We bought a Whirlpool Cabrio topload watersaver washer about a year ago (with matching frontload dryer). This is the type without the standard tall upright agitator. It has a 2” tall agitator at the bottom of the drum. It uses water sparingly and never fills the tub completely.
Washer sucks. While there’s a great variety of washing settings (normal, whites, bulky, heavy duty, quick, etc), we use the “bulky item” setting the most because it appears to pump the most water into the tub...and gets the clothes the cleanest. It takes almost an hour to wash.
Main complaint...very difficult to wash large items...bedspreads, large blankets, quilts, sleeping bags. The washer tends to roll up the item into a tight donut shape that gets stuck at the bottom of the drum and doesn’t get agitated around. The agitator at the bottom rotates relentlessly underneath the “donut” and has even damaged items.
We weren’t particularly interested in “saving” water when we bought the water saver version but figured “what the heck, can’t hurt”. If we had it to do again, we’d buy a cheaper topload, tall agitator, full water version. Just something very satisfying about seeing your clothes sloshing around in a drum full of water.
Dryer does a good job. It dries the clothes. One good thing...It has a steam cycle. Does a decent job “refreshing” clothes. But you have to hookup a water line to it. If both units are upstairs, you’ll need an overflow/leak pan with drain pipe under both machines.
I do make a point to carefully drape large items like blankets and sheets in a circular manner when loading the washer, plus I make a point of not overloading the machine. It does not bother me that it takes longer than my old Kenmore. Even with four teens at home and a full time job I did a load or two every day instead of a mountain of wash once a week.
I do make a point to carefully drape large items like blankets and sheets in a circular manner when loading the washer, plus I make a point of not overloading the machine. It does not bother me that it takes longer than my old Kenmore. Even with four teens at home and a full time job I did a load or two every day instead of a mountain of wash once a week.
I do make a point to carefully drape large items like blankets and sheets in a circular manner when loading the washer, plus I make a point of not overloading the machine. It does not bother me that it takes longer than my old Kenmore. Even with four teens at home and a full time job I did a load or two every day instead of a mountain of wash once a week.
I do make a point to carefully drape large items like blankets and sheets in a circular manner when loading the washer, plus I make a point of not overloading the machine. It does not bother me that it takes longer than my old Kenmore. Even with four teens at home and a full time job I did a load or two every day instead of a mountain of wash once a week.