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I'd never heard of Maytag before and had to look them up[1]. For anyone as naive as me, Maytag is an American home appliance brand. That's "white goods" like
by Lio 5y ago
I'd never heard of Maytag before and had to look them up[1].
For anyone as naive as me, Maytag is an American home appliance brand. That's "white goods" like washing machines, fridges, etc.
I suspect it's just me, as they seem to have sold internationally.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maytag https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maytag
- emptyparadise 5y agoClassic ruined Americana.
- rootsudo 5y agoIt's probably just you - but it's curious how many brands that are known to millions and export can still be unknown to people. Next you'll say you think Whirlpools just exist in oceans. :D
- manuelabeledo 5y agoNot quite. I had never heard of Maytag until I moved to the US. It isn’t a widely known brand in mainland Europe. Whirlpool is, though it seems that it has been displaced a bit from the market by LG and Samsung.
- OakNinja 5y agoI’ve never heard of Maytag before either. I guess they are not on the European market?
- zerkten 5y agoThey were available per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maytag#Maytag_International https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maytag#Maytag_International. The problem is that they didn't fit with typical requirements in a European home with their cost and space requirements. This relegated them to commercial usage or custom homes with dedicated space for a washer and drier.
- open-source-ux 5y agoMaytag is not a well known brand in the UK. This may be because top-loading washing machines are not widespread here. Front-loading washing machines are the norm in the UK and in other European countries. It's unusual to see top-loading washing machines for sale.
- ectopod 5y agoMaytag is common in UK launderettes but I've never seen a domestic one.
- bryanrasmussen 5y agoNeither MayTag or SpeedQueen seem available here in Denmark - at least if I check it on pricerunner.dk, I knew both brands but that was because of having grown up in the U.S.
- SeanLuke 5y agoMaytag was US-only as far as I knew. It had a reputation for extreme long life and reliability, much like the reputation Volvo used to have for cars. And, like Volvo, this reputation was then squandered. Back in the 1980s Maytag used to run commercials on television featuring the "Maytag Repairman", who never had anything to do because no one ever called. Americans still remember these commercials fondly.
- frosted-flakes 5y agoMaytag was/is sold in Canada.
- SeanLuke 5y agoSure, but Canada is just the US with a health plan. :-) Canada! The Maple Leaf State!
- dredmorbius 5y agoCanada is a southern suburb of Detroit.
- dreamcompiler 5y agoGeography is fun. Besides the fact you can go south from Detroit to arrive at Canada, there's also [at least one] part of the US that you cannot drive to without driving through Canada first: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Point+Roberts,+WA+98281/ https://www.google.com/maps/place/Point+Roberts,+WA+98281/
- SeanLuke 5y agoAlaska?
- dredmorbius 5y agoI suspect dreamcompiler had in mind points in the "lower 48" which are only accessible via Canada, though yes, Alaska is an exclave. Three others would be the Northwest Angle, Elm Point, and Buffalo Bay Point, all part of Lake of the Woods County, MN. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elm_Point,_Minnesota https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elm_Point,_Minnesota https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Angle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Angle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_of_the_Woods_County,_Minnesota https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_of_the_Woods_County,_Minn... Via those Wikipedia entries, there are apparently six non-island exclaves of the US lower 48 states within Canada in total, one in Washington State, the three mentioned in Minnesota, and two more in Vermont: Alburgh Tongue and Province Point. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada%E2%80%93United_States_border#Practical_exclaves_of_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada%E2%80%93United_States_b...