Appliance Repair Aid wrote:
stevie wrote:
I am considering getting a new clothes washer and dryer and I'm looking at
the front loaders for the energy savings. When I purchase, I'll probably
get the extended warranty to 5 years.

I have looked at various brands. At this point, the Bosch washer/dryer from
Lowes seems to be the best price. The Lowes 5 year warranty (actually 4
years added on) is $140.

I kind of ruled out Maytag Neptune because of reliability; also understand
there was a class action lawsuit against the Neptunes.

Sears Kenmore might be OK, but 5 year warranty costs are pretty high.
Kenmore reliability seems to be good.

For some reason, I haven't seen too many Whirlpool front loaders. I wasn't
sure about the LG brand; Home Depot sells them. I don't know how reliable
LG is. The Sears salesman said that GE washers/dryers are made by LG.

Does anyone have experience with the Bosch brand? The Bosch front load
washer and dryer at Lowes both had stainless steel drums. I have noticed
that most front load washers have stainless drums, but not all dryers.

Is it really worth the extra costs associated with front load washers? In
about a year, our household will just be my wife and I, so I'm not sure we
really need a front load washer. Maybe a conventional top loader will do
for us.

Thanks for any replies and/or opinions.

Hi,

These may help...

http://www.epinions.com/Washing_Mach...--front_loader
http://www.epinions.com/Dryers

jeff.
Appliance Repair Aid
http://www.applianceaid.com/


I think it's very questionable if the energy savings of a front loader
will justify the difference in cost, which is considerable. A family
of two isn't going to use it that much. The main savings is in the
amount of hot water used and that depends on what your cost of heating
water is.

The other advantage that front loaders are supposed to have. The most
interesting one is that they are supposed to clean better. Just
looking at how they work, I would think that is likely true, as the
clothes are constantly moved around more. For that reason, I might
consider one next time, however I also don't really have any complaints
about how clean the clothes come out of my top loader either.