Maytag Man

All appliances are not the same ...even when they appear to be Get the facts at Universal Appliance and Kitchen Center One of the enduring myths about appliances is that if appliance brand A and B are manufactured by the same company or in the same factory, then those appliances are the same. Electrolux owns and makes Frigidaire, Electrolux, and Electrolux Icon brands. GE owns and makes Hotpoint, GE Café, Profile, and Monogram brands. BSH owns and makes Bosch, Thermador, and Gaggenau brands. Whirlpool owns and manufactures Amana, Jenn-air, KitchenAid, Maytag, and Whirlpool. At their laundry factory in Clyde, Ohio they build Whirlpool washing machines as well as Maytag washers. They're both great brands and each serves a specific niche in the marketplace. However, some people make the assumption that because they are made in the same factory a Maytag and Whirlpool washer are necessarily the same. Below are a comparably priced Maytag Maxima Front Load Washer and Whirlpool Smart Front Load Washer. MAYTAG MAXIMA® FRONT LOAD WASHER WITH STEAM AND POWERWASH® SYSTEMMHW8100DW Whirlpool Smart Front Load Washer with 6th Sense Technology: Stainless SteelModel: WFL98HEBU Are they the same? It's like asking if you and your brother or sister are the same as you. You may have a lot of similarities, but are you really the same? A leading consumer magazine rated the Maytag machine #1, saying that the Whirlpool performed nearly as well as the Maytag, and they gave the Whirlpool a "Best Buy" based on its price and

New Maytag Man Makes his DebutGet the Best Price and Selection on Maytag at UAKCMaytag is launching a new ad campaign featuring an updated version of the Maytag Man. To celebrate, Universal Appliance and Kitchen Center (UAKC) is offering the best selection and lowest prices in Southern California on new Maytag appliances for your kitchen or laundry. Read more below about Ol' Lonely and today's top-rated Maytag appliances.Remember Ol' Lonely, the Maytag Repairman? The first Maytag Man was actor Jesse White, followed by the lovable Gordon Jump (aka station manager, Arthur Carlson of WKRP in Cincinnati). Now, Maytag is launching Maytag Man v.5.0, Colin Ferguson. Here's what Maytag has to say about the latest ad campaign and the re-incarnation of the iconic repairman."Since the first introduction of [the Maytag Repairman] in 1967, we're finally undergoing an evolution of the brand...for generations, he's represented durability, reliability and power. These virtues are still alive and we need to remind consumers of him and stay contemporary with [them]," says Heather Jones, senior brand manager for Maytag."This campaign introduces new creative that evolves the Repairman into the Maytag Man. He's actually a human embodiment of the machine and brings the motto to life...while our appliances are machines, they have human virtues of strength and dependability, which we bring to life by portraying him as the actual machine."Whether it's Love him or Leave Him, Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down for the new guy, Maytag's