"I'd urge you to go to your local public library and take a look at February
'05 Consumer Reports. "

(Sears/Whirlpool Washers)

There are different levels of Sears/Whirlpool Washers. Ask a Service Tech
for advice on which one is most reliable. We have used the heck out of them,
still using the third one in 40 years thru 4 children, last ones twins.

As for Consumer Reports, I wouldn't put a whole lot of faith in their
recommendations, from years of experience, everything I owned was junk
according to them but we had very good service such as TVs, cars, washers,
dryers, Lawn Mowers, on and on.

Walt Conner