixers.

The Whirlpool geared belt power nozzle that was introduced in 1981 with the Kenmore Sears Best 3.9 is one of the very best and most durable power nozzle ever made. And it is still being made to day as the Titan T7, also sold with the Titan T9200 canister vacuum. They were made by Whirlpool from 1981-1990, by the Whirlpool-Panasonic joint venture from 1990-95 and by Panasonic from then till 2014. When Suzhou Cleva Electric Appliance Co Ltd took over Panasonic's Kenmore vacuum business they resurrected that old design with a new kind of wedgy upper cover and a slightly different base, but the guts are the same. I have a 1982 vintage version that I use with my same year Kenmore canister and I updated it last year with the modern chevron pattern brush roll, poly v-belt and modern drive motor from Titan. All the parts dropped right in and it is so much quieter and smoother this way. Cleans great too. Modern swivel necks and other parts also drop right in because the T7 is identical to the original Whirlpool design inside. All the screw holds and mounting tabs are the same and in the same places. Great designs never die and this is one of the all time great power nozzles.

 

[centralsweeper63]

But that is an old Whirlpool design.