[CSM]

Have you shopped for a new washer in the last couple of years? The EPA regs have brought us a product that is terrible!

[Smokin' Joe]

We had bought a new Whirlpool Duet set (front loader). Hated it. The washer ground up clothing against the door seal, always plugged up with some small article of clothing (grandkids' socks)--which couldn't be fixed without draining the washer through the doohickey placed next to the floor (we finally just left the lower panel off rather than replace and remove it).

Then the 'brain' went, first in the washer, then in the dryer. The repairman couldn't repair it. Just expensive junk, imho.

We found a set with a top loader, no computer, all knobs and dials and electrical timers. The clothes get cleaner and the washer doesn't pack off with small socks.

Never again.