[Smokin' Joe]

Actually, this is a Whirlpool Duet. I was informed when I bought it that it was a modern, well constructed, dryer. Modern, maybe, but having a vent pipe with an eight of an inch of gap between it and the flange it attached to (factory) created most of the problem. It doesn't take much backpressure to vent into the dryer.

I miss my 20 year-old Speed Queen, pity the porcelain in the drum was going...20 years of service, one element replacement.

[RightOnline]

Last summer I bought a new Kenmore washer and dryer from Sears. I swear by them.

[21twelve]

I have a new Duet (1 year old) and of course now will need to check. And yes, I think there is more lint in the room now. I forget my old washer and dryer brand - Kenmore? It was nice ‘cuz I could fix things myself and keep those units (bought used in ‘96) running for a long time. Until the transmission gave out on the washer - and the wife kept pointing out the sales in the paper!

Consumer reports just had a thing on appliances catching fire. Driers was number one. Scary with some microwaves - some are prone to catching fire even when not in operation!