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Posted on 10/24/2010 12:31:21 PM PDT by Frantzie
Sorry to post a vanity. I have been shopping for washers and possibly a dryer. The utility room is only 52" wide. The prior owner had found a 25" Whirlpool washer and 26" GE dryer. The dryer still works. I would like to get feedback from others.
I am not fan of GE. Electrolux has mainly Muslims in their manufacturing facility in MN because of prayer rug breaks. Maytag I think is owned by GE. I heard the LG/Samsung stuff canb break. Daewoo's stuff is supposedly crap. Frigidaire looks so so quality/ Whirlpool appears to be good. Bosch's are nice but expensive and on the Lowes web site get so so reviews.
Due to space restrictions I may have to get a front loader stack. The all in one apt units are kind of cheezy. So if I get a stack it looks like Frigidaire, Whirlpool, Maytag or maybe Kenmore (Whirlpools).
Any suggestions? My impression is dryers are dryers and rarely break.
The other option is put the washer iin the garage and keep the exiting dryer in the smallish utility room. Thanks.
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We went with a front loader, which allowed us to stack the dryer on top of the washer, which made room for a top door freezer where the washer used to be.
IT's a direct drive model... no belts between the motor and the spinning apparatus. It's been bulletproof so far.
All new stuff breaks in less than half the time as stuff made 50 years ago. stuff today is all S#it
Maytag, but you’ll pay the premium. Sears has almost all brands, and they’re usually in a negotiating mood in this economy. Ask the salesperson when the next “friends and family night” is and try to get an invite for extra discounts. If they won’t budge, go to Lowes.
I have stacked Bosch - front load of course - because this is what would fit in my closet/laundry area and this freed up enough room for shelves built to be my linen closet.
I’m happy with this. But then, I don’t have kids and a large amount of laundry.
I’d say find a 20 year old Maytag, fix anything that’s wrong, and keep on washing. That’s what we have.
The new stuff seems troublesome as all getout.
Both my daughters have the new high tech front loaders and keep the repair guy in Porsche payments.
Computers and water seems like a bad combo
We got a front loader a couple of years ago. More “efficient” but you pay for efficiency with stinky cloths. If I had to do it again I would buy the inefficient and cheaper top loader. Your cloths will not stink when they come out of the top loader.
LOL! Sorry that does not work! LOL! Hilarious.
Sears has Whirlpool Duet frontloader stack for $479.99 each. Pretty good deal. I prefer old electro mechanical for sapce I may need the new stacks.
Do frontloader really get scummy inside and need cleaning a lot?
No kidding!
Being a homebrewer of sorts, I wanted an extra utility fridge to keep a few cold.
At a garage sale, I got a small GE fridge, about 1 CU Ft, with a tiny freezer in it as well. I could probably run the thing on C batteries!
And it runs like a champ. Manufacture date sometime in the early 70’s.
I like our Maytag Neptune front load washer and dryer. Best w/d we’ve had in 20 years.
Bought a Fisher & Paykel washer-what a buggy POS!
NEVER AGAIN!
Look at Kenmore and GE — I don’t remember the model number, but they have nice top loading washing machines — it’s actually the “lower end” ones that are narrow enough to fit, also they are not “saving water”, just wash the clothes. I personally think washing and rinsing the clothese properly should be the criteria for washing machines.
We bought the neptune HE front loaders about 2 years ago, and have learned to hate them.
We began having a funky smell from the washer and the clothing put into it, no matter how many times you washed them, and found out there was a bacteria growing behind the rubber rim that surrounds the door. So that has to be removed every couple months and bleached down (not an easy task).
Also, if overloaded, by which I mean, you put in a dozen towels, though it claimed it would wash 20 towels, the clothing catches on the same rubber ring on the door and tears them up. So, the washer in reality, only holds as much as our old washers.
The dryer seems OK.
Next time we will go back to top-loaders. I’m not really sure why we wanted front loaders to begin with, maybe because we had top loaders... you know, grass always greener on the other side sort of thing.
“Both my daughters have the new high tech front loaders and keep the repair guy in Porsche payments.”
LOL! Too true. The new fancy ones cost an arm and a leg to fix I have heard.
“Computers and water seems like a bad combo.”
God help us if they are running Windows 7.
The Whirlpool top loader had the new low water, low power consumption, no agitator to beat up clothers so it was mostly mechanical.
The washboard is looking like an option. The local laundry mat is in a good neighborhood but there always seems to be drunks and homeless looking for $1. Maybe I should bring a metal tub and washboard and put them to work. Sad in this economy.
Reminds me of the old scam...An ad would be posted advertising a “Green” Drying machine....when you send in your money they send you a coupld of clothes pins and some clothes line....
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