love mine and uses much less water... just leave the door open and you won't get the mildew and as far as cleaning cloths, watch one in action, the cloths tumble over and over not just sloshed side to side like a top loader
I got an LG front loader about six months ago, and so far so GOOD. Love it. No issues yet with smells. I think it comes down to letting it dry out and following recommendations for cleaning.
Unless you are willing to hand wipe the gasket on the door after every use, get a top loader. When water sits in that warm dank environment you are asking for smell.
We’ve had a Maytag stack, washer/dryer, for 15 years. No problems whatsoever.
Be prepared to repairyhe door latch within a year frim the pressure.
they are fine just dont try and cram it to the gills on the other hand top loaders give a bigger thrill on spin
I don’t like mine because of the mildew problem you mentioned. However, it seems to do well cleaning the clothes.
I saw one kick a puppy once.
One thing she's always bitching about -- the door opens the other way than her dryer so the door gets in the way, making switching laundry from washer to dryer that much more of a chore. I don't know if a lot of front end loaders have this feature, but its something to watch out for.
Do a Google search of “top load vs front load”. You’ll find 1000’s of reviews, with professional input on many.
Had ours for 3.5 years now. Love it. We leave the door open after the weekly washing.
That’s all we’ve had for many many years. Never a problem.
In college, they had the commercial front load washers in the dorms. Never had a problem with them getting clothes clean the first time, as long as you loaded them properly. Can’t speak for any maintenance or smell issues, but I know they did have a contractor come out do to preventative maintenance and break/fix work.
love mine and uses much less water... just leave the door open and you won't get the mildew and as far as cleaning cloths, watch one in action, the cloths tumble over and over not just sloshed side to side like a top loader
They make it easier for little children to get a good bath.
I do not know anyone who would not rather have their old
school machine back.
I researched like crazy 2years ago and bought speed queen.
A bit noisy and only comes in white but it is Awesome ! You can put as much water in as you like, start it and stop it when and as you wish. Great machine. May bu
y a second one for my kids. The EPA will do away with them as soon as they can cause they do not want you being in control.
I suppose it’s theoretically possible to design a good one, but the MBA’s they let in the executive suites fired all the real engineers that know stuff, and replaced them with CAD operators. Hey, if you can work the CAD program, that should automagically turn you into not only a good draftsman, but a good engineer, right?
Anyway, the upshot is that they don’t know how to design the support for a cantilevered rotating load, so the drum bearings all go to hell (and are VERY expensive to impossible to replace).
They also use crap material that goes to shit in the damp and chemicals, thus further complicating repair.
Add to that, that EPA is influencing the design of new appliances so of course they’re going to cost a fortune and not work (think the Obamacare of appliance design). Just get a used Maytag Dependable Care or an old Whirlpool.
The rubber on our whirlpool front loader has torn twice in the 9 years we have had it. Fortunately, my husband was able to do the repair work himself. It has leaked water when the rubber started to tear. Good thing we dont have the laundry room upstairs. One thing i dont like about it is that my window of opportunity to put something in the wash if i initially forget to do so is about 5 mins.. After that, forget it.
we’ve had both, and like the front-load W/D, especially since they are stackable. Give me more room in the laundry, and easy movement from one to the other.
One thing, leave the door partly open to air out and wipe the rubber seal when you’re done. OTT F/L’s are great, use less water and are easier on your clothes.
Hubby was gonna take ours into the desert and use it for target practice, and then he was gonna go dump it off a cliff about a hundred times.
Ours started out fine. And then when it was no longer fine, it was a pain in the rear. But we learned a lot about repairing them and saudering wires on them.