My mother had 1 of those 'Hoover Machine's in the 1980's, Gave excellent results everytime, There was also a single tub version too without the spinner included. Never saw the Maytag before, Thanks for uploading
I have a 1973 Maytag like this but can't find a belt for agitator pulley in back ..raised 3 kids with it...it never failed me...good little washer n cleans well!
Exactly the same model of hoover twin tub i remember from earlier childhood. These twin tubs are far more cost, energy, time water and detergent efficient. They do an excellent job of getting dirt off clothes that automatics need multiple washes to even begin to remove.
My Uncle worked at The Hoover Company Industrial Park Plant where your machine was made. He was in charge of the Paint and Finishes Department and responsible for seeing that your machine's finished paint job was up to company standards.
Man I've repaired and sold dozens of these over the years, while the washers held up well, the Hoover dryer always had serious issues when I got them in the shop,the Maytag dryer was much better, but weighed a lot more than the Hoover.
Wow , my mother had one of the hover like this . Amazing little mashine . I don't see the movable water fauset for filling the washer and rinseing in the spin dry basket on this one . It really did the job on cleaning the clothes lol .
Thank you for posting this! When I saw the Hoover it reminded me of a TV commercial from my youth, because I remember seeing the lid lifted on the spinner as it was finishing its cycle. Wow, such memories this video triggered! I think these machines (the Hoover, at least) were pitched towards people living in apartments, or who otherwise had limited space for a washer.
much smaller capacity for the size of the machine. these were just an intermediate step between wringer washers and fully automatic ones. "set it and forget it" convenience is why the automatic ones took over. but you can still get twin-tub machines, they're often called "portable" or "compact."
I read the 1978 Consumer Reports buying guide issue-it rated the Maytag A50-as washing about as good as the regular portable washers-and it rated the Hoover-as washing ability below average-and being noisier than others-but to be perfectly honest-they both look like fun machines.
My mom had what looks to be the same Hoover model in the 1970s. I think it was good for water conservation, but it is a bit time consuming and in a bathroom you end up with splashes of water that might explain why our bathroom floor had soft spots. It obviously did a very good job of cleaning.
I don't understand how it rinses the soap away. I didn't see fresh rinse water. Does the spinner simply spin the soapy water out? Seems a bit weird to me. Also, can you only put in three or for items about the size of a bath towel?
Wash in the left tub. Spin it out in the right tub, while draining the left tub*. [Hoover, Maytag, etc called these twin tubs. But I call the left one the tub and the right one the spinner.] Now put the spun clothes back in the tub with clean water for a minute. Then back to the spinner. Since the lid to the spinner activates in, it must be down. I suppose most people did like I did and bypassed the safety mechanism. With it bypassed, yes, mk toohtwo, you could (and we did) run the water from the hose into the spinner. By the way, the spinner did an amazing job. Even in rainy season (rainy every day), we could usually find a couple hours clear so the clothes would dry on the line (otherwise it had to be draped inside somewhere - but ZERO dripping, just a nuisance for getting around). And in dry season (rainy every other day), you could even put stuff out longer. [Later we lived where we had six months (plus or minus) of rainy season and six (minus or plus) of dry season. In that dry season you didn't dare leave stuff out long because of the quantity of dust. *Usually we'd run the next clothes thru the now dirty water and spin them. Then the next set. So on the left we had piles of clothes, starting with the best clothes first and working out to grubby stuff. In the rarew places we had hot water available there might be additional sorting. After all we were willing to do had been washed & spun, then we'd drain & clean the tub, then start the rinse & spin cycle. After using this regularly, eventually you did it fairly mindlessly just automatically. So I guess you could say we had an automatic washer.
Marilyn - He is using two machines here - one to wash, one to rinse. You can always do another rinse in the spin can if desired. Just like with our modern HE machines, using a low-sudsing detergent helps minimize water needed for rinsing.
after the spinner removes the wash water, you use the fill hose to fill the spinner tub w/fresh water and spin that water out in your sink. thus finishing the cleaning. I used to get about three pair of jeans into a hoover spinner
I bought Sears Kenmore twin tub washer in 1970 and my clothes always were clean. Excllent machine. Usually washed for 10 minutes, put in spinner, and put the hose that drains the spinning cycle back into the washer. Never drained my washer until I finished 3-4 loads of clothes. You're probably thinking, yuck! My clthes were always clean. I would never purchase these front load washers that flips your clothes, which then lays in enough water to cover them, for about 2-3 miutes, then flips them again......This goes on for maybe 45 minutes or so-onto rinse for 15 minutes. 1 hour or so to wash 1 load of laundry! Now into the dryer. No thanks!
I assume it could, just like a modern washer. Ours would start out unbalanced occasionally so we'd have to adjust the load in the spinner. Not often. It happens with out full-size automatic washer occasionally, too. And on the big washer if you left the house while it was running so you didn't hear it was unbalanced on the spin cycle - it would cost a lot more to repair. I had to fix ours and other people's two-tubs occasionally & it was relatively easy.
How do you fill it ? It would have been awesome if you would have showed the back of the machine, just bought one and I am beyond lost. It has no manual for it ! :(
No Deanne it's not. With a "semi automatic" the clothes remain in the same tub and you have to manually change the controls to shift it from "agitate" to drain and "spin", hence "semi automatic". THIS is a twin tub washer, separate tubs for washing/rinsing and spinning/extracting the water. You must manually move the clothes from one tub to the other and back (twice) to finish your laundry. This is only one step above a wringer washer. Nothing "semi automatic" about it!
I just moved into an apartment with no hookups and it looks like this is the route I’m going to have to take. I actually prefer the older models as everything older seems to work better than new models.
Twin Tubs are great if you have the time and enjoy being tied to the machine throughout the whole washing process and also enjoy ironing as they crease things badly. I DONT do ironing so i spin slow and line or rack dry. No creases to be ironed out. And green. Bliss. Great post though, thanks.
As someone who kinda likes splashing around with water (who am I kidding? “kinda”? 😂) I’d probably enjoy using one of these. But I think most people would much prefer a modern full automatic machine! :p
techno156: correction, todays top loaders with impellers are fully automatic washers. Also, it would be impossible to have the impeller on the side of the tub if the tub also spun to extract the water.
Wonderful video Kevin, it's scary to think I've had my hands in both of these! What fun it was! The Maytag was the smallest domestic made twin-tub machine at only 24" wide. The dual impellers make that tiny tub usable. Also surprising is that this little Maytag holds the same amount of water as the larger Hoover. Both are neat machines with the Hoover 0515 being a rare bird indeed.
