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my wife insisted on getting Meile washer and drier when we moved eleven years ago.....expensive German high tech, worked no better than any other one, and super expensive to service.
Washer finally croaked and I need to replace it....been looking at the internet, and all the reviews seem to be negative on all brands. Anybody have any insight into who makes a quality front end loading washer these days?
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Samsung is pretty good I think. That is what my wife wants. I've been trying to put it off as long as I can. I'm cheap. I don't want to pay three thousand dollars for a washer and dryer.
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My wife and I bought a Samsung front loading washer and dryer about a year ago. Both are working fine, and I have no complaints.
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We've had good luck with Maytag top-loaders which, IIRC, are a subsidiary of Kenmore now.
Whichever one you buy, I'd advise against getting a front-loader even though they're very popular right now. They have a lot of seal/leakage issues and tend to have water pool at the bottom of the door which is a PITA.
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A Doe walks out of the woods today and says, that is the last time I'm going to do that for Two Bucks.
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Having gone through the same thing, when our ill performing energy efficient washer finally croaks (probably due to my wife shooting it) I am certain that she will begin looking for a 1970s vintage GE. At least with that one we know that we won't have to wash everything twice.
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Maytag, top-loader, high-efficiency.
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Another vote for the Samsung front loaders. They've been good so far(2 years).
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Maytag, top-loader, high-efficiency. I'll second that. We bought the Maytag Bravos, Mod# MVW8750WQ1, about a year ago and have been very pleased. Big enough to wash horse blankets if we need, yet will also do small loads. We bought the matching Maytag front-load gas dryer at the some time. Very pleased with it as well. Ed
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Samsung Silvercare front-loader is one you might want to look at,Steve.
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Whirlpool makes Whirlpool, Kitchenaid, Maytag, Jenn-Aire, Amana, and several others. Any of them gets you many of the same ingredients.
Kenmoore makes nothing. They put out a list of specs and put their name on the lowest bidder. That doesn't mean it's not good, though, just that they don't make it themselves. Plus, Sears has a good warranty.
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I got a used Kenmore from the Salvation Army Store for $50 , that was about 6 years ago. I recently replaced the agitator dogs ($5).
It works good & the clothes get CLEAN , what else can you ask for ?
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LG with the direct drive motor. We bought ours back in March and have been well pleased. They are now making the Sears kenmore washers and dryers.
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I got a used Kenmore from the Salvation Army Store for $50 , that was about 6 years ago. I recently replaced the agitator dogs ($5).
It works good & the clothes get CLEAN , what else can you ask for ?
Mike The new ones use alot less water. Clothes seem clean enough to me. I figured out it would pay for itself in 5 years.
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Sounds like our experience with our Swedish Asco washer, cost $2k over 10 years ago, and when we needed service, the local place had gone out of business. We replaced it with a Kenmore front loader, and have been very pleased with it. With a family of 5, we do alot of laundry, and the Asco had too small of a volume and a very long cycle.
It seems like the weekness of the frontloaders is the drain pumps getting clogged. I did have to replace the controller on the dryer a few months back, but ordering one online was the same price as a service call.
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Another plus on the front load LG is the stacking kit. It freed up a whole lot of space in the utility room. ![[Linked Image]](http://i313.photobucket.com/albums/ll387/amax155/2011-08-11120211.jpg)
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Top loader. ![[Linked Image]](http://www.cbnet.ns.ca/teri_hatcher_pictures/wearing_panties_on_washing_machine.jpg)
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I've got almost 7 years on a Whirlpool Duet, digesting the throughput of a family of 7: very happy with it.
The Maytag dryer hasn't died yet - going on 18 years now. I'm not sure if they build 'em like they used to, though.
My daughter did an exhaustive search, & decided on a LG steam cycle somethinerother. She's thrilled.
My advice would be to call 2 or 3 local repair places, & ask what models they work on THE LEAST. Then roll your dice from that point.
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Top loader. I'd like to load her top.
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Another vote for the Samsung front loaders. They've been good so far(2 years). 2+ years for us also, so far so good. You just have to restrain the kids from overloading it, it won't spin properly if you do.
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