Maytag Heaves Neptune T/L Over Side

Maytag is closing its line of Maytag Neptune top loading washers and dryers originally launched at the 2003 KBIS.  The Neptune T/L, like the Whirlpool Calypso sing soprano, that is they are vertical axis machines designed without an actuator.  A quick skimming of web chatter on the T/L leans to problematic (wouldn't "Problematic" be a great name for a washer?).  The Calypso was on the receiving end of a class action lawsuit in 2004 (See Aug 2004).
And so the appliance industry, in its own way, has given Maureen Dowd her answer.