[Vision]

Why do you like front loaders? Any brand and size you recommend?

[driftdiver]

“Any brand and size you recommend?”

LG front loader is what we have and have been happy. The last whirlpool I bought lasted long enough to get it home. My GE appliances are falling apart.

[Let's Roll]

It’s easier on your clothes - less pilling on knits. Uses less water and as far as I can tell gets just as clean. And washing in cold water with high efficiency detergent keeps your clothes looking newer longer than washing in warm or hot.

If you need to use warm or hot for some reason you still can of course.

Also, you know what happens when you overlook a kleenex in a pocket and you have shredded tissue all over your usually dark clothes? With the tumbling wash instead of the agitating, the kleenex just gets rolled up into a ball - much easier to clean up.

[Let's Roll]

Also, see #4.

[Errant]

Front loaders use much less water, detergent and your clothes will last about 10 times longer.

Front loaders have musty smell issues if the door and seal aren't dried after use.

Stay away from duets as they have major issues with their drum spider cracking after only a few years.

Get a machine that has it's own hot water heater. This will allow you to turn off or put a timer on your home hot water heater and this will save you maybe 25% or more on your utility bill.

Check out the Samsung front loaders from Bestbuy. Read the owner comments.

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

A front loader uses less water (which means I can sneak water the back yard in the summer). A front loader holds more laundry, meaning less time spent doing laundry. Cuts the work load in half if you have kids. Now that is just my husband and myself, I was once a week. 2 loads.

I find you don’t need all the bells and whistles, but make sure it has a quick cycle for those times you need it done in a hurry.

I have an LG...am satisfied.

BTW, if you go front loader, get the stand. The bending gets old real quick.

[svcw]

Oh, sorry, that is what you were really asking.
We are on a well/septic at that property, so I sorta worry about water usage. I can do a load of laundry on about 10 gallons of water, instead of 45 gallons. I can also put ten-twelve bath towels in for the full load. It only takes about 20 minutes to dry the clothes.
So from start to finish about 45 minutes to wash and dry.
We bought a set at Sears on sale for $660.

[Jolla]

We have a Frigidaire both wash and dry, stackable, and with a couple of kids we run those puppies every day and twice over the weekend. Don't know the model, I think the pair cost right at $1000 but that was 10 years ago.
They are easy to use, and do a great job washing and drying, and since stackable do not take up too much room.

[Bridge_toofar]

Front loaders are better because the clothes move much faster through washing fluid instead of just sloshing around as in top loaders. That action results in better cleaning of dirt.

[Chode]

watch a front loader wash one time and you'll see why...

the clothes get rolled over and over and actually washed instead of just getting "Agitated" like a top loader